Finally some good gesture came from his side which should be appreciated.

Thanks you Mr. Modi and I would be looking forward to listening his speech on their independence day.

Well done PM Modi. Remain positive please to make both countries POOR prosper without wars, which neither can afford now.

Dear Mr. Modi, people of Pakistan do not need greetings & threats; we need peace and show it from your actions rather than words.

Thanks indian PM. We expect such behavior from you throughout the years to come!

Greeting to India and Pakistan. May there be harmony, peace and good governance!

Happy Independence day to Pakistan!!!!

Happy Independence day, have a fruitful time ahead.

Has he sent coke and chips for the azadi marcher's?

On 15th Aug Watch real Modi live from Red Fort New Delhi...& see the power of a Great Leader...

Without real intent on both sides nothing can move forward empty words mean nothing.

how touchy it is .. NS really looking for it .

Way to go Prime Minister ! Modi has no issues with people of Pakistan, he is just against all terror elements.

Mr Modi is going to deliver an extempore speech on 15 Aug. It would be a unique record to address the Nation without reading a written speech on a formal occasion. It shows his self confidence and ability. Whole world would listen to him with rapt attention because he means business. India is sure to attain its rightful place in the comity of nations under his able leadership.

Happy Independence Day Pakistan....both the countries and people on both the sides must help their respective PM for us to come out completely from hatred and abuses. Lets pray we will see a new world soon with their efforts.

It was a very nice gesture on the part of Mr Modi, and I am sure it will yield a similar return from my fellow Pakistanis. Let this small step of goodwill bring much larger amicable results!

@hemmeh I fully agree with your hope and I will fervently pray for it.

thanks Mr modi

Appreciated

please open your eyes,,,he did not greeted us. That would have been through our govt. It would be called greeting if he or indian Foreign office send greeting to our PM or FO. He could call NawazSharif to say congratulations. But instead he used "twitter" dont you people get it... Nawaz Sharif must not call him tomorrow personally, He should also address "people of india" over twitter..

Best wishes of independence to all Pakistani people. May you get rid of Jehadi elements so the world can have peace.

nothing but topi drama

@asgher Chal Oye !!!

@asgher How much more personal it can get. He wrote it personally on the twitter.

So he had to hurl threats at Pakistan to appease India's right wingers before he could send Independence Day greetings on Aug 14th. Telling isn't it?

I don't know why we do not celebrate on same day we both got freedom at the midnight of 14-15 otherwise happy independence day..nd think about freedom...nd live in freedom

Thank you Mr modi jee , we pray for peace and harmony between two countries and understand each other's issues

@Akki ."On 15th Aug Watch real Modi live from Red Fort New Delhi...& see the power of a Great Leader..." Oooooohh that's scary.

Happy Iindependence day to all Pakistani neighbors. Technically, Pakistan is few hours elder than Independant India :-) It is heartening to know so many citizens like India - liberal and open for discussion -- Inspite of all problems Pakistan's establishment has or suffers,

Thanks, but we know you don't really mean it, as is apparent from your recent statements.

@asgher Happy independence day to all Pakistanis. :) Please don't be a pessimist to say like that.

@asgher Thank you for not suggesting that Modi should have personally visited Pakistan High Commission in Delhi or sending hand written letters to each Pakistani !!! By the way, Modi uses social media to communicate with public in India. He did the right thing by congratulating people of Pakistan as the day actually belong to them while Govts just celebrate it.

Sorry, I, as a Pakistani, cannot accept the congratulations coming from some foreigner directly to the people of Pakistan. Please Mr. Modi follow the norm and convey your congratulations to the government and people of Pakistan.

Happy B-Day Pakistan!

@asgher: Please re-read his tweet. His greetings are to the people of Pakistan. It is good that he is connecting with Pakistanis directly rather than PM, etc.

He attacks the Paki government, but greets the people. A complicated man.

