List of international prime ministerial trips made by Nawaz Sharif

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Below is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Nawaz Sharif, the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif has made more than 65 international trips in his third premiership.[1] He made 10 foreign trips in 2013, 11 in 2014, 23 in 2015, and 9 each in 2016 and 2017.[2]

The number of visits per country where he travelled are:

2013[]

President Obama and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan in 2013
Country Location Date Details
China China Beijing 4 July 2013 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Beijing to meet with the Chinese officials.[3]
United States United States New York City September 2013 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly session.[3]
United States United States Washington, D.C. October 2013 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Washington to meet US President Barack Obama and other US officials.[3]

2014[]

Pakistani former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with Narendra Modi
Country Location Date Details
China China Beijing April 2014 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Beijing to meet with the Chinese officials.[3]
United Kingdom United Kingdom London April 2014 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to London to meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron.[3]
India India New Delhi May 2014 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New Delhi to participate in Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi.[3]
United States United States New York City September 2014 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly session.[3]
China China Beijing November 2014 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Beijing to meet with the Chinese officials.[3]
Nepal Nepal Kathmandu 26-27 November 2014 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Nepal to Atend with the SAARC 18th Summit 2014
Germany Germany Berlin November 2014 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discuss economic and terrorism issues.[4]

2015[]

Country Location Date Details
Bahrain Bahrain Manama January 7–8 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Bahrain on the invitation of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa who is the prime minister of Bahrain.[6]
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte January 4 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Sri Lanka on the invitation of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremasinghe.[7]
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Riyadh January 18 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Saudi Arabia with delegation to meet Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.[7]
Qatar Qatar Doha February Prime Minister Sharif went on a two-day visit to Qatar and signed an agreement in Doha to import LNG worth billion of dollars.[7]
Tajikistan Tajikistan Dushanbe May 11 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Tajikistan to attend the launching of CASA-1000 according to which the two countries Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan were to supply 1300 MW of electricity to Pakistan and Afghanistan.[7]
Iran Iran Tehran 14 June 2015 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran
Thailand Thailand Bangkok 31 July 2015 Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra met with Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to discuss mutual cooperation in several fields, including trade and investment.

The two leaders agreed that talks on implementing a free trade agreement should start in the nearest future.

United States United States New York City September 19 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New York, the United States of America. He attended the 71st session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.[7]
United States United States Washington October 20–23 Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Washington to discuss bilateral relations.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nawaz Sharif among most widely-travelled rulers".
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Nawaz Sharif's foreign trips cost state exchequer over Rs1b, NA told – The Express Tribune". April 11, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Wasim, Amir (December 9, 2014). "PM undertook 14 foreign visits during 18 months in office".
  4. ^ a b "Pakistan PM Sharif and Merkel talk trade, terrorism – DW – 11.11.2014". DW.COM.
  5. ^ "PM to leave for Bahrain on official visit". January 6, 2015.
  6. ^ "PM Nawaz leaves for Bahrain on two-day visit". January 7, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e "The 13 countries PM Nawaz visited during 2016 – Pakistan – Dunya News".

They also visit nigeria in 2016

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