Saudi envoy meets Pakistan’s Chief Justice, Naval Chief

Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Pakistan met with Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday. (Photo courtesy: Supreme Court of Pakistan)
  • Highlights similarities of culture and tradition between both the countries
  • Ambassador Nawaf regularly interacts with the country’s top political leadership

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki visited the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar at the Supreme Court in Islamabad on Friday, a statement released by the top court said.
“He (the ambassador) briefed his lordship about the bilateral relationship between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and said that there are similarities between both the countries such as common traditions and culture,” the apex court said in a brief statement.
It added that the “ambassador expressed his good wishes and conveyed his greetings” before thanking “the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan for sparing his time”.
Ambassador Nawaf plays an active role and regularly interacts with the country’s top political leadership, government officials, chief of the armed forces, the business community, and members of the civil society. As part of his visit, he also met with Pakistan’s Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi at the naval headquarters in Islamabad and discussed issues of mutual interest, the navy said in a brief message.
In October this year, the Pakistan Navy Ship Saif visited Saudi Arabia with the “navies of both countries holding a number of joint training and exercises, including the Naseem-ul-Bahr joint naval exercise”, the Pakistan Navy had said at the time.