UNB, Dhaka :
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who left here for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening to perform hajj, reached Jeddah early Thursday.
“The BNP chairperson arrived at Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport around 5:15am (BST) and we received her there,” BNP’s Saudi unit
president Ahmad Al Mukib told UNB. Besides, he said, Khaleda’s eldest son and party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and his family members also arrived at Jeddah from London around at 11:30am (BST.
He said they have been there at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to perform hajj. The BNP leader said Khaleda and her son exchanged views with the local unit of BNP leaders and activists at Jeddah Royal Palace.
Mukib said Khaleda and her family members are scheduled to go to Makkah in the evening. They will perform tawaf of Kaaba Sharif and offer prayers in Masjid al-Haram.The BNP chief together with her entourage left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a flight of Saudi Airlines around 5:28pm on Wednesday.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who left here for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening to perform hajj, reached Jeddah early Thursday.
“The BNP chairperson arrived at Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport around 5:15am (BST) and we received her there,” BNP’s Saudi unit
president Ahmad Al Mukib told UNB. Besides, he said, Khaleda’s eldest son and party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and his family members also arrived at Jeddah from London around at 11:30am (BST.
He said they have been there at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to perform hajj. The BNP leader said Khaleda and her son exchanged views with the local unit of BNP leaders and activists at Jeddah Royal Palace.
Mukib said Khaleda and her family members are scheduled to go to Makkah in the evening. They will perform tawaf of Kaaba Sharif and offer prayers in Masjid al-Haram.The BNP chief together with her entourage left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a flight of Saudi Airlines around 5:28pm on Wednesday.
