Many people in Sindh welcomed India's suggestion of a bus-train route between Khokhrapar-Munawa. This would allow a shorter distance with minimum fare to the poor and middle class, many of whose relatives live in Sindh and India.

Some vested interests, bureaucrats, opposed the idea, as in the past, and worked at cross purposes, under one or other pretext, to delay and postpone this route. This discrimination against visitors must end.

The poor visitors cannot afford the heavy expenses of a visa at Islamabad, therefore, a visa facility at Karachi or Khokhrapar should be set up for travel to India.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2004