August

August: Pakistan launched a covert offensive across the ceasefire line into the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In early September, India retaliated by crossing the international border at Lahore. After three weeks, both India and Pakistan agreed to a UN-sponsored ceasefire.

August

August 19, 1992: Joint Declaration on the Complete Prohibition of Chemical Weapons concluded in New Delhi. [Full Text]

September

September 25: Musharraf calls for a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) at the UN General Assembly in New York. [More...]

November

November 25: India and Pakistan implement a formal ceasefire along the International Border and the Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir at midnight. [More...]

February

February 17-18: Pakistani and Indian Foreign Secretaries meet in Murree, Pakistan for May-June preparatory talks. [More…]

February 20: First flag meeting between Indian and Pakistani army units in three years takes place in Chorbat La sector in India. [More...]

February, 2004: India and Pakistan agree on a five-point agenda to initiate dialogue process. [More...]

March

March 10-April 18: Indian cricket team travels to Pakistan for a historic cricket series, the first at a non-neutral site since 1989. [More...]

June

June 15-16: Meeting of narcotics officials in Islamabad where both parties agree to share information and adopt a coordinated strategy to prevent drug trafficking and smuggling between the two countries. [More...]

June 20-21: Foreign Ministers of both countries meet at the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) meeting in China where they reaffirm their intention to open both countries’ consulates in Karachi and Bombay. [More...]

June 26-27: Meeting of Foreign Secretaries in New Delhi when they discuss dialogue on Peace and Security and Jammu and Kashmir. [More...]

June 29-July 2: Foreign Ministers of both countries meet at the ASEAN Regional forum in Jakarta where Pakistan is formally accepted as a member of the ARF after India drops its objections. [More...]

July

July 20-21: Foreign Ministers of both countries meet at the SAARC Council of Ministers meeting in Islamabad. [More...]

August

August 9: Both countries carry out an exchange of six prisoners of war at the Wagah border post. [More...]

August 11-12: Meeting of commerce secretaries in Islamabad to discuss dialogue on economic and commercial cooperation. Both sides agree to promote bilateral trade ties and enhance cooperation in various sectors. [More...]

August 31: India and Pakistan exchange 55 prisoners along the Wagah border crossing. [More...]

September

September 8: Meeting of Foreign Ministers in Delhi where the two sides agree on thirteen points, and indicating willingness for a 'road map’ for peace process. [More...]

September 19: India announces it will ease visa rules for visiting Pakistani journalists, doctors and academics. [More...]

September 24: President Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet for talks in New York on the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly. [More...]

October

October 4-11: Pakistani journalists visit Jammu and Kashmir. [More...]

October 11-14: Biannual meeting between Indian Border Security Forces and Pakistani Rangers in Chandigarh at which there is an agreement on nine areas. They also agree that local commanders meet more frequently to resolve local problems. [More...]

November

November 9: Twenty-five Pakistani prisoners handed over by India at the Wagah border crossing. [More...]

November 16: On the eve of a visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announces to reduce the deployment of troops. [More...]

November 21: Over 4,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrive for a visit to religious sites in Pakistan. [More...]

November 23: Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz travels to India for the first time as Chairperson of SARRC. [More...]

December

December 14-15: Indian and Pakistani delegations hold expert level talks on Nuclear CBMs in Islamabad. Expert level talks on Conventional CBMs held on December 15th. [More...]

February

February 16-17: Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh visits Islamabad. [More...]

October

October 3: Signing of an agreement on advance notification of ballistic missile tests. [More...] [Full Text...]

February

February 7: India redeploys 5000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir citing "improvement" in situation. [More...]

May

May 3: India and Pakistan reach an agreement to revive trade in Kashmir. [More...]

May 24: India and Pakistan fail to reach an agreement to withdraw troops from the Siachen Glacier. [More...]

September

September 16: President Musharraf and Prime Minister Singh agree to "put in place an India-Pakistan anti-terrorism institutional mechanism to indentify and implement counter-terrorism initiatives and investigations." [Joint Statement] [More... ]

October

October 19: Pakistan and India hold the Fifth Round of talks to review nuclear and missile related CBMs as part of the Composite Dialogue process. The second round of the Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism (JATM) was held the following week. [More...]

May

May 21: The Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to a series of Kashmir-specific CBMs, including a triple-entry permit to facilitate crossing the Line of Control. [More...]

The two ministers also agree to provide consular access to prisoners in each others' countries. [More...]

September

September 25: Pakistani President Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Singh formally announced the opening of several trade routes between the two countries. The Wagah-Atari road link and the Khokrapar-Munnabao rail link will both be opened to trade, as will the cross-LoC Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch-Rawalakot roads. [More...]

October

October 9: A delegation of business leaders from Pakistan-administered Kashmir visits the Indian-controlled side to discussed cross-LoC trade. [More...]

October 21: Trade across the Line of Control commences as the first trucks cross the line that divides Kashmir. Trade is limited to 21 items, and can take place on two days each week. [More...]

November

November 26: Armed gunmen open fire on civilians in Mumbai, India, in a series of coordinated gun-and-bomb attacks that kills over 150 people. The fallout for Pakistan-Indian diplomacy is dire as the terrorists are found to be of Pakistani origin and their handlers are thought to be based in Pakistan.

December

December 27: In the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks by Islamic extremists that result in over 180 fatalities, the Indian and Pakistani Directors General of Military Operations make unscheduled use of their hotline to discuss troop movements along their border. One likely topic of discussion was Indian troop rotations to exercise areas near the Pakistan border and small-scale counter-deployments by Pakistani troops. [More...]

July

July 16: The Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, meeting on the sidelines of a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Egypt, issue a joint statement "charting the way forward in India - Pakistan relations." [More...]

February

February 25: India’s and Pakistan’s foreign secretaries meet in New Delhi for talks.

May

May 3: Ajmal Kasab, lone survivor of 26/11 group of attackers, is found guilty of murder, conspiracy, and of waging war against India by court in Mumbai.

May 6: Ajmal Kasab is awarded the death sentence for his involvement in 26/11 attacks.

June

June 6: Pakistan and Indian reach agreement on the Baglihar Dam issue

July

July 15: Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna meets Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad.

February

February 6: Pakistani and Indian foreign secretaries meet at Thimpu on the sidelines of the SAARC conference and agree on the need for resuming a constructive Indo-Pak dialogue that addresses all outstanding issues.

March

March 28-29: Pakistani and Indian Home/Interior Secretaries meet in New Delhi and discuss the importance for both sides to have continued engagement on outstanding issues. It is decided to set up a hotline between the Interior and Home Ministries in Islamabad and New Delhi so that real time information can be shared on security threats.

March 29: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistani parliamentarians visit Mohali on the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to watch the ICC World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan. The event comes to symbolize the 'Mohali spirit' of Indo-Pak dialogue and cooperation.

April

April 22: Fourth meeting of India Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners

April 28: Pakistani and Indian Commerce Secretaries meet in Islamabad for a fifth round of talks and discuss economic CBMs.

May

May 13: Indian and Pakistani delegations meet in Islamabad for talks on the Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project. Both sides present their positions on the issue and agree to hold technical consultations as mandated by the Indus Water Treaty.

May 20-21: Indian and Pakistani delegations meet in Rawalpindi to discuss Sir Creek and work out the international maritime boundary. Both sides present their positions on the issue and exchange non-papers that contain viable solutions to resolve Sir Creek. It is also decided to hold a meeting at a later date with the issue close to being resolved.

May 31: Pakistani and Indian Defence Secretaries meet in New Delhi to resolve the Siachen issue and discuss strategies for conflict reduction.

June

June 3: An Indo-Pak Joint Working Group on visa procedures is held in Islamabad as a follow up to the Interior/Home Secretaries' meeting in March. The Working Group reviews visa procedures and drafts a Bilateral Visa Agreement.

June 23-24: Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries meet in Islamabad to discuss nuclear CBMs, terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir, promotion of friendly exchanges and to finalize the Visa Agreement.

July

July 9-11: The fifth conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians is held in New Delhi.

July 13: Three terrorist attacks take place in different parts of Mumbai killing 21 and injuring 141. Bombs rip through Zaveri Bazar and the Opera House in the south and Kabutarkhana in central Mumbai, while the rest of the city remains on red alert. No groups claims responsibility for the bombings.

July 13: President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani release a statement condemning the blasts in Mumbai and express distress on the loss of lives and injuries. [More...]

July 18: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani approves the appointment of Hina Rabbani Khar as the new Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Hina Rabbani Khar  becomes the first Pakistani woman to be appointed to the position. [More...]

July 21: Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, a director of the Kashmiri American Council, is arrested in Washington for  threatening US national security and having alleged links to the ISI. [More...]

July 22-24: Pakistan and Indian Home/Interior Ministers, Rehman Malik and Palaniappan Chidambaram meet on the sidelines of the fourth South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Interior Ministers Conference being held at Thimphu in Bhutan. They discuss matters related to terrorism, maritime security, narcotics control, trafficking of women and children and cross-border crime. [More...]

