{"id":301498,"date":"2018-08-18T08:26:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T08:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=301498"},"modified":"2019-06-19T06:50:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T06:50:09","slug":"navjot-singh-sidhu-hugs-pakistan-army-chief-qamar-javed-bajwa-at-imran-khans-swearing-in-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/navjot-singh-sidhu-hugs-pakistan-army-chief-qamar-javed-bajwa-at-imran-khans-swearing-in-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Navjot Singh Sidhu hugs Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa at Imran Khan\u2019s swearing in ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-301499 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/sidhu-pak-army-chief-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/sidhu-pak-army-chief-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/sidhu-pak-army-chief-324x235.jpg 324w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/sidhu-pak-army-chief-696x507.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/sidhu-pak-army-chief-577x420.jpg 577w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/sidhu-pak-army-chief.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/>Indian cricketer-turned-politician and senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu triggered a massive controversy on Saturday after he hugged Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan in Islamabad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sidhu exchanged pleasantries with General Bajwa and was seen chatting happily at the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sidhu was allotted a seat next to President of\u00a0Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) Masood Khan at the swearing-in ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Pakistan government instead of seating Sidhu with other foreign dignitaries positioned him next to Masood Khan in Aiwan-e-Sadr Hall of President&#8217;s House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Before entering the President House, Sidhu said: &#8220;People like Khan Sahab (Imran Khan) create history. With this invitation, they have honored me. People who build relationships are respected, people who break them are disrespected and I am one of those who respect relationships. It&#8217;s a new dawn. This government has come to change this country&#8217;s perception, picture, and destiny, with high hopes and expectations&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Former Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday arrived in Lahore, Pakistan via the Wagah border from where he traveled to Islamabad to attend oath-taking ceremony of Imran Khan as Prime Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian cricketer-turned-politician and senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu triggered a massive controversy on Saturday after he hugged Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan in Islamabad. Sidhu exchanged pleasantries with General Bajwa and was seen chatting happily at the event. Sidhu was allotted a seat next to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":301499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[236,4202,3867,297,4205,1516,4203,4204],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301500,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301498\/revisions\/301500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/301499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}