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Pakistan's PM Calls Indian Counterpart on Election Victory

by Associated Press

   ISLAMABAD --

   Pakistan's prime minister has spoken to his Indian counterpart,
   Narendra Modi, congratulating him on his party's winning a second
   mandate.

   A statement from the ministry of foreign affairs Sunday said that
   during the telephone call, Imran Khan expressed his hope the two
   countries would work closely together to improve their relations.
   Tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals flared in February, when
   a suicide attack on Indian paramilitary forces in the Indian-controlled
   portion of disputed Kashmir killed 40 soldiers.
   India launched an airstrike a few days after on a militant group based
   in Pakistan, Jaishe-e-Mohammed, which had claimed responsibility for
   the assault.
   Pakistan and India have fought two wars over the disputed Himalayan
   region, and engaged regularly in armed skirmishes along the heavily
   militarized border.