13 PoK guests arrive, 4 Kashmiris cross over to other side of LoC

SRINAGAR: Despite tense situation on the Line of Control (LoC), as many as 13 guests from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) arrived here while four Kashmiris crossed over to the other side in the weekly Karvan-e-Aman bus operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad.

 Meanwhile, 16 people also returned to their respective sides this evening at the Kaman Post in Uri sector, official sources said.

 They said 13 PoK residents, including six women and five children, arrived at Kaman Post after crossing the Aman Setu, peace bridge, on foot to meet their relatives, separated in 1947.

 As many as seven Kashmiris, who had gone to the PoK, also returned to their homes after completing their stay there. They included two women and as many children.

 They said four Kashmiris, including two women, crossed over to the other side of LoC to meet their relatives. Meanwhile, 9 PoK residents, including a woman and three children, returned to their homes. (AGENCIES)