Pak PM arrives in US, will meet Trump on Monday
July 21, 2019  08:35
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon on a three-day official trip to the United States.
Khan, 66, is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, July 22, during which the American leadership will press him to take "decisive and irreversible" actions against terrorist and militant groups operating from Pakistani soil and facilitate peace talks with the Taliban.
 
The cricketer-turned-politician arrived in Washington DC abroad a commercial Qatar Airways flight and is staying at the official residence of the Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed Khan. 
 
He was welcomed at the airport by his foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. A large number of Pakistani Americans also welcomed him. 
 
Nawaz Sharif was the last Pakistani prime minister to visit the US on an official working trip in October 2015.
During his stay in Washington DC, Khan, in addition to his meeting with Trump, is also scheduled to meet IMF acting chief David Lipton and World Bank President David Malpass.
He is scheduled to address a gathering of thousands of Pakistani Americans at capitol One Arena in downtown Washington DC on Sunday, July 21, and speak at the US Institute of Peace think-tank on July 23. 
 
The Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will call on him on Tuesday.
Trump, in addition to a one-on-meeting in the Oval Office will host the visiting delegation over a working lunch at the White House on Monday. He is also scheduled to meet lawmakers at the US Capitol Hill.
Before becoming the prime minister, Khan used to visit the US regularly and has a sizeable support base among the Pakistani diaspora. 
This is after several decades that a visiting Pakistani leader has been welcomed by members of the Pakistani diaspora in such a large number.
Meanwhile, hours before his arrival Pakistan hired the services of lobbying firm Holland & Knight. The memorandum of understanding on this was signed between former Republican Congressman Tom Reynolds and Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Majeed Khan. -- PTI
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