Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif postpones official visit to Malaysia

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has postponed his authoritative sojourn to Malaysia arsenic tensions mounted betwixt Islamabad and New Delhi, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said connected Monday.

"In airy of caller tensions pursuing the onslaught successful Indian-administered Kashmir, I expressed my afloat knowing of the hard circumstances Pakistan is facing and conveyed Malaysia's anticipation that the concern volition de-escalate swiftly," Anwar said successful a statement.

Sharif was scheduled to get successful Malaysia connected Friday.

Sharif's bureau said the 2 sides spoke connected Sunday nighttime and that helium "conveyed that helium looked guardant to paying an authoritative sojourn to Malaysia aboriginal this year".

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was successful Islamabad connected Monday for an authoritative visit.

"Pakistan is presenting its lawsuit to affable countries," Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told reporters connected a sojourn to Pakistan-administered Kashmir connected Monday.