Thursday, August 2, 2018

Kapil, Gavaskar, Sidhu, Aamir get Imran invite

Omer Farooq Khan TNN

Islamabad: 02.08.2018

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party said on Wednesday that it would like to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other foreign heads of states to the PM-elect Imran Khan’s oath ceremony.

Though the party has already invited Indian celebrities like Aamir Khan, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Navjot Singh Sidhu, it has asked the foreign office to confirm whether foreign heads of states could be invited to the PM’s swearing-in ceremony, scheduled to take place in Islamabad on August 11, three days before the country’s Independence Day.

A day earlier, the PTI had denied reports that it was considering inviting PM Modi and other heads of Saarc countries for the ceremony.



Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Aamir Khan & Navjot Singh Sidhu have been invited for the Aug 11 oath ceremony by Imran’s party PTI

PTI seeks nod on inviting Modi, other dignitaries

In an informal conversation with reporters, PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said the party had asked the FO if it would be possible to invite foreign dignitaries, including Indian PM Modi, at a short notice. “The FO has yet to respond on the matter and we are waiting for it,” Chaudhry said.

He said the party had already invited celebrities like Amir Khan, Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar for the ceremony.

On Tuesday, Iftikhar Durrani, PTI’s media head, said, “We have note extended any invite nor was this issue

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