India, Pak to hold talks on March 13, 14

Updated at 9.45 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers on Saturday announced the fourth round of peace talks on March 13 and 14.

India and Pakistan decided that the first meeting of the joint anti-terror mechanism will be held in March.

This was agreed on at a meeting between visiting External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Pakistan counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri. Their talks lasted over two-and-half hours.

They also agreed to establish a committee comprising judges of the superior judiciary that will examine ways to expedite the release of nationals of both countries languishing in jails.

The anti-terror mechanism was set up at a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of a NAM Summit in Cuba last year.