Pakistan FM to attend royal wedding of Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein today.

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is set attend the royal wedding in Jordan today (Thursday).

Jordan Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, 28, and Rajwa Alseif, 29, who is a Saudi national, are to be married on Thursday at a palace wedding in Jordan, a Western-allied monarchy that has been a bastion of stability for decades as Middle East turmoil has lapped at its borders.

The families have not said how the couple met or provided any details about their courtship. They were formally engaged at a traditional ceremony in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in August 2022 that was attended by senior members of Jordan's royal family.

The bride and groom are destined to become a power couple in the Middle East, forging a new bond between Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the latter...

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