Lately, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif wrote a letter to the newly elected Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. Naturally, what he wrote to the Indian prime minister couldn’t have been different, in any manner, from what he has been stating verbatim, time and again, vis-a-vis the mired bilateral relations between the two countries. PM Nawaz Sharif took the initiative and broke the ice, once again, by writing to PM Modi despite his detractors’ awfully critical stance on the recent overtures made by him to his Indian counterpart for peace.
PM Modi’s response to Pakistan premier’s letter was equally encouraging. By expressing his government’s desire to work closely with PM Nawaz Sharif’s government, in an atmosphere free from confrontation and violence in order to chart a new course in bilateral relations, he has undeniably kindled a ray of hope for improvement in ties between the two countries.
M FAZAL ELAHI
Islamabad
