SRINAGAR: Eight fresh residents of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) arrived here today while five Kashmiris crossed over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC) to meet their relatives, separated in 1947.
Official sources said here eight fresh POK guests arrived at Kaman post, the last Indian Military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector this afternoon.
They said 21 Kashmiris, who had gone to POK returned to their home after completing stay there. They included seven women and three children.
Sources said five Kashmiris, including a woman and a child crossed over to other side of the LoC to meet their relatives.
They said sixteen POK residents, who had arrived here in previous buses, returned to their homes in the Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffaba.
The bus service, operating since April 7,2005 after India and Pakistan agreed to allow travel of divided families on permit instead of International passport, has helped thousands of families to meet each other. (agencies)
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