Indian Home Minister to visit Pakistan

According to Indian media reports, Singh will arrive Islamabad in the first week of August. It will be the first visit by a senior Indian government figure after Pathankot airbase attack and flare up in held Kashmir.

The Indian home minister apart of attending the SAARC meeting, will likely to have bilateral meetings with Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.

The meeting will likely to discuss the issues of a coordinated fight against terrorism, illegal trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and small arms.

The moot will begin at the joint secretary-level and then move on to secretary and home minister-level meetings.

The meeting will also focus on strengthening networking among police authorities of SAARC member-countries and enhance information-sharing among the law enforcement agencies.

Previous meeting of SAARC Interior Ministers was held in Kathmandu in 2014.