She will leave for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, her special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas told bdnews24.com on Tuesday. He said they will be perform the pilgrimage at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. He said Tarique along with his wife and daughter will also start for Jeddah from London on Wednesday. BNP leaders said Syeda Sharmila Rahman Sithi, wife of Khaleda's late son Arafat Rahman Coco, will leave from London on Wednesday and join the former prime minister in Jeddah. She performed the pilgrimage first in 1991 when she was the prime minister and then in 1997 when she was in the Opposition.

Source: bd News24 September 06, 2016 17:03 UTC