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| 5 POK guests arrive, only one Kashmiri cross to over side of LoC | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 21: Five guests from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) arrived here today while only one Kashmiri crossed over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC) as situation remained tense on the borders following fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan in which a soldier was killed and seven others were injured overnight.
As many as 16 returnees also cross sides at the Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector, official sources said here this afternoon.
The weekly Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of PoK, left here early this morning for Kaman Post with five passengers left here at 0700 hrs for security reasons to avoid any stone pelting and protests due to strike, called by separatists. The bus has since reached Kaman Post at around 0900 hrs, they said adding one more person boarded the bus at Uri.
Sources said out of them five were from POK who returned to their homes after completing stay in Kashmir with their relatives separated in 1947 due to partition. Returnees included a women and three child.
They said five POK residents arrived here to meet their relatives. They included a woman and a child.
As many as eleven Kashmiris, including four women, arrived here after completing stay in POK, they said.
The bus run continued despite tense situation on the LoC in Jammu region, where a BSF soldier was killed and seven others were injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and targeted forward posts today.
Despite unrest since July 9 the bus run continued. However, on July 11 and 18, the bus could not operate for security reasons following strike by the separatists while on July 4 and September 12, it did not run in view of Eid festivals. The weekly bus service was not affected even after the Fidayeen attack on Army Brigade Headquarters at Uri on September 18, which left 19 soldiers dead and over 20 wounded. Four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, believed to be foreigners, were also killed in the encounter. The Fidayeen attack was followed by surgical attack by Indian troops across the LoC.
On October 17, the peace bus could not operate due to tense situation on the LoC while on October 24, it was suspended due to some political activity in the PoK. The bus service has helped thousands of families divided due to Partition in 1947 to meet each other after India and Pakistan agreed to allow travel of state subjects from both sides on travel permits, instead of international passport.
People are allowed to travel only after their names are cleared from intelligence agencies from both the sides in the bus, a major Confidence Building Measure (CBM) introduced on April 7, 2005 by India and Pakistan, will not operate much to the disappointment of passengers, who were scheduled to travel to meet their relatives separated in 1947. |
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