ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani has rejected the invitation of the speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha to visit New Delhi, ARY News reported on Thursday, citing sources.
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla in a letter penned to Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani invited him to attend the century celebrations of the Public Accounts Committee.
The letter had said that the celebrations of the Lok Sabha and Public Accounts Committee would be held on December 4, which will be addressed by the Indian president and the prime minister.
Turning down the invitation, Sadiq Sanjrani said he will not attend any ceremony in India until the restoration of occupied Kashmir’s special status that was snubbed by Modi town on August 5.
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