Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu arrived Lahore on Friday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan’s Prime Minister-designate Imran Khan.
While interacting with the reporters at the Attari-Wagah border, Sidhu said he was going to the other side of the border as a “goodwill ambassador.”
“These moments of democratic change in Pakistan are very important. I feel lucky that Imran Khan, being a friend, invited me. It is an honor for me. I am going to Pakistan as a goodwill ambassador. I am going there with the hope that relations between our two nations will improve,” Sidhu said.
Earlier on August 2, cricketer-turned-politician said that the invite for the oath-taking ceremony is a personal one. While addressing a press conference Sidhu said “Imran Khan has risen from the scratch in politics, he has exhibited great character. I see him as a ray of hope. It is a huge honor for me. It is a personal invitation from him and not a political one. I respect the foreign policy of the country, but this is a personal invitation. I believe sports persons and artistes break barriers.”
The ceremony is scheduled at the President’s House in Islamabad on August 18.