1947
August 14: Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire

August 15: India gains independence from the British Empire

October: Tribesmen from the NWFP province in Pakistan invade Kashmir

1948
Pakistan Army is summoned to protect Pakistan’s borders. Fighting continues between Pakistan troops and Indian armed forces.

1949
January 1: UN Ceasefire in Kashmir

1954
Jammu and Kashmir's accession to India is ratified by the state's constituent assembly

1962-1963
Following the 1962 Sino-Indian war, India and Pakistan held talks under the auspices of Britain and the US in an attempt to resolve their differences over Kashmir, but without success

1965

April: Clash between border patrols erupted into fighting in the Rann of Kutch. Pakistan claims victory after India withdraws.

August: Pakistan launched a covert offensive across the ceasefire line into the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In early September, India retaliated by crossing the international border at Lahore. After three weeks, both India and Pakistan agreed to a UN-sponsored ceasefire.

1966
January: Tashkent Declaration is signed between India and Pakistan

1971
December: India invades East Pakistan to lend support to the people of the region. Pakistan surrenders in war, Bangladesh is formed.

1972

July: Simla Accord is signed between India and Pakistan

1974

Kashmir state government reached an accord with the Indian Government, which affirmed its status as "a constituent unit of the union of India". Pakistan rejected the accord.

May 18: India detonates first nuclear device.

1988

December 31: Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities signed in Islamabad. [Full Text]

1989

Armed resistance to Indian rule began in the Kashmir valley.

1991

April 6: Agreement on Advance Notification on Military Exercises, Maneuvers and Troop Movements signed in New Delhi. [Full Text]

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

1992

January 1: 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]

1993

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.

1996

Pakistani and Indian military officers met on the Line of Control dividing the state of Jammu and Kashmir to ease tension after clashes.

1998

May 11: India conducts tests of two nuclear devices.

May 13: India conducts tests of three nuclear devices.

May 28: Pakistan conducts six underground nuclear tests.

May 30: Pakistan conducts one underground nuclear test.

1999

February 20: Bus service between New Delhi and Lahore initiated by Prime Minister Atul Vajpayee. [More...]

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

2001

December 13: Terrorists attack Indian Parliament building, 14 people are killed in the attack. India blames Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attack, says they were backed by elements from Pakistani government.

December 20: India moves troops to Kashmir and LoC in Indian Punjab.

Pakistan also deploys troops on LoC in response to Indian military deployment.

2002

January: India deploys 500,000 troops and three armored divisions on LoC, Pakistan deploys 120,000 troops.

January 12: President Musharraf  says Pakistan will combat extremism on its own soil, however Pakistan has a right to Kashmir.

2003

May 26: India announces resumption of Delhi-Lahore bus service and release of 70 Pakistani fishermen and 60 civilian prisoners. [More...]

September 25: Musharraf calls for a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) at the UN General Assembly in New York. [More...]

November 25: India and Pakistan implement a formal ceasefire along the International Border and the Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir at midnight. [More...]

2004

January 1: Air links between the two countries resume. [More...]

January 1: Both countries exchange the list of their nuclear installations and facilities. [More...]

January 4-6: Vajpayee and Musharraf hold direct talks on January 5 at the 12th SAARC summit in Islamabad. [More...] [Joint Statement]

January 15: Passenger and freight rail service resumes between Attari and Lahore. [More…]

February 17-18: Pakistani and Indian Foreign Secretaries meet in Murree, Pakistan for May-June preparatory talks. [More…]

February 20: 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: Indian cricket team travels to Pakistan for a historic cricket series, the first at a non-neutral site since 1989. [More...]

June 15-16: 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: 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: Meeting of Foreign Secretaries in New Delhi when they discuss dialogue on Peace and Security and Jammu and Kashmir. [More...]

June 29-July 2: 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: Foreign Ministers of both countries meet at the SAARC Council of Ministers meeting in Islamabad. [More...]

August 9: Both countries carry out an exchange of six prisoners of war at the Wagah border post. [More...]

August 11-12: 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: India and Pakistan exchange 55 prisoners along the Wagah border crossing. [More...]

September 8: Meeting of Foreign Ministers in Delhi where the two sides agree on thirteen points, and indicating willingness for a 'road map’ for peace process. [More...]

September 19: India announces it will ease visa rules for visiting Pakistani journalists, doctors and academics. [More...]

September 24: 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: Pakistani journalists visit Jammu and Kashmir. [More...]

October 11-14: 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: Twenty-five Pakistani prisoners handed over by India at the Wagah border crossing. [More...]

November 16: On the eve of a visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announces to reduce the deployment of troops. [More...]

November 21: Over 4,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrive for a visit to religious sites in Pakistan. [More...]

