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December 31, 1988

Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities signed in Islamabad. [Full Text]

April 6, 1991

Agreement on Advance Notification on Military Exercises, Maneuvers and Troop Movements signed in New Delhi. [Full Text]

April 6, 1991

Agreement on Prevention of Airspace Violations and for Permitting Overflights and Landings by Military Aircraft signed in New Delhi. [Full Text]

January 1, 1992

India and Pakistan exchange lists of their nuclear installations and facilities under the 1988 agreement on Prohibition of Attack Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities. [More...]

August 19, 1992

Joint Declaration on the Complete Prohibition of Chemical Weapons concluded in New Delhi. [Full Text]

January 1, 1993 - 1999

Even during a low point in relations, both countries exchange lists of their nuclear installations and facilities on the first of every year.

February 20, 1999

Bus service between New Delhi and Lahore initiated by Prime Minister Atul Vajpayee. [More...]

February, 1999

Memorandum of understanding reached during Indian Prime Minister Atul Vajpayee's historic visit to Pakistan. [MoU Full Text]

January 1, 2000 - 2003

Both countries continue to exchange lists of their nuclear installations and facilities on the first of every year.

May 26, 2003

India announces resumption of Delhi-Lahore bus service and release of 70 Pakistani fishermen and 60 civilian prisoners. [More...]

September 25, 2003

Musharraf calls for a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) at the UN General Assembly in New York. [More...]

November 25, 2003

India and Pakistan implement a formal ceasefire along the International Border and the Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir at midnight. [More...]

January 1, 2004

Air links between the two countries resume. [More...]

January 1, 2004

Both countries exchange the list of their nuclear installations and facilities. [More...]

January 4-6, 2004

Vajpayee and Musharraf hold direct talks on January 5 at the 12th SAARC summit in Islamabad. [More...] [Joint Statement]

January 15, 2004

Passenger and freight rail service resumes between Attari and Lahore. [More…]

February 17-18, 2004

Pakistani and Indian Foreign Secretaries meet in Murree, Pakistan for May-June preparatory talks. [More…]

February 20, 2004

First flag meeting between Indian and Pakistani army units in three years takes place in Chorbat La sector in India. [More...]

February, 2004

India and Pakistan agree on a five-point agenda to initiate dialogue process. [More...]

March 10-April 18, 2004

Indian cricket tram travels to Pakistan for a historic cricket series, the first at a non-neutral site since 1989. [More...]

June 15-16, 2004

Meeting of narcotics officials in Islamabad where both parties agree to share information and adopt a coordinated strategy to prevent drug trafficking and smuggling between the two countries. [More...]

June 20-21, 2004

Foreign Ministers of both countries meet at the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) meeting in China where they reaffirm their intention to open both countries’ consulates in Karachi and Bombay. [More...]

June 26-27, 2004

Meeting of Foreign Secretaries in New Delhi when they discuss dialogue on Peace and Security and Jammu and Kashmir. [More...]

June 29-July 2, 2004

Foreign Ministers of both countries meet at the ASEAN Regional forum in Jakarta where Pakistan is formally accepted as a member of the ARF after India drops its objections. [More...]

July 20-21, 2004

Foreign Ministers of both countries meet at the SAARC Council of Ministers meeting in Islamabad. [More...]

August 9, 2004

Both countries carry out an exchange of six prisoners of war at the Wagah border post. [More...]

August 11-12, 2004

Meeting of commerce secretaries in Islamabad to discuss dialogue on economic and commercial cooperation. Both sides agree to promote bilateral trade ties and enhance cooperation in various sectors. [More...]

August 31, 2004

India and Pakistan exchange 55 prisoners along the Wagah border crossing. [More...]

September 8, 2004

Meeting of Foreign Ministers in Delhi where the two sides agree on thirteen points, and indicating willingness for a &lsquoroad map’ for peace process. [More...]

September 19, 2004

India announces it will ease visa rules for visiting Pakistani journalists, doctors and academics. [More...]

September 24, 2004

President Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet for talks in New York on the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly. [More...]

October 4-11, 2004

Pakistani journalists visit Jammu and Kashmir. [More...]

October 11-14, 2004

Biannual meeting between Indian Border Security Forces and Pakistani Rangers in Chandigarh at which there is an agreement on nine areas. They also agree that local commanders meet more frequently to resolve local problems. [More...]

November 9, 2004

Twenty-five Pakistani prisoners handed over by India at the Wagah border crossing. [More...]

November 16, 2004

On the eve of a visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announces to reduce the deployment of troops. [More...]