Mature gesture. However he should be careful not to send adverse confusing / mixed signals within such short span (..only day before yesterday he criticised Pakistan..) although there are temptations/compulsions to do so. Prosperity lies if borders rest in peace.

@GA No, its because they are two completely different issues. Thats called objectivity.

I liked it. Forget the past and let us go for a new beginning.

But with a gloomy head and heart in disguise.

@sanjeev Are you implying that America is sponsoring the march? Otherwise why not local delicacies like Samosa and chai?

Such double standards. Now on india's indepenence day, he will spew hatred and venom against Pakistan.

@Khan And I'm sure Mr. Modi is totally looking forward to meeting all your expectations... thanks for letting us all know though.

@Imran if you think it would be sooooooooo scary don't watch it. Simple . But please don't make your life complicated. Ameen

@event horizon Which Government ? one in Islamabad or in GHQ at Rawalpindi ? Governments come and go, Nations belong to people, so it is people who should be congratulated. But you are not expected to understand such things as you guys hardly let democracy sustain itself. @GA, People are not responsible for government policies. So there is no contradicition. You must be aware that other neighbouring countries have also accused Pakistan publically of waging proxywars in their countries and there are groups within Pakistan which have been categorically classified as terrorist outfits by UNSC. Do not mix issues.

@sanjeev Why should he send coke and chips? He can send makki ki roti and sarso and ka saag.

Narendra Modi wants massive developement in India. Its in India's interest that Pakistan prospers & developes alongside India too, for peaceful prosperity. I am sure most Pakistanis would agree that Terrorrism is a huge threat to both Pakistan & India. In my opinion, watching Imran Khan, a man a huge number of Indians admire & love, Pakistan urgently needs a great deal of work on creating an independent Election Commission. Rigging & unfair elections are a cause of massive social unrests. Only nations which have free elections can prosper. Pakistan should be a true, fair & a great democracy. Perhaps electronic voting, as in India, is the solution. I personally like Nawaz Sharif, but for the sake of his country, massive electoral reform is needed in Pakistan. I am saying this because Indians have a genuine interest in Pakistan's democracy to be a great success. Regards.

@Nsci - Modi's timing couldn't have been more perfect then.

Modi needs to be disabused of the notion that Pakistan cannot defeat India in a conventional war. Not doing so is surely inviting a military misadventure from a person like him.

Yaum e Azadi Mubarak! Think good in the heart and move forward to peace, progress and happiness!

What a shame that Mr. Modi is congratulating Pakistan on its independence day when we Indians believe in United India(Akhand Bharath- which includes India and Pakistan as one Nation).

@asgher : Please stop promoting negative feelings. I am an American of Pakistani origin and would like to mention that Indians be them Hindus, Sikhs or Muslims are the most polite people. Both countries India and Pakistan have very few people who promote hatred between these two great nations which by no means reflect the mentality of the whole nation. So please refrain from accusing the neighbors and come out of self created shell. Cheers and long live peace!

Happy "India-dependence" day !!!!!!

@Far sight Short sight narrow mind, Happy I day to Hindia too! May you grow up and use your real name, do not be ashamed to be an Indian :D

@anuj Leave it, if this would have been understood, then it would have been a single country, and probably together much powerful and prosper then any other nation in world (obviously except the nation that first nuked the mankind). Imagine the amount of money spent on maintaining this British gifted border (which both are respectfully maintaining) from both side. Imagine the count of so many braves from both side if together roaring at some external enemy. Imagine Kejriwal leading the Aazadi march along with Imran Khan. :P Please ignore the last one, i know i went too far :) On the serious note, all this is hopeless.

Mr. Modi has not done anything special. Just wait for his speech tomorrow for his Independence Day. How he is going to use Pakistan as a scapegoat for all the terror and threats to India.

@Nirmal who are "WE INDIANS" for AKHAND BHARAT? I am better off without Pakistan and Bangladesh. AKHAND BHARAT is suicidal.

