INDIA, PAK. TO DISCUSS DRUG TRAFFICKING ISSUE

Islamabad: India and Pakistan would hold a series of talks on wide range of
issues next week, beginning with the dialogue between top officials of the
two countries to prevent drug trafficking and smuggling.

A high-level Indian delegation headed by Director General, Narcotic Control
Bureau, M K Singh, would arrive in Pakistan on June 14 to attend the
meeting of the Committee on Drug Trafficking and Smuggling to be held here
on June 15 and 16, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman, Masood Khan, told a
media briefing on Saturday.

The Committee meeting will discuss steps to prevent smuggling of drugs and
narcotics between the two countries.

After that a Pakistani delegation, headed by Additional Secretary of
Pakistan Foreign Office, Usman Haider would go to New Delhi to attend talks
on nuclear CBMs to be held there from June 19 and 20.

Khan said another Pakistani delegation would go to New Delhi towards the
next weekend to attend the official level talks to be held there on June 21
and 22 to resolve differences over the construction of power project by
India on the river Chenab at Baglihar in Jammu and Kashmir.

Talks will be held at the level of Secretaries of Water and Power to
discuss Pakistan's objections over the projects. The Indus Basin Water
Commissioners of both the countries would also be part of the delegation.