Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar offered prayers at the revered Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer Thursday before flying back home.
Before heading to Ajmer via Jaipur, she offered prayers at the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in the capital Thursday morning, reported PTI.
Wrapping up her three-day official visit, Khar along with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and other members of the delegation spent over 30 minutes at the dargah in Nizamuddin in south Delhi.
Dressed in a salwar kameez, the 34-year-old Foreign Minister was accorded a traditional welcome by the office bearers of the dargah and was taken to Amir Khusro’s grave where she offered a chadar.
Today is the third and final day of her maiden visit to India as foreign minister. The shrine, dedicated to the Sufi saint who came to Ajmer from Persia in 1192, attracts thousands of pilgrims throughout the year.
After offering prayers at the famous shrine, Khar will return to Jaipur and fly back home.
Earlier, Khar had expressed her desire to offer prayers at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, but it did not work out due to security reasons.
The 34-year-old Khar, Pakistan’s youngest and first female foreign minister, had visited India twice before she was appointed the foreign minister over a week ago.
Khar held wide-ranging talks with India’s External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Wednesday. Krishna invited her to visit south India, specially Bangalore, India’s IT hub
Hina in Ajmer for prayers