July 25: India releases eighty-seven Pakistani fishermen from a jail in Indian Gujarat to arrive at the Wagah border in a good-will gesture coinciding with the ongoing peace talks. [More on...]

July 26: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Khar Rabbani meets with senior Kashmiri leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, ahead of the Foreign Ministers Meeting. Kashmiri representatives stress that along with the Kashmir issue, peace in Pakistan is of equal importance. [More...]

July 27: Pakistan and Indian Foreign Ministers Hina Khar Rabbani and Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna meet in New Delhi and discuss a range of issues including terrorism threats, cooperation on the 2008 Mumbai attacks investigation and the divided Himalayan territory of Kashmir. They also finalise a set of confidence building measures (CBMs) dealing with facilitation of trade and movement of people across the Line of Control (LoC).

A joint statement is released by both foreign ministers asserting the review of the status of bilateral interactions on Counter-Terrorism and Narcotics Control; Humanitarian issues; Commercial and Economic co-operation; Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project; Sir Creek; Siachen and Peace & Security including CBM’s on Jammu & Kashmir. [More...]

Foreign Minister Hina Khar Rabbani, accompanied by Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, High Commissioner Shahid Malik and Additional Secretary Sajjad Kamran, meets with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. She invites Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on behalf of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani to visit Pakistan. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepts the invitation and confirms he would visit Pakistan at mutually convenient dates. [More...]

July 28: Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, implicated in US court in Washington on 27^th July, is released on USD 100,000 bond and home detention. [More...]

August

August 4: Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram speaking on a debate in Rajya Sabha on internal security states that there were indications of involvement of an Indian module in the July 13 Mumbai blasts that killed 26 people. [More...]

August 10: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar tells the National Assembly that Pakistan sought to open a ‘new chapter’ in relations with India through peace talks, over which the government promised a debate in the next house session. [More...]

August 15: As India celebrated its 64th independence day on Monday, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani sent out greetings to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh. [More...]

August 17: Claiming that army does not run Pakistan's foreign policy, foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar says the military's intentions towards India have been "overrated" and there is a need to break away from this perception More

August 18: Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan meet in New Delhi on August 18-19 in their second round of the India-Pakistan Parliamentarians Dialogue. <More>

August 19: Pakistan has recognized that grant of most-favoured-nation (MFN) status to India would help in expanding bilateral trade relations, said Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya M. Scindia. <More>

August 21: Probe about the over 2000 unmarked bodies in Indian Kashmir.<More>

August 30: India and Pakistan agree to consider easing business visa rules. [More...]

September

September 7: A bomb outside the Indian High Court in the capital Delhi has killed 10 people and injured at least 61. [More...]

September 9:  Indian Mujahideen claim responsibility for the Dehli blast. [More...]

September 10: A 70-member delegation of Indian jurists and office-bearers of the bar, arrived here through Wahga border on Friday to attend a three-day international conference titled ‘Justice for all and impunity for none’ organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP). [More...]

September 14: Railway officials of India and Pakistan today held a meeting at the Joint Check Post at the Attari-Wagah border to enhance trade through rail between the neighbouring countries.

September 16: India has welcomed the United States declaring the Indian Mujahideen (IM) as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.More

September 17: According to the leaked US diplomatic cables released by the Wikileaks, Pakistan and India were just ‘inches away’ from signing a historic deal over word’s highest battlefield, Siachen glacier in 1992.More

September 20: India says they are willing to consider a more liberal business visa regime but wants Islamabad to table an offer first, a government official said ahead of the visit of Pakistani commerce minister MakhdoomAminFahim next week. More

September 21: The Pakistan government will not defend Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed before a US court in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks. More

September 22: Indian social activist Anna Hazare accepts an invitation by a two-member Pakistani delegation to visit Pakistan when his health permits. More

September 22: Foreign Minister HinaRabbaniKhar while addressing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Contact group on Jammu and Kashmir (ministerial level) says that Pakistan wants a peaceful and just solution in Kashmir.More

September 26: The media in Pakistan heralded the interim ‘stay order’ on the Kishanganga Dam project, stipulated by the International Court of Arbitration (ICA), but the media across the border chose to focus on the fine print. More

September 27: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar meets Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna at a reception hosted by the Pakistan mission to the United Nations. More

September 28: The trade ministers of Pakistan and India meet in Mumbai  to discuss measures to repair ragged commercial ties for  a fragile peace process between the two countries. More

September 29:  The commerce ministers of India and Pakistan agree to ease restrictions on trade between the two countries and commit to doubling bilateral trade to $6 billion over 3 years .  More

India supports for Pakistan’s EU waiver package in WTO and is issuing necessary instructions in this regard. More

September 30: Senior Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim says that Pakistan and India are committed that they would make the dialogue process irreversible and would continue to move forward for peace and prosperity in the region. More

October

October 1: India and Pakistan's trade promotion organizations sign a memorandum of understanding to explore avenues for increasing mutual trade. More

October 3: Commerce Minister Amin Fahim formally invites  Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan, reviving hopes that the two countries will fully exploit the potential of economic and business ties. More

October 4: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh stresses the need that both Pakistan and India should work jointly for economic prosperity of the poor masses and in facing future financial challenges. More

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says New Delhi wishes to see a stable and prosperous Pakistan. More

October 6: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik tells the Parliamentary Committee on Law and Order Situation that all nationalist groups involved in insurgency in Balochistan and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan are being supported by India to create instability in Pakistan.  More

Hina Rabbani Khar says the recent strategic partnership between India and Afghanistan will not have any effect on Pakistan.More

Afghan President Hamid Karzai seeks to reassure Pakistan about his country’s new partnership with India. More

October 7: Pakistan Foreign Office cautions Afghanistan and India to avoid taking steps that may affect regional stability after Kabul and Delhi signed a wide-ranging strategic partnership agreement. More

Pakistan’s former president Musharraf charges that arch-rival India seeks to create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan as part of a bid to dominate South Asia politically and economically. More

October 11: Commerce minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim says Pakistan would facilitate trade between Afghanistan and India. More

Fahim says that India is ready to support Pakistan in getting final approval of the World Trade Organization regarding Pakistani products’ access to European markets. More

October 12: Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan says that both Pakistan and India are atomic powers and should resolve their issues through dialogue and work for the welfare and betterment of the masses. More

October 13: Hina Rabbani Khar says that the government has decided to grant the most favoured nation (MFN) status to India. More

October 15: A two day meeting of Joint Working Group of Pakistan and India conclude with an agreement on firming up of a draft of their bilateral visa agreement that will liberalise between the two countries.  More

October 20: Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman says that increasing trade volume between Pakistan and India was in the interest of the two countries, but it should follow, an initiative to resolve the Kashmir dispute. More

Pakistan hopes to win a seat in UN Security Council as a temporary member alongside archrival India. More

Former President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Ali Raza Saeed says that Pakistan should increase its trade with India to maintain its parity in economic relations with India. More

October 21: Hina RabbanI Khar says that Pakistan seeks friendly relations with India on the basis of mutual respect and equality and that Pakistan is keen to take the dialogue process forward in a sustained and result-oriented manner.  More

Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan says the government had not taken parliament into confidence on giving India the MFN status. More

October 23: Pakistan forces an Indian army helicopter to land for having violated its airspace, but later allowed the four officers on board and the helicopter to return after interrogation, military sources said. More

October 25: The participants of the Pakistan Defence Conference declares that the people of the country will never accept India’s hegemony in the region. More

October 26: The Pakistan army allegedly breached Indian security and downloaded all the digital data from the Indian army helicopter that strayed into Skardu on Sunday, stated a report published in The Hindustan Times. More

Indian tea planters are waiting for Pakistan to grant most favoured nation (MFN) status to boost exports across the border. More

October 27: Former President Pervez Musharraf says that India wants to ‘create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan’ as part of its attempt to dominate the South Asian region. More

Pervez Musharraf warns that Islamabad’s spy agency will need to take counter-measures if Afghanistan becomes to close to India. More

October 28: The leadership of leading national religious parties denouncing the government’s likely decision to award Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India states that it would damage the ongoing Kashmir liberation movement. More

November

November 1: Pakistan’s top diplomatic authorities decide to temporarily shelve the proposal to grant India the Most Favoured Nation trade status.  More

November 2: Yousaf Raza Gilani gives a go-ahead for importing electricity from India and decides to take up the matter with his Indian counterpart this month. More

November 3: Pakistan’s federal cabinet unanimously endorses granting MFN status to its neighbour, subject to the approval of the parliament. More

Indian Commerce and Industry minister Anand Sharma says that they deeply appreciate the positive gesture that Pakistan has taken and that when bilateral economic engagements improve, it brings prosperity to both the partners. More

November 4: The Foreign Office says the federal cabinet had only agreed to the MFN proposal ‘in principle’ and a decision would be taken after consultations between the commerce  ministries of the two countries. More

There are reactions of joy from the Indian government and business community as Pakistan grants India MFN status. More

