Bus service to Pakistan urged

Published July 31, 2003

SRINAGAR, July 30: The president of occupied Kashmir’s ruling party, Mehbooba Mufti, on Wednesday demanded a bus service be started between Kashmir and Pakistan.

“Such a measure would go a long way in the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue and restoration of complete peace and normalcy in occupied Kashmir,” said Mufti, who is president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and daughter of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.—AFP

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