Pak unaware of Modi-Sharif meet in New York: Foreign Office

Pakistan on Thursday said it was not aware of any plans for a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New York during this month’s UN General Assembly session. ‘As regards a meeting (Modi-Sharif) in New York, I am not aware of any such plan as yet,’ Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said. Media reports had earlier suggested that the two prime ministers could meet during the event, after talks between foreign secretaries of the two nations scheduled for August 25 was called off by India. The foreign secretary-level meet was cancelled after Pakistan High Commissioner to India Basit had ‘consultative’ meetings with separatist Kashmiri leaders.