India, Pak border guarding forces to meet tomorrow in Lahore

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Press Trust of India Amritsar
Last Updated : Dec 23 2013 | 9:07 PM IST
Drug trafficking, infiltration, smuggling of arms and fake Indian currency are among the main issues India will take up with Pakistan in Lahore at a high-level meeting between the border guarding forces of the two countries from December 24-28.
"Defence constructions, border incidents and trans-border crimes like drug trafficking, infiltration, smuggling of arms/ammunition and fake Indian currency, inadvertent border crossings and other matters of mutual interest will be discussed for effective border management," said DIG Punjab Frontier, BSF, R P S Jaswal.
The Indian delegation will be crossing over to Pakistan tomorrow.
The Indian delegation is being headed by BSF Director General Subhash Joshi and Pakistan Rangers delegation will be led by Major General Rizwan Akhtar, Director General Pakistan Rangers of Sindh Province.
The Indian delegation also includes Special DG BSF, (Western Command) Chandigarh, Inspector Generals from Jammu, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat Frontiers and BSF headquarters New Delhi, Jaswal said.
The Indian delegation will cross over to Pakistan through Joint Check Post, the land transit route of Attari-Wagah international border.
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First Published: Dec 23 2013 | 9:07 PM IST

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