WATCH: PM pays respects at Imam Bukhari’s shrine in Uzbekistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan paid his respects at the shrine of great Islamic scholar Imam Bukhari in Uzbekistan’s historic city of Samarkand on Friday.

The premier was accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Haider Zaidi, National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf and Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa minister Atif Khan.

The door of the shrine was especially opened for the prime minister and his delegation, where they offered Fateha for the well-known compiler of Hadiths.

The prime minister arrived in Uzbekistan on Thursday to represent Pakistan at the Central and South Asia Conference held in Tashkent, where he also held sideline meetings with the Uzbek leadership and other dignitaries.