People left Lahore to celebrate Eid at home towns

LAHORE: Thousands of people left here on Thursday for their home-towns to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha.

A large number of people was observed at local bus stations and railway station from where people would go to their native towns.

Khalid Ameen,a passenger at the Lahore Railway Station told APP that he and his family were going to Narowal to celebrate Eid with his parents.

Waqas,another passenger said only two trains were available for his home-town,so he was worried how he would be able to travel with his wife and two children.

Whereas,transporters were charging double fare which irked passengers but they had no choice as no authority was available to protect rights of passengers.

Shaheen,a commuter works here in an office,said he was going to Faisalabad but buses were so over-loaded that he was unable to trvel.