The Prime Minister elect of Pakistan Imran Khan has invited Indian celebrities Amir Khan, Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavasker for his oath taking ceremony on August 11.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Wednesday met Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua to discuss which foreign dignitaries could be invited to the prime minister’s oath-taking ceremony on August 11, reported the Dawn.
The sources also told Dawn that the PTI leaders wished to invite the heads of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) member states ─ including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ─ as well as China and Turkey.
The PTI leaders also asked the FO for suggestions on whom they should invite to the meeting. Members of the FO maintained that calling foreign leaders to the oath taking is a sensitive matter and all perspectives need to be taken into consideration.
PTI Spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry later confirmed to Dawn that the party had asked the FO about inviting foreign leaders and dignitaries to the event.
Chaudhry told Dawn that the PTI had asked the FO if it would be possible to invite foreign dignitaries, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, given the short period of time before the ceremony takes place.
He had said that the party is awaiting a response from the FO on the matter.
Additionally, he said, the party had invited celebrities like Amir Khan, Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavasker for the ceremony.
