LAHORE, May 13 � PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, who is set to form Pakistan�s new government after an emphatic win, today said he would be �very happy� to invite Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his swearing-in for a record third term as Premier, reports PTI.
�I will be very happy to extend that invitation. If they will come, it will be a great pleasure for me and for Pakistan,� Sharif said during an interaction with a group of foreign journalists at his home in Lahore this afternoon.
Sharif was responding to a question if he would invite Singh to his swearing-in ceremony.
When again asked if he intended to invite Singh, Sharif replied: �I had a call from him (Singh) yesterday. We had a long chat on the phone and then he extended an invitation to me and I extended an invitation to him. He originally belongs to a district in Pakistan�.
Singh�s ancestral hometown is Gah in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
