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| Karra tours Rajouri | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, Sept 20 :Welcoming the weekly running of Poonch-Rawalakote and Srinagar-Muzafarabad bus services, PDP leader Tariq Hameed Karra has said the next logical step should be free cross-LoC movement of people and goods through these routes.
Addressing a series of public meetings in this border town, Karra said the time has come to dismantle all the intra and inter-state geographical barriers in and around Jammu and Kashmir and allow its people a respite from the mentality of siege. He said not only should various regions and sub-regions of the State get connected through the traditional routes, including Mughal Road, Simthan Pass and Poonch-Hajipeer-Uri road, but its cross-LoC connectivity with the rest of the world must also be fully restored to the pre-partition era. "Such measures have now become inevitable," he said and added that the political aspect of the Kashmir problem will be much easier to resolve, if due economic space for a potentially rich place like Jammu & Kashmir is ensured in regional paradigm.
Terming the prevailing situation in the State as very edgy, Karra said instead of forcing elections on the suppressed and dangerously polarized people amid a charged situation, the Government must work through reconciliatory and confidence building measures to assuage the hurt psyche of the people and alleviate their sufferings through a policy of healing touch. "Any wrong move at this critical juncture by any quarter has the potential of worsening the matters to the detriment of the peace efforts," he said and called for use of utmost care and wisdom in dealing with the situation.
Senior PDP leaders Abdul Rehman Veeri, Chowdhary Zulfikar Hussain, Mohammad Shafi Dar and other leaders of the area addressed the meeting. |
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