I wish Pakistan and people of Pakistan my finest wishes. The tough time the Pakistanis are witnessing will one day disappear and they will experience a very bright future.Tough times do not last for ever but tough people do last and Pakistanis are tough and strong people. They will overcome all the hurdles.

We have a very very similar culture, History has proven that; we have lived together for around a thousand years, There came a bad time at one point in our history when both communities fought each other but as human history tells us all communities at some point have been ruthless with each other in the past and I believe it was evolution however nations that forgot and forgave became rich and powerful and also became smarter then before with more wisdom to live in harmony. We need to give a chance to our coming generations; we need to remove this distance; it will work wonders for the improvement of our society. Our living standards will only raise if we started caring about each other's interest. Drawing a line does not separate the land; it only restricts the freedom of humans to move around freely.

@Mira " please to make both countries POOR prosper without wars, which neither can afford now." This affordability factor is fast losing validity from the Indian perspective. Vis a vis China, India used to make the same argument 15 years back and look where they are now (China competes as a developed nation with the USA in every single thing). India has and is taking giant steps to alleviate its poverty over the past 5 years. As per extensive research by Western surveys (Deutshche Bank, Asian Development Bank, World Bank etc.) India has managed to take 300 million into the middle classes in just three years. and is continuing to do so faster than most developing nations. Of course, there is abject, grinding poverty, sanitation problems and disease and food-self-sufficiency issues, but does not mean that India cannot afford its own security And alleviating the above. Not so much for some other nations that unfortunately survive purely with US aid.

@asgher some people can't appreciate something positive.they always oppose for the sake of opposing.just like the opposition party in a partly or fully disfunctional democracy.

@Shivanshu Goswami He attacked the terrorism not people of Pakistan ! You should clear that !

Happy Independence Day Pakistan!! Please please, as public you have the ability to pressure the Top beuracracy to stop the Terrorism. If brothers fight, its loss to the family, just like that If India & Pak fight, its loss to them itself. While Rest of the world is developing at Rapid pace, we are stuck with 1947 issues and Idiotic rage. We share more things in common than differences. I want to see the Kashmir as the World Skiing capital and Holiday destination. How much money that would fetch for both countries.... :) After all, Its the people that should prosper not political Leaders..

@Umair Time to take your words back.Pakistan was no where mentioned in his speech infact he spoke about regional cooperation.Its time we leave behind preconceived notion,refrain from hate mongers.Let us make a new beginning.

@Umair Sorry Mr Umair. Your fervent desire hasn't fructified. Modi is not interested in such meaningless rhetoric, that people would have understood by now. As told in his speech today, and a few times elsewhere, he is keen to get cooperation between all the SAARC countries for common good and willing to take initiatives. On this auspicious occasion for both the countries, let's hope we as South Asian group of countries fight to get ourselves out of the deep mire of poverty, terrorism, corruption and hatred; rather than fight or throw barbs at each other in any form.

@anony : now what u to say ? how much he spoke against Pakistan in his Independence Day speech....His thought is beyond of you guys imagination...... grow up

@Umair :Did you hear Pakistan's name in his speech today, IQ of your level can't even predict his move.

@Anony & @Umair:: Looks like your dream of watching Mr. Modi "Spew venom and hatred against Pakistan" in his Indian independence speech did not come true. In fact no mention of Pakistan at all. Not sure how you guys will be able to handle this now?? lol

Greetings to our brethren. Wishing the people of Pakistan peace and prosperity.

What do you say now!!!!

@Nirmal Only psychopaths believe in "Akhand Bharath". Please do not write such thing who ever you are.. Indian or Pakistani. India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are reality and that reality is as clear as day and night. As an Indian I can say 99.99% Indians would not even like to dream of Akhand Bharath. We have enough problems of our own, who in his/her right mind would want additional problems? No sir thanks but no thanks. We are happy as we are.

@Amir Shah How convenient it is to talk peace after shelling on borders !! anyways ... Happy Independence Day ....

@Rahul the problems are because of you indians and your genocide of Kashmiris