Pakistan has hailed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's invitation to President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to watch the India-Pakistan World Cup cricket semifinal clash at Mohali. On March 30, India and Pakistan will face each other for the first time since 26/11 attacks in 2008.
Yesterday, in his identical formal invitations to both Mr Zardari and Mr Gilani, Dr Singh had said, "I propose to be at Mohali to watch the World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan to be held on 30th March." The Pakistan government will decide on the matter today. "We welcome the invitation," Presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said.
"PM Gilani is out of the country and a decision will be taken once he is back from Tashkent tour," Babar added. Official sources said the invitation would also be discussed by the Foreign Office before a decision is taken.
India and Pakistan have faced each other four times before in the World Cups. The men-in-blue have emerged victorious in all the encounters played in the 1992, 1996, 1999 and 2003 editions of the tournament.
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