NEW DELHI, Aug 1:
The cross-LoC trade between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) will not be stopped, notwithstanding reports of terror funding being done through two trading points of the State, the Government has asserted.
This was conveyed to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi during a meeting held in Srinagar yesterday, a Home Ministry official privy to the development said today.
The Union Home Secretary told Mehbooba that the Central Government has no plans to stop the cross-LoC trade between Jammu and Kashmir and the PoK even though the trade between the divided Kashmir has been caught in a controversy after the NIA’s investigation into terror funding in Kashmir, the official said.
Mehbooba last week had strongly rooted for cross-LoC trade, stating that the PDP would not allow its closure and continue to work towards opening more routes across the Line of Control with PoK.
Meanwhile, the Centre is all set to procure two truck scanners to be installed along the Muzaffarabad-Uri and Poonch-Rawalakote routes soon, the official said. (PTI).
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