Lahore: President of Iran Dr Masoud Pezeshkian has arrived in Lahore on a two-day visit to Pakistan. On arrival, he was received by PML-N President Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.

According to Radio Pakistan, during his stay, Dr Masoud Pezeshkian will meet President Asif Ali Zardari and hold delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. This marks the first official visit of Dr Masoud Pezeshkian to Pakistan as President of Iran.

Later, Dr Masoud Pezeshkian visited the mausoleum of Pakistan's national poet Allama Dr Muhammad Iqbal in Lahore. He laid a floral wreath at the mausoleum and offered fateha.

On this occasion, the Khateeb of the historic Badshahi Mosque, Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, offered special prayers for the strengthening of Pak-Iran relations, prosperity and development of Pakistan, and the well-being of Muslims. The President recorded his impressions of Allama Iqbal's literary legacy in the visitors' book.