Pakistan News And Discussion-9

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>India Pakistan contacts in 2006</b>
   
January 1: India and Pakistan exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities..
January 4: Talks between India and Pakistan on Munnabao-Khokhrapar train service.
January 17 and 18: Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan met in New Delhi.
January 20: First Lahore-Amritsar bus crosses Wagah border.
February19: Thar Express train service operationalised between Khokrapar and Munabu.
March 8: India conveys to Pakistan its protest against proposed construction of Bhasha dam and appreciation for humanitarian gesture shown by a Pakistani ship to an Indian ship
March 6: Schedule of the third round of Composite Dialogue meetings with Pakistan announced.

1. Economic and Commercial Cooperation,
Venue: Islamabad
Dates: 28-29 March 2006 (to be preceded by Joint Study Group meeting on 27 March 2006)

2. Tulbul Navigation.Project
Venue: Islamabad
Dates: 18-19 April 2006

3. Siachen
Venue: New Delhi
Dates: 23-24 May 2006

4. Sir Creek
Venue: New Delhi
Dates: 25-26 May 2006

5. Terrorism and Drug Trafficking
Venue: Islamabad
Dates: 30-31 May 2006

6. Promotion of Friendly Exchanges
Venue: New Delhi
Dates: 1-2 June 2006

7. Foreign Secretaries’ and Foreign Ministers level review meeting
Venue: New Delhi
Dates: FS level review – 20 July 2006

FM level review – 21 July 2006

8. Plenary Session of the Joint Commission and Foreign Ministers Review Meeting
Venue: New Delhi
Dates: 22 July 2006

March 6-7: India-Pakistan technical level meeting between Civil Aviation authorities.
March 24: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flagged off the bus service between Amritsar and Nankana Sahib.
May 2-3: A seven-member delegation from Pakistan led by Mr Syed Ibne Abbas, DG (South Asia) held talks on confidence building measures across the LoC. The talks covered the arrangements for the operationalisation of the truck service for trade on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route, the commencement of a bus service between Poonch and Rawalkot and the opening of the two meeting points on the LOC.
May 9: A six-member Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) delegation led by Makhdoom Amin Fahim arrived in India.
May 19: Pakistan’s Leader of Opposition Maulana Fazlur Rehman met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
May 24: Defence Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan on the Siachen issue
May 25-26: Surveyor Generals met to discuss Sri Creek issue.
May 30-31: Home Secretary level talks on Terrorism and Drug-Trafficking in Islamabad.
1-2 June: Culture Secretaries of India and Pakistan met on Promotion of Friendly Exchanges in New Delhi.
June 19: Poonch-Rawlakot bus service inaugurated.
June 20: The first meeting of the India-Pakistan Joint Commission Technical Level Working Group on Health was held in New Delhi
June 30: India and Pakistan exchanged civilian prisoners and fishermen at Wagah.
July 7: India announced providing consular access to Pakistani prisoners. In Central Jail, Damdam, Kolkata 10-11 July, Central Jail, Jaipur 13-14 July, Central Jail, Amritsar, 20-21 July, Central Jail, Tihar, New Delhi, 27-28 July and Consular access to Pakistani fishermen is scheduled for 13 July 2006 at Jamnagar,
July 11: An MoU signed between theForeign Secretary of India Shri Shyam Saran and the High Commissioner of Pakistan to India, Aziz Ahmad Khan.setting out the modalities for release of funds to enable the Government of Pakistan to procure reconstruction material according to its requirements.
July 12: India reacts to Pakistan’s Foreign Minister’s remarks concerning the terrorist bomb blasts which took place in Mumbai.
August 5: India and Pakistan expelled diplomats.
September 16: India-Pakistan leaders met at Havana and inked an agreement to set up joint anti-terrorism institutional mechanism.
October 5: India reacts to remarks reportedly made by then-US Ambassador to Pakistan, Ryan Crocker
October 10, 2006: Satyabrata Pal, High Commissioner of India to South Africa, appointed as the next High Commissioner to Pakistan.
October 17: Both countries announced resumption of talks. Pakistan Foreign Secretary to visit New Delhi from 13-15 November.
October 25: New External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee took over office.
October 30: A five-member Pakistan Railway team led by Additional General Manager Ali Arif in India to discuss technical matters and resumption of Thar Express, stopped due to flash floods.
November 15: Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan met to review talks.
November 18: Pakistan Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar participated in Afghanistan Reconstruction Conference in India.
November27: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee met Pakistan Foreign Minister Mehmood Ahmed Kasuri in New Delhi.
November 29: Pakistani State Minister for Finance Omar Ayub Khan participated in the Indian Economic Summit.
December 1: Newly designated High Commissioner of Pakistan to India, Shahid Malik, took charge.
December 5: Mutahidda Quami Movement (MQM) delegation arrived in India.
December 12: Pakistan Minister for Housing and Works, Syed Safwanullah, visited India to attend the Asia Pacific Conference of Housing and Urban Development Ministers.
December 14: India and Pakistan signed revised shipping protocol.The protocol was signed by Shipping Minister T R Baalu and his Pakistani counterpart Babar Khan Ghauri.
December 20: Mohammadmian Soomro, Chairman Senate and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association toured India. 
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