ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan's Special Representative on Religious Harmony and the Middle East, Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, said that relations between Islamabad and Riyadh had "witnessed stability and harmony" under the leadership of Saudi King Salman.
"Both countries are knotted in relations of brotherhood and bilateral ties are getting stronger and stronger with each passing day," Ashrafi told Arab News on Sunday.
The Kingdom celebrated the sixth anniversary of King Salman's ascension to the throne earlier this week, with Ashrafi felicitating the Saudi royal on occasion.
“People of Pakistan pray for King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman to serve the Muslim Ummah,” he said.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Ashrafi said that Pakistan was "committed to addressing challenges of the Muslim world with the unity of Islamic countries".
“Pakistan aims (for) stable and strengthened relations with all Muslim countries and Pakistan's relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are very exemplary,” he said.
The two countries enjoy deep-rooted strategic ties, with nearly 2.5 million Pakistanis residing in the Kingdom.
In October 2018, during PM Khan's visit to the Kingdom, Saudi Arabia agreed to a bailout plan of $6 billion for Islamabad under which Saudi Arabia agreed to facilitate Islamabad overcome a deficit crisis.
