Recently 72-year-old Shehbaz Sharif took oath as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
He took over the reins of Pakistan, which is facing economic crisis, for the second time, about a month after the elections amid allegations of rigging.
As soon as Shehbaz Sharif became the PM, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent him a congratulatory message. Now Shahbaz Sharif has also replied to PM Modi’s congratulatory message.
Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for congratulating him on his re-election.
“Thank you Narendra Modi for congratulating him on being elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan,” Shahbaz said in a post on ‘X’.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi congratulated Shahbaz on taking oath as the 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan. Modi posted on ‘X’, “Congratulations to Shehbaz Sharif on taking oath as Prime Minister of Pakistan.”
In his address to the National Assembly soon after being elected as Prime Minister for the second time after 2022, Shahbaz said his government will not allow the country to become part of any “big game” and will work towards cordial relations with neighbors on the principles of equality. Will maintain relations. “We will maintain relations with our neighbors on the basis of equality,” he said.
However, Shahbaz raised the Kashmir issue and compared it with Palestine. Relations between India and Pakistan became strained after the 2016 terrorist attack on Pathankot Air Force base by Pakistan-based terrorist groups.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated further after India announced in August 2019 that it would end the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and divide the state into two union territories.
India has repeatedly told Pakistan that Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will always be an integral part of the country.