Indian BSF team arrives

Published July 26, 2016

LAHORE: A delegation of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) arrived here on Monday for three-day bi-annual talks with the Pakistan Rangers.

During the talks, the Pakistani delegation will be headed by Maj Gen Umar Farooq Burki and the Indian team by BSF Director General K.K. Sharma.

Bi-annual talks are a regular feature where representatives of the two forces meet in India and Pakistan on an alternate basis to discuss different issues confronting the two sides, says a press release issued by the Rangers.

Published in Dawn, July 26th, 2016

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