Television footage showed an Indian Air Force jumbo jet land at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport in the late afternoon on Friday, moments after Sharif himself arrived by helicopter.
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And during his visit, PM Modi apparently told Sharif – “jung bahut karli”.
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“Yes, absolutely. I am here”, Modi replied, according to the official.
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Modi paid visit to Lahore for about two hours on his way from Kabul which made headlines across the world. “On January 16, I will be with you to give a detailed overview of the campaign”, he said while welcoming suggestions from people, if any.
It was Sharif’s 66th birthday and the family home was festooned with lights for his grand-daughter’s wedding on Saturday.
Modi also talked about the initiatives being taken by the Government for the disabled people in terms of accessibility etc and coined a new term for them – “Divyang” (people with divine powers) instead of “viklang” (handicapped).
He said as per decision of the two prime ministers, foreign secretaries of the two countries would meet on January 14 or 15 next in which a map for the agreed 10 identified points for the next six months would be drawn up. But his impromptu plan to visit Lahore sent the security into action, which managed Modi’s visit with aplomb.
Initial optimism about a revival of ties was short-lived as the two countries traded heavy fire across their disputed border in the Himalayan territory of Kashmir which claimed dozens of lives on both sides.
The Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s adviser on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz is sounding a word of caution over the gung-ho meeting.
Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has dispelled the impression that the entourage of the Indian Prime Minister visited Lahore without any visa. The Pakistan government is planning to host the summit in October-November, 2016. “A blueprint will be presented on that day”, he said while extending his “greetings for Christmas and New Year to every citizen of India”.
The New York Times said the tense relations between India and Pakistan “have long anxious American policy makers, who fear that proxy wars between the two countries could flare into a real one”. Scheduled high-level talks between the two were cancelled in August after ceasefire violations across the border. “After that, his political graph started declining and today he has been sidelined”, the Sena said in an edit in party mouthpiece “Saamana”.
“He (Modi) will never let go any opportunity to harm and defame Pakistan”.
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“We know that Afghanistan’s success will require the cooperation and support of each of its neighbours”, he said.
