ISLAMABAD: A total of 99,312 trucks, carrying goods worth Rs 28.860 billion crossed the Line of Control (LoC) on both sides of Kashmir in the last nine years, said Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Travel and Trade Authority (TATA). According to a TATA report available with APP, a total of 25,527 trucks crossed over to Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) from Chakoti from 2008 to 2018 while 39,587 trucks crossed over to AJK from the IOK in the last nine years. As many as 11,823 trucks crossed over to occupied Kashmir from AJK from Tetrinote while 20,375 crossed Tetrinote to from IOK in the last nine years. Presently the average number of trucks crossing LoC approximately remains between 50 to 70 from both sides. The wholesale markets would help reduce dependence on wholesale markets in Rawalpindi and Lahore, which had been a source of disputes with custom authorities.

Source: Pakistan Today April 08, 2018 17:26 UTC