November 23: Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz travels to India for the first time as Chairperson of SARRC. [More...]

December 14-15: Indian and Pakistani delegations hold expert level talks on Nuclear CBMs in Islamabad. Expert level talks on Conventional CBMs held on December 15th. [More...]

2005

January 1: Both countries exchange lists of nuclear installations and facilities. [More...]

January 6: Pakistan releases 266 Indian fishermen arrested in 2004. [More...]

February 16-17: Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh visits Islamabad. [More...]

October 3: Signing of an agreement on advance notification of ballistic missile tests. [More...] [Full Text...]

2006

 

January 1: India and Pakistan exchange lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities. [More...]

February 7: India redeploys 5000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir citing "improvement" in situation. [More...]

May 3: India and Pakistan reach an agreement to revive trade in Kashmir. [More...]

May 24: India and Pakistan fail to reach an agreement to withdraw troops from the Siachen Glacier. [More...]

September 16: 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... ]

2007

18 February: Samjhauta Express, the train service between India and Pakistan is bombed near Panipat, north of New Delhi. 68 people were killed in the fire and dozens injured.

October 19: 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...]

2008

April 24: 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: 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...]

September 25: 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: A delegation of business leaders from Pakistan-administered Kashmir visits the Indian-controlled side to discussed cross-LoC trade. [More...]

October 21: 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...]

November 26: Armed gunmen open fire on civilians in Mumbai, India, in a series of coordinated gun-and-bomb attacks that kills over 150 people. The fallout for Pakistan-Indian diplomacy is dire as the terrorists are found to be of Pakistani origin and their handlers are thought to be based in Pakistan.

December 27: 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...]

2009

January 1: For the 18th consecutive year, India and Pakistan exchange lists of their respective nuclear facilities. The two countries also exchanged lists of Pakistanis held in Indian prisons and Indians held in Pakistani prisons. [More...]

July 16: 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...]

2010

January 1: India and Pakistan exchange lists of their respective nuclear facilities. [More...]

January 14: Pakistan files a petition at the International Court of Arbitration to stall the India’s Kishenganga power project

February 25: India’s and Pakistan’s foreign secretaries meet in New Delhi for talks.

June 6: Pakistan and Indian reach agreement on the Baglihar Dam issue

May 3: Ajmal Kasab, lone survivor of 26/11 group of attackers, is found guilty of murder, conspiracy, and of waging war against India by court in Mumbai.

May 6: Ajmal Kasab is awarded the death sentence for his involvement in 26/11 attacks.

July 15: Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna meets Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad.

2011

January 16: Indian Home Secretary G. K. Pillai says that the Samjhota Express blast investigation is being conducted without any prejudice and the information gathered from the probe will be shared with Islamabad. 

February 6: Pakistani and Indian foreign secretaries meet at Thimpu on the sidelines of the SAARC conference and agree on the need for resuming a constructive Indo-Pak dialogue that addresses all outstanding issues. 

March 28-29: Pakistani and Indian Home/Interior Secretaries meet in New Delhi and discuss the importance for both sides to have continued engagement on outstanding issues. It is decided to set up a hotline between the Interior and Home Ministries in Islamabad and New Delhi so that real time information can be shared on security threats. 

March 29: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistani parliamentarians visit Mohali on the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to watch the ICC World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan. The event comes to symbolize the 'Mohali spirit' of Indo-Pak dialogue and cooperation.

April 22: Fourth meeting of India Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners

April 28: Pakistani and Indian Commerce Secretaries meet in Islamabad for a fifth round of talks and discuss economic CBMs. 

May 13: Indian and Pakistani delegations meet in Islamabad for talks on the Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project. Both sides present their positions on the issue and agree to hold technical consultations as mandated by the Indus Water Treaty. 

May 20-21: Indian and Pakistani delegations meet in Rawalpindi to discuss Sir Creek and work out the international maritime boundary. Both sides present their positions on the issue and exchange non-papers that contain viable solutions to resolve Sir Creek. It is also decided to hold a meeting at a later date with the issue close to being resolved. 

May 31: Pakistani and Indian Defence Secretaries meet in New Delhi to resolve the Siachen issue and discuss strategies for conflict reduction.

June 3: An Indo-Pak Joint Working Group on visa procedures is held in Islamabad as a follow up to the Interior/Home Secretaries' meeting in March. The Working Group reviews visa procedures and drafts a Bilateral Visa Agreement.

June 23-24: Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries meet in Islamabad to discuss nuclear CBMs, terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir, promotion of friendly exchanges and to finalize the Visa Agreement.

July 9-11: The fifth conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians is held in New Delhi. 

July 13: Three terrorist attacks take place in different parts of Mumbai killing 21 and injuring 141. Bombs rip through Zaveri Bazar and the Opera House in the south and Kabutarkhana in central Mumbai, while the rest of the city remains on red alert. No groups claims responsibility for the bombings. 

