20 Kashmiri Journalists to visit Pakistan
Pakistan Times Kashmir Desk

ISLAMABAD: A group of nearly 20 journalists from Indian held part of the Jammu and Kashmir State will visit Azad Kashmir for nearly a week from Nov. 23 as part of Pakistan government's policy to promote contacts, Indian Daily Greater Kashmir reported.

The Kashmiri journalists will form part of an Indian delegation that has been invited by South Asia Free Media Association to participate in a seminar on press freedom in Lahore on Nov. 20-21.

The First Visit

It is for the first time that a journalists delegation from Indian-held Kashmir has been allowed by the Indian government to visit Pakistan, and by Pakistan to visit Azad Kashmir, the report quoted an organizer of the conference as saying.

After the seminar, non-Kashmiri journalists from India will return home, while Kashmiri journalists will visit Mirpur, the second biggest city of Azad Kashmir.

They will meet the Kashmir Committee headed by veteran politician Hamid Nasir Chatha in Islamabad and later visit Muzaffarabad and Gilgit.

The visit by Kashmiri journalists will take place a month after a similar visit by Pakistani journalists to Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir.●