MUZAFFARABAD, April 24: AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid has said that Kashmiri leadership from both the side of the Line of Control should be allowed to meet each other and evolve a consensus on the future of the Kashmir dispute. A 26-member delegation of the 35th National Institute of Public Administration advance course, Quetta, called on him here on Saturday.

Talking to the delegation, the speaker termed the start of Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service and confidence building measures good omen for the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute.

He was of the view that the measures and decisions taken by the two governments in the larger interests of the people of the area should be implemented in letter and spirit.

The AJK speaker said that India should remove its troops from urban areas and stop atrocities against the innocent people who were seeking their right to self-determination.—APP

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