November 21, 2004

Over 4,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrive for a visit to religious sites in Pakistan. [More...]

November 23, 2004

Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz travels to India for the first time as Chairperson of SARRC. [More...]

December 14-15, 2004

Indian and Pakistani delegations hold expert level talks on Nuclear CBMs in Islamabad. Expert level talks on Conventional CBMs held on December 15th. [More...]

January 1, 2005

Both countries exchange lists of nuclear installations and facilities. [More...]

January 6, 2005

Pakistan releases 266 Indian fishermen arrested in 2004. [More...]

February 16-17, 2005

Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh visits Islamabad. [More...]

February 28-April 18, 2005

Pakistan's cricket team travels to India for the first time in six years [More...]

April 7, 2005

First bus service from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad is flagged off by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi. [More...]

May 10, 2005

Expert level meeting in Rawalpindi held on the establishment of a communication link between Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and Indian Coast Guard. Both sides resolve outstanding issues in a Memorandum of Understanding. [More...]

August 5-6, 2005

Talks on nuclear confidence building measures commence between high level Indian and Pakistani experts. [More...]

August 8, 2005

Expert level meeting on conventional confidence building measures. [More...]

August 29-30, 2005

Expert level meeting on terrorism and drug trafficking. [More...]

September 1, 2005

Meeting of Foreign Secretaries in Islamabad where they review the implementation of the peace process. [More...]

September 2, 2005

India allows Pakistan access to 208 prisoners. [More...]

October 3, 2005

Signing of an agreement on advance notification of ballistic missile tests. [More...] [Full Text...]

October 4, 2005

Agreement reached on the establishment of hot line between the two their maritime security agencies to facilitate early exchange of information regarding apprehended fishermen who inadvertently stray into the other side's territorial waters. [More...]

October-November, 2005

Pakistan accepts 25 tons of food, medicine, tents, blankets, plastic sheets from India after the earthquake. [More...]

January 1, 2006

India and Pakistan exchange lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities. [More...]

January 20, 2006

Bus service from Lahore to Amristar begins. [More...]

January 7-February 19, 2006

India-Pakistan cricket series in Pakistan. [More...]

February 1, 2006

Pakistan and India agree to open rail links between Munnabao in Rajasthan and Khokhrapar in Sind on February 18th. [More...]

February 7, 2006

India redeploys 5000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir citing "improvement" in situation. [More...]

February 18, 2006

India and Pakistan resume train service after 40 years. [More...]

February 22, 2006

Pakistani journalists travel to India. [More...]

February 27, 2006

Fibre optic link between Armitsar and Lahore becomes operational. [More...]

March 7, 2006

Pakistan and India agree to expand air service agreement. [More...]

March 7, 2006

Indo-Pak night bus service from Ferozepur and Fazilka to Ludhiana-Chandigarh resumes. [More...]

March 8, 2006

India and Pakistan agree in principle to expand airline service between the two nations. [More...]

March 22, 2006

India and Pakistan agree to jointly fight human trafficking, counterfeit currency trade, and illegal immigration. [More...]

March 24, 2006

Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus service is flagged off. [More...]

May 3, 2006

India and Pakistan reach an agreement to revive trade in Kashmir. [More...]

May 24, 2006

India and Pakistan fail to reach an agreement to withdraw troops from the Siachen Glacier. [More...]

May 25, 2006

India announces the establishment of five working groups based on issues central to the Kashmir problem. [More...]

May 30, 2006

India and Pakistan formally agree to trade raw products between divided regions of Jammu and Kashmir. [ More...]

June 1, 2006

India and Pakistan agree to host festivals displaying each other's movies. [More...]

September 16, 2006

President Musharraf and Prime Minister Singh agree to "put in place an India-Pakistan anti-terrorism institutional mechanism to indentify and implement counter-terrorism initiatives and investigations." [Joint Statement] [More... ]

December 15, 2006

India and Pakistan sign a revised shipping protocol that removes restrictions in place since 1975. The protocol allows lifting of third country cargo by Indian and Pakistani vessels from each other's ports and it also lifted the restriction that the cargo destined for the other country could be carried only by an Indian or Pakistani vessel. [More...]

February 21, 2007

India and Pakistan sign agreement on "Reducing the Risk from Accidents Relating to Nuclear Weapons." [More...]

July 6, 2007

India's University of Mumbai and Pakistan's University of Sindh sign a memorandum of understanding for exchange of faculty, scholars, and students. [More...]

