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Opening the LoC: Formal papers to be given to India soon: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is staying with President Pervez Musharraf’s proposal to allow Kashmiris’ to move across the Line of Control and a formal document will soon be presented to India, Foreign Office spokeswoman Taslim Aslam told a private news channel on Friday.

Ms Aslam said that India had not yet responded to the president’s proposal. She said that Pakistan had formally proposed to India for the extension mobile telephone facilities to civilians in Jammu and Kashmir. She said that Indian feedback showed that there was no need for such a facility in the presence of satellite phone service, adding that nothing formally had so far been conveyed by India on this topic.

Meanwhile, Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said New Delhi had not received any proposal from Islamabad on Musharraf’s offer of free movement across the LoC and “action can only be initiated after a formal proposal”.

He said, “Only when India receives the offer at an official level, can it initiate any action.” agencies

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