Pakistani citizen killed by Indian guards at Wagah, says report

October 14th, 2009 WAGAH - A team of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers participated in a DIG-level meeting at the Wagah joint check post on the Pakistan side on Wednesday. Mohammad Akil, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Border Security Force led the 11-member Indian team, while Brigadier Shifakat Ali Khan-headed the Pakistan Rangers' team at the meeting.

October 13th, 2009 JAMMU - Twenty-six Pakistani prisoners, including five militants, have been shifted from Jammu and Kashmir jails to Amritsar in Punjab to provide them access to the Pakistani consulate, an official said Tuesday. Pakistanis and residents of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, most of whom had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan, were shifted to Amritsar late Monday for consular access as a prelude to their release, the official said.

September 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with India over an unprovoked firing by the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) at a Pakistani checkpost near the Sialkot international boundary, a media report said Friday. Pakistan has also demanded a flag meeting between the two sides to investigate the matter.

September 12th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan has rejected India's allegations of breaking the ceasefire between the two countries by denying reports of rockets being fired from its side towards India at the Wagah border. The allegations from India and Pakistan's denial came during the emergency meeting between the Pakistan Rangers and Border Security Forces (BSF),following reports of three rockets being fired from the other side of the border into Indian territory.

September 12th, 2009 KACHYE DHANOAE - The Border Security Force (BSF) retaliated with machine gun fire after Pakistan fired three rockets inside the Indian territory on Friday night. Last night between 10 and 11 p.m., the BSF said that at least two rocket were fired into the Indian side of the Wagah border.

September 11th, 2009 LAHORE/AMRITSAR - Tension prevailed at the Pakistan-India border after loud explosions were heard on the Indian side near the Attari-Wagah check post. However, Pakistan denied Saturday that its forces were responsible for the blasts.

August 15th, 2009 WAGAH BORDER - Human rights activists and intellectuals from India and Pakistan held a candlelight vigil at the Wagah border on Friday night to spread the message of peace and harmony. The hour-long midnight vigil on August 14-15 coincided with the 63rd Independence Day celebrations of both countries.

August 14th, 2009 WAGAH - Indian and Pakistani border guards stationed at the Wagah border checkpost exchanged sweets and congratulated each other on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Pakistan's Independence Day on Friday. Mohammad Yaqub, Director-General, Pakistan Rangers, and other officials came to the zero line and handed over sweets to Mohammad Akil, DIG BSF.

July 6th, 2009 ATTARI - Amid security concerns in Punjab's border belt following Saturday night's 'rocket' attack on Indian territory from the Pakistani side, the Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) M.L. Kumawat Monday visited the village site where the shells had fallen.

July 6th, 2009 ATTARI - Amidst security concerns in Punjab's border belt following Saturday night's 'rocket' attack on Indian territory from the Pakistani side, the Border Security Force (BSF) is awaiting a response from Pakistan Rangers regarding the incident. The BSF had lodged a 'strong protest' with the Pakistan Rangers, the border security agency of Pakistan, Sunday following three 'rockets' fired into Indian territory from the Pakistani side of the border.

July 5th, 2009 ATTARI - The possibility of Pakistan-based terror groups being behind a 'rocket' attack Saturday night near an Indian village is not being ruled out by Indian security officials. The Border Security Force (BSF), Indias para-military force that guards the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan in Punjab, is Sunday investigating two blasts that occurred near Dande village Saturday night.

June 28th, 2009 JAMMU - Indian border guards Sunday said they shot dead a suspected intruder near the border with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir. According to a spokesman of the Border Security Force (BSF), the infiltrator tried to enter the Indian territory from Pargwal, about 35 km north of here.

June 10th, 2009 WAGAH - An eleven-member delegation of the Pakistan Rangers met a team of India's Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday to discuss border management related issues. The Pakistani delegation led by Punjab Deputy Director General, Brigadier Shafaqat Nawaz of Pakistan Rangers was welcomed by BSF team led by Deputy Inspector General Mohammad Aquil, at Wagah check post.

April 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Indian passenger buses have been barred from entering the city in the wake of the terror attack on a police academy on its outskirts just 12 km from the Wagah border. When the New Delhi-Lahore bus arrived at Wagah Monday, Pakistani security forces were still attempting to recapture the Manawan academy from a group of terrorists who had taken hundreds of trainees hostage.

April 2nd, 2009 AMRITSAR - Uncertainty prevails over the India-Pakistan peace bus being allowed to enter Pakistani territory Friday by authorities in that country in the wake of the recent terrorist strikes near Lahore. The Amritsar-Lahore 'Punjab-Aab' bus will leave this city for its journey till Lahore city in Pakistan, 55 km from here, Friday.