PM Narendra Modi's words of congratulations to Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif placed terror front and centre. The latter had said good relations with India were conditional on a “just” resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president was elected unopposed by parliament on Monday after rival candidate S.M. Qureshi and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party boycotted the voting and walked out.
A National Assembly sitting will be held on Monday to elect the new prime minister. Imran Khan was ousted from the position after he lost a no-confidence vote.