Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan on Friday to greet Nawaz Sharif on the Pakistani PM’s birthday has surprised many in Kashmir, more so by the menu served to the Indian premier on his arrival in Lahore, which included “Kashmiri Chai,” a beverage consumed enthusiastically in the Valley throughout the year. Modi signaled on Twitter his intention to veer off schedule and visit Sharif in Lahore. The Pakistani PM met Modi at the airport from where they flew to Sharif’s Rawalpindi residence in the eastern state of Punjab.…
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