New Delhi , India ( CNN ) -- Pakistan 's prime minister , Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani , arrived in India Wednesday to watch a Cricket World Cup match between the two archrival teams as the nuclear neighbors try to repair ties wounded by the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai . `` We all must enjoy cricket , '' Gilani told reporters after landing at Chandigarh , near Punjab 's Mohali city , which is hosting the semifinal between India and Pakistan . The Pakistani leader was watching the high-pitched match with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh , who had invited him last week to Wednesday 's game . The South Asian rivals , which have fought three wars since the blood-soaked partition of the Asian subcontinent in 1947 , have in the past too used cricket as a platform to ease relations . When cricket means more than just a match . In 2005 , Singh and then-Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf saw a cricket match at a New Delhi stadium . In 1987 , Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan Gen. Muhammad Zia ul-Haq attended a similar game in Jaipur . Gilani 's visit came a day after his country agreed in principle to allow a tour by an Indian commission in connection with the investigations into the Mumbai assault blamed on Pakistani militant groups . In their talks Tuesday in New Delhi , Indian and Pakistani home secretaries also pledged to set up a `` hotline '' on terror threats . `` Both sides agreed to set up a hotline between ( the ) home secretary of India and ( the ) interior secretary of Pakistan to facilitate real-time information-sharing with respect to terrorist threats , '' said a joint statement issued at the end of their talks . More than 160 people were killed in the November 2008 siege of Mumbai that derailed a fragile peace process between the two nations . According to the joint statement , India also promised to host a Pakistani judicial panel to study the trial proceedings related to the case . `` Dates for the visit of the judicial commission from Pakistan in connection with ( the ) Mumbai attack trial will be conveyed by India within four ( to ) six weeks , '' the statement read . A Mumbai court has imposed a death sentence on Mohammed Ajmal Kasab , the only surviving Pakistani gunman from the three-day terror siege of the city . Kasab 's lawyers say their client plans to challenge the sentence in India 's supreme court in New Delhi . In their discussions , Indian home secretary Pillai briefed the Pakistani side on his country 's investigations into a deadly bombing of a Pakistan-bound train , about 80 kilometers from New Delhi , four years ago . Some Hindu nationalists are now the key suspects in the 2007 firebombing on the Samjhauta ( Friendship ) Express train that left 68 passengers dead . The attack was initially believed to be the work of Islamist militants . `` Both sides reiterated their commitment to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and reaffirmed the need to bring those responsible for such crimes to justice , '' the statement said .
Several times in the past cricket has been used to ease tensions between the two nations . The relationship between the More than 160 nation was frayed by the 2007 terror attack in Mumbai . two people were killed in the siege of India which is blamed on South Asian militants .