Pakistan, July 3 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to undertake an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkiye from July 3-5, Foreign Office spokesperson, Tahir Andrabi said on Thursday.

The spokesperson, at the weekly press briefing, said that the prime minister would travel to Iran first to participate in the funeral ceremony of the late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.

He said that the prime minister would convey condolences on behalf of the people and the government of Pakistan to the Iranian leadership and the bereaved families while reaffirming solidarity with the brotherly nation in their hour of profound grief.

Later, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would proceed to Istanbu...