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After India, apprehended a Pakistani truck carrying 100 kg of brown sugar. In retaliation, Pakistan impounded 27 Indian trucks and their drivers the next day. :wors: great ...what superb logic. Why do we even want to deal with these people:bang:
Pak envoy summoned after trade, bus services stopped - The Times of India
As per Bragadier Muhammad Ismail head of Pakistan's agency that over sees cross-LOC trade, - drug smuggling is "flimsy grounds" for arresting Pakistanis.
Pak envoy summoned after trade, bus services stopped - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: India summoned the Pakistani envoy on Tuesday after Islamabad stopped all cross-LoC trading activities and bus services in retaliation after Indian authorities seized drugs from Pakistani trucks entering India.
Official sources said Pakistan's acting high commissioner Mansoor Ahmad was summoned by Rudrendra Tandon, joint secretary in the foreign office, as India protested Pakistan's action.
"While the two foreign ministries are working towards resolving the matter through diplomatic channels, it is indeed surprising that Pakistan chose to hold hostage trans-LoC trade and travel bringing immense humanitarian benefits to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, for the sake of persons indulging in drug trafficking," foreign ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said.
On Friday, India apprehended a Pakistani truck, one of 49, with 100 kg of brown sugar, which the security forces said was meant for a single Indian national. The truck was impounded and its driver arrested. In return, Pakistan impounded 27 Indian trucks and their drivers the next day. Subsequently, Indian officials said, Pakistan went ahead and stopped the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch-Rawalakot bus services from Monday, until the impounded bus and driver were returned to Pakistan.
Brigadier Muhammad Ismail, head of Pakistan's TATA, the agency that oversees cross-LoC trade, told reporters on Sunday they would not allow buses to ply across the LoC from Monday. He was quoted by Kashmir media as saying "We will be asking our foreign office to take up this issue with the government of India because at the moment it appears that Indian authorities want to rollback this Kashmir-specific confidence building measure (CBM) on flimsy grounds."
The move is a setback since it was only on Saturday that India and Pakistan moved to boost economic relations and agreed on a raft of measures including non-discriminatory market access on reciprocal basis apart from keeping the Wagah-Atari border open round the clock for trade all seven days of the week.
Official sources said Pakistan's acting high commissioner Mansoor Ahmad was summoned by Rudrendra Tandon, joint secretary in the foreign office, as India protested Pakistan's action.
"While the two foreign ministries are working towards resolving the matter through diplomatic channels, it is indeed surprising that Pakistan chose to hold hostage trans-LoC trade and travel bringing immense humanitarian benefits to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, for the sake of persons indulging in drug trafficking," foreign ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said.
On Friday, India apprehended a Pakistani truck, one of 49, with 100 kg of brown sugar, which the security forces said was meant for a single Indian national. The truck was impounded and its driver arrested. In return, Pakistan impounded 27 Indian trucks and their drivers the next day. Subsequently, Indian officials said, Pakistan went ahead and stopped the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch-Rawalakot bus services from Monday, until the impounded bus and driver were returned to Pakistan.
Brigadier Muhammad Ismail, head of Pakistan's TATA, the agency that oversees cross-LoC trade, told reporters on Sunday they would not allow buses to ply across the LoC from Monday. He was quoted by Kashmir media as saying "We will be asking our foreign office to take up this issue with the government of India because at the moment it appears that Indian authorities want to rollback this Kashmir-specific confidence building measure (CBM) on flimsy grounds."
The move is a setback since it was only on Saturday that India and Pakistan moved to boost economic relations and agreed on a raft of measures including non-discriminatory market access on reciprocal basis apart from keeping the Wagah-Atari border open round the clock for trade all seven days of the week.
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