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Sharif likely to attend Modi's swearing-in

| | May 23, 2014, at 03:10 pm
New Delhi/Islamabad, May 23 (IBNS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to attend Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony as India's new Prime Minister on May 26 in New Delhi, said reports on Friday.

Reports said Pakistan will confirm whether Sharif will attend the function or not by Friday.

"Sharif might attend Modi's oath-taking ceremony; or he can also nominate a representative," a Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson said at a press conference.

 Pakistan had hailed Modi's invitation to South Asian leaders, including its Prime Minister Sharif, to the ceremony as a "bold move." 

Speaking to Indian news network NDTV, Tariq Azim, the media advisor to Sharif's party the Pakistan Muslim League (N), said, "It's a bold and an unexpected move." 

However he added that Sharif "does not share the anxiety that is felt by some quarters here in Pakistan because he has got some very fond memories of the previous BJP Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee coming to Lahore and he hopes that this anxiety about Modi and his past will fade away."

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