New Delhi, Jul 31: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday turned down reports of the party planning to invite international dignitaries including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the oath-taking ceremony of Pakistan PM-designate Imran Khan.
Fawad Chaudhry, the PTI spokesperson took to his Twitter handle and said, “Media speculations about international dignitaries attending PM oath ceremony are not correct. We have sought the advice of the Foreign Office on the matter and will decide accordingly.”
Media speculations about international dignitaries attending PM oath ceremony are not correct. We have sought the advice of Foreign Office on the matter and will decide accordingly #PTI
— Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 31, 2018
Earlier in the day, reports had suggested that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf is considering inviting the leaders of the SAARC countries including Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his oath-taking ceremony as the premier next month.
The PTI, led by 65-year-old Khan, has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly after the July 25 elections, but it is still short of numbers to form the government on its own. Khan yesterday said that he would take oath as prime minister on August 11.
He also termed Modi’s telephone call to Khan on his victory in the 2018 polls a welcoming sign to begin a new chapter in relations between the two countries. Modi on Monday telephoned Khan to congratulate him on his party’s victory in the general elections and hoped that “Pakistan and India will work to open a new chapter in bilateral ties”.
Khan in his victory speech had also said that better relations between Pakistan and India would be “good for all of us”.
The relations between India and Pakistan remained tense until 2014. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had travelled to Delhi to attend Modi’s oath taking ceremony and the Indian premier had in December 2015 made a stopover in Lahore to greet his counterpart on his birthday.
The India-Pakistan ties nose-dived in recent years with no bilateral talks taking place.
(With agency inputs)
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