ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman and former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari will attend the inaugration of President-elect Donald Trump later this month.
Trump, who won the US election against Democrat Hillary Clinton in November, will take oath on January 20th in Washington. This will mark an end to eight-year Democrat rule, while Mike Pence will take charge as the vice president.
According to The Nation, a senior PPP leader told the scribe, that Zardari had been invited to Trumps inauguration and he would fly to the US to attend it.
Bilawal has also been invited but he may not go due to party engagement. Zardari will not be in the US for long, he said.
The PPP leader, a confidante of the party co-chairman, said that Zardari would also undergo a routine medical check-up in the US.
The government has still not confirmed whether Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend Trumps oath-taking but the premier is likely to visit the US soon for a bilateral meeting with the new president-elect.
Earlier, PPP warmly welcomed the return of former president and partys co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari after 18 months of self-exile.
On his return, Zardari announced to contest by-election on National Assembly seat, to be vacated by his sister Faryal Talpur in Nawabshah.
The announcement, which was touted as a surprise, came at a public meeting held to commemorate the 9th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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