Imran Khan invites Modi to visit Pakistan in New Delhi meet

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Imran Khan invites Modi to visit Pakistan in New Delhi meet

New Delhi - Cricket legend and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman, Khan is in New Delhi on a two-day visit for a conference on Indo-Pak relations.

By Web Report

Published: Sat 12 Dec 2015, 3:20 PM

Pakistan cricket legend and politician Imran Khan met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today.
Official Spokesperson of India's Minister of External Affairs, Vikas Swarup tweeted about the meeting on Twitter:

At his request, Pakistan MP & Chairman of Tehreek-e-Insaf Party Imran Khan called on PM @narendramodi today. pic.twitter.com/Dn9nRthmEk
- Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) December 11, 2015

Talking about the agenda of the meeting, the spokesperson said they welcomed recent developments in bilateral relations and expressed hope that these would lead to closer cooperative ties btween India and Pakistan.
During the meeting, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman also invited Modi to visit Pakistan:

Mr Imran Khan invited PM @narendramodi to visit Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/mxdkTUiYhh
- Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) December 11, 2015

Khan also told Modi that India and Pakistan should play cricket:

When I told Modi that India & Pak should play cricket, he gave a smile, I can't decipher that further, says @ImranKhanPTI #KaptaanInIndia
- PTI (@PTIofficial) December 11, 2015

Earlier today, India Today had reported about the meeting on Twitter:

Pakistan leader Imran Khan to meet PM Modi today https://t.co/Cq18N7HKf2
- India Today (@IndiaToday) December 11, 2015

Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, left for New Delhi earlier today on a two-day visit to attend a conference on Indo-Pak relations. The event is being hosted by India Today.

. @ImranKhanPTI will address an India Today conference in New Delhi tom 11 th Dec on Pak India relations; will return to Pakistan 12th Dec.
- PTI (@PTIofficial) December 10, 2015

Earlier Khan expressed shock and dismay over the revelation by an Indian journalist that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had held a secret "deniable" meeting with his Indian counterpart in 2014 on the sidelines of the Saarc Summit in Kathmandu, Nepal.
"Unfortunately, the present leadership of Pakistan and India lacks the courage and the conviction, which has led them to hold secret meetings that can be denied," he said.
Later, an official statement by the Pakistani government rubbished the allegation saying that the report was "nothing but a pack of lies and an attempt to malign the office of the prime minister".
Khan said that he believes peace between Pakistan and India is inevitable for the prosperity of people of the subcontinent as peace will ensure economic vibrancy through trade and investment opportunities.