 The bus was of symbolic importance to the efforts of the governments of both nations to foster peaceful and friendly relations.In its inaugural run on 19 February 1999, the bus carried the then-Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was to attend a summit in Lahore and was received by his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif at Wagah.Its official name is the "Sada-e-Sarhad" (Urdu for "Call of the Frontier").