RIYADH: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain will arrive with his family in the Kingdom on Monday, to perform Umrah, Khayyam Akbar, deputy head of mission at the Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh, said on Friday.
Hussain has been a regular visitor to the Kingdom for performing Umrah with his family before assuming the Presidential office.
Continuing with the rich religious practice, the president is arriving to spend the initial days of the fasting month of Ramadan in Makkah and Madinah. Notably, the president during will not avail the entitled official protocol and expenditure as he, along with the family, will be traveling by PIA's commercial flight like an ordinary pilgrim.
Soon after assuming the high office in 2013, Hussain, along with his family members, performed Haj.
Pak president to perform Umrah
Pak president to perform Umrah
Commander of Royal Saudi Air Force receives Military Order of Oman
- Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman conferred the order upon Lt. Gen. Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz
LONDON: Lt. Gen. Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, the commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force, received on Wednesday the Military Order of Oman (Second Class) in recognition of his efforts and contributions in strengthening military cooperation between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
The order was presented by Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik Al-Said, the deputy prime minister for defense affairs, when he received the Saudi Air Force commander in his office at Al-Murtafa’a Camp in Muscat.
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman conferred the order upon Lt. Gen. Abdulaziz, according to the Oman News Agency.
Several Omani officials, including Air Vice Marshal Khamis bin Hammad Al-Ghafri, the Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman, attended the ceremony. Also present were the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Oman Ibrahim bin Saad bin Bishan, and the military attache from the Saudi Embassy in Muscat.
In a separate meeting on Wednesday, Lt. Gen. Abdulaziz and his Omani counterpart Al-Ghafri discussed training and drills between the two air forces, as well as aspects of military cooperation.
