Indian politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was made to sit next to the President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, former diplomat Masood Khan, during the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan’s new prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday, a news report said. This move by Islamabad is not going to sit well with New Delhi, negating speculation that a new government coming into office in Pakistan could result in a thaw in bilateral relations. At the event on Saturday, the Pakistan government, instead of seating Congress leader Sidhu with other foreign dignitaries, seated him next to Masood Khan in the hall of the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the official residence of the Pakistan President, according to an ANI report.

Indian politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was made to sit next to the President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, former diplomat Masood Khan, during the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan’s new prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday, a news report said. This move by Islamabad is not going to sit well with New Delhi, negating speculation that a new government coming into office in Pakistan could result in a thaw in bilateral relations. At the event on Saturday, the Pakistan government, instead of seating Congress leader Sidhu with other foreign dignitaries, seated him next to Masood Khan in the hall of the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the official residence of the Pakistan President, according to an ANI report.