General Sharif will meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other civil as well as military leaders during the day-long trip.
The measure was taken to let the peace process move forward after being set in motion this month.
About 124 pilgrims on a two day visit arrived at the sacred Katas Raj temples in Chakwal district near capital Islamabad on Friday and were overwhelmed by the official reception.
Pakistan on Friday successfully test-fired the medium-range Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can carry nuclear warheads within a range of 2,750 kms, the military said.
The workers of the airline have been also up in arms, protesting against the decision by the government.
A militant commander said five people were killed in the firefight and several were injured "including Mullah Mansoor."
The four militants -- Maulvi Abdus Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeebur Rehman and Sabeel alias Yahya -- were executed in a civil jail in Kohat near Peshawar.
Pakistan has said that it needs access to users' data to maintain its security.
Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari was on Tuesday acquitted in a corruption case dating back to the 1990s when his slain wife Benazir Bhutto was prime minister.
There is no proposal under consideration to give India the Most Favoured Nation status, Pakistan Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said.
The divorce comes amid reports that the cricketer-turned-politician did not approve of Reham meddling in political affairs.
Latif's free-meal offer to Indians went into effect last week and the response has been overwhelmingly positive.
Sharif and Modi are expected to attend the UN General Assembly session next week.
The 34-year-old Grammy-award winning singer even went topless as she was photographed in a swimming pool.
'No dialogue with India can be successful without the Kashmir on the agenda'
Warning India of "unbearable damage" in case of a war, Pakistan's army chief General Raheel Sharif has said his troops are ready to tackle any long or short misadventure by the "enemy".
Pakistan has accused India of sabotaging peace efforts and putting the regional security and stability at stake by objecting to include Kashmir issue in the bilateral dialogue.
Pakistan's permanent representative at the UN Maleeha Lodhi was instructed to contact the UN leadership to discuss the rejection of dialogue by India.
The Pakistan government has, however, put the JuD on the list of groups being closely watched by the officials.
Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz has accused India of acting like a regional superpower, saying it was imposing its agenda in violation of the Ufa agreement that scuttled the NSA-level talks. He said Pakistan was not responsible for the cancellation of the first-ever NSA-level talks.
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