Narendra Modi in Pakistan: Fourth Indian PM to visit neighbouring country

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Narendra Modi in Pakistan: Narendra Modi is the fourth Indian prime minister to visit Pakistan while 10 out of 14 Indian prime ministers have never been to Pakistan, a report said on Saturday. (Reuters photo)

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Narendra Modi in Pakistan: The other Indian prime ministers who have visited Pakistan are Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Jang newspaper said. Nehru, India's first prime minister, made two visits to Pakistan: in 1953 and 1960. (Express archive)

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Narendra Modi in Pakistan: A full 28 years after Nehru's second visit, his grandson and prime minister Rajiv Gandhi visited Pakistan in 1988 to take part in the fourth SAARC conference. He made his second visit in 1989. (Express archive)

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Narendra Modi in Pakistan: In 1999, prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee went to Pakistan and inaugurated the Lahore-New Delhi bus service. He visited Islamabad in 2004 to participate in the 19th SAARC conference. (Express archive)

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Narendra Modi in Pakistan: Modi's surprise visit on Friday comes 19 months after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's flew to India and 11 years and 11 months and 20 days after Vajpayee's visit to Pakistan. "So, you have finally come," Sharif told Modi, according to a Pakistani foreign ministry official who was at the meeting. "Yes, absolutely. I am here," Modi replied, according to a Pakistani official. "Among the decisions taken was that ties between the two countries would be strengthened and also people-to-people contact would be strengthened so that the atmosphere can be created in which the peace process can move forward," official added. The next step will be for the two countries' foreign secretaries to meet in the middle of next month, he said. (Reuters photo)

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Narendra Modi in Pakistan: Jung said Modi was the only Indian prime minister to have visited the private residence of a Pakistani prime minister. Modi halted in Lahore for about two hours on his way from Kabul and discussed bilateral issues with Sharif in an attempt to resume the stalled peace process between the two countries. (Reuters photo)