Cross-LoC trade resumes after more than 2 months

Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, September 27

The cross-LoC trade resumed today in Kashmir after over two months. A total of 12 trucks laden with listed goods today cross Peace Bride at Kaman Post in Uri, which connects the two divided parts of Kashmir along the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway.

The trade was suspended on July 12 due the unrest in Kashmir following the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani.

Custodian, Trade Facilitation Centre, Salamabad-Uri, Farooq Shah said 12 trucks carrying goods from this side of Kashmir crossed the LoC into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) while only one truck came from there.

“The trade went on smoothly for the first time in over two months,” Shah said over the phone fron Uri.

The reason for only one truck coming from PoK was that the traders in Kashmir will not be able to market the goods due to the ongoing unrest.

The authorities from Kashmir and PoK agreed to resume the trade on Monday evening. A meeting of officials from both sides was, however, held this morning at Zero Point on Kaman Post after which the trucks crossed over.