Pakistan army chief arrives in Saudi Arabia to revive strained ties

RIYADH: Pakistan's army chief arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, its embassy in

Riyadh

said, amid a diplomatic spat that has threatened Riyadh's financial life line to the cash-strapped South Asian nation.


General

Qamar Javed Bajwa

arrived in Riyadh at 10 a.m. (0700 GMT), the embassy said. A military source said the head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) General Faiz

Hameed

is accompanying Bajwa.