'Road To Makkah' Initiative To Facilitate Hajj Pilgrims: PM Shehbaz.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed the hope that the Road to Makkah initiative will be extended to other cities of Pakistan in the future to facilitate pilgrims intending to perform Hajj.

Talking to Road to Makkah project team led by Ambassador of Saudi Arabia Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmad Al-Malkiy in Islamabad today [Thursday], the Prime Minister expressed his satisfaction that thousands of Pakistani pilgrims would be facilitated under this initiative.

Thanking the Saudi leadership for Road to Makkah project, he assured full cooperation and support to the Saudi Team for making the initiative a great success.

The Prime Minister reaffirmed that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy historic fraternal relations, which are marked by common understanding on all issues of mutual interest at the regional and international levels.

He d that the people and leadership of Pakistan hold the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in high esteem, and conveyed warm greetings to His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.

While recalling consistent support of the Kingdom to Pakistan, he stated that the two countries have stood...