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Kashmir bus service to resume next week
AFP
MUZAFFARABAD: The bus service across the Line of Control in Kashmir (LoC) will resume next week after being suspended for more than two weeks, a Pakistani official said Saturday.
All movement including travelling and trade along the Line of Control had been suspended after Indian authorities detained a Pakistani truck driver for allegedly carrying 114 kilogrammes of heroin. “Senior officials from the two sides met recently and decided to resume the bus service in the first phase from January 3,” Mohammad Ismail, chief of the Trade and Travel Authority (TTA) in Azad Kashmir, told AFP. However, he said there has been an impasse over resumption of trade.
At least 49 Pakistani trucks and their drivers were being held on India’s side of the border following the incident, while Pakistan had retaliated by holding 27 trucks. Traders and relatives of the detained truck drivers rallied in Muzaffarabad and said they would not allow resumption of the bus service until all the drivers return to their homes in safety.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk