Special invitation: Imam-e-Kaaba to visit Pakistan

Imam-e-Kaaba Sheikh Khalid al Ghamdi will arrive in Pakistan on Thursday on special invitation by the government of Pakistan. A local news channel quoted highly-placed sources in the Saudi government as saying that Imam-e-Kaaba with visit the country to defuse tensions between the traditional allies, which developed following Pakistani Parliament’s resolution rejecting the Saudi request of personnel support in Yemen recently. He is scheduled to stay in the country for five to six days. The Imam will have meetings with the senior leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Sheikh Ghamdi will also lead a Juma prayer and address a big gathering on his visit.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 22^nd, 2015.