New Delhi: Unfazed by sharp criticism over his frequent foreign trips, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has taken a couple of days off to relax in a desert city, enjoying traditional music, wildlife and fresh milk.
Mr Sharif returned to his old haunt -- the Whispering Hills Rest House -- in Bahawalpur, Punjab Province of Pakistan to take a break from the business of state.
He spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Bahawalpur and also visited the wildlife reserve of Lal Suhanra National Park.
His close aides were quoted by the Express Tribune as saying that Mr Sharif enjoyed a night of traditional desert music performed by locals in the company of his close friends.
On Wednesday evening, the Pakistani Prime Minister enjoyed dinner with locals in the open skies of the Cholistan desert. "What Nawaz Sharif most liked in the trip was fresh milk," a source, who accompanied Mr Sharif, said.
Fresh grass grows in February and March giving a peculiar taste to the milk, which only a "true milk connoisseur" can value, the source said.
He enjoyed a variety of cow, buffalo and goat milk, the source added.
Mr Sharif has been visiting the place since the 1980s when he was sports adviser to the then Punjab governor Mian Ghulam Jilani.
On previous trips, he has been accompanied by political leaders, friends and Arab princes in the "sport" of deer hunting. However, Mr Sharif avoided hunting in the Cholistan desert this time.
The Pak premier was briefed about wildlife and forest issues during his visit to Lal Suhanra National Park, a Prime Minister's House statement said.
Mr Sharif is known for his love for good food.
His relaxing trip comes close on the heels of sharp criticism that a whopping Rupees 63.8 crore of state money was spent on his foreign trips and he lived at least every fifth day of his tenure out of the cash-strapped country.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Mr Sharif returned to his old haunt -- the Whispering Hills Rest House -- in Bahawalpur, Punjab Province of Pakistan to take a break from the business of state.
He spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Bahawalpur and also visited the wildlife reserve of Lal Suhanra National Park.
On Wednesday evening, the Pakistani Prime Minister enjoyed dinner with locals in the open skies of the Cholistan desert. "What Nawaz Sharif most liked in the trip was fresh milk," a source, who accompanied Mr Sharif, said.
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He enjoyed a variety of cow, buffalo and goat milk, the source added.
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On previous trips, he has been accompanied by political leaders, friends and Arab princes in the "sport" of deer hunting. However, Mr Sharif avoided hunting in the Cholistan desert this time.
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Mr Sharif is known for his love for good food.
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(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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