November 5: New Delhi plays down confusion about whether Pakistan was granting India MFN status, saying such a step could take some time. More

Pakistan informs India that a Pakistani judicial commission would visit India soon to interview some key people in connection with the investigation into the Mumbai terror attacks. More

Key civilian and military functionaries meet to discuss the process of easing trade with India in the run-up to grant it the MFN status. More

Foreign Office Spokesperson Tehmina Janjua says Pakistan denies that it has backtracked on giving India MFN trade status.  More

November 6: Hina Rabbani Khar says that Pakistan believes in peaceful co-existence and that the corner stone of its foreign policy is to have cordial and good relations with its neighbours. More

November 8: Senior officials from Pakistan and India meet in the Maldives as they prepare for a summit of South Asian nations SAARC. More

November 9: The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India say that trust between their countries had improved, providing the foundation for a renewed push at their troubled peace process. More

Yousaf Raza Gilani says that the ongoing Indo-Pak dialogue has significantly raised the importance of the regional South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) forum.  More

November 10: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says that India and rival Pakistan needed to stop wasting time trading barbs and open a new chapter in their relationship. More

November 11: India asks Pakistan to take strict action against Laskar-e-Taiba and Jammatud Dawa if it wanted a meaningful dialogue. More

Yousaf Raza Gilani says he respected comments of his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh who described him as a ‘Man of peace’; following his talks on the sidelines of the Saarc summit. More

November 12: Pakistan allows expansion in positive list of items importable from India by adding 12 more items and granting a number of relaxations for one-time import of industrial and relief goods. More

Chief of the Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed claims that the army was not taken into confidence over the cabinet’s decision to grant India the MFN status. More

The Pakistani trade delegation headed by Federal Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood will leave for India today for trade talks to be held in New Dehli. More

Hina Rabbani Khar says that the bilateral Summit between India and Pakistan held in Maldives has contributed to impel a seriousness of purpose to the process of engagement with both sides reaffirming their commitment to the pursuit of peace. More

November 13: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he is optimistic about the process for resumed peace with Pakistan, but stressed that he has made it clear that if another barbarous  Mumbai attack were to happen, it will be a setback.  More

November 14: Two day Commerce Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan will be held today in New Delhi with special focus on boosting trade between the two countries. More

Hina RabbanI Khar says Pakistan and India are successful in reducing the trust deficit and have started building the trust. More

November 15: The commerce ministers of India and Pakistan begin a two-day meeting with an agenda to end their decades old aloofness. More

Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony seeks to calibrate the growing expectations from the bilateral dialogue between India and Pakistan saying, ‘don’t expect miracles’. More

The Permenent Indus Commission (PIWC) has compiled a list of 155 hydropower  project dams, India plans to construct in violation of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. More

November 16: Yousaf Raza Gilani says his recent meeting with the Indian premier in the Maldives was successful. More

India and Pakistan agree to resume normal trade ties in February, paving the way to end decades of political mistrust and military rivalry. More

November 17: Makhdoom Amin Faheem informs the parliament that India had assured not to oppose Pakistan’s free trade agreement and waiver for a concessional tariff regime with European Union on the forum of the World Trade Organization (WTO). More

November 18: Dennis Kux , Ambassador ( r) and a senior scholar at Woodrow Wilson Centre Washington says that US government must be very careful while enhancing ties with India because it has direct impact on Pakistan. More

November 19: Scores of Jamaat-i-Islami activists protest demonstration against the government’s decision to confer MFN status to India as tantamount for disloyalty with Kasmiris and demand for the government to withdraw it forthwith in the larger interest of the country. More

November 22: The Senate Standing Committee on Textile expresses serious reservations over lack of coordination between the ministries of commerce and textile while finalising lists of negative items given to India. More

The Indian government is getting increasingly worried that the escalating memo gate  crisis in Islamabad might end Asif Ali Zardari’s charmed run in the office and put Indo-Pakistani relations back on ice, particularly if the Pakistan army takes back control of the government. More

November 23: India says with Pakistan agreeing to open its market completely for Indian goods by the end- 2012, the process of grant of MFN status to New Delhi will be complete. More

Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharad Sabharwal says India has a clear cut visa policy for citizens of Pakistan, but a more liberal policy is under consideration. More

Indian government again accuses that Pakistan’s spy agency ISI continues to support various terrorist outfits to spread violence in India. More

December

December 23: The Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan demands a detailed briefing from ministries of foreign and commerce over granting MFN status to India. More

December 26: Pakistani and Indian officials resume the bilateral dialogue on conventional and nuclear weapons. More

December 27: The Pakistani government asks India to fix the date for the proposed visit of Pakistani judicial commission to interview key persons linkedto investigations into the 2008 Mumbai attacks. More

Pakistan and India consider a new proposal to remove weapons from the Line of Control in the disputed region of Kashmir, in a development that may prove crucial for resolution of the longstanding issue. More

December 28: Pakistan and India agree to move forward on proposals to extend the two vital agreements on reducing risk from accidents related tonuclear weapons and pre-notification of ballistic missile tests, while concluding two-day talks on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures. More

December 30: India rejects Pakistan’s proposal to move heavy artillery and mortar away from the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, claiming frequent ceasefire violations and asking Islamabad to come clear on its nuclear policy. More

December 31: Indian Border Security Force opens fire at the Pakistan-India boundary near Sialkot without provocation. More

February

February 2: India's Supreme Court is due to begin an appeal hearing into the death sentence handed down to the lone surviving Pakistani gunman, Mohammed Kasab, from the 2008 Mumbai attacks. More

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tells lawmakers at a Congressional hearing that Pakistan continues to consider India an existential threat. More

February 3: The Pakistani judicial commission postpones its scheduled visit to India. More

February 4: The ceremonial opening of the dedicated gate for bilateral Pakistan-India trade is likely to be held at Wagha Border on February 13, says an official of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP). More

February 5: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief and chairman of the special parliamentary committee on Kashmir, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, says the government should remove the reservations of Kashmiri leaders before granting the MFN status to India. More

Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami Liaqat Baloch has condemned the government for giving MFN status to India. More

Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma to visit Pakistan from February 13, says Pak-India Business Council (PIBC) Chairman Noor Muhammad Qasuri. More

February 7: FIA Special Public Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali to ask Indian authorities to chalk out a new schedule for the proposed judicial commission visit to India. More

India will ease visa restrictions on Pakistani nationals in what is described as a gesture towards improving relations with Islamabad. More

February 8: Leading industrialists and traders have expressed their concerns over the process envisaged for granting the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, saying that the process should be equally beneficial for both nations. More

India's concern over the presence of Chinese troops in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) was raised by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in his talks with leaders here. More

February 10: Pakistan is unhappy with India for "not addressing'' its concerns on removing non-tariff barriers but New Delhi said the delay was purely procedural. More

Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim inaugurates three-day India Show at Lahore Expo Centre. More

February 12: Three agreements will be signed during Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma’s three-day official visit to Pakistan. More

February 13: Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma says both India and Pakistan have decided to dismantle all barriers hindering bilateral trade through serious talks. More

February 14: The Pakistan Air Force has modified its plans to effectively counter India's purported 'Cold Start' war doctrine, says Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman. More

Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Ashok Kumar Barat says that the business community of India and Pakistan should be ashamed of not being able to exploit the trade potential for the last 64 years as envisioned by the founders of the two countries. More

All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran, the representative body of all wholesale and retail markets in the provincial capital boycotts the Indian delegation currently visiting Pakistan led by Indian Minister for Commerce. More

Federal Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar Tuesday says that Pakistan is fully capable to defend its territorial integrity and counter India’s military preparedness and its ‘War Doctrine’. More

Chairman Agri Forum Pakistan Muhammad Ibrahim Mughal criticizes the government’s decision of trading with India. More

February 15: Pakistan and India are likely to sign three pacts today that will substantially reduce barriers to bilateral trade. More

Pakistan and India must discuss and explore vistas of cooperation on climate change as both countries have an integrated ecological system with shared natural resources, says Shafqat Kakakhel, former deputy executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme. More

Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma may announce the government's "in-principle" decision to lift the ban on investments from Pakistan in return for concessions from across the border. More

February 16: Pakistan and India agree to ease visa regime for businessmen. More

February 17: Indian Business delegation led by R B Mittal, express their resolve to build trade relations between the two countries on durable basis at the PM House. More

February 18: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik says that a Pakistani judicial commission would visit India in March to investigate ‘Mumbai attacks’. More

Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC) welcomes the signing of three trade accords between India and Pakistan. More

PM Yousuf Raza Gilani says that granting a country the ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) status was not the same as declaring it the most “friendly” nation. More

February 19: Speaker of Indian Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar plans a five-day state visit to Pakistan. More

February 21: Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar arrives on a five-day state visit to Pakistan. More

Pakistan and India agree to extend a pact on reducing risks of nuclear accidents that could be caused by stockpiles of atomic weapons. More

Delhi police nab 39-year-old Kamran Akbar, suspecting him of being an ISI agent who had been staying in India for the last 20 years. More

