How many people will accompany PM Shehbaz Sharif on his visit to Saudi Arabia?

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a few days, according to sources, and he will be taking dozens of officials and political leaders along with him.

According to sources, a convoy of more than 50 members will accompany the prime minister on his maiden visit to the Kingdom, with some joining the premier in Saudi Arabia from other destinations. 

The delegation, according to sources, will include the following individuals, among others.

• PM Shehbaz Sharif
• PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
• JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman
• BNP-M chief Akhtar Mengal
• BAP leader Khalid Magsi
• MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui
• Communications Minister Maulana Asad Mehmood
• ANP leader Ameer Haider Khan Hoti
• JWP President Shahzain Bugti
• MNA Mohsin Dawar
• MNA Aslam Bhootani
• MNA Ali Nawaz Shah
• PMAP chief Mahmood Achakzai
• National Party President Dr Abdul Malik
• Ex-SAPM Allama Tahir Ashrafi
• Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood
• PPP MNA Shagufta Jumani

Family members

• Hamza Shahbaz
• Wife of Hamza Shahbaz
• Daughter of Hamza Shahbaz
• Maid of Hamza Shahbaz’s family
• Captain Muhammad Safdar (Retd)
• Maryam Nawaz
• Sabiha Abbas Sharif
• Yousaf Abbas Sharif
• Wife of Yousaf Abbas Sharif
• Son of Yousaf Abbas Sharif

Doha to Jeddah

• Suleman Shehbaz Sharif
• Wife of Suleman Shehbaz Sharif
• Son of Suleman Shehbaz Sharif
• Maid of Suleman Shehbaz Sharif

'False propaganda about PM’s Saudi visit'

Issuing a statement in response to a tweet of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has stated that PM Shehbaz was not going to Saudi Arabia on a chartered plane.

"The PTI leaders should not mislead the masses through false and baseless propaganda," the information minister said in the statement, clarifying that the prime minister would go to Saudi Arabia on a commercial flight and bear the expenses of his visit.