WAGAH (Pakistan): Thousands of people thronged the Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan yesterday to celebrate Independence Day while hailing moves aimed at normalising relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Pakistan and India came close to a fourth war just two years ago but relations began to thaw since April last year when former Indian premier Atal Behari Vajpayee extended a hand of friendship to Pakistan.
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