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116 stranded PoK residents to be sent back on Aug 21

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Press Trust of India Poonch/Jammu
As many as 116 PoKresidents, stranded here for over a month due tothe closure of the Poonch-Rawalakot cross-LoC bus service, will returnhome via the Kaman crossing point inBaramulla on Monday.

Three Indians, stranded in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, will also return the same day, Trade Facilitation Officer (TFO), LoC Trade Poonch, Mohammad Tanveer, told PTI.

Cross-LoC bus services on the Poonch-Rawalakot road between Jammu and Kashmir and PoK was suspended on July 10 dueto heavy firing and shelling from the Pakistani side.

"The PoK residents will return home via the LoC crossing point at Kaman in Baramulla district of north Kashmir on August 21," he said.
 

District authorities have asked the PoK residents to report at the sports stadium in Poonch tomorrow for their journey on August 21 via the Kaman crossing point.

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First Published: Aug 19 2017 | 5:22 PM IST

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