Saudi King invites Nawaz Sharif, PM Shehbaz to perform umrah
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has invited Nawaz Sharif, the supremo of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Nawaz Sharif is considered very close to the Saudi ruling family. This invitation is also evidence of their laudable family ties, Geo TV reported it on Sunday night citing sources.
The timing of the invitation by the Saudi King to Nawaz Sharif, PM Shehbaz Sharif for Umrah is very important. It is because these days the PML-N-led government is on a collision course with the Chief Justice of Pakistan as Nawaz Sharif and PDM leaders have rejected the 3-member Bandial’s SC bench hearing elections case.
File photo for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Safdar.
The three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been in self-exile in London since Nov 2019 on medical grounds will reach Saudi Arabia on April 11.
PML-N vice-president and chief organizer Maryam Nawaz and other family members will join Nawaz Sharif in Saudi Arabia on April 11 on a special plane.
Nawaz Sharif will be the royal guest in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sharif is expected to spend the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan in Makkah and Medina.
However, the final schedule of Sharif’s visit to the kingdom has not been announced yet.
Many ministers and parliamentarians have planned to perform Umrah during the period.
