Omar welcomes Pak approval for opening of Sharda Peeth

Srinagar : Calling opening of Sharda Peeth National Conference Vice President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday urged Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to open all the routes, connecting the two parts of Kashmir, for greater people to people contact.

Taking to micro blogging social networking site twitter Omar wrote “after the welcome announcement to open the Sharda Peeth corridor to religious pilgrims by @ImranKhanPTI we hope the government in Pakistan will only announce the Kargil-Skardu road as also other routes to facilitate greater people to people contact.” (KNS)