February 22: Foreign countries and agencies strongly opposed to the Gwadar Port and determined to drive a wedge between Pakistan and Iran are involved in terrorist activities in Balochistan, military sources say. More

National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza, and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar agree to enhance interaction between the parliamentarians of Pakistan and India to built bridges of understanding and friendship between the two neighbouring countries. More

PM Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani says talks were necessary for permanent and solid relations between India and Pakistan. More

February 23: Indian Border Security Forces (IBSF) hand over two Pakistani prisoners to Punjab Rangers at Wagah border as goodwill gesture. More

February 24: Jobs of almost 70 per cent population of the rural areas of the country are at risk if MFN status is granted to India, says former chairman of Pakistan Poultry Association Abdul Basit. More

February 25: Foreign Office spokesman states that Pakistan will no longer publicly accuse India of alleged interference in Balochistan. More

February 26: Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif says that India and Pakistan need to develop peaceful neighbourly relations while continuing efforts for the solution to all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, in order to achieve a durable peace in the subcontinent. More

February 27: Moderate Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says the Hurriyat is seriously considering opening offices in New Delhi and Islamabad. More

The Indian military is to conduct one of its largest mock war drills, involving 20,000 troops, close to the country’s border with Pakistan. More

February 28: Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood promises to complete the negative list for trade with India by the end of this month. More

February 29: Pakistan will normalise trade with arch-rival India by the end of this year says Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan.

March

March 1: India’s Foreign Minister SM Krishna thanked Pakistan for deciding to gradually scrap the “negative list” that prevents the export of hundreds of items from India. More

Pakistan’s PM Yousuf Raza Gilani says that more trade with India would bring stability to the region. More

India’s Foreign Minister SM Krishna welcomes Pakistan’s decision to phase out major restrictions on Indian imports by the end of this year. More

March 5: Hina Rabbani Khar says that the India-Pakistan dialogue process had resumed, after remaining suspended for two years, and its resumption was vital for peace in the region. More

March 12: Pakistani investigators and lawyers are to travel to India this week in connection with 26/11 investigations. More

Indian President Pratibha Patil states that her country’s remains committed to resolving all outstanding disputes with Pakistan through substantive dialogue. More

March 13: Sri Ravi Shankar states that the politicians on both sides of the border need to change their approach of attracting voters through war rhetoric and hate mongering. More

India chalks out strategy to use the remaining Pakistan’ water in Chenab to irrigate the land of Jammu city. More

Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal announces that talks are currently underway for the re-opening of the Indian Consulate in Karachi. More

March 14: A Pakistani judicial commission, probing the 2008 Mumbai attack, leaves for India to gather evidence. More

Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal calls on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan at the PTI office. More

Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar informs the National Assembly that Pakistan had raised objections to the design of five dams to be constructed by India on three western rivers in violation of the Indus Basin Treaty. More

March 15: The Pakistan judicial commission holds a close-door meeting with Indian special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam in connection with the Mumbai terror attack of Nov 26, 2008. More

March 16: An Indian official says a court has barred a Pakistani delegation from interviewing the man convicted of the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai and any of the witnesses in his trial. More

March 17: The eight-member judicial commission from Pakistan records the statements of key witnesses in the Mumbai terror attacks case. More

March 19: It is imperative for Pakistan’s economic growth that the country enhances its trade ties with India, says a top World Bank official. More

March 21: The ministry of commerce issues the Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) for switching over to negative list regime to trade with India. More

March 22: India will explore a route through Pakistan to transport iron ore from Afghanistan, the head of a consortium involved in the $11 billion project says. More

Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmad tells the Rajya Sabha that India is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan through dialogue but it is necessary to have an environment free of terror to move forward meaningfully. More

India’s state owned oil and gas company GAIL has offers Pakistan a deal to import natural gas from India. More

March 24: Pakistan is expected to bring out a notification next month allowing import of certain goods, including petrol and food items from India says Secretary for Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry. More

The Indo-Pak talks on water dispute are going to be held in the last week of March in New Dehli, says Syed Raghib Abbas Shah, Member Water WAPDA. More

March 25: The government allows Indian wheat for the first time to pass through its territory to Afghanistan via Karachi Port. More

March 26: PM Yousuf Raza Gilani has brief interactions with US President Barack Obama and his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh. More

March 27: Hina Rabbani Khar stresses that both India and Pakistan recognize the need to go beyond the stage of dealing with the “trust deficit” and move towards a “result-oriented dialogue”. More

March 28: Two day secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India over the distribution of water and the construction of Wullar barrage project on River Jhelum begin. More

Manmohan Singh says he will visit Pakistan only after some concrete steps are taken in the India-Pakistan relations. More

India tells Pakistan that it would prefer the option of seeking international arbitration to resolve the over two-decade old dispute over the Tulbul navigation project. More

March 29: Michael Sheehan, assistant secretary of Defence for Special Operations, says that Pakistan has an addiction of playing around with militant groups against India. More

India formally offers Pakistan 5,000MW of electricity to meet its energy requirements on an urgent basis which could be transmitted through Punjab without much delay. More

Lt-Gen Frank Panter, the Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics, states that the US would have to rely on India and the northern distribution network if Pakistan did not reopen Nato supply lines to Afghanistan. More

March 31: Federal Secretary Commerce Zafar Mehmood says that the government would not implement a free trade regime with India without ensuring level playing field to Pakistani exporters. More

April

April 1: Zardari’s spokesman revealed that President Asif Ali Zardari is to make the first visit to India by a Pakistani head of state since 2005. More

April 2: Indian Coast Guard officials stated that they had apprehended fourteen Pakistani fishermen two boats were seized for illegally entering Indian territory near Jakhau coast in Kutch district. More

April 3: Hearing a petition to stop the federal government from importing 5,000MW of electricity from India, the Supreme Court directs the counsel for the petitioner to furnish the Indian Supreme Court’s judgement on rivers interlinking 2005. More

India to provide documents about Mumbai attacks to Pakistan soon; including the testimony by Ajmal Kasab. More

April 5: Pakistan foreign ministry spokesperson Abdul Basit stated that Pakistan is looking forward for meaningful engagements with India to promote peace and security in the region. More

April 6: Pakistan and India agreed on formation of an independent Indus water commission comprising of neutral and transparent professionals. More

India decided to deploy at least 2,000 police personnel for Pakistan President  Zardari’s visit to New Delhi and Ajmer. More

Indian External Affairs Minister Mr. Krishna claimed that India has repeatedly given Pakistan every detail of Jamatud Dawa's leader Hafiz Saeed’s involvement in the Mumbai terror attack, but ‘Islamabad has chosen not to conduct an investigation’. More

Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Abdul Basit rejected Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna’s remarks that India has provided adequate proof linking Jamatud Dawa (JD) Chief Hafiz Saeed to the Mumbai attacks. More

April 7: Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Abdul Basit confirmed that President Asif Ali Zardari will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at lunch during his visit to India. More

April 8: The US has held Indian security forces responsible for committing gross human rights violations in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) and other conflict-hit regions. More

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhiat in New Delhi and invited him to visit Pakistan. More

China lauds Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to India, stating that better ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbours would benefit both countries and bring stability in the region. More

President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed the Kashmir issue and terrorism-related challenges and stated that the two countries are willing to find "practical, pragmatic" solutions to a "number of issues" affecting the bilateral relationship. More

April 9: The US and India have offered assistance to Pakistan for search operations at the 6,000-metre-high Siachen Glacier where an avalanche completely swept over the Pakistan Army headquarters. More

The Indian Supreme Court granted bail on humanitarian grounds to an eighty-year-old Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khalil Chishti who is serving a life term in an Ajmer jail in Rajasthan over a 20-year-old murder case. More

The Indian Defence Ministry noted in its latest annual report that the existence of terrorist camps across the Indo-Pak border and continued infiltrations across the Line of Control (LoC) are a continual threat, . More

April 10: India’s top court directed local authorities to make arrangements for the return of all Pakistani prisoners who, despite completing their terms, have not yet been released from the country’s jails. More

India seeks dates from Pakistan for a bilateral meeting between the home secretaries of the two countries after May 22 when the budget session of Parliament comes to an end. More

Asserting that Pakistan-India relations were going through one of the best phases in the history of the two countries, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik stated that both countries were close to putting in place a new liberal visa agreement. More

April 11: A 250-member delegation led by Federal Minister for Commerce, Makhdoom Amin Fahim left for India to attend a three-day Life Style Exhibition starting from April 12 in New Delhi. More

Pakistan’s High commissioner in New Delhi Shahid Malik says that President Asif Ali Zardari had reached an understanding with Indian PM Dr Manmohan Singh during his recent visit to India and that both of them had decided to finalise an agreement on the visa issuance very soon. More

April 12: Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said that the US decision to place a $10 million bounty on Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed shows that Washington has come around to share India’s view about the high level of threat from Pakistani militant groups. More

Pakistan released 26 Indian fishermen held in prison for more than two years for violating territorial waters as a goodwill gesture told Nazeer Husain Shah, superintendent of the Malir district prison in Karachi. More

