Amitabh accepts invitation to visit Pakistan

LAHORE: Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has accepted invitation to visit Pakistan, say media reports.

In reply to a letter of PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Amitabh Bachchan wrote his mother’s ancestral roots go back to Faisalabad, where she was born, and to Lahore Government College where she spent her educational life.

He further wrote that his Grandfather was a prominent Bar-at-Law and functioned out of Karachi, adding that he was also in a revenue ministerial post for the erstwhile Punjab government, now Pakistan.

Expressing gratitude over the invitation extended to him by Chaudhry Shujaat, Amitabh promised to keep this in mind whenever there was an opportunity to visit Pakistan.

Earlier, Chaudhry Shujaat had sent a letter inviting Amitabh Bachchan to visit Pakistan through Raza Murad.

PM Sharif accepts Army Chief’s invitation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif will grace the Passing Out Parade of the PMA long course scheduled to be held at Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul on April 19.

On the occasion, the PM is expected to have a one-on-one meeting with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif and to discuss the internal and external security and other issues.

Sources confirmed to the Geo News that PM Sharif accepted the invitation extended by the COAS to attend the upcoming event. It is seen as a rare development, as such an invitation has been extended to a Prime Minister after a very long time.

The sources further said that a meeting is also expected between the PM and COAS even before April 19.