SRINAGAR, July 22:
As many as 56 residents of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) arrived here to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their relatives, separated in 1947 while only four Kashmiris crossed over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC).
Official sources said today that 16 returnees also crossed sides at Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector. They said 56 PoK residents, including 16 women and 22 children, arrived at Kaman post after crossing the Aman Setu, peace bridge on LoC to meet their relatives separated due to partition.
The guests will celebrate the Eid festival in Kashmir before leaving for their homes in PoK. They said nine Kashmiris, including three women, who had crossed over to PoK also returned to their homes after completing stay there.
Sources said four Kashmiris crossed over to other side of the LoC also to celebrate Eid with their relatives there. Seven PoK residents, including two women and three children, who had arrived here in previous buses also returned to their homes after completing their stay in Kashmir. The Karvan-e-Aman bus service, started on April 7,2005, has helped thousands of divided families to meet each other after their separation in 1947.(UNI)
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