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    Parliament Questions and Answers
    LOK SABHA
    UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2169
    TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.10

    SHRIMATI HARSIMARAT KAUR BADAL:

    Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFRAIRS be pleased to state:

    (a) whether Ferozpur-Hussainwala Border was ever opened for trade earlier;
    (b) if so, the reasons for closing this border;
    (c) whether the Government proposes to open/re-open Ferozpur-Hussainwala International Border for trade; and
    (d) if so, the details thereof?

    ANSWER THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI S.M. KRISHNA)

    (a) & (b) Yes. The border checkpost at Hussainiwala in District Ferozepur, Punjab was closed after the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

    (c) No such proposal has been conveyed to Pakistan.

    (d) Does not arise.

    http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=220216002.

    Research Area: 
    South Asia

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