PM Imran welcomes Modi’s greeting on Pakistan Day

PM Imran welcomes Modi’s greeting on Pakistan Day

Islamabad (Agencies): Prime Minister Imran Khan has welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greeting and best wishes to the people of Pakistan on Pakistan Day.

“I extend my greetings and best wishes to the people of Pakistan on the National Day of Pakistan,” Modi said in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Imran Khan, who confirmed it in a tweet.

“It is time that people of sub-continent work together for a democratic, peaceful, progressive and prosperous region, in an atmosphere free of terror and violence,” Modi wrote.

Pakistan Day is being celebrated across the country with traditional zeal and fervor today (Saturday).

The day dawned with thirty-one-gun salute in the federal capital and twenty-one-gun salute in provincial capitals, Radio Pakistan reported.

Special prayers were offered in mosques after Fajr prayers for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan.