Joint Working Group meeting: Intra-Kashmir trade discussed

2 sides reviewed ways & mechanisms for increasing people-to-people contact & improving infrastructure.


Our Correspondent March 05, 2014

NEW DELHI: The Joint Working Group (JWG) of Pakistan and India held a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade and travel. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed ways and mechanisms for increasing people-to-people contact, trade volume and improving infrastructure at trading points. The meeting took place against the backdrop of tensions along the LoC after a driver from Azad Jammu and Kashmir was arrested for allegedly smuggling narcotics worth Rs 100 crore on January 17. According to details, Pakistan’s delegation is headed by Riffat Masood, director general (South Asia) at the foreign ministry, while the Indian side is represented by Rudrendra Tandon, joint secretary (PAI) Ministry of External Affairs.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 5th, 2014.

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