Ismael: My enthiusiasm was dampened on my very first visit. I was carrying four helmets for my nephews as they all had motorbikes and I wanted to gift these to them. At the custom check a Pakistani manning the counter demanded that I leave two helmets there. I refused point blank, leading to a very unpleasant situation. Finally their officer came and he said, “oh leave him. He is a kashmiri. They are very devious people and he won’t pay you anything. Let him go.a€
I visited Pakistan twice since. The itinerary included Muzafarabad and I am convinced that Pakistan is not for us. Muzafarabad is only as big as one corner of Srinagar. In fact if India had started this Srinagara€’Muzafarabad bus service ten years back, terrorism would have died a natural death. Thousands of people who were dying to go to Pakistan would have seen for themselves the situation there. They would have returned disillusioned and terrorism would have died a long back.
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