Rangers, BSF to stop shelling

Published September 13, 2015
NEW DELHI: Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Director General Maj Gen Umar Farooq Burki (right) and Indian Border Security Force DG D.K. Pathak in conversation during the signing of an accord at the BSF headquarters here on Saturday.—AP
NEW DELHI: Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Director General Maj Gen Umar Farooq Burki (right) and Indian Border Security Force DG D.K. Pathak in conversation during the signing of an accord at the BSF headquarters here on Saturday.—AP

LAHORE: Pakistan Ran­gers and the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) have agreed to stop shelling along the Working Boundary, check smuggling and ensure expeditious repatriation of people who cross the border inadvertently.

Maj Gen Umar Farooq Burki, the Director General of Rangers (Punjab), retur­ned to Lahore from New Delhi via Wagah on Saturday after a three-day bi-annual meeting with his Indian counterpart. A Rangers spokesman said both sides had agreed to strengthen the dialogue process and resolve border management issues bilaterally.

Published in Dawn, September 13th, 2015

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