PM Abbasi reaches Karachi on first official visit

KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reached Karachi early Saturday on his first official visit.

Governor Sindh Murad Ali Shah received Abbasi at the airport. Minister of Interior Ahsan Iqbal is also accompanying the prime minister.

The premier visited the Quaid’s mausoleum to pay his regards, ahead of the seventieth independence day.

He is expected to meet prominent entrepreneurs and delegations of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) at the Governor House.

Officials are likely to brief the prime minister on peace and security situation, source said.