July 13: President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani release a statement condemning the blasts in Mumbai and express distress on the loss of lives and injuries. [More...] 

July 18: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani approves the appointment of Hina Rabbani Khar as the new Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Hina Rabbani Khar  becomes the first Pakistani woman to be appointed to the position. [More...] 

July 21: Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, a director of the Kashmiri American Council, is arrested in Washington for  threatening US national security and having alleged links to the ISI. [More...] 

July 22-24: Pakistan and Indian Home/Interior Ministers, Rehman Malik and Palaniappan Chidambaram meet on the sidelines of the fourth South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Interior Ministers Conference being held at Thimphu in Bhutan. They discuss matters related to terrorism, maritime security, narcotics control, trafficking of women and children and cross-border crime. [More...]

July 25: India releases eighty-seven Pakistani fishermen from a jail in Indian Gujarat to arrive at the Wagah border in a good-will gesture coinciding with the ongoing peace talks. [More on...]  

July 26: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Khar Rabbani meets with senior Kashmiri leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, ahead of the Foreign Ministers Meeting. Kashmiri representatives stress that along with the Kashmir issue, peace in Pakistan is of equal importance. [More...]

July 27: Pakistan and Indian Foreign Ministers Hina Khar Rabbani and Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna meet in New Delhi and discuss a range of issues including terrorism threats, cooperation on the 2008 Mumbai attacks investigation and the divided Himalayan territory of Kashmir. They also finalise a set of confidence building measures (CBMs) dealing with facilitation of trade and movement of people across the Line of Control (LoC).

A joint statement is released by both foreign ministers asserting the review of the status of bilateral interactions on Counter-Terrorism and Narcotics Control; Humanitarian issues; Commercial and Economic co-operation; Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project; Sir Creek; Siachen and Peace & Security including CBM’s on Jammu & Kashmir. [More...] 

Foreign Minister Hina Khar Rabbani, accompanied by Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, High Commissioner Shahid Malik and Additional Secretary Sajjad Kamran, meets with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. She invites Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on behalf of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani to visit Pakistan. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepts the invitation and confirms he would visit Pakistan at mutually convenient dates. [More...] 

July 28: Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, implicated in US court in Washington on 27^th July, is released on USD 100,000 bond and home detention. [More...] 

August 4: Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram speaking on a debate in Rajya Sabha on internal security states that there were indications of involvement of an Indian module in the July 13 Mumbai blasts that killed 26 people. [More...]

August 10: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar tells the National Assembly that Pakistan sought to open a ‘new chapter’ in relations with India through peace talks, over which the government promised a debate in the next house session. [More...]

August 15: As India celebrated its 64th independence day on Monday, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani sent out greetings to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh. [More...]

August 17: Claiming that army does not run Pakistan's foreign policy, foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar says the military's intentions towards India have been "overrated" and there is a need to break away from this perception More

August 18: Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan meet in New Delhi on August 18-19 in their second round of the India-Pakistan Parliamentarians Dialogue. <More>

August 19: Pakistan has recognized that grant of most-favoured-nation (MFN) status to India would help in expanding bilateral trade relations, said Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya M. Scindia. <More>

August 21: Probe about the over 2000 unmarked bodies in Indian Kashmir.<More>

August 30: India and Pakistan agree to consider easing business visa rules. [More...]

September 7: A bomb outside the Indian High Court in the capital Delhi has killed 10 people and injured at least 61. [More...]

September 9:  Indian Mujahideen claim responsibility for the Dehli blast. [More...]

September 10: A 70-member delegation of Indian jurists and office-bearers of the bar, arrived here through Wahga border on Friday to attend a three-day international conference titled ‘Justice for all and impunity for none’ organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP). [More...]

September 14: Railway officials of India and Pakistan today held a meeting at the Joint Check Post at the Attari-Wagah border to enhance trade through rail between the neighbouring countries.

September 16: India has welcomed the United States declaring the Indian Mujahideen (IM) as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.More

September 17: According to the leaked US diplomatic cables released by the Wikileaks, Pakistan and India were just ‘inches away’ from signing a historic deal over word’s highest battlefield, Siachen glacier in 1992.More

September 20: India says they are willing to consider a more liberal business visa regime but wants Islamabad to table an offer first, a government official said ahead of the visit of Pakistani commerce minister MakhdoomAminFahim next week. More

September 21: The Pakistan government will not defend Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed before a US court in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks. More

September 22: Indian social activist Anna Hazare accepts an invitation by a two-member Pakistani delegation to visit Pakistan when his health permits. More

