{"id":129268,"date":"2026-07-13T10:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=129268"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:21:08","slug":"pm-shehbaz-departs-for-one-day-visit-to-qatar-to-condole-death-of-ex-emir-sheikh-hamad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129268\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz departs for one-day visit to Qatar to condole death of ex-emir Sheikh Hamad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web desk(National Times)- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday headed to Qatar on a one-day visit to offer condolences at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2014840\">passing\u00a0<\/a>of former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on the social media platform X, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) said PML-N President Nawaz Sharif was also accompanying the premier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe prime minister will meet with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and express condolences at the passing of former emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani,\u201d the PMO said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PMO said the prime minister\u2019s visit to Qatar reflected the decades-long, enduring fraternal relations between the Qatari royal family, the Qatari people, and the government and people of Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar are also accompanying the prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qatar on Sunday had<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2014840\">&nbsp;announced<\/a>&nbsp;the death of its former emir, who led the country from 1995 to 2013. He was 74, according to an official government statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheikh Hamad was widely regarded as one of the principal architects of modern Qatar, having overseen a period of rapid economic growth and transformation during his tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subsequently, Pakistan<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2014840\">&nbsp;announced&nbsp;<\/a>that a day of mourning would be observed today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national flag will fly at half-mast across the country, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division and shared by the PMO on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is expected that the premier will also discuss the fresh&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2014807\/tehran-says-strait-of-hormuz-shut-as-us-launches-fresh-strikes-on-iran-gulf-states-hit\"><u>exchange of attacks<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;between the United States and Iran that brought all peace efforts of the mediators \u2014 Pakistan and Qatar \u2014 back to square one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web desk(National Times)- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday headed to Qatar on a one-day visit to offer condolences at the\u00a0passing\u00a0of former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. In a post on the social media platform X, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) said PML-N President Nawaz Sharif was also accompanying the premier. \u201cThe prime [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PM Shehbaz departs for one-day visit to Qatar to condole death of ex-emir Sheikh Hamad - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129268\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM Shehbaz departs for one-day visit to Qatar to condole death of ex-emir Sheikh Hamad - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Web desk(National Times)- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday headed to Qatar on a one-day visit to offer condolences at the\u00a0passing\u00a0of former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. 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