(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Pakistan Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani has decided to cancel his pre-scheduled trip to the UAE over Indian Prime Minister NarendraModi's recent trip to UAE , a media report said on Sunday.
The Senate chairman's visit to the UAE would hurt the feelings of the Kashmiri people; therefore, he has decided to cancel his and a parliamentary delegation's visit to the country, The Express Tribune said in its report citing an informed sources as saying.
The official Pakistan Senate Twitter account confirmed the cancellation:
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- Senate of Pakistan (@SenatePakistan)August 25, 2019
Tensions have escalated between India and Pakistan ever since New Delhi on August 5 revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Modi, who is on a tri-nation tour to France, the UAE and Bahrain, had reached Abu Dhabi on Friday.
On Saturday, he was conferred the UAE's highest civilian honour, the "Order of Zayed".
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