April 13: Top Indian and Pakistani political and business leadership open a gateway (the Integrated Check Post) to new socio-economic ties at Attari. More

A government official revealed that India has offered tariff of about Rs15 per unit for sale of 500MW of electricity to Pakistan at the Wagah-Attari border that would require a total of 45 kilometres of transmission line. More

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif stated that trade with India through a land route will create jobs and bring about prosperity in the country. More

India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma indicated that India is open to inviting foreign direct investments from Pakistan. More

April 14: Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesman Moazzam Ahmed Khan formally announced the appointment of Salman Bashir as the new High Commissioner to India. More

Pakistani Commerce Minister Makhdoom Mohammad Amin Fahim and his Indian counterpart Anand Sharma agreed to promote bi-lateral trade and economic relations for the benefit of the business community and consumers of the two countries. More

Zehra Akbari, Director General (South Asia) at the Foreign Office reminds India of a 1989 agreement for resolving the Siachen dispute and asks New Delhi to honour it. More

April 16: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that Islamabad now trusts New Delhi more than ever before and believes the Kashmir dispute cannot be a roadblock. More

April 17: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar stated during a meeting with a British delegation that Kashmir remains the core issue between India and Pakistan hampering development and prosperity in the region. More

April 18: Pakistan’s finance minister voiced optimism about trade with India, saying that he saw popular support for building ties with India and benefiting from its “dynamic” economy. More

Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani says he would like to see the country spend less on defence and called for the Siachenborder-area with India to be de-militarized. More

April 19: Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman Moazzam Ahmad Khan says Pakistan is finalising details for the next round of talks with India over the disputed Siachen Glacier. More

Indian Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju welcomed Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s remarks on resolving the Siachen issue and demilitarization of the region, stating that the money spent on deployment of troops could be spent on development of the two countries. More

April: 20 President Asif Ali Zardari claimed that Pakistan can not unilaterally withdraw it’s forces from Siachen. More

April 22: Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar declared that India and Pakistan are back on the dialogue table to sort out issues between the two nations and added that Islamabad cannot afford to be selective in improving ties with its neighbours.More

April 23: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said that all issues with India, including the withdrawal of troops from Siachen and the Kashmir dispute, must be resolved through dialogue More

April 24: UN chief Ban Ki-moon termed recent efforts by India and Pakistan to normalise their relations as “very positive” and “encouraging”. More

April 25: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna stated that India and Pakistan are likely to sign a ‘liberalised visa agreement’ during secretary-level talks in Islamabad next month. More

April 28: India has held talks over exporting refined fuels to its neighbor Pakistan, at the opening of the company’s new refinery close to the border between the two countries says the head of Hindustan Mittal Energy, S.Roy Choudhury says . More

April 30: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain says enhanced trade with India is a preference of the government, but it would not be pursued at the cost of local industry. More

May

May 1: The Indian government tells the Lok Sabha that India and Pakistan have agreed to hold meaningful and result-oriented discussion to demilitarise the Siachen glacier region where 26 Indian soldiers died during deployment last year. More

May 2: India and Pakistan are channelling their efforts into increasing trade in the hope that business can bring them together. Mor

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) impressed by India’s successful use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in its elections,  is seeking to emulate the system in the upcoming general elections. More

May 3: India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma says that India has in principle agreed to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan to help boost trade between the two countries. More

Pakistan's Federal Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim says that an official announcement to declare India the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) by Pakistan is expected by the end of this year. More

May 4: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani says that India has toughened its stance on Siachen as compared to 1989, adding that India has now been demanding re-determination of positions. More

May 8: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan says that Pakistan and India need to trust each other in order to progress and the time has come to see change in the bilateral relationship. More

Kargil episode has made things difficult says Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal as Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar demanded that India to take a ‘bold initiative’ to resolve the Siachen dispute. More

Besides developing relations on the basis of equality, Pakistan is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with India through dialogue says Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. More

Asserting that our growing economic agenda also includes finalisation of modalities of electricity trade between the two countries and the trade in petroleum products, Indian High Commissioner Sharat Shabarwal says that India and Pakistan should target $12 billion trade within next five years. More

A two-day 2nd Aman Ki Asha Economic Conference under the theme of “Dividends” starts to discuss ways and means to improve and strengthen relations between Pakistan and India. More

May 9: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) agree to share research data for mutual benefit and to highlight the regional potential. More

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan vows to develop friendly relations with India after coming to power. More

May 10: In a show of gross misreporting and anti-Pakistan propaganda the Indian media issues a news report claiming that three Pakistani nationals associated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)  have entered Mumbai and plan to carry out an attack similar to the one in Mumbai during 2008. More

World Punjabi Congress (WPC) Chairman Fakhar Zaman says the common man needs to be involved directly in the peace process for durable peace between India and Pakistan. More

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan hailing the Aman Ki Asha initiative launched jointly by Jang Group of Pakistan and Time of India newspaper, says the move goes a long way in dispelling the ‘negative perceptions’ between Pakistan and India. More

May 11: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Moazzam Ahmad Khan says Pakistan will host the next round of talks with India over the disputed Siachen Glacier on June 11-12 in Islamabad. More

May 12: India’s intelligence agency sparks outrage in Pakistan and falls victim to self-deprecatory jokes at home this week, after it listed ordinary Pakistani shopkeepers as terrorists on a mission to attack some of India’s landmark institutions. More

Pakistan says it will host the next round of talks with India on June 11-12, in Islamabad, over the Siachen Glacier that is dubbed as the world’s highest battlefield. More

May 14: The Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) and India’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) has ordered a probe regarding a report that reveals that five Pakistani ‘terrorists’, belonging to the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), have sneaked into Mumbai; possibly through the sea route and are plotting to attack vital installations. More

The Indian government is likely to pull back troops from wartime positions, deployed at the working boundary with Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. More

May 15: Ailing Pakistani microbiologist Dr Mohammad Khalil Chishti is set to return to Pakistan after the Indian Supreme court allows him to travel back on human grounds. More

May 16: Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik meets Indian Home Secretary RK Singh ahead of India-Pakistan home secretary-level talks on Tuesday  to discuss various aspects of the proposed meeting including an accord for a liberalised visa regime. More

Return of Dr. Khalil Chisty to Islamabad amongst scenes of jubilation marks a historic day for Pakistan-India relations and perhaps a symbol of hope for the hundreds of prisoners languishing indefinitely on both sides of the border. More

May 18: Australian High Commissioner Tim George states that Pakistan and India had different cases and both cannot be treated equally for provision of civil nuclear technology from Australia. More

India increases its security measures at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the India-Pakistan border, following a threat issued by Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Taliban to blow up the ICP on Pakistan side.  Press Trust of India. More

The cabinet of the Indian government approves a deal to buy natural gas from Turkmenistan via the $7.6 billion pipeline that will pass through Afghanistan and Pakistan, removing a major stumbling block in completing an intra-continental gas supply line. More

May 22: Pakistan and finalises major changes in their decades-old strict bilateral ‘visa regime during secretary-level talks, which may serve as a catalyst to normalise ties between the archrival neighbours. More

May 24: In an unprecedented move, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh order the head of country’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) to join the 12-member delegation led by Home Secretary RK Singh for a bilateral visit to Pakistan. More

May 25: Pakistan and India hold secretary-level talks, agreeing to exempt business community from reporting to police upon arrival.

India declares Hafiz Saeed as mastermind of the Mumbai attacks as the two countries started the two-day talks in Islamabad on liberal visa regime, curbing smuggling and crime. More

May 28: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) denies Indian media reports that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvaiz Kayani is expected to meet the Indian Defence Minister in Singapore’s Sigari-la moot in June. More

May 30: India and Pakistan open talks on Islamabad importing oil from its eastern neighbour in a bid to ease a crippling energy crisis plaguing Pakistan. More

May 31: A nationally representative poll among a cross-section of more than 2,600 men and women extrapolats that 67 percent Pakistanis think that the country should trade with India. More

June

June 2: Former Minister for Defence, who recently took charge of the Ministry for Power and Water, Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar said that the militaries of both India and Pakistan are an obstacle to the resolution of the Siachen dispute. More

June 9: Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony cautions against expecting a breakthrough in the Siachen Glacier talks being held in Islamabad next week. More

June 11: The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India are due to review progress made under the resumed dialogue process when Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna travels to Islamabad next month to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar. More

Defence Secretaries of India and Pakistan begin two-day talks on the Siachen issue in Islamabad. More

Indian and Pakistani defence secretaries kick off two-day talks on the issues pertaining to demilitarisation of the Siachen Glacier. More

June 12: The first day of the Defence Secretary level talks between Pakistan and India concludes yesterday. The talks are aimed at resolving the Siachen issue between the two countries. More

The two-day secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan concludes. More

June 13: India and Pakistan fail to make any progress in connection with demilitarisation of the world’s highest battlefield Siachen, as the 13th round of secretary level talks between the two countries end in Rawalpindi. More

