Caretaker PM Kakar condoles death of Chinese former PM Li Keqiang

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday expressed deep sorrow and shock over the death of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

“Our thoughts and sympathies are with Late Premier Li, his family and with the Chinese nation at this hour of grief,” he posted on social media platform, X.

PM Kakar termed Li Keqiang 'a great friend of Pakistan'. “We fondly remember his visit to Pakistan in 2013,” he said.

China’s former premier, Li Keqiang died of a sudden heart attack in Shanghai in the early hours on Friday morning, according to China’s Xinhua news agency. He was 68.