September 22: Foreign Minister HinaRabbaniKhar while addressing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Contact group on Jammu and Kashmir (ministerial level) says that Pakistan wants a peaceful and just solution in Kashmir.More

September 26: The media in Pakistan heralded the interim ‘stay order’ on the Kishanganga Dam project, stipulated by the International Court of Arbitration (ICA), but the media across the border chose to focus on the fine print. More

September 27: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar meets Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna at a reception hosted by the Pakistan mission to the United Nations. More

September 28: The trade ministers of Pakistan and India meet in Mumbai  to discuss measures to repair ragged commercial ties for  a fragile peace process between the two countries. More

September 29:  The commerce ministers of India and Pakistan agree to ease restrictions on trade between the two countries and commit to doubling bilateral trade to $6 billion over 3 years .  More

India supports for Pakistan’s EU waiver package in WTO and is issuing necessary instructions in this regard. More

September 30: Senior Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim says that Pakistan and India are committed that they would make the dialogue process irreversible and would continue to move forward for peace and prosperity in the region. More

October 1: India and Pakistan's trade promotion organizations sign a memorandum of understanding to explore avenues for increasing mutual trade. More

October 3: Commerce Minister Amin Fahim formally invites  Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan, reviving hopes that the two countries will fully exploit the potential of economic and business ties. More

October 4: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh stresses the need that both Pakistan and India should work jointly for economic prosperity of the poor masses and in facing future financial challenges. More

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says New Delhi wishes to see a stable and prosperous Pakistan. More

October 6: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik tells the Parliamentary Committee on Law and Order Situation that all nationalist groups involved in insurgency in Balochistan and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan are being supported by India to create instability in Pakistan.  More

Hina Rabbani Khar says the recent strategic partnership between India and Afghanistan will not have any effect on Pakistan.More

Afghan President Hamid Karzai seeks to reassure Pakistan about his country’s new partnership with India. More

October 7: Pakistan Foreign Office cautions Afghanistan and India to avoid taking steps that may affect regional stability after Kabul and Delhi signed a wide-ranging strategic partnership agreement. More

Pakistan’s former president Musharraf charges that arch-rival India seeks to create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan as part of a bid to dominate South Asia politically and economically. More

October 11: Commerce minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim says Pakistan would facilitate trade between Afghanistan and India. More

Fahim says that India is ready to support Pakistan in getting final approval of the World Trade Organization regarding Pakistani products’ access to European markets. More

October 12: Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan says that both Pakistan and India are atomic powers and should resolve their issues through dialogue and work for the welfare and betterment of the masses. More

October 13: Hina Rabbani Khar says that the government has decided to grant the most favoured nation (MFN) status to India. More

October 15: A two day meeting of Joint Working Group of Pakistan and India conclude with an agreement on firming up of a draft of their bilateral visa agreement that will liberalise between the two countries.  More

October 20: Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman says that increasing trade volume between Pakistan and India was in the interest of the two countries, but it should follow, an initiative to resolve the Kashmir dispute. More

Pakistan hopes to win a seat in UN Security Council as a temporary member alongside archrival India. More

Former President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Ali Raza Saeed says that Pakistan should increase its trade with India to maintain its parity in economic relations with India. More

October 21: Hina RabbanI Khar says that Pakistan seeks friendly relations with India on the basis of mutual respect and equality and that Pakistan is keen to take the dialogue process forward in a sustained and result-oriented manner.  More

Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan says the government had not taken parliament into confidence on giving India the MFN status. More

October 23: Pakistan forces an Indian army helicopter to land for having violated its airspace, but later allowed the four officers on board and the helicopter to return after interrogation, military sources said. More

October 25: The participants of the Pakistan Defence Conference declares that the people of the country will never accept India’s hegemony in the region. More

October 26: The Pakistan army allegedly breached Indian security and downloaded all the digital data from the Indian army helicopter that strayed into Skardu on Sunday, stated a report published in The Hindustan Times. More

Indian tea planters are waiting for Pakistan to grant most favoured nation (MFN) status to boost exports across the border. More

October 27: Former President Pervez Musharraf says that India wants to ‘create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan’ as part of its attempt to dominate the South Asian region. More

Pervez Musharraf warns that Islamabad’s spy agency will need to take counter-measures if Afghanistan becomes to close to India. More

October 28: The leadership of leading national religious parties denouncing the government’s likely decision to award Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India states that it would damage the ongoing Kashmir liberation movement. More

November 1: Pakistan’s top diplomatic authorities decide to temporarily shelve the proposal to grant India the Most Favoured Nation trade status.  More

November 2: Yousaf Raza Gilani gives a go-ahead for importing electricity from India and decides to take up the matter with his Indian counterpart this month. More

November 3: Pakistan’s federal cabinet unanimously endorses granting MFN status to its neighbour, subject to the approval of the parliament. More

