ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has expressed grief and sorrow over the sad demise of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

In a tweet on Friday, the Prime Minister said Li Keqiang was a great friend of Pakistan. Recalling his visit to Pakistan in 2013, the Prime Minister said our thoughts and sympathies are with the family of late Premier Li and with the Chinese nation at this hour of grief.

Chinese former Premier Li Keqiang died of a heart attack on Friday, just 10 months after retiring from a decade in office. He was 68.