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EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Jan 14: As the high tension continued between India and Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC), no guest from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) arrived here while 26 Kashmiris crossed over to other side of the border to meet their relatives, separated in 1947. Despite tension, particularly in Jammu region where two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops last week which was followed by refusal of permission to bus carrying residents from Jammu region and trucks carrying vegetables and other articles in Poonch sector, the Karvan-e-Aman bus operated between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad normally. However, no resident of PoK arrived here, official sources said here this afternoon. They said 22 Kashmiris, who had gone to PoK, returned to their home after completing stay with their relatives there. Sources said 26 residents of Kashmir crossed to other side of the LoC at Kaman post, the last Indian military post to meet their relatives separated in 1947.
They included five women and ten children, they said, adding four PoK residents who had come in previous bus returned to their homes. The bus service started on April 7, 2005 has helped thousands of families divided during 1947 to meet each other |
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