Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has offered to open the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir to help families find loved ones after the earthquake. "We will allow any amount of people coming across... to meet relatives and assist with reconstruction."
Kashmiris, he said, should be able to cross at points other than the road between Srinagar on the Indian side and Muzaffarabad on the Pakistani side, the existing transit route in the region.
In Kashmir and elsewhere in Pakistan there has been much anger directed at President Musharraf's government after an Indian offer to deliver aid in Indian helicopters foundered because Pakistan insisted on the pilots being Pakistani. India, which has flown several planeloads of relief to Pakistan, was swift to welcome Gen Musharraf's proposal.
Kashmiris, he said, should be able to cross at points other than the road between Srinagar on the Indian side and Muzaffarabad on the Pakistani side, the existing transit route in the region.
In Kashmir and elsewhere in Pakistan there has been much anger directed at President Musharraf's government after an Indian offer to deliver aid in Indian helicopters foundered because Pakistan insisted on the pilots being Pakistani. India, which has flown several planeloads of relief to Pakistan, was swift to welcome Gen Musharraf's proposal.
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