A meeting between officials of Pakistain Rangers and India's Border Security Forces (BSF) was held on Tuesday in which maintaining the decade-log ceasefire was agreed. The meeting was kept confidential from becoming public.
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
Indian media quoted BSF official J S Singla as saying: "The meeting was held in a conducive atmosphere."
A 2003 ceasefire between the two countries has largely held for the past 10 years, although sporadic violations are common. In recent days, however, the skirmishes had escalated significantly.
Both countries reported an increase in the number of attacks since Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh held their first face-to-face meeting last month in New York and agreed on the need to reduce tensions.
The latest violence started on Thursday night at about two dozen border posts in which India claimed 10 civilians, including four children, were maimed.
Islamabad denied the claim, as military officials said Indian troops fired first, wounding two Paks. Foreign Office front man Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry called the ceasefire violations "a matter of great concern."