Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on being appointed PM with a formal message mentioning, “Congratulations to @CMShehbaz on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.” A similar tepid response came from Pakistan.
Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as Pakistan’s Prime Minister for the second time, marking a return to a position he held until August when Parliament was dissolved ahead of the elections.
Sharif won 201 votes against his PTI rivals who could manage only 97 votes.
In a major development, the PPP has agreed to make a coalition government with the PML-N on the condition that Bilawal will be made the Prime Minister, The News reported.
Nawaz Sharif's PML-N has won 63 and Zardari's PPP has managed 50 seats as final results are still being awaited.
''We have consistently rejected such statements in the past. The union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the union territory of Ladakh are and will always be integral and inalienable parts of India. No other country has a locus standi,'' Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing.
Shehbaz Sharif met Xi Jinping and talked over mutual cooperation between the two nations, primarily in economic fields.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Embassy in Beijing hosted an event on floods in Pakistan to lay stress on the need for proactive climate action and international solidarity to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Amid a worsening economic crisis due to floods, high inflation and depreciating currency, Pakistan on Friday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ease harsh terms which require Islamabad to increase power tariffs and fuel taxes over the next six months.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan will address a public gathering in Punjab province on Monday, local media reported.
