Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Rangers team leaves for India for quarterly meeting with BSF

From Daily Times, Pk
LAHORE: A 13-member delegation of the Pakistan Rangers Punjab left for India on Monday to attend the Pak-India quarterly coordination meeting with the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF).

Pakistan Rangers Punjab Deputy Director General (DDG) Brigadier Shafqat Nawaz Khan headed the delegation from Islamabad comprising members of the Pakistan Rangers Punjab, the Survey of Pakistan and the Anti-Narcotics Force. The Indian side, headed by BSF Deputy Inspector General Shri C Vasudevan, received the Pakistani delegation at the Wahga border joint check-post. The meeting would discuss unprovoked firing on civilians and at border out-posts by the BSF, inadvertent border crossing, illegal defence construction and violation of Pakistani air space by Indian helicopters and remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs). The meeting agenda also includes the problem of smuggling allegedly carried out by Indians in connivance with BSF troops, and the release and repatriation of Pakistani prisoners languishing in Indian jails. staff report

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