Pakistan and India on Thursday held talks on Kashmir-related confidence building measures (CBMs) with a focus on modalities to strengthen the existing trade and travel arrangements across the Line of Control (LoC). “In pursuance of the decision taken at the foreign secretary-level talks on July 4-5, 2012, a meeting of Pakistan-India Joint Working Group on Cross-LoC CBMs was held in Islamabad on Thursday,” said a Foreign Office statement. The Pakistani delegation was headed by Zehra Akbari, director general (South Asia) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the Indian side was led by YK Sinha, joint secretary (PAI) Ministry of External Affairs.
