- Khan was welcomed by a large number of Pakistani-Americans.
Hundreds of members of the community lined up along Massachusetts Avenue near Pakistan House, where the prime minister is staying during the visit.
Khan arrived in Washington on Saturday afternoon on a three-day official trip to the US. He is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday during which the American leadership will press him to take "decisive and irreversible" actions against terrorist and militant groups operating from Pakistani soil and facilitate peace talks with the Taleban.
The cricketer-turned-politician arrived here aboard a commercial flight and is staying at the official residence of the Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed Khan.
He was welcomed at the airport by his foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Nawaz Sharif was the last Pakistani prime minister to visit the US on an official trip in October 2015.
Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI has landed in US. Prime Minister Imran Khan will be meeting @realDonaldTrump and addressing a massive Jalsa in DC; are you going to attend the historical jalsa?#PMIKVisitingUS pic.twitter.com/9UhRSj5pgK- PTI (@PTIofficial) July 20, 2019
During his stay in Washington DC, Khan, in addition to his meeting with Trump, is also scheduled to meet IMF acting chief David Lipton and World Bank President David Malpass.
He is scheduled to address a gathering of thousands of Pakistani Americans at capitol One Arena in downtown Washington DC on Sunday, July 21, and speak at the US Institute of Peace think-tank on July 23. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will call on him on Tuesday.
Trump, in addition to a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office, will host the visiting delegation over a working lunch at the White House on Monday. Khan is also scheduled to meet lawmakers at the US Capitol Hill.
Before becoming the prime minister, Khan used to visit the US regularly and has a sizeable support base among the Pakistani diaspora.
This is after several decades that a visiting Pakistani leader has been welcomed by members of the Pakistani diaspora in such a large number.
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