PM Modi departs for Lahore to meet Nawaz Sharif

Kabul : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday departed for Lahore for his surprise visit to meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

The two Prime Ministers would be meeting at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Airport.

Earlier, confirming the news, the Prime Minister tweeted, “Spoke to PM Nawaz Sharif & wished him on his birthday. Looking forward to meeting PM Nawaz Sharif in Lahore today afternoon, where I will drop by on my way back to Delhi.”

Prime Minister Modi had earlier today extended his wishes to the Pakistani counterpart on his 65th birthday.

The two Prime Ministers had last met at the Paris Climate Summit COP21(ANI)