India had publicly opposed China-Pak corridor; On Pakistan Day, Basit to screen documentary to showcase China ties

Separately, invitations have been sent to ambassadors, members of the diplomatic community and external affairs ministry’s Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran desk officials. Officials liaising with the high commission’s defence section and those who keep the phone lines between the directors-general of military operations of the two countries operational have been invited as well. Invites have been sent to politicians as part of an attempt to reach out to the political class. The invitation for the chief guest has been sent to the external affairs ministry. A minister is likely to be sent to the event as the two sides are engaged in different bilateral issues. A meeting on the Indus Water Treaty was held in Islamabad recently.

Union minister V K Singh had posted a series of tweets to register his displeasure over the decision to send him to the event in 2015. Kashmiri separatist leaders had attended the event. Singh had said, “#DUTY A task or action that a person is bound to perform for moral or legal reasons.” This was followed by two more tweets defining duty and then “#DISGUST To sicken or fill with loathing” and “#DISGUST To offend the moral sense, principles, or taste of.’’