<p>India and Pakistan may resume the dialogue process in August as two sets of dates, proposed by Islamabad, are now being considered by New Delhi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Islamabad has suggested August 27-28 for secretary-level talks on Tulbul and Wullar barrage involving water and power secretaries from the two countries. <br /><br />Also, it suggested holding talks on the Sir Creek maritime boundary dispute on September 16-17. <br /><br />A solution was thought to be on the horizon till the entire dialogue process came to a halt due to beheading of an Indian soldier on the line of control earlier this year.<br /><br />“Proposals for dates from Pakistan have been received last week. Both India and Pakistan are in discussion through diplomatic channels to identify mutually convenient dates for the remaining secretary-level talks of the third round,” official sources said here on Sunday.<br /><br />The third round commenced last September when commerce secretaries of India and Pakistan met in Islamabad, but was halted due to the tension caused by the beheading of Indian soldiers.<br /><br />India has also “in principle” agreed to a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, sources said.<br /><br />While Pakistan will host talks on water dispute and Sir Creek issue, besides a meeting of the foreign secretaries on the Kashmir dispute, India would host the home secretary-level meeting and defence secretary-level talks on the Siachen Glacier.<br /><br />A meeting between the two foreign ministers to review the overall progress of the bilateral dialogue process may also be in the offing. Pakistan hopes that a range of conversations on various issues in the next few months might set the agenda for a high-level political engagement either by the year-end or early next year.<br /><br />India, however, is still dithering because of Islamabad’s inability to deliver on two main demands–speedy trial of the accused in the 26/11 attacks case and granting most favoured nation status to India–and was conveyed to Sharif’s special envoy Shahryar Khan who visited New Delhi recently.<br /><br />Pakistani proposals were being examined and necessary approvals for the mutually convenient time slots were being obtained, the sources said.<br /><br />According to a Pakistan daily, The Nation, officials from both sides are also working on dates for meetings of the eight technical groups of the Pakistan-India Joint Commission. <br /></p>
<p>India and Pakistan may resume the dialogue process in August as two sets of dates, proposed by Islamabad, are now being considered by New Delhi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Islamabad has suggested August 27-28 for secretary-level talks on Tulbul and Wullar barrage involving water and power secretaries from the two countries. <br /><br />Also, it suggested holding talks on the Sir Creek maritime boundary dispute on September 16-17. <br /><br />A solution was thought to be on the horizon till the entire dialogue process came to a halt due to beheading of an Indian soldier on the line of control earlier this year.<br /><br />“Proposals for dates from Pakistan have been received last week. Both India and Pakistan are in discussion through diplomatic channels to identify mutually convenient dates for the remaining secretary-level talks of the third round,” official sources said here on Sunday.<br /><br />The third round commenced last September when commerce secretaries of India and Pakistan met in Islamabad, but was halted due to the tension caused by the beheading of Indian soldiers.<br /><br />India has also “in principle” agreed to a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, sources said.<br /><br />While Pakistan will host talks on water dispute and Sir Creek issue, besides a meeting of the foreign secretaries on the Kashmir dispute, India would host the home secretary-level meeting and defence secretary-level talks on the Siachen Glacier.<br /><br />A meeting between the two foreign ministers to review the overall progress of the bilateral dialogue process may also be in the offing. Pakistan hopes that a range of conversations on various issues in the next few months might set the agenda for a high-level political engagement either by the year-end or early next year.<br /><br />India, however, is still dithering because of Islamabad’s inability to deliver on two main demands–speedy trial of the accused in the 26/11 attacks case and granting most favoured nation status to India–and was conveyed to Sharif’s special envoy Shahryar Khan who visited New Delhi recently.<br /><br />Pakistani proposals were being examined and necessary approvals for the mutually convenient time slots were being obtained, the sources said.<br /><br />According to a Pakistan daily, The Nation, officials from both sides are also working on dates for meetings of the eight technical groups of the Pakistan-India Joint Commission. <br /></p>
