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| Mufti reiterates demand of hassle free cross-LoC trade, travel | | | Early Times Report
Gool (Ramban) May 22: Reiterating demand of providing requisite facilities to further facilitate the cross LoC trade, patron of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today hoped that some concrete steps would be taken in the coming Indo-Pak Home Secretary level talks to ensure hassle free cross LoC trade and travel.
Addressing an impressive public meeting at Gool area, Sayeed stressed on the need of a credible banking facilities and proper communication system to harness the full potential of the trans-LoC trade.
He said that opening of cross LoC trade was the most significant and historic Confidence Building Measures (CBM) which needed to be further facilitated in the larger interest of the peace and prosperity in this region.
"I hope that Home Secretaries of India and Pakistan in their schedule meeting on May 24 and 25 would take some bold steps to further facilitate the cross LoC trade and travel", he said and observed that restrictions imposed on free movement of people and commodities have only deprived the region of the vast potential of economic activities that could have changed socio-economic conditions of the people of Jammu and Kashmir."Besides simplifying the cross LoC trade procedure, there should be free movement of people on both sides of LoC because cooperation on economic, social and cultural fronts is the only way to bring the people of the subcontinent together", he observed and reiterated demand of his party to open all traditional routes on fully exploit potential of this region. Reiterating resolve of his party to accelerate the peace process, Mufti Sayeed said that aim of the PDP was to restore peace with dignity in the region and to develop Jammu and Kashmir as showcase of progress and development in the sub-continent.
"PDP wants that Kashmir, which is bone of contention between India and Pakistan, should be converted into a bridge between two neigbouring nations to normalize the relations", he said and friendship between India and Pakistan was in the interests of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
He reminded that people of the State were gripped with fear psychosis and there was a sense of insecurity when PDP was formed. "We not only provided security to the people but also restored dignity and honour of the common masses", he said and recalled that in 2002 elections PDP had only 16 members but the party changed political discourse of the State and scripted a new chapter peace and development in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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