India, Pakistan on cusp of history to share pride as Sunak likely to be first non-White British PM

With Rishi Sunak on the threshold of becoming the first nonWhite Prime Minister of Britain archrivals India and Pakistan are on the cusp of history to share a pride though none of them played a role in itSunaks grandparents originated from British India but their birthplace Gujranwala lies in modern day Pakistans Punjab province Thus in an odd way the new British leader is both an Indian and a PakistaniSo far the scanty details about his ancestry are available only on social media and that is where both Indian and Pakistanis are expressing their views about his rise to power amidst bitter political wrangling in the UKAlso read UKs Rishi Sunak poised to become PM as Johnson exits raceThe Sunaks are a Punjabi Khatri family from Gujranwala now in Pakistan tweeted one Queen Lioness 86 adding Ramdas Sunak Rishis paternal grandfather left Gujranwala to work as a clerk in Nairobi in 1935Ramdas wife Suhag Rani Sunak moved to Delhi first from Gujranwala along with her motherinlaw before travelling to Kenya in 1937 according to QueenLioness 86 who has provided all details about the family including the migration of UL and the birth of Rishi in 1980 in SouthamptonThough officially nothing has been said in Pakistan about 42yearold Sunak some on social media have suggested the government to lay its claim on himI think Pakistan should also lay claim on Rishi Sunak because his paternal grandparents were from Gujranwala who from there migrated to Kenya and then to Britain one Shafat Shah tweetedSomeone with a Twitter handle as Grand Finale wrote Wow What a tremendous achievement A Pakistani has now ascended to the highest office in England Anything is possible if you believeBut others suggested that both Pakistan and India should be proud of the new British leaderGoing to bed in the US with hopes that a Punjabi from Gujranwala will be the PrimeMinister of the UK in the morning Both Pakistan and India should be jointly proud of this moment tweeted Yaqoob BangashThere are also fears that the two countries may live up to their reputation of animosity and even try to cross lines while laying claim that Sunak is the son of their respective lands said 35yearold Zulfiqar JattSince Gujranwala is in Pakistan anyone who belonged to this city even a 100 years ago is a Pakistani today Jatt told PTIOthers like Akhtar Saleem are more down to earth and want Sunak to address the longstanding issue of the Kohinoor diamondSince he is becoming prime minister I think Pakistan should ask him to return the Kohinoor diamond which was stolen from Lahore Saleem saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever