<p>Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday sent a sari to the mother of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, Hiraba, reciprocating a friendly gesture that Modi made last month when he gifted a shawl to Sharif's mother.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Nawaz Sharifji has sent a wonderful white Sari for my mother. I am really grateful to him and will send it to my mother very soon,” Modi tweeted from his personal handle @narendramodi.<br /><br />Hiraba, who stays with Modi’s younger brother Pankaj in Gandhinagar, showed to the media a green box that contained the gift, marked with Pakistan's emblem and “Mother of the Prime Minister of India” written on it. <br /><br />She opened the box and showed the message written inside - “With the compliments of Prime Minister of Pakistan.” She did not speak to the media but expressed her gratitude by folding hands, said a PTI report.<br /><br />After the swearing-in ceremony and talks last month, Modi had given a gift-wrapped package to Sharif’s mother Shamim Akhtar.<br /><br />Sharif's daughter Maryam later tweeted, “Thank you very much PM @narendramodi for the beautiful shawl for my grandmother. My father personally delivered it to her.” She also posted a picture of the shawl on the micro-blogging website. <br /><br />Apart from the shawl, Modi also gifted Sharif a collection of poems by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Modi’s tweet, along with a photograph of his mother, is doing the rounds on the site.</p>
<p>Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday sent a sari to the mother of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, Hiraba, reciprocating a friendly gesture that Modi made last month when he gifted a shawl to Sharif's mother.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Nawaz Sharifji has sent a wonderful white Sari for my mother. I am really grateful to him and will send it to my mother very soon,” Modi tweeted from his personal handle @narendramodi.<br /><br />Hiraba, who stays with Modi’s younger brother Pankaj in Gandhinagar, showed to the media a green box that contained the gift, marked with Pakistan's emblem and “Mother of the Prime Minister of India” written on it. <br /><br />She opened the box and showed the message written inside - “With the compliments of Prime Minister of Pakistan.” She did not speak to the media but expressed her gratitude by folding hands, said a PTI report.<br /><br />After the swearing-in ceremony and talks last month, Modi had given a gift-wrapped package to Sharif’s mother Shamim Akhtar.<br /><br />Sharif's daughter Maryam later tweeted, “Thank you very much PM @narendramodi for the beautiful shawl for my grandmother. My father personally delivered it to her.” She also posted a picture of the shawl on the micro-blogging website. <br /><br />Apart from the shawl, Modi also gifted Sharif a collection of poems by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Modi’s tweet, along with a photograph of his mother, is doing the rounds on the site.</p>
