Srinagar: Former Indian cricket star Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday arrived in Pakistan to a warm welcome to attend the expected oath-taking ceremony of prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan, dawn.com reported.
Sidhu reached Lahore side of the Wagah border and told reporters that he has come as a goodwill messenger and “with a message of love” to become a part of Khan’s happiness.
He said that he had brought a Kashmiri shawl as a gift for Khan.
President Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain will administer the oath to the new prime minister.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Khan has invited several Indian and Pakistani cricket stars of his time to the oath-taking ceremony scheduled for tomorrow at the President House.
Khan has also remembered his colleagues and invited Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Rameez Raja, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Moin Khan and Aaqib Javed who had played the 1992 Cup final at Melbourne, Australia.