June 14: India’s foreign minister says the mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks is still using Pakistan for a "hate India campaign”. More

Indian troops resort to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in Batal sector near Muzaffarabad. More

June 18: Next month for the first time, Chiefs of Pakistan Rangers and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) will meet in the Indian capital. They will  thrash out a host of issues, including recent incidents of firing along the Indo-Pak border. More

Indo-Pak negotiations on Sir Creek issue kick off in New Delhi. More

Defence Minister Naveed Qamar says that negotiations were underway between Pakistan and India for the withdrawal of troops from Siachen and soon a better strategy would be formulated in this direction. More

Pakistan and India reiterate their desire to find an amicable solution to the Sir Creek issue through sustained and result oriented dialogue process. More

June 19: Yesterday, officials from Pakistan and India started the 12th round of talks over the disputed maritime border region of Sir Creek. More

June 20: Unprovoked firing by Indian troops at Buttal Sector along the Line of Control (LoC), solicits protests at local level in Pakistan against the incident. More

Talks on Sir Creek between India and Pakistan ended yesterday without any major breakthrough and the two countries agreed to hold another round on the issue in Pakistan. More

June 24: Hoping for progress in the bilateral dialogue process on all issues, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh congratulates Raja Pervez Ashraf on his election as the prime minister of Pakistan. More

June 26: Britain’s Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Lord Howell welcomes the positive steps being taken by Pakistan and India to build trust and confidence. More

On June 27, Pakistan will release 315 Indian fishermen, including 23 juvenile prisoners lodged in Karachi jails. More

Women soldiers of Pakistan and India will soon perform the ceremonial beating retreat held every evening at the Attari-Wagah border of the two countries. More

Stating that it is difficult to resolve all the issues that both countries have been facing since the past 60 years in six days or months, Indian Foreign Minster S M Krishna said that Pak-India relations are however, normalising. More

In the backdrop of the arrest of Abu Jundal, a LeT terrorist and key handler of attackers who struck Mumbai in 2008, Pakistan offers India counter-terrorism cooperation. More

June 27: President Asif Ali Zardari commutes death sentence of Sarabjit Singh into life imprisonment on Tuesday. Sarabjit Singh, who is in Lahore’s KotLakhpat Jail, was convicted following bomb blasts in Multan and Lahore in 1990. More

A planned meeting next month between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers has been postponed, New Delhi says, citing a clash of dates with India’s presidential election. More

The Pakistan government took a u-turn on release of the Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in an unusual way late on Tuesday. Sarabjit Singh is, convicted of spying charges and the Pakistan government said that the release orders were signed for “Surjit Singh” and not for “Sarabjit Singh”. More

Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik says that Surjeet Singh has completed his sentence. He reiterated that Surjeet and Sarabjeet were two different Indian prisoners. More

India always blames Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency without any evidence and never apologises, says advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik. More

June 28: India requests Pakistan to release death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh after Islamabad said it had taken steps for release of another Indian prisoner, Surjeet Singh, who has been jailed for three decades. More

A man arrested on suspicion of helping plot the 2008 Mumbai attacks had “confirmed” during interrogation that Pakistan was involved, say Indian officials. More

June 29: India on Friday denies that an Indian man freed after serving three decades in a Pakistani jail on espionage charges was a spy working for New Delhi. More

Indian spy Surjeet Singh was handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border on Thursday. More

June 30: According to India, the leader of the Pakistan-based militant group, which India blames for the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, may have been present in a Pakistani “control room” from where the attacks were coordinated. More

July

July 5: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that he is ready for a visit to Pakistan and hopes that the visit would yield positive results, Express News reported on Thursday evening. Express Tribune

July 6: Reliable sources revealed to Daily Times that despite recurring letdowns on the resolution of the Siachen dispute from both sides; India and Pakistan; foreign offices have deliberately put the issue on the backburner. They are focusing instead on issues of terrorism, Kashmir, trade and resumption of cricket. Daily Times

Pakistan strongly rejectes suggestions that any of its state agencies were involved in acts of terrorism perpetrated in India. The rejection was issued at the conclusion of talks between foreign secretaries of the two countries. Daily Times

The incorrigible naysayers were isolated and the maligned idealists were rewarded by India and Pakistan whose foreign secretaries set the stage on Thursday for a political engagement between the two countries. Despite the never ending hiccups, the secretaries pledged to salvage and consolidate the gains of their revived dialogue. Dawn

July 23: The so-called Composite Dialogue between Pakistan and India after completion of two full-fledged rounds is now due for further continuation. However several concerns remain to be addressed as the Indian Minister for External Affairs, SM Kirishna, reluctantly agreed to visit Islamabad for the review meeting in the early second week of September. The meeting was previously scheduled for last week, but deferred under the pretext of Indian presidential polls in which the minister had little role to play. The News

July 25: The United States has expressed its support for Pakistan-India cricket diplomacy and desires that in addition to progress on trade relations, the two South Asian nations should now also move forward on trust building, counter-terrorism cooperation and tackling political issues. Daily Times

July 28: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday formally invited Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan, saying it will provide an opportunity to the two sides to take stock of bilateral relations. Daily Times

August

August 1: India overturns its ban on foreign investment from Pakistan in a move designed to build goodwill amid a renewed push for a peace settlement between the two neighbours. More

Islamabad tells New Delhi that recently obtained evidence from the Mumbai attacks is inadmissible in court because Pakistanis were not allowed to cross-examine Indian officials, a Pakistani lawyer says. More

August 3: The central bank allows the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and the United Bank Limited (UBL) to open branches in India, underlining the steady progress in improving economic and trade ties between the two countries. More

Pakistani and Indian officials discuss plans to import 500 megawatts of electricity from India to energy-starved Pakistan. More

August 4: Interior Minister Rehman Malik brings documentary proof to the Senate to prove the active involvement of Afghanistan and Indian intelligence in the destabilisation of Balochistan, and the patronising of separatists, including Brahamdagh Bugti. More

August 10: Sixty Hindu families migrate to India due to the law and order situation in Jacobabad. More

Two hundred and thirty Hindu pilgrims, who were earlier stopped from crossing the Wagah Border, are allowed to go to India to attend a religious event, Dawn News reports. More

Interior Minister Rehman Malik says that the Hindu families migration story is a conspiracy against Pakistan. More

August 11: President Asif Zardari takes serious notice of the reports of the sense of insecurity among Hindu families in Sindh and directs authorities concerned to allay Hindus’ grievances. More

August 12: Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar says that the government would take all measures to address the concerns of the Hindu community who are Pakistani citizens and enjoy equal rights. More

As many as 115 more Hindu pilgrims belonging to Sindh leave for India through Wagah. Talking to the media, pilgrims say: “The reports about our exodus from Pakistan are baseless.” More

Kanwar Dilshad, former Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), says a delegation of Hindu community members approached the electoral body in 2008 against alleged harassment and intimidation by a noted politician from Jacobabad. More

August 13: Chairman Parliament Special Committee on Kashmir Maulana Fazlur Rehman asks India not to stop Pakistani water by constructing dams on Pakistani rivers. More

President Asif Ali Zardari says the government was committed to striving for better relations between Pakistan and India and says he hoped that the search by the two countries for a peaceful resolution to all disputes would bear fruit through a sustained and productive dialogue. More

August 14: The government contemplates alternative funding plans for the $12-billion Diamer-Bhasha Dam project through bilateral institutions after declining an Asian Development Bank suggestion that Pakistan secure a no-objection certificate from India for multilateral funding. More

Another group of 30 Pakistani Hindus reach Amritsar by the Samjhota Express and say they have no desire to return to Pakistan. More

August 15: Pakistan releases 55 Indian fishermen, 15 of them teenagers, as a “goodwill gesture” to mark Independence Day in India. More

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf felicitates Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on the Independence Day of India. More

August 17: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain asks prominent personalities of the country to think about the conspiracy behind repeated terrorist attacks on defence installations and Hindus’ migration to India. More

India extends help to Pakistani Hindus who have arrived on tourist/pilgrimage visas, saying New Delhi was willing to issue long-term visas to them if they apply under the norms. More

As many as six Pakistani civilians, including two women and a child, are seriously injured due to firing and mortar shelling by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) the Surkhpur village, 10 kilometres from Sialkot. More

August 18: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir, on behalf of President Asif Ali Zardari, the Government and people of Pakistan, presents a cheque of one million dollars as donation for the Ajmer Sharif shrine in India. More

August 19: The interior ministers of Pakistan and India agree to attempt resolving problems through mutual cooperation and understanding. More

August 20: The present phase of Indo-Pakistan ties is full of promise and that too without compromising on the Kashmir issue, which is not on the backburner, so to speak, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir says. More

The Indian government says the bulk of SMS and MMS messages that triggered panic in the northeast of the country have been traced to Pakistan and a protest will be lodged with Islamabad. More

Pakistan rejects as ‘baseless’ and ‘unfounded’ charges from New Delhi that it was behind the mass exodus of students and workers from India’s northeast for fear of being attacked by Muslims. More

