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PM Nawaz, Gen Raheel to visit Saudi Arabia

By Web Desk
March 07, 2016

RAWALPINDI:  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif would visit Saudi Arabia from March 9th.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa on Monday tweeted that the army chief would witness ongoing military exercises during his two-day visit to Saudi Arbia on a special invitation.

The prime minister, according to Radio Pakistan, will also leave on Wednesday for three-day visit to Saudi Arabia on the invitation of Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz to witness the military exercise “North Thunder”

As many 21 countries including Pakistan are participating in the exercise in the northern region of Saudi Arabia.