Indian Commerce and Industry minister Anand Sharma says that they deeply appreciate the positive gesture that Pakistan has taken and that when bilateral economic engagements improve, it brings prosperity to both the partners. More

November 4: The Foreign Office says the federal cabinet had only agreed to the MFN proposal ‘in principle’ and a decision would be taken after consultations between the commerce  ministries of the two countries. More

There are reactions of joy from the Indian government and business community as Pakistan grants India MFN status. More

November 5: New Delhi plays down confusion about whether Pakistan was granting India MFN status, saying such a step could take some time. More

Pakistan informs India that a Pakistani judicial commission would visit India soon to interview some key people in connection with the investigation into the Mumbai terror attacks. More

Key civilian and military functionaries meet to discuss the process of easing trade with India in the run-up to grant it the MFN status. More

Foreign Office Spokesperson Tehmina Janjua says Pakistan denies that it has backtracked on giving India MFN trade status.  More

November 6: Hina Rabbani Khar says that Pakistan believes in peaceful co-existence and that the corner stone of its foreign policy is to have cordial and good relations with its neighbours. More

November 8: Senior officials from Pakistan and India meet in the Maldives as they prepare for a summit of South Asian nations SAARC. More

November 9: The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India say that trust between their countries had improved, providing the foundation for a renewed push at their troubled peace process. More

Yousaf Raza Gilani says that the ongoing Indo-Pak dialogue has significantly raised the importance of the regional South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) forum.  More

November 10: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says that India and rival Pakistan needed to stop wasting time trading barbs and open a new chapter in their relationship. More

November 11: India asks Pakistan to take strict action against Laskar-e-Taiba and Jammatud Dawa if it wanted a meaningful dialogue. More

Yousaf Raza Gilani says he respected comments of his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh who described him as a ‘Man of peace’; following his talks on the sidelines of the Saarc summit. More

November 12: Pakistan allows expansion in positive list of items importable from India by adding 12 more items and granting a number of relaxations for one-time import of industrial and relief goods. More

Chief of the Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed claims that the army was not taken into confidence over the cabinet’s decision to grant India the MFN status. More

The Pakistani trade delegation headed by Federal Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood will leave for India today for trade talks to be held in New Dehli. More

Hina Rabbani Khar says that the bilateral Summit between India and Pakistan held in Maldives has contributed to impel a seriousness of purpose to the process of engagement with both sides reaffirming their commitment to the pursuit of peace. More

November 13: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he is optimistic about the process for resumed peace with Pakistan, but stressed that he has made it clear that if another barbarous  Mumbai attack were to happen, it will be a setback.  More

November 14: Two day Commerce Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan will be held today in New Delhi with special focus on boosting trade between the two countries. More

Hina RabbanI Khar says Pakistan and India are successful in reducing the trust deficit and have started building the trust. More

November 15: The commerce ministers of India and Pakistan begin a two-day meeting with an agenda to end their decades old aloofness. More

Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony seeks to calibrate the growing expectations from the bilateral dialogue between India and Pakistan saying, ‘don’t expect miracles’. More

The Permenent Indus Commission (PIWC) has compiled a list of 155 hydropower  project dams, India plans to construct in violation of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. More

November 16: Yousaf Raza Gilani says his recent meeting with the Indian premier in the Maldives was successful. More

India and Pakistan agree to resume normal trade ties in February, paving the way to end decades of political mistrust and military rivalry. More

November 17: Makhdoom Amin Faheem informs the parliament that India had assured not to oppose Pakistan’s free trade agreement and waiver for a concessional tariff regime with European Union on the forum of the World Trade Organization (WTO). More

November 18: Dennis Kux , Ambassador ( r) and a senior scholar at Woodrow Wilson Centre Washington says that US government must be very careful while enhancing ties with India because it has direct impact on Pakistan. More

November 19: Scores of Jamaat-i-Islami activists protest demonstration against the government’s decision to confer MFN status to India as tantamount for disloyalty with Kasmiris and demand for the government to withdraw it forthwith in the larger interest of the country. More

November 22: The Senate Standing Committee on Textile expresses serious reservations over lack of coordination between the ministries of commerce and textile while finalising lists of negative items given to India. More

The Indian government is getting increasingly worried that the escalating memo gate  crisis in Islamabad might end Asif Ali Zardari’s charmed run in the office and put Indo-Pakistani relations back on ice, particularly if the Pakistan army takes back control of the government. More

November 23: India says with Pakistan agreeing to open its market completely for Indian goods by the end- 2012, the process of grant of MFN status to New Delhi will be complete. More

Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharad Sabharwal says India has a clear cut visa policy for citizens of Pakistan, but a more liberal policy is under consideration. More

