PM Shehbaz likely to pay day-long visit to Quetta

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 06 Jan 2023

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will reach Quetta on a day-long visit to Balochistan today (Saturday). Federal Minister of Communications Asad Mahmood will accompany the Prime minister on the visit.

According to sources, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif would lay the foundation stone of the Khuzdar-Kuchlak Road. Federal Minister for Communications Maulana Asad Mahmood will give a briefing to the Prime Minister.

Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qaddos Bizenjo will brief the Prime Minister on various issues of Balochistan.

Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received a telephone call from the President of the European Commission Ms Ursula von der Leyen and discussed matters of mutual interest.

The President of the European Commission congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on assuming the office of Prime Minister and underlined the Commission’s desire to further strengthen its bilateral relationship with Pakistan.

The prime minister expressed his thanks for the felicitations and stated that Pakistan greatly valued its relations with the European Union, which were based on shared values and common objectives of peace, prosperity and development.