Senior officials of India and Pakistan will hold two-day talks from today on conventional and nuclear Confidence Building Measures, CBMs, in Islamabad.

This is the first formal engagement since the leaders of the two countries met in the Maldives two months ago.

Officials of the two countries will focus on, among other things, implementing the cross-Kashmir trade and travel CBMs that were unveiled during the talks between foreign ministers in July.

The two sides are also expected to discuss an agreement for removing weapons along the LoC and exchange notes on their war doctrines.

Issues relating to nuclear security, which have acquired an added edge following Japan's Fukushima radiation disaster in March, and missile tests will be discussed tomorrow.