Pakistan has said it will announce today whether its Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend Narendra Modi's oath-taking ceremony as Prime Minister of India on Monday, May 26.

"He can also nominate someone to represent him. That doesn't violate protocol," a Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson said during a media briefing.

In its first official response on Wednesday, Pakistan hailed Mr Modi's invitation to South Asian leaders, including its prime minister, as a "bold move."

"The invitation is a bold and an unexpected move. Mr Sharif does not share the anxiety that is felt by some quarters here in Pakistan because he has got some very fond memories of the previous BJP Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee coming to Lahore and he hopes that this anxiety about Modi and his past will fade away," Tariq Azim, media advisor to Mr Sharif's party,


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