Saudi crown prince to be given unprecedented welcome: PM Imran

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman would be given unprecedented welcome upon arrival in the country.

Chairing a high-level meeting, PM Imran Khan reviewed all the arrangements and security plan for the maiden visit of the Saudi crown prince, who is scheduled to touch down in Islamabad on Feb 16.

He said that the government would provide every possible facility for boosting investment and ease of doing business in the country. The prime minister said that the government was taking measures to change visa regime to facilitate business community and tourists.

The meeting also finalized draft agreements which would be signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia during the Saudi crown prince’s forthcoming visit to Pakistan.

Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Maj General Asif Ghafoor, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Petroleum Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Adviser to the PM on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood and other high officials were present in the meeting.

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It is pertinent to mention here that all the arrangements have been finalised for the first-ever visit of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, who is scheduled to touch down in Islamabad on Feb 16.

Sources on February 13 had said that seven BMWs 7 Series, one land cruiser, and eight containers carrying essential articles for the crown prince’s personal use had been brought to Pakistan and shifted to the Prime Minister House where the visiting dignitary would stay during the visit.

The luxury vehicles were transported to Islamabad from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via a C-130 aircraft which had landed at Nur Khan airbase in the capital.