ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani newspaper on Sunday hailed the decision to resume cross-LoC trade in Jammu and Kashmir and urged Islamabad to attend to Indian concerns over smuggling of drugs in the garb of barter. "It is a rare bright spot in the otherwise dismal state of bilateral relations" between India and Pakistan , the Dawn said in an editorial.India on July 21 shut down one of the routes in the trade across the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Jammu and Kashmir between the two countries. "The resumption of trade is also a welcome reminder of how effective intra-Kashmir confidence-building measures can be," it said. "There is no sign yet that India and Pakistan are seeking to resume (their) dialogue, but the Kashmir trade ought to be protected. "The Indian allegations of narcotics smuggling have highlighted a problem that ought to be addressed (by Islamabad)," it added.

Source: Economic Times August 06, 2017 10:18 UTC