"Many Photos" - Saudi's Mohammed bin Salman is given a gold-plated gun while visiting Pakistan

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince has been gifted a gold-plated machine gun by Pakistani senators after agreeing to invest $20billion in the country.

Mohammed bin Salman was presented with the elaborate Heckler & Koch MP5K by Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani as he visited the country on Monday.

A senate delegation went to Bin Salman's apartment in Islamabad to present him with the weapon and a portrait of himself on Monday evening, local media reported. 

Pakistani senators presented Mohammed bin Salman with this gold-plated machine gun as he visited Islamabad on Monday, after signing trade deals worth $20billion with the country

Bin Salman put on a display of brotherly affection with Prime Minister Imran Khan, who will be hoping the Saudi investment will help him kick-start the Pakistani economy

In recognition of Saudi's investments, Bin Salman was awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan or Order of Pakistan, which is the country's highest honour

Earlier in the day, President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan handed him Pakistan's highest honour - the Nishan-e-Pakistan (Order of Pakistan).

Bin Salman was given a fighter jet escort, 21-gun salute and guard of honour as he arrived in Pakistan on Sunday night and was pictured in a warm embrace with Prime Minister Imran Khan.  

Widely known as 'MBS', the 33-year-old is staging a high-profile three-country visit five months after he came under intense pressure following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

He has signed $20 billion in investment deals with Islamabad and vowed to free thousands of Pakistani prisoners in Saudi custody.

Bin Salman will head to India next, where he will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is then expected to head to China. 

Islamabad is facing a serious balance of payments crisis and hopes the huge deals signed over the two-day visit - seven separate agreements and memorandums of understanding - will boost its struggling economy.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince has been welcomed with open arms in Pakistan after signing trade deals with the cash-strapped country worth $20billion. He is pictured in a warm embrace with Prime Minister Imran Khan last night

The Crown Prince is pictured climbing into a horse-drawn carriage to go to the Presidential Palace in Islamabad today

Pakistan's President Arif Alvi (right) shakes hands with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) as Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (behind) looks on this morning

MBS is staging a three-country Asian tour just five months after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a fierce critic, at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul ignited a diplomatic crisis.

After India, he is expected to finish with two days in China on Thursday and Friday.

The Saudis, after initially denying they knew anything of Khashoggi's disappearance, finally acknowledged that a team killed him inside the consulate, but described it as a rogue operation that did not involve the crown prince.

Turkey said Friday it has not yet revealed all the information it has uncovered in the case, which launched a global wave of revulsion and tarnished the crown prince's reputation.

Analysts have said the tour is part of a Gulf pivot to rising Asia as a growing oil market, but also a timely demonstration to the West that MBS is not an international pariah.

Mohammed bin Salman hugging Imran Khan, before the pair signed $20 billion worth of deals

Bin Salman received a 21-gun salute and a red carpet on arrival at a military base in Islamabad

Pakistan has also been accused by its western neighbour Iran of harbouring militants who carried out an attack that killed 27 Revolutionary Guards last week. The Guards' commander has also vowed to make Pakistan pay.

But Islamabad received a boost from Jubeir, who called Tehran a 'chief sponsor of terrorism' during Monday's live press conference.

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have enjoyed a long alliance dating back to the founding of the Islamic republic.

However, Islamabad has also tried to walk a fine line by maintaining warm relations with its neighbour - and Saudi Arabia's regional foe - Iran.

Jubeir also noted that Riyadh continues to participate in a months-long push by Washington for peace talks in Afghanistan, saying that if the war-torn country can be stabilised 'it will be to benefit... the region as a whole'.

The Crown Prince met Khan for the first stop on his Asia tour. He will next meet with Indian Primer Minister Narendra Modi 

The tour comes just months after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered at a Saudi consulate

Last week the Taliban announced they would attend talks in Islamabad with the US and Pakistan on Monday that had been due to coincide with the crown prince's visit.

Neither Washington nor Pakistan confirmed the talks, however, and the Taliban announced Sunday that they had been postponed as its militants 'were unable to travel due to the US and UN blacklist'.

Taliban negotiators have recently visited Russia, Qatar, and the UAE.

Fresh talks are set to be held between the US and the militants in Doha on February 25. 

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