ISLAMABAD, June 20: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Monday said that he would certainly go to Srinagar through Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus on June 30. Talking to a private television channel, the minister said the Kashmiris were eagerly waiting for his arrival in occupied Kashmir.

He said he favoured peaceful ways resolving the Kashmir issue.

“The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus was introduced for the Kashmiris, I am going to occupied Kashmir to meet my relatives”, he added.

To a question, the minister said: “We should forget the past and benefit from the peaceful scenario”.—APP

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