Badal welcomes relaxation of visa between India an

Last Updated: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 21:40

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday said relaxation of visa norms between India and Pakistan would usher a new era of economic development.

MPs from India, Pak push forward for better ties

Last Updated: Friday, August 24, 2012, 16:43

MPs from India and Pakistan suggested a slew of measures ranging from expediting trade agreements to making the parade at Wagah-Attari border more ceremonial and friendly.

Eid Mubarak at Wagah-Attari border

Last Updated: Monday, August 20, 2012, 15:43

Border guards of India and Pakistan at this international border checkpost embraced and exchanged sweets as they wished each other "Eid Mubarak" Monday.

Opening Wagah-Attari border would save time for tea export to Pak: UPASI

Last Updated: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 16:47

Opening of Wagah-Attari border would be ideal route for tea export to Pakistan, which would save considerable time, United Planters Association of South India has said.

Pak-India trade now also on Sundays at Attari-Wagah route

Last Updated: Friday, May 4, 2012, 19:13

This move will facilitate import of cement and gypsum from Pakistan and export of vegetables, soybean extraction and other commodities from India in big quantities, traders said.

Pakistan repatriates 33 Indian prisoners

Last Updated: Saturday, April 14, 2012, 21:17

Thirty-three Indian nationals who were languishing in Pakistani jails were released by the government there as a mark of goodwill gesture.

Indo-Pak bilateral trade can increase to $8 billion

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 15:23

Opening up of the integrated checkpost at Attari-Wagah border and Pakistan’s granting Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India can increase bilateral trade to USD eight billion a year in the next two years from the current level of USD 2.6 billion, according to a study released Wednesday by industry chamber ASSOCHAM.

New check-post launched at Attari

Last Updated: Sunday, April 8, 2012, 21:12

Asif Ali Zardari, who was on a private visit to offer prayers at the shrine of Sufi saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti at Ajmer Sharif.

Implement Pak negative list for land route also: Traders

Last Updated: Friday, April 6, 2012, 17:09

Expressing disappointment over Pakistan's move to allow only limited imports through land route, Punjab-based traders on Friday said the decision would not bring much gains to the bordering state and they will take up the issue with the Centre.

Heroin worth crores seized on Indo-Pak border

Last Updated: Thursday, October 6, 2011, 10:10

In the biggest catch of the year, heroin worth Rs 135 crore in the international market was seized on the Indo-Pak border here by BSF personnel who foiled the attempt of Pakistani smugglers to cross over to India.

Sweets and greetings exchanged at Attari border

Last Updated: Monday, August 15, 2011, 11:36

To mark India`s Independence Day, troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) offered sweets to their counterparts from the Pakistan Rangers at the Attari-Wagah joint land checkpost.

Gaza-bound Indian activists stopped at Attari, launch dharna

Last Updated: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 20:21

A group of Gaza-bound pro-Palestine Indian activists, began a dharna here on Saturday after the Ministry of External Affairs denied permission for them to cross over into the Pakistani side.