16 guests from PoK arrive, 7 Kashmiris cross to the other side of LoC

SRINAGAR: As many as 16 residents of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (POK) arrived here while seven Kashmiris crossed over to the other side of the Line of Control (LoC) in the Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad.

Meanwhile, 53 returnees also crossed sides at Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector.

Official sources today said that 16 PoK residents, including five women and a child, arrived at Kaman post after crossing Aman Setu, peace bridge, on foot to meet their relatives, separated in 1947 due to partition.

They said 13 Kashmiri, who had gone to POK returned to Srinagar after completing stay there. They included five women and two children.

Meanwhile, seven Kashmiri, including two women, crossed to the other side of the LoC to meet their relatives, sources said.

As many as 40 PoK residents, including nine woman and seven children, who had come to Srinagar in previous bus also returned to their homes, they added. (AGENCIES)