Modi for ‘constructive engagement’, Pakistan says no dialogue on table

New Delhi/Islamabad :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his new Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan that India desires “constructive engagement” with Islamabad but Pakistan quickly clarified that there was no offer of a bilateral dialogue. Modi wrote to Imran Khan expressing India’s commitment to build good neighbourly relations and pursue meaningful and constructive engagement […]

Imran Khan takes oath as 22nd Pakistani PM

Islamabad : Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Saturday took oath as Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister, three weeks after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the highest number of seats in the general election. Khan, who outvoted opposition and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Shahbaz Sharif in the Prime Minister’s election on Friday, was administered his oath […]

Navjot Singh Sidhu (File Photo)

Sidhu arrives in Pakistan for Imran Khan’s swearing in

Islamabad : Former Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu arrived in Pakistan on Friday to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan. Sidhu reached Lahore via Wagah border and will arrive here for the oath-taking ceremony scheduled for Saturday. Speaking to reporters in Lahore, Sidhu said: “I have come to Pakistan on my friend’s […]

Navjot Singh Sidhu (File Photo)

Punjab confirms Sidhu’s invite for Imran Khan’s swearing-in

Chandigarh :  Punjab minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan as the new prime minister for which he has received an invitation. In a statement on Saturday Sidhu said he had informed the Union Home Ministry and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s […]

ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar (File Photo)

No request received on Imran Khan swearing-in: MEA

New Delhi :  The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that it has not received any request from anyone in India for attending the swearing-in of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan as Pakistan Prime Minister. “We have not received any such request,” ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in response to a query at a media briefing […]