Islamabad: Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for congratulating him on his re-election. Shehbaz Sharif (72) was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday. About a month after the elections (Pakistan Election) amid allegations of rigging, he took over the reins of the country facing economic crisis for the second time.
Shahbaz said in a post on ‘X’, “Thank you Narendra Modi for congratulating him on being elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.” On Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi congratulated Shahbaz on taking oath as the 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan. Modi posted on ‘X’, “Congratulations to Shahbaz 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 maintain cordial relations with neighbors on the principles of equality. Will maintain. “We will maintain relations with our neighbors on the basis of equality,” he said. However, Shehbaz 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.