Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik will pay a three-day visit to India from 14th of this month to operationalise the liberalised visa agreement between the two countries. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today confirmed this while talking to reporters on the sidelines of 47th Raising Day celebrations of Border Security Force in New Delhi.

Earlier, Malik was to visit the country from December 11th to 13th.

Both India and Pakistan will operationalise the liberalised visa agreement during Malik's visit. The new visa regime will replace a 38-year-old restrictive accord and will pave the way for time-bound visa approval and greater people-to-people contact and trade.

Home Ministry sources have said details of Malik's visit was being worked out in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs and Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.