ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Iran today (Wednesday) to offer condolences on the sad demise of President Ebrahim Raisi.
Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border at the weekend along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and seven others.
The Iranian president’s burial will take place on Thursday in the holy city of Mashhad, in the precincts of the shrine of Imam Ali Reza.
During his visit, PM Shehbaz will call on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Imam Khamenei and Acting President Dr Mohammad Mokhber to offer condolences on behalf of the people and government of Pakistan.
He will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar along with other senior ministers from his cabinet.