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Uncertainty looms over PM's visit to
Pakistan
Tuesday July 31, 2012 11:10:08 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Days after Pakistans President Asif Ali Zardari formally invited him to visit
Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has yet to respond,
indicating uncertainty over the much-speculated trip.
On Friday, Zardari had written to Manmohan Singh and suggested
that he visits Pakistan around the time of the birth anniversary
of Guru Nanak in November.
"Our invitation for you to visit Pakistan is outstanding. Your
visit will provide us an opportunity to take stock of our
bilateral relations," Zardari said.
He also promised to arrange a trip for Manmohan Singh to travel to
his ancestral hometown Gah in Pakistan's Punjab province.
"We could use that occasion to arrange a visit to your ancestral
hometown. If the visit were to coincide with the birthday
celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Sahib, that would not only be well
received by the Pakistani nation but also reinforce our mutual
desire to promote inter-faith and inter-religious harmony,"
Zardari said.
Manmohan Singh was, however, yet to respond to Zardari's invite,
but is understood to be giving serious thought to it.
In an interview recently, the prime minister had said that he
would be happy to visit Pakistan provided there are tangible and
concrete outcomes.
The recent disclosures made by 26/11 plotter Abu Jundal linking
Pakistani state agencies to the Mumbai terror have compounded
uncertainty over the prime minister's visit as it has revived
questions in New Delhi about the sincerity of Islamabad to address
its concerns over cross-border terror.
However, a clearer picture will emerge after External Affairs
Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Islamabad to hold talks with his
Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in September.
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