PM's cricket invite is India's holistic approach to Pak: Cong

New Delhi, Mar 25(PTI) Congress on Friday said Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh's invitation to the Pakistan President
and Prime Minister to watch the Indo-Pak World Cup cricket
semifinal at Mohali next week was reflective of India's
"holistic" approach towards friendly relations with that
country.
"India has always been desirous of friendly relations
with Pakistan. Yet, we have been very firm and realistic about
what we expect in return. The latest overture is yet another
expression of this holistic approach," Congress spokesperson
Manish Tiwary said.
In identical letters to President Asif Ali Zardari and
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Singh said he proposed to
watch the Indo-Pak World Cup semi-final and "it gives me a
great pleasure" to invite them to watch the match.
Singh's cricket diplomacy will be the first major
bilateral event at the summit level between the two sides
either in India or Pakistan since Mumbai terror attacks of
2008 when relations between the two countries had plunged to a
new low.