August 14, 2007

India released 72 Pakistani nationals, including 48 fishermen and 24 prisoners from Indian jails, and Pakistan released 135 Indian nationals, including 100 fishermen and 35 prisoners, from its jails. [More...]

August 16, 2007

India released and repatriated 16 Pakistani militants from eight jails in Jammu and Kashmir. [More...]

October 1, 2007

The first overland truck route between India and Pakistan is opened at the Wagah border crossing. [More...]

October 19, 2007

Pakistan and India hold the Fifth Round of talks to review nuclear and missile related CBMs as part of the Composite Dialogue process. The second round of the Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism (JATM) was held the following week. [More...]

February 5, 2008

India and Pakistan sign an agreement allow regular contact between India's military-funded Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) and Pakistan's state-run Institute for Strategic Studies (ISS). The purpose is to build channels of communication at the level of scholars. [More...]

February 26, 2008

The first meeting of a joint Indo-Pak judicial committee of eight retired senior judges from Pakistan and India was held to look into the condition of prisoners jailed in both countries, seek release of those who's sentences have been served, and to discuss all related matters, including future procedures. [More...]

March 3, 2008

Kashmir Singh, an Indian national in prison in Pakistan for 35 years on charges of spying for India and sentenced to death, is released. [More...]

March 19, 2008

A Pakistani national arrested in India over two years ago on charges of spying and possessing fake currency was released and handed over to Pakistani authorities at the Wagah land border after being acquitted by a court. [More...]

April 4, 2008

"Khuda Kay Liye” or "In the Name of God" becomes the first Pakistani film in four decades to be approved for release in Indian theaters. [More...]

April 24, 2008

India joins a signed a framework agreement with Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan on a $7.6 billion  gas pipeline project. The line will be 1,680-km Turkemenistan -Afghanistan- Pakistan -India (TAPI), supply 3.2 billion cubic feet per day (90 MMSCMD) and gas flows are expected from 2015. Pakistan and India have agreed to share equally in the gas volume. [More...]

May 21, 2008

The Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to a series of Kashmir-specific CBMs, including a triple-entry permit to facilitate crossing the Line of Control. [More...] The two ministers also agree to provide consular access to prisoners in each others' countries. [More...]

May 25, 2008

Pakistan’s top rock band, Junoon, was allowed by the Indian government to perform at Srinagar in the biggest musical event in the disputed valley in decades. [More...]

June 24, 2008

India and Pakistan, meeting under the aegis of the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism, agreed to exchange information to prevent terrorism and violent attacks. [More...]

September 25, 2008

Pakistani President Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Singh formally announced the opening of several trade routes between the two countries. The Wagah-Atari road link and the Khokrapar-Munnabao rail link will both be opened to trade, as will the cross-LoC Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch-Rawalakot roads. [More...]

October 9, 2008

A delegation of business leaders from Pakistan-administered Kashmir visits the Indian-controlled side to discussed cross-LoC trade. [More...]

October 21, 2008

Trade across the Line of Control commences as the first trucks cross the line that divides Kashmir. Trade is limited to 21 items, and can take place on two days each week. [More...]

October 22, 2008

A second trade route across the Line of Control is opened. The route connects the cities of Rawalkot and Poonch. [More...]

November 25, 2008

Pakistan frees 101 Indian prisoners, including 99 fishermen, in advance of a meeting in Islamabad between the Home Minister of India and the Federal Interior Secretary of Pakistan. [More...]

November 25, 2008

At the fifth round of home secretary-level talks, Pakistan and India agree to enhance cooperation between their civilian investigation and security agencies to deal with several cross-border issues. [More...]

December 27, 2008

In the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks by Islamic extremists that result in over 180 fatalities, the Indian and Pakistani Directors General of Military Operations make unscheduled use of their hotline to discuss troop movements along their border. One likely topic of discussion was Indian troop rotations to exercise areas near the Pakistan border and small-scale counter-deployments by Pakistani troops. [More...]

January 1, 2009

For the 18th consecutive year, India and Pakistan exchange lists of their respective nuclear facilities (see entry for December 31, 1988). The two countries also exchanged lists of Pakistanis held in Indian prisons and Indians held in Pakistani prisons (see entry for May 31, 2008). [More...]

June 15, 2009

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree to establish a hotline between the Prime Ministers of India and China. [More...]

July 16, 2009

The Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, meeting on the sidelines of a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Egypt, issue a joint statement "charting the way forward in India - Pakistan relations." [More...]

January 1, 2010

India and Pakistan exchange lists of their respective nuclear facilities. [More...]