Cross-LoC trade was suspended after protests erupted in Kashmir over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter on July 8. Custodian, cross-LoC trade, Farooq Ahmad Shah told The Indian Express that the trade will continue for the next three days. The decision to resume trade was communicated to officials from the other side of the LoC,” Shah said. “Due to tension in Uri, many traders were sceptical (on the first day), but from tomorrow, I hope the frequency of trucks will go up,” Shah said, adding that cross-LoC trade will help defuse tension in Uri. Hilal Turki, general secretary of the cross-LoC trade union, said, “We had taken a decision to resume trade last week, but after the Uri attack, it was deferred.”Cross-LoC trade is among the confidence building measures initiated by India and Pakistan after the start of the Karvan-e-Aman or Peace Bus on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road.

Source: Indian Express September 27, 2016 15:22 UTC