Pak, Indian teams to continue talks on Kartarpur Corridor

ISLAMABAD: Despite a setback in talks between Pakistan and India, technical teams from both sides are now expected to meet on April 16, at Zero Point, to continue with discussions to ensure that progress continues on the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor.

"Continuing with Pakistan’s spirit of constructive engagement, we have agreed to the Indian proposal for a technical meeting on 16 April. We expect positivity from India so that the corridor becomes a reality for the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak celebrations”, Dr Mohammad Faisal, spokesman of the Foreign Office, said in a Tweet. There are two delegations for two meetings fromit was shot down by the Indian jet, he added. Kapoor said further "credible information and evidence" backed this version of events but could not be released due to confidentiality concerns. It comes just days after Foreign Policy magazine cited two unnamed senior US defence officials who said that US personnel recently conducted a count of Pakistan’s F-16s and found none missing. The magazine quoted one of the officials as saying that Pakistan invited the US to physically count its F-16 fleet.

Doubt has also been cast over the success of India’s airstrike, which Amit Shah, president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has claimed killed 250. Pakistan denied that there was any damage or casualties. Independent reporting by multiple local and international outlets who visited the site also found no evidence of a major terrorist training camp -- or of any infrastructure damage at all.

Pakistan said it shot down two Indian planes and lost none of its own, but India said that it lost only one aircraft. Initially Pakistan said it had captured two Indian pilots but the military later clarified it had just one pilot in custody.