After the collapse of the NSA dialogue, India and Pakistan will seek to start afresh on Wednesday as a 16-member team from the neighbouring country arrives here for talks between Pakistan Rangers and BSF .

In what could queer things a little though, Pakistan has accused India of carrying out reverse infiltration from Punjab and Rajasthan as part of its agenda for the BSF-Pakistan Rangers talk starting Wednesday. The accusation is a part of the official agenda Pakistan has given to the Indian side.‎

Accusing BSF of facilitating infiltration, Islamabad has said this is being done to carry out "sabotage activities" in Pakistan. Pakistan sources said this was going to be their "main point" in the talks.

While India is going ahead with the talks, government sources here said Pakistan seemed more interested in making false allegations than addressing the issue of high civilian casualties in ceasefire violations. Indian authorities said Islamabad owed an explanation over the 100-odd ceasefire violations by its troops since the Ufa engagement.‎

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As with the dialogue between the NSAs, this meeting too was agreed to by India and Pakistan when PM Narendra Modi met his counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa on July 10.

The two sides are expected to discuss at length the spurt in ceasefire violations across the International Boundary in Jammu. While the Pakistan delegation will be led by DG Rangers Major General Umer Farooq Burki, it will also comprise an additional secretary rank official from the Pakistani interior ministry.

India and Pakistan are both expected to underline the sanctity of the 2003 ceasefire understanding but Pakistan is likely to also seek a revival of United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to address any violation of that understanding.

While India doesn't recognize UNMOGIP any more, Pakistan continues to approach the group over ceasefire violations and recently invited them to visit a village in Sialkot district to assess the damage allegedly caused by firing from Indian troops.

While an amicable dialogue this week could pave the way for another meeting between Modi and Sharif later this month in New York, on the sidelines of UNGA, sources here said such a possibility could be marred by any terror attack on Indian soil by infiltrators from Pakistan.

The BSF-Rangers talks will take place in the midst of not just intermittent firing at the border but also a slanging match between the two countries which continues unabated. Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz on Wednesday warned India of a befitting response in case of any "misadventure" by India as he insisted that there will be no dialogue with New Delhi until Kashmir was a part of the agenda.