early times report
Srinagar, Oct 14 : Despite escalating tensions along the line of control the visitors from PoK continue to arrive here in Jammu and Kashmir to meet members of their divided families.
According to official sources, 40 residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) arrived here today to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their relatives, separated in 1947. However, not a single visitor from the Indian side crossed over to PK to meet their relatives. Meanwhile, 13 visitors crossed sides at Kaman post, in Uri sector.
Official sources said no Kashmiri crossed over to PoK today and this was the fifth time that no Kashmiri crossed over to other side of the LoC in 2013. On July 29, August 5, September 9 and September 16 no Kashmiri went to PoK. However, ten PoK residents, who had come here in previous buses, returned to their homes after completing stay in Kashmir. They said 40 PoK residents, including 12 women and nine children, arrived at Kaman post after crossing the Aman Setu, on foot this afternoon.
Three Kashmiris, who had gone to PoK also returned to their homes in the Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad since April 7, 2005 to allow families divided in 1947 to travel on permits instead of International Passport. |
