Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani left for Saudi Arabia on Sunday to attend the funeral prayers of Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al Saud.
The prime minister was accompanied by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Syed Khursheed Shah. The funeral and burial of Prince Nayef would be held at Makkah later today.
Half brother of King Abdullah and the long-serving interior minister died on Saturday at the age of 79.
Nayef, interior minister since 1975, was the heir to Saudi King Abdullah and was appointed crown prince in October after the death of his elder brother and predecessor in the role, Crown Prince Sultan.
Nayef was recently abroad for medical treatment.
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