New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a cricket bat to Prime Minister-in-waiting of Pakistan Imran Khan. India's envoy to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria called on Imran Khan on Friday and gifted him the bat on the behalf of PM Modi. The Indian High Commissioner along with other diplomatic staff congratulated the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief on his electoral success in the July 26 polls in which the Khan-led party emerged victorious with 116 seats in the National Assembly.

Earlier, PM Modi had spoken to Imran Khan, chairperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party and congratulated him and his party for emerging as the largest political party in the recently conducted general elections. Congratulating PTI chief, Modi expressed hope that democracy will take deeper roots in Pakistan.


As per the report, Ajay Bisaria gifted him a cricket bat autographed by the entire Indian cricket team, the Indian mission in Islamabad said. Bisaria was in Pakistan to discuss the prospects of the relationship between the two neighbouring countries.

Senator Faisal Javed said on Friday that Imran Khan will take oath as Prime Minister on August 18. Javed also confirmed that three former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev, Novjot Singh Sidhu and Sunil Gavaskar had been invited to the oath-taking ceremony.