Indian government again accuses that Pakistan’s spy agency ISI continues to support various terrorist outfits to spread violence in India. More

December 23: The Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan demands a detailed briefing from ministries of foreign and commerce over granting MFN status to India. More

December 26: Pakistani and Indian officials resume the bilateral dialogue on conventional and nuclear weapons. More

December 27: The Pakistani government asks India to fix the date for the proposed visit of Pakistani judicial commission to interview key persons linkedto investigations into the 2008 Mumbai attacks. More

Pakistan and India consider a new proposal to remove weapons from the Line of Control in the disputed region of Kashmir, in a development that may prove crucial for resolution of the longstanding issue. More

December 28: Pakistan and India agree to move forward on proposals to extend the two vital agreements on reducing risk from accidents related tonuclear weapons and pre-notification of ballistic missile tests, while concluding two-day talks on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures. More

December 30: India rejects Pakistan’s proposal to move heavy artillery and mortar away from the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, claiming frequent ceasefire violations and asking Islamabad to come clear on its nuclear policy. More

December 31: Indian Border Security Force opens fire at the Pakistan-India boundary near Sialkot without provocation. More

January 1: Pakistan and India exchange lists of nuclear installations and facilities for the 21st consecutive year. More

January 3: Pakistan rejects an Indian proposal seeking Islamabad’s inclusion in talks on the Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty at the next session of the Conference on Disarmament. More

January 4: Hina Rabbani Khar hopes that positive development in Pakistan-India relations will also continue during the current year. More

January 5: Hina Rabbani Khar tells the National Assembly that Pakistan is committed to a constructive, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India. More

January 6: Dr Shashi Tharoor, member of Lok Sabha and former Indian Minister of State of External Affairs says India is genuinely committed to peaceful relations with Pakistan, which is why Indian Prime Minister Manmohan

Singh has embarked yet again another round of peaceful talks. More

January 11: Indian Foreign Minister S M Krishna says that it is up to Israel and Pakistan to decide the kind of ties they want to have after Pervez Musharraf suggested establishing diplomatic ties with the Jewish nation to counter its ‘pro-India’ policy. More

January 17: A 15-member Indian delegation has arrived in Pakistan to participate in the third round of the Pakistan-India Parliamentarians dialogue. More

January 18: Senate Chairman Farooq H Naek says that Pakistan is desirous of peaceful relations with all its neighbours, including India, and has been making consistent efforts in this regard. More

 Pakistani and Indian parliamentarians agree that they have a cardinal role to play in influencing governments of the two countries to take a joint leap forward for normalising relations. More

January 19: Yousaf Raza Gilani says that his government is committed to a constructive, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India, and that meetings between the Indo-Pak officials in the recent past have helped reduce trust deficit between the two countries. More

Parliamentarians from Pakistan and India express their resolve to use the third round of the Pakistan-India Parliamentarians dialogue to enhance trade and economic relations between the two countries. More

January 23: India’s external affairs minister S.M. Krishna says that developments in Pakistan are of deep concern from the point of stability in South Asia. More

January 24: Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain leaves for India to hold talks with his Indian counterpart on the issues of security of the Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas pipeline and the transit fee. More

January 25: Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabarwal calls on Hina Rabbani Khar to discuss bilateral relations and the dialogue process between the two countries. More

January 27: Indian Commerce Ministry official Arvind Mehta says Pakistan and India have finalized three agreements to remove non-tariff barriers which were obstructions for Pakistani exports to India.  More

January 30: Pakistani investigators and lawyers will visit India next month to gather more evidence for the prosecution of seven suspects linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. More

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani describes Indo-Pak ties as a ‘compelling necessity’ and says his interior secretary will soon visit India to take forward the talks on outstanding issues between the two countries. More

February 2: India's Supreme Court is due to begin an appeal hearing into the death sentence handed down to the lone surviving Pakistani gunman, Mohammed Kasab, from the 2008 Mumbai attacks. More

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tells lawmakers at a Congressional hearing that Pakistan continues to consider India an existential threat. More

February 3: The Pakistani judicial commission postpones its scheduled visit to India. More

February 4: The ceremonial opening of the dedicated gate for bilateral Pakistan-India trade is likely to be held at Wagha Border on February 13, says an official of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP). More

February 5: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief and chairman of the special parliamentary committee on Kashmir, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, says the government should remove the reservations of Kashmiri leaders before granting the MFN status to India. More

Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami Liaqat Baloch has condemned the government for giving MFN status to India. More

Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma to visit Pakistan from February 13, says Pak-India Business Council (PIBC) Chairman Noor Muhammad Qasuri. More

February 7: FIA Special Public Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali to ask Indian authorities to chalk out a new schedule for the proposed judicial commission visit to India. More

India will ease visa restrictions on Pakistani nationals in what is described as a gesture towards improving relations with Islamabad. More

