Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, becoming the first head of state to visit China since Xi's re-election as General Secretary of the Chinese communist party for the third time.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that he will insist the coalition government and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to approve his proposal of giving arms to law enforcement agencies personnel who are being deployed to stop Imran Khan's long march.
This would be Shehbaz's first visit to China since assuming office in April this year and follows his meeting with Xi in Uzbekistan in September. He will visit China on November 1-2 to exchange views on regional and global developments, as well as, to review the "All-Weather Strategic Cooper
The former Pakistan prime minister has been at odds with the Shehbaz Sharif government and the country's military establishment since his ouster from power in April this year.
The long march was called off for the day after a reporter of a local TV channel, Sadaf Naeem died after she was crushed under PTI Chairman Imran Khan's container.
Some believe that Sharif was trailed by a "Pakistani killer squad" due to an investigation he was doing into a money laundering syndicate involving Pakistani politicians.
Pakistan's spy agency ISI unfolded many secrets for the first time in an explosive interview with ISI chief Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum along with Director General ISPR Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar.
The situation in Pakistan in wake of Imran Khan's "Long March," which entered its second day (Oct 29), is highly alarming amid whispers of the possibility of martial law in the country.