ISLAMABAD: Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has accepted President Arif Alvi’s invitation to visit Pakistan, Alvi’s office said in a statement on Monday, with the details of the trip yet to be finalized.
The Pakistani president said the emir of Kuwait had written a letter, expressing “satisfaction over the strong ties between Pakistan and Kuwait and reiterated his commitment to further expand relations in all fields for the mutual interest.”
Sheikh Nawaf’s letter follows Kuwait’s decision to lift a travel ban on Pakistanis in May this year.
Kuwait had suspended visas for nationals of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2011 over what it said was difficult security conditions in the five countries.
Pakistan began visa resumption talks with Kuwait in 2020, following which hundreds of nurses, doctors and medical technicians were able to travel to the Gulf state.
In May, after a meeting with Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said business and family visas for Pakistani nationals would be resumed “immediately”.
Last month, during a meeting with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed Kuwait’s relaxation of the travel restrictions.
Pakistan enjoys a long-standing fraternal relationship with Kuwait, an important Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country.
Kuwaiti emir accepts President Alvi’s invitation to visit Pakistan
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Kuwaiti emir accepts President Alvi’s invitation to visit Pakistan
- Sheikh Nawaf reiterates commitment to ‘expand relations’ between the two countries
- Kuwait lifted a decade-old travel ban on Pakistanis in May this year
Pakistan amass 347-8 against India in U-19 Asia Cup final in Dubai
- Pakistani batter Sameer Minhas smashes 172 runs off 113 balls to help Pakistan to commanding total
- Indian bowlers Deepesh Devendran and Khilan Patel return figures of 3-83 and 2-44 respectively
ISLAMABAD: Sameer Minhas smashed a clinical 172-run knock to lead Pakistan to a commanding total of 347-8 from 50 overs in the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup tournament in Dubai on Sunday.
India, who are undefeated in the tournament so far, won the toss and put Pakistan to bat first. The decision did not pan out well for the Blue Shirts as Pakistan were off to a flying start, powered on by opener Minhas and middle-order batter Usman Khan.
The two built a 92-run partnership before Khan returned to the pavilion. Minhas, however, kept on piling the runs and went after the Indian bowlers with Ahmed Hussain, who scored 56 runs off 72 balls.
“Sameer Minhas’ monumental knock powers Pakistan to 347-8,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wrote on social media platform X. “Over to the bowlers after the break.”
None of the Pakistani batters impressed after Minhas departed on 172 from 113 balls, with Farhan Yousaf managing a score of 19 and Huzaifa Ahsan going for a duck and Mohammad Shayan scoring only seven runs.
Deepesh Devendran was the pick of the Indian bowlers, returning figures of 3-83 while Khilan Patel finished with 2-44. Henil Patel also chipped in with figures of 2-62 from his 10 overs.
India will look toward explosive left-handed batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to start off aggressively and help his team chase the mammoth title in the final against Pakistan.
