Lahore: Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi reached Lahore, where he visited Mazar-e-Quaid.
Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif received the visiting Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi at Allama Iqbal International Airport and welcomed him.
On the occasion of the arrival of the guest delegation, Senior Provincial Minister Maryam Aurangzeb, Senator Pervez Rasheed, Provincial Information Minister Uzma Zahid Bukhari, Finance Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, Provincial Minister Secondary Healthcare and Medical Education Khawaja Sulaiman Rafiq, Provincial Minister Food Bilal Yasin, Provincial Minister Industries Chaudhry Shafi Hussain, Chief Secretary, Inspector General Police, Iranian Consul General Mehran Mawahidfar posted in Lahore and others were present on the occasion.
The Iranian President will meet the Chief Minister of Punjab and other officials after visiting the mausoleum of poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal during his visit to Lahore today. He will spend half a day in Lahore and leave for Shahr Quaid Karachi, where preparations under security arrangements and traffic plan have been completed since last night.
The Iranian president will leave tomorrow after meeting Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Sindh Governor Kamran Tesori and other officials in Karachi. On the occasion of the arrival of a high-level Iranian delegation in Lahore and Karachi, a holiday has been declared in both the cities today, and a holiday has also been declared in schools, colleges and universities, including public and private institutions.
It should be remembered that Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi is in Pakistan on a 3-day official visit. Yesterday, he met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after inspecting the guard of honor at the Prime Minister’s House in the federal capital, Islamabad, after which he discussed promoting trade between the two countries, joint measures against terrorism and strengthening relations. Several memoranda were signed for
Later, a ceremony was organized by President Asif Ali Zardari in the honor of the Iranian President, in which the two leaders agreed to strengthen Pak-Iran relations in the meeting.