February 8: Leading industrialists and traders have expressed their concerns over the process envisaged for granting the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, saying that the process should be equally beneficial for both nations. More

India's concern over the presence of Chinese troops in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) was raised by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in his talks with leaders here. More

February 10: Pakistan is unhappy with India for "not addressing'' its concerns on removing non-tariff barriers but New Delhi said the delay was purely procedural. More

Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim inaugurates three-day India Show at Lahore Expo Centre. More

February 12: Three agreements will be signed during Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma’s three-day official visit to Pakistan. More

February 13: Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma says both India and Pakistan have decided to dismantle all barriers hindering bilateral trade through serious talks. More

February 14: The Pakistan Air Force has modified its plans to effectively counter India's purported 'Cold Start' war doctrine, says Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman. More

Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Ashok Kumar Barat says that the business community of India and Pakistan should be ashamed of not being able to exploit the trade potential for the last 64 years as envisioned by the founders of the two countries. More

All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran, the representative body of all wholesale and retail markets in the provincial capital boycotts the Indian delegation currently visiting Pakistan led by Indian Minister for Commerce. More

Federal Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar Tuesday says that Pakistan is fully capable to defend its territorial integrity and counter India’s military preparedness and its ‘War Doctrine’. More

Chairman Agri Forum Pakistan Muhammad Ibrahim Mughal criticizes the government’s decision of trading with India. More

February 15: Pakistan and India are likely to sign three pacts today that will substantially reduce barriers to bilateral trade. More

Pakistan and India must discuss and explore vistas of cooperation on climate change as both countries have an integrated ecological system with shared natural resources, says Shafqat Kakakhel, former deputy executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme. More

Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma may announce the government's "in-principle" decision to lift the ban on investments from Pakistan in return for concessions from across the border. More

February 16: Pakistan and India agree to ease visa regime for businessmen. More

February 17: Indian Business delegation led by R B Mittal, express their resolve to build trade relations between the two countries on durable basis at the PM House. More

February 18: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik says that a Pakistani judicial commission would visit India in March to investigate ‘Mumbai attacks’. More

Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC) welcomes the signing of three trade accords between India and Pakistan. More

PM Yousuf Raza Gilani says that granting a country the ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) status was not the same as declaring it the most “friendly” nation. More

February 19: Speaker of Indian Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar plans a five-day state visit to Pakistan. More

February 21: Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar arrives on a five-day state visit to Pakistan. More

Pakistan and India agree to extend a pact on reducing risks of nuclear accidents that could be caused by stockpiles of atomic weapons. More

Delhi police nab 39-year-old Kamran Akbar, suspecting him of being an ISI agent who had been staying in India for the last 20 years. More

February 22: Foreign countries and agencies strongly opposed to the Gwadar Port and determined to drive a wedge between Pakistan and Iran are involved in terrorist activities in Balochistan, military sources say. More

National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza, and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar agree to enhance interaction between the parliamentarians of Pakistan and India to built bridges of understanding and friendship between the two neighbouring countries. More

PM Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani says talks were necessary for permanent and solid relations between India and Pakistan. More

February 23: Indian Border Security Forces (IBSF) hand over two Pakistani prisoners to Punjab Rangers at Wagah border as goodwill gesture. More

February 24: Jobs of almost 70 per cent population of the rural areas of the country are at risk if MFN status is granted to India, says former chairman of Pakistan Poultry Association Abdul Basit. More

February 25: Foreign Office spokesman states that Pakistan will no longer publicly accuse India of alleged interference in Balochistan. More

February 26: Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif says that India and Pakistan need to develop peaceful neighbourly relations while continuing efforts for the solution to all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, in order to achieve a durable peace in the subcontinent. More

February 27: Moderate Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says the Hurriyat is seriously considering opening offices in New Delhi and Islamabad. More

The Indian military is to conduct one of its largest mock war drills, involving 20,000 troops, close to the country’s border with Pakistan. More

February 28: Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood promises to complete the negative list for trade with India by the end of this month. More

February 29: Pakistan will normalise trade with arch-rival India by the end of this year says Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan.

