First-ever cross LoC traders conference begins in J-K

July 10, 2012 16:54

The first ever cross-Line of Control (LoC) traders' conference began here today with the participants calling for declaring the pre-partition Jammu and Kashmir as a Free Trade Zone for making up missed opportunities of developing the region due to decades of hostility between India and Pakistan. The conference, organised by the Centre of Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR), began with 12 delegates from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir taking part in it.

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