Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now holding bilateral discussions with his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

The two leaders are expected to hold consultations on entire gamut of affairs of mutual interest to the two countries. Earlier, Mr Sharif visited historic Jama Masjid in Walled city.

Before flying back to Islamabad, he will call on President Pranab Mukherjee and meet former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

Our correspondent reports, in an interview to a private TV channel, Mr Sharif said that he wants the two countries to begin with picking up threads from where he and Vajpayee had left off in 1999.

In the morning, Mr Modi held bilateral discussions with leaders of SAARC nations. He met Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala. Mr Modi will also meet Bangladesh Parliament Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.

Meanwhile, after their meetings with Mr Modi, President Karzai and Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom met President Pranab Mukkherjee.

Earlier, the Prime Minister held meetings with senior officials in the Ministry of External Affairs who briefed him about his bilateral meetings with heads of states and governments of SAARC countries.