The Tribune
NEW DELHI, Feb 6 — In a significant development, more than 24 parliamentarians, including those from the BJP and the Shiv Sena are proceeding to Islamabad next week to take part in a two-day first-ever non-official Indo-Pakistan dialogue.
The dialogue, being hosted by The News — a leading Pakistani English newspaper of the largest Jang Group of Newspapers — will discuss issues of peace, security and cooperation between the two countries. The Jang Group is bearing all expenditures for the two-day meeting. The dialogue will commence on February 14.
From the BJP, a former Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, a former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Shanta Kumar, Chandigarh Lok Sabha MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, the party Treasurer, Mr Vedprakash Goyal, the party Vice-President, Mr K.L. Sharma, Rajya Sabha MPs Arun Shourie, Mr T.N. Chaturvedi, Mr K.R. Malkani and Dr Mahesh Chandra Sharma are going to take part in the dialogue. A Shiv Sena MP, Mr Adhik Shirodkar, is also in the Indian delegation. ...
NEW DELHI, Feb 6 — In a significant development, more than 24 parliamentarians, including those from the BJP and the Shiv Sena are proceeding to Islamabad next week to take part in a two-day first-ever non-official Indo-Pakistan dialogue.
The dialogue, being hosted by The News — a leading Pakistani English newspaper of the largest Jang Group of Newspapers — will discuss issues of peace, security and cooperation between the two countries. The Jang Group is bearing all expenditures for the two-day meeting. The dialogue will commence on February 14.
From the BJP, a former Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, a former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Shanta Kumar, Chandigarh Lok Sabha MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, the party Treasurer, Mr Vedprakash Goyal, the party Vice-President, Mr K.L. Sharma, Rajya Sabha MPs Arun Shourie, Mr T.N. Chaturvedi, Mr K.R. Malkani and Dr Mahesh Chandra Sharma are going to take part in the dialogue. A Shiv Sena MP, Mr Adhik Shirodkar, is also in the Indian delegation. ...