Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack against Congress and the National Conference while addressing a rally in Katra in Jammu and Kashmir. PM Modi said Pakistan is happy from the manifesto of the Congress-National Conference alliance and added that the agenda of the two parties is same as that of Pakistan.

Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif has courted controversy after claiming that Prime  Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government was on the same page on the issue of restoration of Article 370 in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with the newly-minted poll alliance of Congress and National Conference.

Officials say that Pakistan has complained to Kabul after an Afghan diplomat failed to stand up when the Pakistani national anthem was played during an event in the country's northwest

In a move that has sparked diplomatic friction, Pakistan lodged a strong protest with Afghan authorities on Tuesday after Afghan diplomats remained seated during the playing of Pakistan's national anthem at an event.

Pakistan on Tuesday conveyed their strong protest to the Afghanistan authorities over the “disrespect” to the country’s national anthem by Afghan diplomats who continued to remain seated when it was being played at an event.