March 1: India’s Foreign Minister SM Krishna thanked Pakistan for deciding to gradually scrap the “negative list” that prevents the export of hundreds of items from India. More

Pakistan’s PM Yousuf Raza Gilani says that more trade with India would bring stability to the region. More

India’s Foreign Minister SM Krishna welcomes Pakistan’s decision to phase out major restrictions on Indian imports by the end of this year. More

March 5: Hina Rabbani Khar says that the India-Pakistan dialogue process had resumed, after remaining suspended for two years, and its resumption was vital for peace in the region. More

March 12: Pakistani investigators and lawyers are to travel to India this week in connection with 26/11 investigations. More

Indian President Pratibha Patil states that her country’s remains committed to resolving all outstanding disputes with Pakistan through substantive dialogue. More

March 13: Sri Ravi Shankar states that the politicians on both sides of the border need to change their approach of attracting voters through war rhetoric and hate mongering. More

India chalks out strategy to use the remaining Pakistan’ water in Chenab to irrigate the land of Jammu city. More

Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal announces that talks are currently underway for the re-opening of the Indian Consulate in Karachi. More

March 14: A Pakistani judicial commission, probing the 2008 Mumbai attack, leaves for India to gather evidence. More

Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal calls on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan at the PTI office. More

Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar informs the National Assembly that Pakistan had raised objections to the design of five dams to be constructed by India on three western rivers in violation of the Indus Basin Treaty. More

March 15: The Pakistan judicial commission holds a close-door meeting with Indian special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam in connection with the Mumbai terror attack of Nov 26, 2008. More

March 16: An Indian official says a court has barred a Pakistani delegation from interviewing the man convicted of the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai and any of the witnesses in his trial. More

March 17: The eight-member judicial commission from Pakistan records the statements of key witnesses in the Mumbai terror attacks case. More

March 19: It is imperative for Pakistan’s economic growth that the country enhances its trade ties with India, says a top World Bank official. More

March 21: The ministry of commerce issues the Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) for switching over to negative list regime to trade with India. More

March 22: India will explore a route through Pakistan to transport iron ore from Afghanistan, the head of a consortium involved in the $11 billion project says. More

Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmad tells the Rajya Sabha that India is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan through dialogue but it is necessary to have an environment free of terror to move forward meaningfully. More

India’s state owned oil and gas company GAIL has offers Pakistan a deal to import natural gas from India. More

March 24: Pakistan is expected to bring out a notification next month allowing import of certain goods, including petrol and food items from India says Secretary for Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry. More

The Indo-Pak talks on water dispute are going to be held in the last week of March in New Dehli, says Syed Raghib Abbas Shah, Member Water WAPDA. More

March 25: The government allows Indian wheat for the first time to pass through its territory to Afghanistan via Karachi Port. More

March 26: PM Yousuf Raza Gilani has brief interactions with US President Barack Obama and his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh. More

March 27: Hina Rabbani Khar stresses that both India and Pakistan recognize the need to go beyond the stage of dealing with the “trust deficit” and move towards a “result-oriented dialogue”. More

March 28: Two day secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India over the distribution of water and the construction of Wullar barrage project on River Jhelum begin. More

Manmohan Singh says he will visit Pakistan only after some concrete steps are taken in the India-Pakistan relations. More

India tells Pakistan that it would prefer the option of seeking international arbitration to resolve the over two-decade old dispute over the Tulbul navigation project. More

March 29: Michael Sheehan, assistant secretary of Defence for Special Operations, says that Pakistan has an addiction of playing around with militant groups against India. More

India formally offers Pakistan 5,000MW of electricity to meet its energy requirements on an urgent basis which could be transmitted through Punjab without much delay. More

Lt-Gen Frank Panter, the Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics, states that the US would have to rely on India and the northern distribution network if Pakistan did not reopen Nato supply lines to Afghanistan. More

March 31: Federal Secretary Commerce Zafar Mehmood says that the government would not implement a free trade regime with India without ensuring level playing field to Pakistani exporters. More

April 1: President Zardari is scheduled to make the first visit to India by a Pakistani head of state since 2005. More

April 2: Fourteen Pakistani fishermen apprehended and two boats seized for illegally entering Indian territory near Jakhau coast in Kutch district, Indian Coast Guard officials say. More

April 3: Hearing a petition to stop the federal government from importing 5,000 MW of electricity from India, the Supreme Court directs the counsel for the petitioner to furnish the Indian Supreme Court’s judgment on rivers’ interlinking. More

India to provide documents about Mumbai attacks to Pakistan soon, which will also contain Ajmal Kasab’s testimony. More

April 5: Abdul Basit says Pakistan is looking forward for meaningful engagements with India to promote peace and security in the region. More

April 6: Pakistan and India agree to form an independent Indus water commission comprising of neutral and transparent professionals. More

India to deploy at least 2,000 police personnel for Pakistan President Zardari’s visit to New Delhi and Ajmer. More

Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna claims India has repeatedly given Pakistan every detail of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed’s involvement in the Mumbai terror attack but ‘Islamabad has chosen not to conduct an investigation’. More

Abdul Basit rejects Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna’s remarks that India has provided adequate proof linking Jamatud Dawa (JD) chief Hafiz Saeed to the Mumbai attacks. More

April 7: Abdul Basit confirms that President Asif Ali Zardari will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at lunch during his visit to India. More