PM, COAS felicitate Saudi crown prince on appointment as prime minister.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday felicitated Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz on his appointment as the prime minister.

Prime Minister, in a tweet, the prime minister expressed his wishes for the further development of the Kingdom under the leadership of Mohammad bin Salman as the prime minister.

COAS also congratulated Prince Mohammed bin Salman on being appointed PM of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for being appointed Defense Minister of the kingdom.

The Army Chief said that Pakistan values its brotherly relations with the kingdom and acknowledges its unique place in Islamic world.

It merits mention that Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz named Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom's prime minister, according to a royal decree as quoted by Saudi Press Agency.

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