Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Nourian and Kamran Pezeshki, the director of Iranian Culture Center, received Hamid Shahriari in Karachi.
Hojjatoleslam Shahriari arrived in Karachi after staying in Islamabad and Lahore.
He is scheduled to meet today (Monday) with senior leaders of Islamic sects to discuss strengthening of ties, issues in the Islamic world, and promoting Islamic solidarity, especially between Muslim nations and neighboring Iran and Pakistan.
Attending conferences on Islamic unity, combating Islamophobia, visiting schools and major centers of Shiite and Sunni religious sciences will be other programs of Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought.
The Secretary-General arrived in Islamabad last Sunday to participate in various programs, including meetings with Minister of Religious Affairs and Chairman of the Islamic Ideology Council of Pakistan and some religious officials and senior scholars of Pakistan's Islamic sects.
Hojjatoleslam Hamid Shahriari also visited the tomb of Allama Iqbal Lahori, the famous Persian poet of Pakistan, and Badshahi Mosque in Lahore and met with a number of religious elites, cultural and religious figures.
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