SRINAGAR : As many as 42 residents of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) arrived in Srinagar, while eight 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, 12 returnees also cross sides at Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector. Official sources today said 42 PoK residents, including 15 women and four children yesterday arrived at Kaman post after crossing Aman Setu, peace bridge, on foot to meet their relatives, separated in 1947 due to partition. They said two Kashmiris, who had gone to PoK, returned to Srinagar after completing stay there. Meanwhile, eight Kashmiri residents, including two women, crossed over to the other side of the LoC to meet their relatives, sources said.
As many as 10 PoK residents, including six women, who had come to Srinagar in previous bus, also returned to their homes, they added.
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 the them Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on April 7, 2005.
(AGENCIES)
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