ISLAMABAD: Prince William and Kate Middleton received a warm welcome as they touched down in Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Monday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at Rawalpindi’s Nur Khan Air Base shortly after 9PM Monday night whereupon they were received by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Britain’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Thomas Drew, and other members of the Foreign Office.
The royal couple were given a red-carpet welcome at the airbase and presented with a guard of honour. The two are also scheduled to meet with President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan on October 15.
The same day, Prince William and Kate Middleton will also visit Islamabad’s women's college and attend a charity event later in the day.
The royal pair will travel in Lahore on October 16 where they are expected to visit Badshahi Mosque, Minar-e-Pakistan, SOS Village, Aitchison College, Shaukhat Khanam Memorial Hospital, and National Cricket Academy.
On October 17, the royal couple will head towards Chitral where they are expected to interact with locals and visit the Khyber Fort before they head back to the federal capital at night.
On their last day of the five-day visit, Kate and William will be visiting the Faisal Mosque before their departure on the afternoon of October 18.
The royal pair arrived in Pakistan on a historic tour, making it the first of its kind since the past 13 years.
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