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| A Pakistani Kashmiri driver of a bus
adjusts a Pakistani flag before departure from a bus terminal in
Muzaffarabad, in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir,
April 7, 2005. A bus garlanded with orange marigolds set off from the
capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday carrying passengers bound
for the Pakistani side of the territory for the first time in nearly 60
years. (Reuters photo) |
SRINAGAR (India), April 7, (Xinhuanet) -- The first bus which took 21 Kashmiri
passengers from here to the Pakistani-administered Kashmir capital Muzaffarabad
rolled off at 11:00 a.m. after IndianPrime Minister Manmohan Singh flagged off
the ceremony on Thursday.
"This is the time we have waited for a long time. The
road thathas been closed is now open," the prime minister told 2,000 peoplein
the city center's stadium where the bus left for Muzaffarabad.
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus will link the divided
halves of Kashmir for the first time in nearly six decades. It marks a historic
milestone in the India-Pakistan ties that have been marked by decades of
hostility over divided Kashmir. Enditem |
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