Indo-Pak trders for strengthening bilateral trade

Last Updated: Sunday, December 7, 2014, 20:36

Traders in India and Pakistan Sunday said they would request their respective governments for setting up a common business park at Attari-Wagah border for showcasing their products as part of their efforts to boost bilateral trade between two nations.

No MFN now, it will be NDMA with Pakistan

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 23:09

In order to enhance bilateral trade, India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed on a non-discriminatory market access (NDMA) programme in place of the MFN regime, besides opening up Wagah-Attari border round the clock.

BSF chief holds talks with Pakistani counterpart on border issues

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 23:02

Border Security Force chief Subhash Joshi held talks in Lahore with his Pakistani counterpart Major General Tahir Javed on border-related issues, official sources said.

India, Pakistan DGMOs decide to maintain LoC ceasefire

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 02:33

India and Pakistan decided to strengthen existing mechanisms to maintain the truce along the LoC, months after bilateral ties nosedived over the killing of five Indian soldiers and flare-ups between the two sides on the ceasefire line.

India, Pak DGMOs to meet on Tuesday, first time after Kargil war

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 21:23

In their first meeting after the Kargil war, the Indian DGMO will on Tuesday cross over to the Pakistani side of the Wagah border to meet his counterpart.

Ceasefire violation issue: India, Pakistan DGMOs to meet Dec 24

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 01:15

The Director Generals of Military Operation (DGMO) of India and Pakistan will meet at the Attari-Wagah border Dec 24 to discuss ways to prevent violation of ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC), sources said.

Sarabjit`s kin get his belongings, minus his diary

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 18:22

Belongings of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner who was murdered in Lahore`s high-security Kot Lakhpat jail May this year, were handed over to his family Thursday at the Attari-Wagah border crossing.

Home Ministers of both countries to meet at Indo-Bangla border

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 17:41

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and his Bangladeshi counterpart will be present at the Indo-Bangla border`s Petrapole-Benapole post to flag-off the joint retreat ceremony between border forces of the two countries.

India, Pakistan forces exchange sweets at Wagah border on Diwali

Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 16:47

Indian and Pakistani forces at the border here exchanged sweets on the occasion of Diwali on Sunday.

Traders cut onion import from Afghanistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 19:23

Punjab-based importers have started cutting down on the onion imports from Afghanistan via Attari-Wagah land route, with retail prices of the kitchen staple dropping to Rs 50-60 per kg in Punjab and Chandigarh.

`Wagah of the East` event along India-Bangladesh border put on hold

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 09:07

The unveiling of the `Wagah of the East` event, along the India-Bangladesh border, to be held on Gandhi Jayanti has been postponed.

26/11 Mumbai attacks trial: Pak panel granted visas to visit India

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 18:41

India on Wednesday issued seven-day visas for the Pakistani judicial commission that will visit the country on September 21 to cross-examine the Mumbai terror attack witnesses and to carry forward the much-delayed trial here.