DEC 25, (DNA) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended birthday wishes to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

“Birthday wishes to Pakistan PM Mr Nawaz Sharif. I pray for his long and healthy life,” Modi said.

The Indian premier’s birthday wishes come as tensions simmer between Pakistan and India amid intermittent ceasefire violations across the Line of Control and Working Boundary.

Last year, the Indian prime minister made a ‘surprise’ stopover in Lahore on the occasion of Nawaz Sharif’s birthday and the wedding of his granddaughter.=DNA

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