Imran Khan defends Navjot Singh Sidhu's Pakistan visit for oath-taking ceremony

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Imran Khan defends Navjot Singh Sidhus Pakistan visit for oath-taking ceremony

Without peace, our people cannot progress, he tweeted.

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Published: Tue 21 Aug 2018, 1:22 PM

Last updated: Tue 21 Aug 2018, 8:38 PM

Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan thanked Indian cricketer-turned-politician and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for being part of his oath-taking ceremony.  
Sharing a message on Twitter, Imran Khan said, "I want to thank Sidhu for coming to Pakistan for my oath taking. He was an ambassador of peace & was given amazing love & affection by ppl of Pakistan. Those in India who targeted him are doing a gt disservice to peace in the subcontinent - without peace, our ppl cannot progress." 
Talking further about India-Pakistan relations, he tweeted, "To move forward Pakistan and India must dialogue and resolve their conflicts incl Kashmir: The best way to alleviate poverty and uplift the people of the subcontinent is to resolve our differences through dialogue and start trading." 

Navjot Singh Sidhu reached India via the Wagah border on August 19 after attending Imran Khan's oath-taking ceremony.
Sidhu was among the special guests present at Khan's oath-taking ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr (the President House) in Islamabad, Pakistan.
 


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