SRINAGAR, Jan 5:
Even as tension continued at the border between India and Pakistan following ceasefire violations in Jammu region, as many as 10 guests from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) arrived in Srinagar while 26 Kashmiris crossed to the other side of the Line of Control (LoC) at Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the border.
Official sources said four returnees also crossed sides at the post after crossing the Aman Setu, peace-bridge on foot this afternoon.
They said 10 PoK residents, including three women and two children, arrived here to meet their relatives, separated in 1947 due to partition. There was however, no returnee from PoK.
They said 26 Kashmiri residents including nine women and two children crossed over to PoK to meet their relatives.
Meanwhile, four PoK resident, who had come here in previous Karvan-e-Aman buses, also returned to their homes after completing stay here, they said, adding they included three women.
The service, started on April 7, 2005 has helped thousands of families, divided in 1947, to meet each other after India and Pakistan agreed to allow travel of state subjects on both sides of the line on permits instead of international passport.(UNI)
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