Talking to a private television on Saturday, AJK prime minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan said, “Our brothers and sisters coming to us are free to visit the place of their choice. They are our guests and they could go everywhere they want.” He regretted AJK inhabitants had to face certain travel restriction during their stay in Indian controlled Kashmir .
He said he was grateful to Islamabad for doling out requisite funds to Muzaffarabad for developing Azad Kashmir territories .
Sardar Sikandar said, “as for development works, territories under the Indian occupation lag far behind what we own. And this owes to support and release of sought-for funds by Islamabad and proper utilization of the funds.” He slammed Indian authorities for denying travel permit to Pakistani information minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad for Srinagar, saying Mr. Rashid was to travel to occupied territory as a member of a separated Kashmiri family and not as a Pakistani minister .
“India has done a great injustice to Mr. Rashid. He should better have been given permission to see his relatives and visit graves of his forefathers in occupied territory", he said .
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