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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has arrived at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad as he visits Pakistan on a one-day visit.

Pezeshkian is on an official visit to Pakistan at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s invitation.

Earlier in the day, Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan in separate planes. The Iranian president flew to the federal capital from Iran, while Araghchi’s last engagement was in Oman.

President Pezeshkian, upon his arrival at the Nur Khan airbase, was received by President Asif Ali Zardari, PM Shehbaz, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Iran’s envoy to Islamabad Reza Amiri Moghaddam.