Ties between Islamabad and Washington, once close allies, have just started to warm after some years of frosty relations, mostly due to concerns about Pakistan’s alleged support of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
In an interview with Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV, Shahbaz Sharif said that Pakistan has learned its lesson after three wars with India and stressed that now it wants peace with its neighbour.
Sharif is visiting China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang.
Floods triggered by unprecedented monsoon rains have caused widespread havoc across Pakistan, killing over 1,100 people and displacing 33 million or one-seventh of the country's population.
The Cabinet in its maiden meeting last week had authorised the Ministry of Interior, headed by Rana Sanaullah, to review the Exit Control List (ECL), dealing with the people not allowed to leave the country.
The letters were exchanged after the election of Shehbaz as prime minister early this month but both the sides kept development away from the media glare in what seemed to be a move aimed at avoiding any public attention
A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office on Twitter said that premier Sharif has directed the Interior Ministry to take measures.
Shehbaz Sharif's communication on Saturday came in response to a letter sent by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Pakistani leader congratulating him on becoming the prime minister
Pakistan PM's decline to hike fuel prices is likely to torment the government exchequer with an additional burden of around Rs 30 billion.
Pakistan's parliament chose a more Western-friendly politician, Shehbaz Sharif, as prime minister on April 11, completing the ousting of predecessor Imran Khan in a political crisis that has sparked street protests and a mass resignation of lawmakers.