SRINAGAR : As many as 11 fresh guests from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) arrived Srinagar this afternoon while only one Kashmiri crossed over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC) to meet their relatives, separated in 1947.
In the last three successive weeks, no Kashmiri had crossed over to the other side of LoC.
Meanwhile, six returnees also cross sides at the Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC, official sources said this evening.
They said 11 POK residents, including four women and two children, arrived at Kaman post after crossing the Aman Setu, peace bridge on foot to meet their relatives here.
Three Kashmiris, who had gone to POK, also returned to their homes after completing stay across the LoC. The returnees included a woman. Sources said only one man from Kashmir crossed over to other side while three residents of POK, who had come here in previous buses, returned to their homes after completing stay here. They included two women.
The bus service has helped thousands of families, separated due to partition to meet each other after India and Pakistan agreed to allow travel of divided families, on Permits instead of International passports, to meet each other since the first bus was flagged off by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on April 7, 2005. (AGENCIES)
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