SRINAGAR : As many as 44 residents of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) arrived in Srinagar while only three 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, 81 returnees also cross sides at Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector. Official sources here today said 44 POK residents, including 14 women and 4 children arrived at Kaman post after crossing Aman Setu, peace bridge, on foot to meet their relatives, separated in 1947 due to partition.
They said six Kashmiri, including a woman, who had gone to POK returned to Srinagar after completing stay there. Meanwhile, only three Kashmiri crossed to the other side of the LoC to meet their relatives, sources said. As many as 75 POK residents, including 28 women and 16 children, 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 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on April 7, 2005.
(AGENCIES)
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