Study favourstrade through 5 LoC points

KARACHI (PPI) - While India and Pakistan are set to start cross-LoC (Line of Control in disputed Kashmir) trade from Uri-Muzaffarabad and Poonch- Rawalakote roads from October 21, 2008, a study supported by US-based research institute suggested exploring possibility of permitting cross-LoC trade from five crossing points in Jammu & Kashmir which were opened for relief when a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005.

“The possibility of border trade being permitted at five crossing points opened for quake relief is worth exploring for convenience of people living on both sides of LOC,” recommends research study Making Borders Irrelevant, undertaken by Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies IPCS, New Delhi, supported and published by United States Institute of Peace (USIP), a research institute based in Washington.