Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered condolences to PML-N founder Nawaz Sharif on the passing of his mother, Begum Shamim Akhtar, earlier this month, The Express Tribune has learnt.

Narendra Modi – with whom the elder Sharif has developed personal rapport – sent a condolence letter last week, which was delivered to PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz by the Indian diplomatic mission in Islamabad.

The letter is addressed to “Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”

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