Welcome Pope Francis, We are Pakistanis with open heart and brain. Welcome to Pakistan. Our Christian Brothers and sisters definitely deserve to pray with you. God bless every one.

Good for Pakistani Catholics to enjoy the blissful company of their Pope and will improve Pakistan's image in the world

Wonderful indeed. The whole world prays for Pakistan to deal matters sensibly.

Such invitations should also be extended to prominent Hindu scholars and Priests ....

His Holiness' visit will bring blessings for the people of Pakistan.

Good for Pakistan.

Very good

That is amazing. Pope Francis truly is an inspiration for every person - catholics and non-catholics alike. Excited to welcome him to Pakistan!

This is good.

This is a good for international peace & brotherhood!

Great and bold gesture from the government

The most revered and beloved leader of Christians, Muslims and all the peace loving people of the World. Who is truly carrying the Jesus Christ's message of unconditional love and forgiveness all over the globe. Holy Bible " Matthew:5:43-48: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect".

Great gesture and should be a wonderful gift for the Pakistani Christians

I am a christian and im proud of our PM for inviting Pope Frances to Pakistan. Im loving PML government! Thank you Nawaz Sharif!

Thank you Nawaz Sharif on behalf of 3 million Pakistani christians!!

I am not a great fan for PMLN or its leadership - but - what I have seen his recent confidence in Karachi Ops, Zarab Uzab, Women Rights and Justice in murder of Salaman Taseer - I have a hope in him too... he can bring Pakistan back from dark era

he should come and teach our religious elements about peace.

Positive news. We muslim should be open minded as per teaching of our Holy Prophet PBUH. Humanity is above the religion.

Pope should also condemn the brutality of USA, Britain, Germany & France killing millions of innocent Iraqi citizens in an imposed war on false pretext of WMD. They were killed because they were Muslims.

indeed, we pakistanies (Christians + muslims) welcomes u with love and respect. its an honour for all pakistanies..

Good news, the Pope should visit Pakistan and meet in person peoples of this country to find out that Pakistanis are very friendly & hospitable peoples. The Christian community will have a chance to see their Pope.

pope fracis, please teach "muslims of this country that humanity is the essense of all religions", we pakistanies irrespective of our beliefs r happy to welcome u here.

The pope is visiting at a time when no one dares enter pakistan. Hopefully this turns a new leaf in our country

GooD News..

Pope Francis most welcome to Pakistan.

A good step indeed...

We need people like him in Pakistan to promote peace. Major overhauling is needed in madrassas to change the mindset.

@Just Thinking prominent!? Perhaps you mean 'decent' and 'open-minded' and 'ecumenical'?

@Just Thinking sure why not. It should expand to include representatives of all faiths. It would help promote inter faith harmony.

I hopw Pakistanis keep an open mind about Christianity.

Welcome Pope Francis to Pakistan.

That's great. He is a very enlightened man and doing a great job of spreading Unity between the different faiths.

His Holiness visit to Pakistan will remove lot of misconceptions about Pakistan. There is a general belief outside, no other religious head will able to roam around Pakistan, due to its so called volatile situation. We welcome sir, and the Hon. Prime Minister for this initiative. