BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in Saudi Arabia, exchanged greetings with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday.
“Both the leaders exchanged pleasantries after offering Magrib prayers at Masjid Al-Haram,” BNP chairperson’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel told UNB on Saturday night.
This was Newaz Sharif’s first meeting with the Bangladesh opposition leader after his return to power as Pakistan Prime Minister for record third term.
Khaleda greeted Newaz for being the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The BNP chief offered Asr and Magrib prayers at the Masjid Al-Haram on Friday.
Newaz has been in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah.
Earlier on Thursday, the BNP chief performed Umrah at the holy Kaba Sharif in Makkah.
The BNP chairperson left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on July 27.
Her younger brother Shamim Eskander, his wife Kaniz Fatema, BNP vice chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, private secretary ASM Saleh Ahmed and photographer Nuruddin Ahmed are accompanying the opposition leader.
She is scheduled to return home on August 6.
Source: UNBConnect