Pakistan and India agree to work together for peace in the region in a telephone conversation between Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Indian Home Minister Sunil Kumar Shinde. More

August 22: A delegation of Pakistani parliamentarians and traders leave for India through the Wagah border on a four-day visit for a dialogue with their counterparts on issues including bilateral trade and visa policy. More

August 23: Indian media reports say Pakistan and India have agreed to issue complete banking licenses and to open branches of two banks hosted in both countries. More

India’s Home Minister P Chidambaram says that during the past three years 764 Pakistanis have been given Indian citizenship. More

August 24: Members of Parliament from Pakistan and India discuss opportunities to deepen ties between their countries, focusing on the issues of visa regime, role of the media, education and local government. More

August 26: An 18-member Pakistani delegation comprising Parliamentarians that returned home via Wagah border after a five-day visit to India says that parliamentarians of both sides want to facilitate the people of both nations. More

August 27: A committee formed by President Asif Ali Zardari to look into reports of mass migration of Hindus to India rejects claims that members of the minority community are leaving Sindh because of security fears. More

Pakistani authorities send two requests to India to allow defence lawyers to cross-examine key witnesses in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case, saying any failure to do so could allow the accused in the country to go scot-free. More

Indian Defence Minister AK Antony says that while efforts are on to resolve the disputed Sir Creek issue with Pakistan, he could not specify a timeline as yet. More

August 28: India and Pakistan agree to continue dialogue on Siachen for early resolution of the outstanding issues there, and reaffirm the resolve to make serious, sustained and result-oriented efforts to seek an amicable solution, the Lok Sabha is informed. More

Pakistan Rangers arrest nine Indians for attempting to enter Pakistani territory illegally. More

August 29: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar says that Pakistan is looking forward to upcoming talks between President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Tehran to resolve important issues. More

August 30: Ahead of a likely meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Tehran, India expresses unhappiness with the tardy probe and trial in Pakistan of the Mumbai terror suspects. More

August 31: Interior Minister Rehman Malik says Pakistan has finalised work on visa regime with India and hopes it would be signed during the visit of Indian Foreign Minister to Pakistan in September. More

Former High Commissioner of Pakistan in India Shahid Malik says that the draft of new liberal visa policy between the two countries has been prepared and will be signed during the current year. More

President Asif Ali Zardari says that Pakistan and India must make determined efforts and maintain focus to steer the dialogue process in a productive and result-oriented manner. More

September

September 1: Interior Minister Rehman Malik says Pakistan has finalised work on the visa regime with India and hopes it would be signed during the Indian external affairs minister’s visit to Pakistan.  More

The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India will hold talks in Islamabad next week as the nuclear-armed rivals seek to advance the delicate process of normalising ties. More

September 2: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain says a majority of the Pakistani people want friendly relations and trade with India. More

The Indian government says it will decide on the visit of another Pakistan judicial panel to cross-examine witnesses related to the trial of suspects in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage after completion of internal consultations. More

A sixteen-member delegation of Pakistani parliamentarians leaves for India. The delegation would participate in dialogue on Pak-India relations and trade. More

September 6: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna says he will go to Pakistan with a message to amicably solve all outstanding issues. More

September 7: Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna arrives in Pakistan with a message of goodwill from the government and people of India at a time when there are signs of a distinct thaw in relations. More

Pakistan has walked the talk and will not follow India but continue to lead, says Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, adding that the Pakistan People’s Party and its government would never fall prey to reactive diplomacy. More

Interior Minister Rehman Malik says bilateral relations between Pakistan and India were improving according to the wishes of the people and an agreement on the visa regime would be signed on September 8. More

September 8: As Indian Minister for External Affairs SM Krishna arrives in Pakistan for the resumed dialogue with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, the two sides evolve a consensus on the visa issuance policy during foreign secretary-level talks. More

September 9: Pakistan and India agree to ease the existing restrictive visa regime between them, launch a Karachi-Mumbai ferry service and start daily flights connecting Islamabad and Delhi, as the foreign ministers of both countries wrap up the latest round of peace talks by promising to continue their dialogue. More

The Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna hails the efforts of Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik in curbing the activities of terrorist organisations and punishing the culprits of the Mumbai attacks. More

September 10: Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted to strengthen friendly relations with Pakistan, and India was against destabilising any country. More

India’s Foreign Minister, S.M. Krishna says the people and the government of India want to see a stable and prosperous Pakistan. More

Pakistan and India are dissatisfied after a meeting of their foreign ministers because their respective core issues have not been addressed adequately over the past two years. More

September 14: Pakistan and India will ink three crucial agreements in the upcoming commerce secretary-level talks scheduled for September 20-21 in Islamabad, Federal Commerce Secretary Muneer Qureshi says. More

September 15: Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh sends a message to Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to express his condolences on the tragic loss of lives in the tragic incidents of fire in Karachi and Lahore. More

September 17: Federal Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Manzoor Wattoo says that the people of Azad Kashmir have no objection to trade between Pakistan and India. More

September 18: India test-fires its second-longest-range missile, a defence official says, two days after Pakistan announced its own missile test. More

September 19: Two-day secretary-level talks over trade between India and Pakistan begin in Islamabad. More

September 21: Pakistan and India sign three technical agreements and discuss trade in gas and electricity. More

September 22: According to a World Trade Organisation official, the decision taken by Pakistan and India to scale down tariff to a maximum of five percent and remove all non-tariff barriers (NTBs) by 2020 will lead to regional integration. More

October

October 1: India’s external affairs minister, S.M. Krishna takes on Pakistan at the United Nations for raising the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. More

October 2: India will show patience and perseverance in dealing with the 26/11 case with Pakistan with which it has a “difficult relationship”, S.M. Krishna says. More

October 16: Pakistan’s petroleum minister Asim Hussain says the country is willing to import diesel and jet fuel from India if the price is “right”. More

October 19: Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira says the Pakistani and Indian media should play a significant role in creating an environment where the two governments could take decisions in the interest of both countries free from any pressure. More

October 21: India’s Home Minister S.K. Shinde alleges that Pakistan is helping terrorists infiltrate into India. More

October 29: India’s new External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says he would try to strengthen ties with Pakistan. More

October 31: Pakistan’s Federal Cabinet approves four agreements signed with India, including a much-anticipated agreement on a liberalised visa regime aimed at promoting bilateral trade between the two countries. More

November

November 6: The Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde levels allegations against Pakistan, saying India has provided evidence regarding the Mumbai attacks. More

November 8: Chief Minister Bihar Nitish Kumar says that exchange of delegations can help improve India-Pakistan relations. More

November 12: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says India favours a stable and prosperous Pakistan. More

November 15: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar says Kashmir remains the oldest unresolved issue on the UN Security Council agenda and a source of constant conflict between Pakistan and India. More

Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim says Pakistan is committed to the implantation of MFN status for India from January 1, 2013, and there will be no delay. More

November 17: India’s foreign ministry indicates Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may not visit Pakistan any time soon given Islamabad’s preoccupation with elections and its allegedly tardy approach to prosecuting the suspects in Mumbai terrorist attacks. More

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf says India and Pakistan need to “bury the hatchet” and settle their differences to reduce poverty and ease tensions in the region. More

November 20: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari endorses the liberalized visa agreement between Pakistan and India.  More

Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says despite many attempts made by the Indian government to contact Pakistan over the execution of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, India did not get any positive response. More

November 22: India asks Pakistan to increase security at its high commission after the execution of militant Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. More

November 29: India assures a high-level Pakistani business delegation of steps to enhance mutual economic engagement through the setting up of bank branches in each other’s territory and opening up more trade routes. More

December

December 4: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he wanted to visit Pakistan but the time was not right. More

Indian Junior Home Affairs Minister Mullappally Ramachandran says there were more than 40 training camps in Pakistan for militants who make regular attempts to cross the heavily fortified border between the countries. More

December 5: India and Pakistan confirm their interest in becoming full-fledged members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as the group’s heads of governments meeting concludes. More

Pakistan and India will operationalise a landmark visa accord, signed in September, next week. More

December 7: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says India would like to see a “strong, stable and prosperous” Pakistan and that he is happy to see democracy flourish in India’s neighbour. More

December 12: India’s top court quashes the murder conviction of 82-year-old Pakistani Khalil Chisti who spent 20 years in jail, allowing him to return home in a move likely to help diplomatic ties. More

December 13: India sets aside Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's request for an appointment with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials viewing it as "out of line" with protocol. More

December 14: India and Pakistan seal an agreement to ease tough visa restrictions for travellers as the neighbours slowly rebuild relations. More

Interior Minister Rehman Malik says India and Pakistan would have to learn from their troubled past and look towards the future. More

December 15: Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde says that terrorism is condemnable wherever it takes place. More

Interior Minister Rehman Malik says that during his visit to India, he raised the issue of Indian interference in Balochistan. More

December 16: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a separatist leader from Indian-administered Kashmir, urged rivals India and Pakistan to fully open the border. More

