Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) left here on Monday morning to cross over to another side of the Line of Control (LoC) Uri sector in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, official sources said.
The bus left Bemina in Srinagar with 12 Pakistan residents returning home after completing stay here with their relatives Kaman post the last Indian post on this side of LOC.
The bus has since reached Trade Facilitation Centre (TFC) at Uri where more passengers will board it before leaving for Kaman Post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC.
The cross-LoC bus was introduced on April 7,2005, despite opposition by militants, to allow families divided due to partition after both India and Pakistan agreed to allow state subjects from both sides on Travel Permits instead of International passport. However, travel permit is issued only after the names are cleared from intelligence agencies of both the countries. The service has helped thousands of divided families to meet each other.
