India Launches New Check-Post at Attari

The newly constructed integrated check post (ICP) at Attari, along the international border between India and Pakistan, saw a soft launch on Sunday, April 8 prior to its formal inauguration on Friday, April 13, 2012.

During the soft launch, people travelling from Pakistan were picked up by special buses on the Indian side from the zero line and brought to the newly constructed passenger terminal, where they went through the customs and immigration procedures.

The soft launch took place on a day when the political leadership of India and Pakistan were breaking the ice during the one-day visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to New Delhi and Ajmer.

Zardari, who was on a private visit to offer prayers at the shrine of Sufi saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti at Ajmer Sharif, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Sunday afternoon over lunch.

Union Home minister P Chidambaram will formally inaugurate the ICP on April 13.