With no Indian on board, 72 PoK citizens exchange sides

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 19: With no Indian on board, as many as 72 residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir today exchanged sides in a weekly Poonch-Rawlakote bus service along the Line of Control in Poonch district.
“No Indian citizen boarded the ‘Peace Bus’ this afternoon but from this side of the border, 31 PoK residents returned to their homes after completing their stipulated stay,” police spokesman here said.
He said from other side, 41 fresh PoK citizens reached Chakkan-da-Bagh in a bus to meet their relatives living in different parts of the region.
The gate was opened at 1415 hrs and closed at 1428 hrs.