The first visit to Pakistan by a top Indian diplomat in nearly 10 years was an "ice breaker", the information minister said Wednesday, as regional heads of governments gathered for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar engaged in informal dialogue with Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar during the SCO conclave in Islamabad, marking the first visit by an Indian Foreign Minister to Pakistan in nearly nine years.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif greeted each other with a handshake and sombre expressions at the start of an official dinner for the visiting leaders of the SCO bloc on Tuesday.

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday in the first such visit in almost a decade for a meeting of governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation,

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar landed in Pakistan on Tuesday for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the first top diplomat from Delhi to visit the country's arch-rival

External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conclave. Upon arrival, Jaishankar was received at the Nur Khan airbase by senior Pakistani officials.