Pakistan

Emir of Qatar arrives in Islamabad

PM Nawaz recieves the Emir at the Islamabad airport where he was accompanied by a high-level delegation

Web Desk/abdul Manan March 23, 2015

PM Nawaz recieves the Emir at the Islamabad airport where he was accompanied by a high-level delegation. PHOTO COURTESY: THE NEWS

ISLAMABAD: Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a two-day visit to Pakistan at the invitation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The Emir was accompanied by a high-level delegation, including cabinet ministers, chairman of Qatar Airways and senior government officials. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, accompanied by federal ministers including Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, received him at the Islamabad airport where he was given a guard of honour and a 21 gun salute.

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During the visit, the Emir will hold talks with President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz. The two sides will discuss ways to further enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields, including energy, investment, trade, defence and manpower. Regional and global issues of bilateral importance will also be discussed.

Agreements to be signed during the visit will further deepen mutually beneficial cooperation existing between the two countries in various fields.

His visit is said to provide further impetus to bilateral relations between the two countries.

It is his first official visit to Pakistan as the Emir of Qatar. He had visited the country in 2010 as Crown Prince, Radio Pakistan reported.

Earlier, Sheikh had offered financial assistance of Rs.400 million for the people affected by floods.

Qatar is home to more than 100,000 Pakistanis and its remittances are making a valuable contribution to the socio-economic development of Pakistan.

COMMENTS (3)

Lmao | 9 years ago | Reply If the emir was coming today and half the cabinet was going to receve him, then why wasn't he made the chief guest for Pakistan day. What was the point of embarrassing the country with the Chinese president fiasco?

Dr.Shafique | 9 years ago | Reply Every time an oil-rich Sheikh (or Emir) arrives in Pakistan, we extend our begging bowl, asking them for help because we are internally bankrupt. We allow them to destroy our wild life with their lust for killing wild animals and birds. The crumbs they throw at us are quickly transferred to Swiss, Dubai or London bank accounts of individual politicians in power. What a shameful display of our greed, unscrupulousness, utterly corrupt and fraudulent behavior. When will Pakistan and Pakistanis learn to stand on their feet? This Emir of Qatar is amongst the worst offenders of human rights in the world and has been mocked and pilloried around the world as a corrupt ruler (read the FIFA manipulations). They export their stone-age thinking to countries such as Pakistan, but indulge in all the nonsensical activities within their palaces. Oil has brought them untold wealth but very little in terms of civilized behaviour.

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