SRINAGAR: Only one Kashmiri crossed over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC) while 56 residents of Pakistan occupied Kashmir arrived here to meet their relatives separated in 1947 due to partition.
As many as 60 returnees also cross sides at the Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector, official sources told UNI today.
They said 56 PoK residents, including 22 women and 10 children, arrived here in the Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of PoK.
A Kashmiri, who had gone to POK also returned here, they said.
They said only one Kashmiri crossed over to other side to meet his relatives. However, 59 PoK resident who had arrived here in previous buses returned to their homes. They included 22 women and ten children, the sources added.
The bus service, introduced on April 7,2005 has helped thousands of families divided due to partition to meet each other after India and Pakistan agreed to allow travel of state subjects from both sides on Travel Permits instead of passport. However, travel of any person will be allowed only after intelligence agencies from both the countries clear his or her name. (AGENCIES)
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