Tag: Pakindia

Pak-India Judicial Committee meets Indian prisoners

KARACHI - Members of the Pak-India Judicial Committee on Prisoners on Tuesday visited Malir Jail to establish identity of Indian prisoners including fishermen detained for fishing in Pakistani waters The official record confirms presence of 275 Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails and 273 fishing boats are also in the custody of Pakistani authorities. Many of the Indian prisoners have completed their term and are waiting for Indian government to recognise them as Indian citizens.

Pak-India Blind Cricket series on year’s end

ISLAMABAD - Bilal Satti, Secretary Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), said on Saturday that as the entire nation is working to improve Pakistan-India relations, PBCC is not lagging behind. He told APP that PBCC is likely to host a bilateral Pak-India series at the end of this year in Dubai.
"We will be playing three ODIs and three Twenty-20s in the series," he
said.
He said that on May 12 there is a meeting of World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) in which he will

‘Mohali cricket match boosted Pak-India ties’

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday said the semi-final match played between Pakistan and India had proved a catalyst for improving relations between the two countries. The prime minister said this during a reception hosted by him in honour of the national cricket team at the PM House. Apart from the national cricket team, the ceremony was attended by Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt, coach Waqar Younis and assistant coach Aqib Javed. Prime Minister Gilani

Servis sponsors Pak-India semi-final screening

LAHORE - Pakistan's leading sports footwear brand Servis Cheetah sponsored a screening of the Cricket World Cup semi-final between arch-rivals Pakistan and India at Lahore Gymkhana on Wednesday.
The venue was jam-packed with over 1,000 cricket fans and the management of Servis Sales Corporation. The audience was wearing green and cheering the team while watching the match on LCD screen. Pictures, cut-outs, and banners of Shahid Afridi, the brand ambassador of Servis Cheetah were

All eyes on Pak-India semifinal

FAISALABAD - Cricket fever with all its euphoria has engulfed the whole world irrespective of geographical barriers. Leaving behind the loads of socio-political and economic problems, all eyes in Faisalabad are focused on a single event - the upcoming Indo-Pak cricket encounter when the two giant teams will clash in a semifinal match at Mohali on Wednesday. The fixture has grossly prevailed over the national political scenes of both Pakistan and India as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan

Pak-India cricket diplomacy can open new avenues: Firdous

KARACHI - Cricket diplomacy can open new avenues of composite dialogue between Pakistan and India, Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday.
"A peaceful solution to disputed matters between the two countries is not only the need of Pakistan, but of the entire region," she said while addressing a press conference at a hotel. The federal minister said that trade ties also would also strengthen between Pakistan and India and help them engage in

Sec-level talks – Pakistan to raise issue of Indian involvement in...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan would demand India share details of investigations into the Mumbai attacks and the Samjhota Express, Ajmer Sharif and Mallay village incidents, as the interior secretary-level talks between the two countries are going to resume in India on March 28-29 in New Delhi.
According to an official source, Pakistan would raise the issue of Indian involvement in the troubled areas of Pakistan particularly Balochistan. Besides this, it would ask India to fix the date

‘PPP always strives for better Pak-India ties’

KARACHI - The PPP government has always promoted positive steps to maintain peace in South Asia and done its best to normalise relations between Pakistan and India, Sindh government's Media Coordinator Taj Haider said on Monday.
"The Simla Accord is evident of the political intellect of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto," he added.
He said this while talking to a delegation of Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC) Sindh chapter which included Sharafat Ali, BM Kuti, Amtul Hassan, Latif

Backdoor diplomacy helped resuming Pak-India talks

ISLAMABAD - The recent agreement between Pakistan and India in Bhutan to resume dialogue for resolving various disputes was greatly facilitated by the backdoor diplomacy. Leading opinion makers and parliamentarians from India and Pakistan participated in two backdoor channel initiatives, held separately in Bangkok and Islamabad, prior to the talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries in Bhutan.
These meetings were designed to improve the ambience of Pak-India