Friday, January 20 2006 12:27 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Wagah (Amritsar): In yet another historic step, India and Pakistan today (Jan 20,2006) opened the third road link between the two countries as the first Lahore-Amritsar bus crossed the Joint Check Post (JCP) at the Indo-Pak border here.

The bus was expected to cross JCP at around 10 am as itwas scheduled to depart from Lahore at 9 am but it arrived at 11.30 am with 26 passengers, most of them stated to be officials.