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Pakistan opposition questions Jindal-Sharif meeting
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IANS | 29 Apr, 2017
Pakistani opposition parties on Friday questioned the government's
silence over Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's meeting with Indian business
tycoon Sajjan Jindal.
The Jindal Steel Works Group head's meeting
at the hill resort Murree on Wednesday triggered wild speculation that a
meeting between Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi may
follow, Dawn News reported.
Pakistan People's Party member
Nafeesa Shah asked at a session of the National Assembly's Standing
Committee: "Why is the government quiet regarding the visit of Jindal?"
Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf's Shireen Mazari wondered how Jindal, close to both
Modi and Sharif, visited Murree when he only held a visa for Lahore and
Islamabad.
Jindal and his delegation flew into Islamabad on
Wednesday morning and were received by Sharif's son Hussain Nawaz and
daughter Maryam Nawaz's son-in-law Raheel Munir.
"If he (Jindal)
has come on a private visit, why did we receive reports regarding his
welcome through the Foreign Office?" Mazari asked.
Defending the
government, Standing Committee Chairman Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari said
the Minister for Information had given a clear statement on the Indian
businessman's visit.
The Dawn quoted analysts as saying that
Jindal's visit could be part of a back-channel contact to improve
relations between New Delhi and Islamabad that dipped to new low after a
Pakistani military court sentence to death alleged Indian spy
Kulbhushan Jadhav.
The PTI has moved a resolution in the Punjab assembly airing its concern over the Jindal-Sharif meeting.
The party was angry over the government's decision to keep Jindal's visit and the meeting a secret.
"Jindal's secret visit to Pakistan after Jadhav's death sentence is significant," the party said.
The official confirmation of the meeting came after Sharif's daughter tweeted about it.
"Jindal
is an old friend of the Prime Minister. Nothing 'secret' about the
meeting and should not be blown out of proportion. Thank you," she
wrote.
The JSW Group specializes in steel, energy and infrastructure projects.
Jindal was an honoured guest at the wedding of Sharif's grand-daughter in December 2015, the same event which Modi too attended.
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