PoK house opposes travel by Indians, Pakistanis on bus
The Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Legislative Assembly has unanimously opposed travel by Indians and Pakistanis on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service and said that the bus service should be used by the Kashmiris, as it was meant for them.
The house demanded that visits by Indians and Pakistanis should be made over the international border as travel by them on the bus service could create other complications including the transformation of the ceasefire line into a border, reports the Daily Times.
House officials said that no immigration office should be set up in Pakistan occupied Kashmir for Kashmiris travelling from Jammu and Kashmir.
The Prime Minister of PoK, Sardar Sikandar Hayat, on his part said that no installation should be made on the cease-fire line in the context of immigration and Kashmiris should be permitted to travel according to the UN resolutions.
“This house specifically urged the government of Pakistan not to agree to any proposals aimed at splitting Kashmir,” the paper quoted a resolution passed by the house as saying.
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PoK house opposes travel by Indians
The Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Legislative Assembly has unanimously opposed travel by Indians and Pakistanis on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service and said that the bus service should be used by the Kashmiris, as it was meant for them.
The house demanded that visits by Indians and Pakistanis should be made over the international border as travel by them on the bus service could create other complications including the transformation of the ceasefire line into a border, reports the Daily Times.
House officials said that no immigration office should be set up in Pakistan occupied Kashmir for Kashmiris
Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmad will board the next Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus for a "private" visit to Jammu and Kashmir in response to an invitation by visiting JKLF leader Yasin Malik.
"I have decided to accept the invitation of Yasin Malik and I intend to obtain travel documents of the next Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus," Ahmed told Geo TV on Saturday.
This means the Pakistani Minister would be leaving along with the Hurriyat leaders who arrived by the bus on June 1.
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