Indo-Pak Home secys' hotline soon

India and Pakistan will soon set up a hotline between their home secretaries that will facilitate real time information sharing on terrorist threats.

More than a year after New Delhi and Islamabad agreed to set up a direct communication line connecting the two top bureaucrats, the technical parameters in this regard have been completed and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) formulated. “We are awaiting Pakistan’s consent to the SOPs and the moment we receive their response, we will go ahead with setting up the hotline,” a senior Home Ministry official said.