Residents of POK 's Sojourn in J&K enhanced

To encourage more people to people contacts across the Line of Control, India has unilaterally decided to increase the stay period for the persons visiting Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan occupied Kashmir to six months with multiple entries. The validity of the entry permit has also been extended to six weeks.An official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said that earlier the validity of the entry permit was for four weeks only.This is based on the recommendations of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, Ministry of External Affairs has extended the stay for a further period of two weeks in certain cases such as health or family emergencies. Media Agencies