Britain’s longest reigning monarch and nations figurehead for seven decades Queen Elizabeth II has died peacefully at Balmoral. The 96-year-old Queen had strong ties with Pakistan and toured Pakistan twice, in the years 1961 and 1997.
Queen Elizabeth II was the monarch of 15 countries. Earlier yesterday her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health. And now after the demise of the Queen her son Prince Charles has officially taken the helm and has been branded as the King of England. And as the monarch’s direct heir Prince William is expected to become the Prince of Wales.
Throughout her reign of 70 years, the late Queen visited Pakistan twice in 1961 and 1997 with her husband Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip. She visited Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore, and other areas of the country.
Queen Elizabeth in Pakistan, credit @GettyImages 🧵 –
1961
Queen Elizabeth waved to the crowds as she rode in a convertible through the streets of Karachi. 1/n pic.twitter.com/DD76MK0He6— Mehreen Zahra-Malik (@mehreenzahra) September 8, 2022
During her second visit, she met the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Shareef who was in power at that time. She also had a brief interaction with former late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
#QueenElizabethII with Mohtarma #BenazirBhutto Shaheed at national assembly of Pakistan pic.twitter.com/ifxiw8c8AQ
— Syed Ahsan Abbas Rizvi (@AhsanAbbasShah) September 8, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II and President Farooq Ahmed Leghari share a joke at the presidency before going into a private meeting, in Islamabad, on October 7, 1997.
In 1974 Britain’s figurehead shook hands with former Prime Minister Imran Khan who was a cricketer at that time.
August 1974. Queen Elizabeth II is introduced to Imran Khan by his captain Intikhab Alam #Pakistan #Cricket pic.twitter.com/r3N8hhz6EM
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) October 17, 2014
In 2013 she invited the youngest activist Malala Yousafzai to her palace and had a brief chit-chat at Buckingham Palace. There Malala’s father presented a copy of her memoir, titled “I am Malala”.
And before the start of the ICC world cup 2019, all the captains of cricket teams were invited to the palace for a meeting with the queen. At that time Pakistan cricket team was under the captaincy of Sarfaraz Ahmed. He had the honour of meeting with the longest reigning queen.
Pakistan Cricket Team's skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed met Queen Elizabeth and Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace.#Pakistan #Cricket #Team @TheRealPCB #Captain @SarfarazA_54 #Meeting #Queen #QueenElizabeth #PrinceHarry #BuckinghamPalace #London @cricketworldcup #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/3yL9aZIOJC
— CrickeyWorld (@News99P) May 29, 2019
May she Rest In Peace!
ذہنی غلامی سے کب ہوں گے ہم
☹️ آزاد ؟؟؟