New Delhi, August 4, 2017: Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Thursday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a "good" friend to Pakistan until they dubbed the most wanted regional commander of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Burhan Wani as a "martyr".

"Prime Minister Modi had been such a good friend to Pakistan that he didn't even think about protocol. He stopped off in Pakistan on his way back, just because it was Nawaz Sharif's birthday. Things didn't even worsen after Pathankot attack. That happened only after Burhan Wani was killed, and Pakistan said he was 'martyred," Swaraj said in Parliament.

Swara spoke on both the burning issues of India Pak relations and boycott of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. She contended that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is an integral part of India. " We boycotted CPEC because it was going through PoK. PoK is an integral part of India. It is a matter of India's sovereignty, she said.

However, Sharif said, Pakistan remains shoulder to shoulder with their Kashmiri brethren and will continue their political, diplomatic and moral support in their right to self-determination.

– prepared by Puja Sinha of NewsGram. Twitter @pujas1994