Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal accepted an invitation to attend the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) 2017.
During an event ‘The Coalition Conference’ on Saturday held at New Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium when KLF founder Ameena Saiyid invited Kejriwal to attend the festival, he replied in the affirmative.
Saiyid later said she would also send an official invitation for KLF-2017, which is jointly organised by Oxford University Press, Pakistan, and the British Council.
Earlier, veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, who was to attend the KLF on February 5 this year, had claimed that he had been denied visa by Pakistan.
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