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Rehman Malik in India, new visa regime to
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Friday December 14, 2012 07:06:37 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Pakistan
Interior Minister Rehman Malik arrived here Friday on a long
discussed three-day visit, the highlight of which is expected to
be the implementation of a liberalized visa regime agreed to in
September.
Malik was received at the technical area of Palam airport by
Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh.
The liberalized visa agreement, signed by then Indian external
affairs minister S.M. Krishna and Malik in Islamabad Sep 8, is
slated to become operational later in the day.
No police reporting for under 12s, over 65s and businesspersons
are among the highlights of the new agreement that comes ahead of
the Pakistan cricket series - three one-days and two T-20s from
Dec 25 - for which Pakistani fans are expected to come to India.
According to officials, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will meet
Malik for bilateral talks.
Shinde is expected to call upon Pakistan to hand over the voice
samples of the handlers of terrorists who attacked Mumbai in 2008.
He is also expected to press for handing over Lashkar-e-Taiba
founder and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
The two countries will also discuss counter-terrorism, border
management, fake Indian currency notes and cooperation among
security and investigation agencies, said officials.
Malik will call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and opposition
leader Sushma Swaraj Saturday, they said. He is expected to meet
National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon.
The official delegation accompanying Malik includes members from
the interior ministry, foreign ministry and the Federal
Investigation Agency (FIA).
Apart from Shinde, R.P.N. Singh and senior officials from the home
ministry, external affairs ministry and various security agencies
would take part in the deliberations.
Malik is visiting India at Shinde's invitation.
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