Interior Minister Rehman Malik says the people and governments of Pakistan and India want to live in peace and harmony, but they would have to identify, face and eradicate forces hampering their progress towards that goal. More

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan says Pakistan and India are neighbours and relations between the two countries are necessary for maintaining peace in the region. More

December 17: Pakistan and India start implementation of the new visa regime following the operationalisation of the Bilateral Visa Agreement 2012. More

December 18: India calls a declaration that Pakistan’s intelligence service and its former chiefs enjoy immunity in a case related to the 2008 Mumbai attacks a “serious disappointment”. More

December 22: Pakistan and India should accept that Kashmir is not a bilateral issue but a trilateral matter and Kashmiris cannot be kept out of the process of dialogue between the two countries, says All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. More

December 27: Pakistan expresses serious apprehensions over a $2.9 billion India-Russia defence agreement, which was signed this week. More

Pakistan and India review implementation of existing confidence building measures (CBMs), including the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Kashmir, and exchange ideas to further advance the CBM process. More

Trade normalisation between India and Pakistan may hit a deadlock as Pakistan has not yet decided to implement its decision to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India. More

December 28: Pakistan and India focus on existing nuclear CBMs, and also hold discussions on the possibility of additional mutually acceptable measures. More

December 30: The chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Azad Kashmir Abdur Rasheed Turrabi says discussions between Pakistan and India would not be fruitful until the latter took serious steps towards the resolution of the Kashmir issue. More

December 31: Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim says Pakistan has delayed granting Most Favoured Nation-status to India and the abolition of a negative trade list “for a short time” because of reservations expressed by several industries. More

February

February 6: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar calls on India to exercise restraint and stop killing innocent Kashmiris in Occupied Kashmir. More

February 11: Commenting on the execution of Kashmiri leader Afzal Guru by India, Pakistan reaffirms its solidarity with the people of Jammu & Kashmir and expresses serious concern about the high-handedness of the Indian government with Kashmiris. More

February 12: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for a dialogue between India and Pakistan to ease tensions in Indian-held Kashmir that have escalated following the weekend execution of Kashmiri activist Afzal Guru. More

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says India wants peaceful existence with its neighbours but the recent alleged beheading of an Indian soldier by Pakistani troops was “against the norms of civilised international behaviour” and “unacceptable”. More

February 13: India officially protests against the third nuclear test by North Korea, which it sees as evidence of a clandestine proliferation network from Pakistan. More

February 19: The International Court of Arbitration at the Hague upholds India’s right to divert water from the Kishanganga hydroelectric project in Kashmir. More

February 22: According to the Indian Home Ministry, a specific warning of an attack by a ‘Pakistan-based terrorist group’ was shared by India’s central security agencies with Hyderabad police hours before two bombs there killed 16 people and wounded over a hundred. More

February 25: Interior Minister Rehman Malik demands a formal apology from India to Pakistan for implicating Manzar Imam, a deceased member of the Sindh Assembly from the Muttahida Quami Movement, in the recent bomb blasts in Hyderabad, India. More

The Pakistan government has postponed the grant of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) trade status to India for the time being, and the decision has been left for the next government. More

February 26: Former CIA officer, Bruce Riedel, one of the architects of President Obama's Af-Pak policy in his first term, says resolution of the Kashmir dispute would make Pakistan a "more normal state" and reduce its preoccupation with India. More

Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for secretary of defence, said in 2011 that India has over the years financed problems for Pakistan from across the border in Afghanistan. More

PMLN Senator Ishaq Dar expresses serious reservations about the government’s handling of water disputes with India, urging it to take appropriate measures, as water is a matter of life and death for Pakistan. More

March

March 6: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says India is continuing to talk to Pakistan to normalise ties, but the latter is faltering on its part of the bargain with regard to terrorism. More

March 10: Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says achieving success in efforts for resolving bilateral issues with Pakistan is “a time taking affair”. More

Indian Army chief Bikram Singh says his soldiers would not remain quiet if Pakistan violated the ceasefire. More

March 12: Some elements within the Indian state and other stakeholders are hindering trade between Pakistan and India, an analysis report prepared by a Pakistani intelligence agency reveals. More

March 13: Pakistan strongly rejects allegations by senior Indian officials about the country’s involvement in an attack on members of India’s Central Reserve Police Force and beheading of two Indian soldiers on the Line of Control. More

March 14: The Indian government opts against implementing a proposed group tourist visa facility as part of the liberalised visa regime with Pakistan from March 15. More

Despite the Indian home minister’s recent allegations that Pakistan was behind an attack in Srinagar, Foreign Affairs Minister Hina Rabbani Khar insists that the Pakistan-India peace process is essential for normalcy in the region. More

Foreign Minister Khar tells the Senate that no oil and gas exploratory activities by India have been reported in the disputed Sir Creek marshland. More

Foreign Minister Khar is leaving her office on the completion of the tenure of government, dismayed with India and sceptical about prospects of the resolution of core disputes, including Kashmir, in near future. More

March 15: The adviser to prime minister on water and agriculture, Kamal Majidullah,  says that India has assumed an aggressive posture and that “some believe it intends to use water as a weapon”. More

March 17: Despite threats and clashes between the two arch-rivals, India still hopes that Pakistan would soon grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, India’s top diplomat to the US, Nirupama Rao, says, adding that such a move would clear the ways for closer trade ties between the two neighbours. More

March 18: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed dismisses Indian allegations of Pakistan’s interference in Indian-administered Kashmir and reminds Delhi that Pakistan is a key party to the dispute as determined by United Nations Security Council resolutions. More

March 20: Pakistan categorically rejects reports in the Indian media regarding the judgement of the Indian Supreme implicating Pakistani government agencies in the deadly Mumbai blasts which killed 257 people in 1993. More

April

April 12: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman says trade and people-to-people interactions between India and Pakistan can contain the fall-out of “flare-ups” like the recent killing and beheading of two Indian soldiers near the Line of Control in Kashmir. More

April 15: Pakistan maintains that construction of the Wullar barrage is in violation of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). More

April 24: Interim Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi says Pakistan and India should follow the policy of peaceful coexistence and compete only in the field of economy and trade to bring prosperity to their people. More

April 27: Lodging a protest with the Pakistan Foreign Office over the attack on Sarabjit Singh in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh says that his country wants Islamabad to provide an explanation. More

April 29: Shyam Saran, convener of the National Security Advisory Board, says that India will not be the first to use nuclear weapons, but if it is attacked with such weapons, it would engage in nuclear retaliation which will be massive and designed to inflict unacceptable damage on its adversary. More

India asks Pakistan to take a humanitarian view of death row convict Sarabjit Singh’s case and release him. More

May

May 2: Indian death row prisoner and convicted terrorist/spy Sarabjit Singh's body is brought to India after he died in a Pakistani hospital, succumbing to injuries six days after being attacked by his fellow inmates in a jail and pushing the India-Pakistan equation to a new low. More

Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah in Kot Bhalwal jail on the outskirts of Jammu in Indian-administered Kashmir is critically injured after being attacked by a fellow prisoner. More

May 3: The condition of Sanaullah Haq remains “very critical”, the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi says. More

Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso calls upon his Indian counterpart to personally look into an incident of attack on Sanaullah, and ensure that a thorough investigation is conducted to bring perpetrators to justice. More

May 4: Pakistan’ envoy to India Salman Bashir demands from India the release of 47 Pakistani  prisoners who have completed their prison terms and are languishing in various Indians prisons. More

May 5: Pakistan's top diplomat in New Delhi is to pay a hospital visit to a Pakistani prisoner who was critically injured in an attack by an inmate in an Indian jail. More

May 6: Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid says the “hurt” caused by Sarabjit Singh’s death could prove a setback to efforts aimed at building good relations with Pakistan as India will “pause” the process of engagement in this regard. More

Foreign Office spokesman Aziz Ahmad Chaudhry asks India to arrange safe return of those prisoners who have completed terms of their punishment. More

India admits Sarabjit Singh was an agent for its Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in Pakistan. More

May 7: Indian Border Security Forces open unprovoked fire at the working boundary in Sialkot district. More

The Foreign Office (FO) issues a travel advisory to Pakistani citizens travelling to various parts of India, stating that they should exercise due caution and care, as reports in the Indian media indicate a threat to their safety and security. More

May 8: Nawaz Sharif, seen as the front-runner in Pakistan’s election race, says he would not allow militant groups to attack rival India from his country and would work to improve ties with New Delhi if elected. More

Sanaullah. a Pakistani prisoner,  dies after suffering injuries in an apparent tit-for-tat assault last week. More

May 10: Pakistan advises pilgrims planning to travel to Ajmer Sharif to cancel their visit due to disturbed security situation in India. More

May 12: India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulates Pakistani politician Nawaz Sharif on his “emphatic victory” in historic elections and says he hopes for better relations. More

Indians salute the people of Pakistan for their determined fight to protect and advance democracy in their troubled country as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invites the clear winner to New Delhi to resume the bonhomie cut short by a military coup that toppled Nawaz Sharif 14 years ago. More