Due to his hard efforts the two Prime Ministers met informally in London in June 1953 on the occasion of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference, and they met again the following month in Karachi. Muhammad Ali sought to urge on Nehru the desirability of settling the Kashmir dispute and thus promote friendly relations between the two countries. Nehru was ready to talk on every thing, including philosophy and ethics, but not on Kashmir. Bogra seemed to be impressed by Nehru’s charm and started calling him ''''elder brother''''; but so far as the Kashmir dispute was concerned, the solution was no nearer.

Indian government had to face an uprising in Kashmir in 1953, which they crushed by force. This caused widespread anger and concern in Pakistan. Bogra dashed to New Delhi to confer with Nehru, who at first did not like the idea of the meeting as to him ''''the affairs in Kashmir were no concern of Pakistan''''. However the meeting of the two Prime Ministers in August 1953 resulted in a communiqué which stressed the following points
i) It was their opinion that this dispute would be settled in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiris by a fair and impartial plebiscite.
ii) The plebiscite administrator should be appointed by the end of April 1954.
iii) Before this, the preliminary issues that had held up progress towards a plebiscite so far should be decided and actions in implementation thereof should be taken, and with this object in view committees of military and other experts should be appointed to advise the Prime Ministers.
iv) Progress could only be made in this direction if there was an atmosphere of peace and co-operation between the two countries.
The Delhi meeting was followed by an exchange of letters between the two Prime Ministers. It is said that twenty-seven letters and telegrams were exchanged between August 10 1953 and September 21 1954. However, in May 1954, the news of American military aid to Pakistan was published, which gave Pandit Nehru a splendid excuse to go back on his commitments to hold a free vote in Kashmir. Muhammad Ali pointed out that the strength of India, and that India was spending three times as much as Pakistan on its armed forces. He warned that a war might engulf the entire subcontinent. But Nehru’s objections to military aid to Pakistan dominated the correspondence and ultimately wrecked the direct talks with Bogra, that had started with great hope.