Pakistan
PM Shehbaz to visit Turkey tomorrow
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said the Prime Minister will also express solidarity with the people of Turkiye.
Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will visit Turkiye on Wednesday to offer condolence to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over massive human and material loss due to devastating earthquake.
Taking to Twitter, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said the Prime Minister will also express solidarity with the people of Turkiye.
The Minister said the All Parties Conference scheduled for Thursday has also been rescheduled due to the Prime Minister's visit to Turkiye and the new dates will be announced later after consultation with the coalition partners.
Earlier, the PM had said that the solidarity with earthquake victims of Turkiye and Syria should be translated into tangible and timely material support.
The PM took to Twitter and described the scenes of death and destruction in devastating earthquake as mind numbing.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">24 hours after the devastating earthquake hit Turkiye & Syria, scenes of death & destruction are mind numbing. It breaks the heart to witness sheer scale of unfolding human tragedy. Solidarity should translate into tangible & timely material support for suffering humanity.</p>— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) <a href="https://twitter.com/CMShehbaz/status/1622822958023471106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Prime Minister said it breaks the heart to witness sheer scale of unfolding human tragedy.