ISLAMABAD – The Spokesman of Prime Minister’s House has said that Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will invite the members of Pakistan’s cricket team, on their return to Pakistan, to commend them on their performance in the Cricket World Cup for reaching the semi-final and encourage them for even better results, in the future.
The spokesman added that semi final match in Mohali, provided a very useful opportunity to the leadership of Pakistan and India to get together and discuss the whole gamut of bilateral relations.
The Prime Minister, he said, has termed his interaction with the Indian leadership as milestone on the way of opening up a new chapter of good neighbourly relations and cooperation between the two countries.
The warmth and hospitality shown by the Indian leadership and people to the Prime Minister, his entourage as well as to Pakistan’s cricket team, he said, were reflective of the shared sentiments of goodwill between our two people which needs to be built upon for sustained and long-lasting peace and amity between the two countries.
