List of international prime ministerial trips made by Nawaz Sharif

According to the report submitted by the former Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif former Prime minister Nawaz Sharif made more than 65 international trips in his third premiership between June 2013 and February 2016. ^{[1] [2]} Since his tenure ended on 28 July 2017, the exact number of trips made during his tenure are not officially available. According to another report submitted to the federal cabinet Nawaz Sharif spent 262 days abroad during his tenure. ^[3] Between June 2013 and February 2016 he made 10 foreign trips in 2013, 11 in 2014, 23 in 2015, and 9 each in 2016 and 2017.

Summary of international trips

Map of international trips made by Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister

  One visit

  Two visits

  Four visits

  Five visits

  Seventeen visits

According to Khawaja Asif's report, the foreign visits cost the national exchequer more than Rs 1 billion for visits between June 2013 and February 2016. These visits accompanied 631 officers with him. ^[2] According to another report submitted to the federal cabinet Nawaz Sharif spent 262 days abroad during his tenure. Among the money spent Rs. 30m is spent on tips and Rs. 60m on gifts. The report revealed that a total of Rs 1.84bn was spent on foreign trips by the former prime minister. ^[3]

The lavish spending in foreign trips are criticised by neutral observers of international media. ^{[4] [5] [6]} In May, 2016 the Lahore High Court took notice of lavish spending in foreign tours on public money. The court asked to explain 17 visits to Britain with two months spent in the U.K. The court also questioned how days listed as transit closed 137.8 million rupees. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

The exact figures for his trips during his tenure are not available officially. The number of visits per country where he travelled between June 2013 and February 2016 are:

• 1 visit to Afghanistan. ^[10]
• 1 visit to Germany. ^[11]
• 1 visit to Bahrain ^[12]
• 1 visit to India. ^[10]
• 1 visit to Iran. ^[10]
• 1 visit to Nepal. ^[10]
• 1 visit to Tajikistan. ^[10]
• 1 visit to Thailand. ^[10]
• 2 visits to Uzbekistan. ^[10]
• 2 visits to Kazakhstan. ^[10]
• 4 visits to China. ^[2]
• 4 visits to Turkey. ^[2]
• 4 visits to the United States. ^[2]
• 5 visits to Saudi Arabia. ^[2]
• 17 visits to the United Kingdom. ^[2]

2013

President Obama and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan in 2013

Country	Location	Date	Details
China	Beijing	July 04	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Beijing to meet with the Chinese officials. [10]
United States	New York City	September 21-23	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly session. [10]
United States	Washington, D.C.	October 22-24	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Washington to meet US President Barack Obama and other US officials. [10]
Afghanistan	Kabul	November 27	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Kabul Saturday to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai as part of efforts to revive Afghanistan’s faltering peace process
Thailand	Bangkok	November 16-18	Mr Sharif will address the inaugural session of the Connect Asia Pacific Summit and visit an exhibition in Bangkok

2014

Pakistani former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Country	Location	Date	Details
Turkey	Istanbul	February 10-13	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for a three-day visit to Turkey from February 12 to 14 to attend the 8th trilateral summit being held in Ankara over issues related to Afghanistan.
China	Beijing	April	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Beijing to meet with the Chinese officials. [10]
United Kingdom	London	April	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to London to meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron. [10]
Iran	Tehran	May 12-13	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei and discussed with him issues of mutual interest. They agreed to work jointly for development of the region.
India	New Delhi	May 27-28	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New Delhi to participate in Oath of office ceremony of Narendra Modi. [10]
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	June 16-17	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tuesday on a two-day visit at the invitation of President Emomali Rahmon to discuss energy, infrastructure, connectivity and security.
Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	July 19-21	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for Saudi Arabia on Sunday night where he will hold discussions with the Kingdom's leadership on a number of issues. He will also perform Umrah during his visit.
United States	New York City	September 22-30	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly session. [10]
China	Beijing	November 7-10	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Beijing to meet with the Chinese officials. [10]
Nepal	Kathmandu	November 26-27	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Nepal to Attend with the SAARC 18th Summit 2014
Germany	Berlin	November 10-12	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discuss economic and terrorism issues. [11]

2015

Country	Location	Date	Details
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. [13]
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	January 4	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Sri Lanka on the invitation of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremasinghe. [14]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	January 18	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Saudi Arabia with delegation to meet Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. [14]
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. [14]
Saudi Arabia	Madinah	March 03-06	Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will be visiting Saudi Arabia between March 4 to March 6 on the invitation of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Turkey	Istanbul	April 03-04	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be visiting the Republic of Turkey on Friday
United Kingdom	London	April 24	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reached London on Friday on the invitation of Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron,
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. [14]
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	May 21-22	Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan signed two agreements on Thursday after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Bishkek following his two-day official visit to Turkmenistan
Iran	Tehran	June 14	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran
Thailand	Bangkok	July 31	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.
Kazakhstan	Astana	August 24-25	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Astana on Tuesday for a two day official visit to Kazakhstan
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. [14]
United States	Washington	October 20–23	Prime Minister Sharif travelled to Washington to discuss bilateral relations.
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	November 16-18	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday arrived in Tashkent on a two-day visit during which he will hold talks on regional peace and stability.

2016

Country	Location	Date	Details
Sri Lanka	Colombo	January 04-06	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Sri Lanka from Jan 4 to 6 on the invitation of the president of Sri Lanka.During his stay in Colombo, he will meet Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	January 17-19	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his meeting with Saudi royals on Monday urged the Kingdom to resolve its differences with rival Iran peacefully
Qatar	Doha	February 10-11	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will lead a high-level delegation on a two-day visit to the State of Qatar on Feb 10, during which the two countries are expected to sign a number of agreements in various fields including a long-term sale-purchase agreement of LNG.
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	March 09-11	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day official visit on the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz.
United Kingdom	London	July 9	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif landed at Lahore as the premier returned to Pakistan after 48-day stay in the United Kingdom
Azerbaijan	Baku	October 13-16	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Thursday on a three-day official visit.Upon arrival at Baku international airport, Mr Sharif was accorded a warm welcome by Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ali Akhmedov and other top government functionaries. Two children attired in the national dress presented bouquets to Prime Minister Sharif and Begum Kulsoom Nawaz.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	December 21-23	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while addressing a joint press conference with Bosnian counterpart Denis Zvizdic in Sarajevo briefed journalists regarding the plans for cooperation of the two countries on coal and hydro-power projects.

See also

• Foreign relations of Pakistan

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