Pakistan asked Sri Lanka for PM’s address to its parliament
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February 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran’s maiden Sri Lanka visit will start on Feb 22, and the host country has released details of his two-day engagements in Colombo.
During the visit, he will meet Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and attend an investors conference. Imran Khan’s speech at the Sri Lankan parliament had been included in PM s itinerary on the Pakistan government s request. However, an information coming from Colombo has also been confirmed in Islamabad that his address to the Sri Lankan parliament has been cancelled. Thus his name could not be included in Pakistani heads of governments who got an opportunity to speak to the Sri Lankan parliament. Earlier, General Muhammad Ayub Khan in 1963 and Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1975 had addressed the Sri Lankan parliament. Since then, no Pakistani ruler got an opportunity to speak in
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has canceled Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s planned address to the parliament next week due to his “tight schedule” amid claims that the visit is ill-timed because of rising coronavirus cases across the country.
Khan is due to arrive in the capital Colombo on Feb. 23 for talks with key government officials and party leaders. He was expected to address the legislature the following day.
However, Shan Wijetunge, the parliament’s head of communications, told Arab News on Wednesday that the address has been canceled because of the visiting premier’s demanding schedule.
During his two-day visit, Khan will meet with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, as well as attending an investors’ forum on Feb. 24.
The cancellation of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan's scheduled address to the Sri Lankan Parliament has disappointed the country's Muslim community who
Sri Lanka Cancels Pakistani Premier s Planned Address to Its Parliament Published February 18th, 2021 - 09:15 GMT
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Shutterstock)
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Former Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru also addressed the parliament in 1962, followed by British PM Margaret Thatcher in 1985.
Sri Lanka has canceled Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s planned address to the parliament next week due to his “tight schedule” amid claims that the visit is ill-timed because of rising coronavirus cases across the country.
Khan is due to arrive in the capital Colombo on Feb. 23 for talks with key government officials and party leaders. He was expected to address the legislature the following day.