The Modi-Sharif talks roller coaster
May 26-27, 2014: Nawaz Sharif attends Narendra Modi’s swearing-in as PM, the two agree on border trade, foreign secretary talks.
December 25, 2015: Narendra Modi greets Nawaz Sharif on his birthday and hours later makes a surprise stop-over in Lahore en route to India from Kabul, Afghanistan. Sharif receives Modi at the Lahore airport and flies him to his family estate in Raiwind for a 90-minute meeting.
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- Aug. 24, 2014: India cancels foreign secretary talks, citing Pakistani envoy’s meeting with Hurriyat leaders
- Sept. 2014: Modi, Sharif give each other a miss during UN General Assembly in New York.
- Nov. 26-27, 2014: Modi, Sharif at Saarc summit in Kathmandu , but no formal bilateral meeting. Journalist Barkha Dutt has recently revealed they met secretly, with steel baron Sajjan Jindal playing host.
- July 10, 2015: Modi, Sharif hold bilateral meeting at Ufa, Russia, on sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting; issue joint statement. Agree on NSA-level talks.
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- Aug. 23, 2015: Pakistan cancels NSA-level talks, once again over meeting Hurriyat leaders..
- Sept. 2015: Modi, Sharif stay at same hotel in New York during UN General Assembly, but do not meet.
- Dec. 1, 2015: Modi, Sharif meet informally in Paris on the sidelines of COP21 climate change conference.
- Dec. 9, 2015: Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj travels to Pakistan for Heart of Asia conference on Afghanistan , meets Nawaz Sharif and his adviser Sartaj Aziz. Two governments agree to restart comprehensive bilateral dialogue.
Pak PM Nawaz Sharif's meeting with PM Modi has been termed a "conflict of interest" by opposition leader Imran Khan
Imran welcomed Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore, for a swipe at the alleged involvement of an Indian businessman
“Meetings of PMs through business associates... raise questions of conflict of interest," he tweeted
“Meeting of PMs must be through institutional frameworks... for sustainability,” Imran said
