Jaipur: Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has reached India for a day-long pilgrimage to the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz in Ajmer Sharif.
On the private visit, the prime minister is accompanied by members of his family and other officials.
Also on Saturday, Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid is scheduled to host a lunch in Jaipur for Prime Minister Ashraf but no “substantive” discussions are expected to take place.
The prime minister however is not expected to meet his Indian counterpart who recently accused Pakistan of faltering on its part of the bargain with regard to terrorism.
“Our dialogue with Pakistan continues in order to normalise our relations: promote bilateral cooperation and people-to-people contacts; and resolve outstanding issues,” Manmohan Singh had said.
Ashraf will be the most senior Pakistani official to visit India since last April when President Asif Ali Zardari embarked on a similar pilgrimage and then had lunch with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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