Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman Hurriyat Conference led by him, has said he would travel to Pakistan on June 2 by the recently opened Srinagar-Muzaffarabad land route although instead of taking the bus he would use private transport to the LoC, reports said Tuesday.
“We are all set to travel to Pakistan on June 2,” told influential Pakistani newspaper Dawn from Srinagar on Monday.
Mirwaiz said he was not going to stop at ‘Azad Kashmir’ as advised by certain Indian officials. He would lead a five-member APHC delegation for a two-week tour of Pakistan and ‘Azad Kashmir.’ All five Hurriyat leaders have submitted their travel documents at the Regional Passport Office in Srinagar, Mirwaiz said.
He did not explain why the Indian government had given him assurance that he could travel by car to the Kaman post, the Dawn added.
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