DOHA: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has reached Doha on a two-day official visit to Qatar, on its Emir’s invitation, ARY News reported on Monday.
He was received by Qatar’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Qatar Soltan bin Saad al-Muraikhi at the airport.
Prime Minister Imran Khan is accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bokhari, Petroleum Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan and the adviser on trade.
Mr Khan is visiting Qatar on the invitation of Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani.
During the visit, the Prime Minister will meet Emir of Qatar and his Qatari counterpart.
Besides meetings with Qatari leadership, Imran Khan will also meet business and the investment community of Qatar.
He will also address Pakistani community during the visit.
Detailing the visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said the visit to Qatar would further expand relations between Pakistan and Qatar.
“There’s an enormous potential in amplifying Pak-Qatar relations,” Qureshi said while talking to media before leaving for a two-day visit to Qatar with PM Imran Khan.
He said a large number of Pakistanis were employed in Qatar and the prime minister will discuss the issue of exporting more Pakistani skilled and unskilled workforce to Qatar for getting employment in different sectors including IT.
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