Sources close to the prime minister indicated that if the results of the talks between Singh and Musharraf were positive and productive, then it could lead to the resumption of the stalled foreign secretary-level talks.
Rizwan said advice from Pujara helped him
"Whether it was F-16 or JF-17 which shot down 2 Indian aircraft is immaterial," Pak military spokesman said.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi began their ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a defeat against Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi, albeit after a good fight in a group B match, in London on Sunday.
India and Pakistan on Tuesday discussed each other's 'concerns and interests' with Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar raising the issue of terror.
India has maintained it is against any third party mediation to resolve all differences, including on Jammu and Kashmir, with Pakistan.
India has been pressing for handing over underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, declared global terrorist, besides five hijackers of the Indian airlines plane in 1999.
Pakistan coach Asif Bajwa said it would help revive Asian hockey artistry.
The Indo-Pak express of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi suffered an upset defeat at the hands of Belgian Xavier Malisse and Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in the men's doubles semi-finals to bow out of the BNP Paribas ATP Tour 1000 tournament in Indian Wells on Thursday.
The Rohan Bopanna-Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi juggernaut continued to roll in the ATP BNP Paribas Open as the Indo-Pak pair advanced to the semifinals with a straight-set triumph over Serbs Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki in Indian Wells on Wednesday.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman believes 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.
The first Lahore-Amritsar bus has crossed the Joint Check Post at the Wagah border.
In addition, India has agreed that it will charge same rates to both domestic and Pakistan vessels.
India and Pakistan are not yet ready for a true settlement of disputes between them and the two countries would gain by pressing towards increased trade, commerce and shared approach to problems of terrorism, water shortage and environmental degradation, US experts have said.
Akram's agent Arsalan Haider confirmed that the pair would commentate during the fourth ODI in Chennai at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and return to Pakistan on October 23, two days before the Mumbai match.
The ace India batsman admitted that the hysteria surrounding an India-Pakistan series rubs off on the players
The resumption of proposed rail link had missed two deadlines - October 2 last year and January one this year - as the two countries failed to iron out their differences, especially on travel documents.
India and Pakistan failed to reach consensus on the names of three neutral umpires for the International Court of Arbitration, which will decide on resolution of dispute over Kishenganga power project to be constructed in Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday.
The Northwest Frontier Province government has expressed its inability to host the match in the wake of Moharram.
International Cricket Council president Sharad Pawar has said a resumption of cricket ties between India and Pakistan is on hold for now.
The two countries will play three Tests and five ODIs in Pakistan between Jan 14 to Feb 11, 2006.
As he prepares to meet External Affairs Minister S M Krishna in July, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said 'nothing dramatic' should be expected from 'one sitting' and emphasised that the dialogue process should be made 'irreversible'.Qureshi, who along with Krishna has been tasked to bridge the trust deficit, said mutual suspicions were the main reason for the trust gap and the two countries should work towards removing those.
Shaharyar Khan said that the two cricket boards need to make sure that India-Pakistan don't play too often
The diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan has yet again spilled over to the sporting arena as the Indian government has refused permission for a home-and-away bilateral hockey series between the two countries on security grounds.
A top Obama Administration official today asked Pakistan to prosecute those responsible for the Mumbai attacks and make concerted efforts to stop militant infiltrations across the Indo-Pak border.
The soldier crossed over to India along with six hardcore terrorists through the Indo-Pak border in Pathankot.
Early restoration will not only restart the bus service but facilitate relief to border villages.
India on Saturday repatriated 31 Pakistani fishermen, including three children, to their home country through the Indo-Pak border at Attari.
Noting that the "trust deficit" between India and Pakistan is a bilateral issue, US said on Thursday that it was "gratified" that the leaders of the two nations are moving in a direction to see that the dialogue become deeper.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani that all issues between the two countries can be resolved if the trust deficit could be eliminated, Parliament was informed on Monday. Making an identical statement in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on the Prime Minister's visit to Bhutan where he met Gilani, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said Singh had conveyed India's "serious concerns" over terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
"Our understanding is, it was a very positive cordial meeting. There were the pledges of further conversation by their Foreign Ministers. We are very encouraged by it," Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P J Crowley, told PTI.
In unusual comments at the SAARC forum, Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Wednesday talked about strained relations between India and Pakistan, saying that he hoped that tomorrow's meeting between the two countries' Prime Ministers will lead to resolution of their differences.
Terrorism and narco trafficking will be high on the agenda when Pakistan's Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah holds talks with India's Home Secretary V K Duggal from Monday. \n\n
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday reciprocated the good wishes conveyed to him by senior Indian leaders and hoped that the stalled dialogue between the two countries would be resumed soon.
The agreed text of the proposed agreement on pre-notification of the tests will be referred to the foreign secretaries of the two countries for formalisation, Shankar said after the talks with Pakistan's additional secretary.
In December last year, United States President Barack Obama issued a secret directive to all the top officials in his administration dealing with internal security and foreign policy affairs, urging them to find out ways to increase America's involvement in alleviating the rising tension between India and Pakistan, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.The directive was mentioned, says WSJ, in a memo written by National Security Adviser James Jones.
