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1947 partition victims pin hopes on fresh Indo-Pak initiatives
Ramgarh (Jammu and Kashmir), May 18: In the wake of the latest peace initiatives between India and Pakistan, hundreds of people whose families were divided during partition in 1947 want a `soft borderline` between the two countries in Jammu and Kashmir.
Ramgarh (Jammu and Kashmir), May 18: In the wake of the latest peace initiatives between India and Pakistan, hundreds of people whose families were divided during
partition in 1947 want a "soft borderline" between the two
countries in Jammu and Kashmir.
"We aspire for a 'soft borderline' between India and Pakistan with multiple visa points for a trouble free travel
of people to either side in Jammu and Kashmir," 87-year old Feroz Din of village Ganda told newsmen.
"Seventy five per cent of this militancy would go, once you open the border point on Indo-Pak Border and allow people to freely travel between the two sides,” Din, most of whose relatives travelled to Pakistan during the 1947 holocaust, said.
"My father died with a hope to see his two sons, who shifted to Pakistan. I will also die without seeing my relatives and friends in Pakistan's Kotli main Fatah area, if borders are not made soft.”
Like Din, Israr Khan, another victim of partition had seen a hope in the Agra summit, where softening of borderline in Jammu and Kashmir was one of the main issues. "Agra summit failure broke our hearts,” he said.
Now, a new hope for opening up of visa points in J&K has again arisen, khan, who lost thirteen members of his family in partition, said.
The rest of his relatives shifted to Pakistan. "We want to meet our relatives there and they also want to,” he said.
Bureau Report
"Seventy five per cent of this militancy would go, once you open the border point on Indo-Pak Border and allow people to freely travel between the two sides,” Din, most of whose relatives travelled to Pakistan during the 1947 holocaust, said.
"My father died with a hope to see his two sons, who shifted to Pakistan. I will also die without seeing my relatives and friends in Pakistan's Kotli main Fatah area, if borders are not made soft.”
Like Din, Israr Khan, another victim of partition had seen a hope in the Agra summit, where softening of borderline in Jammu and Kashmir was one of the main issues. "Agra summit failure broke our hearts,” he said.
Now, a new hope for opening up of visa points in J&K has again arisen, khan, who lost thirteen members of his family in partition, said.
The rest of his relatives shifted to Pakistan. "We want to meet our relatives there and they also want to,” he said.
Bureau Report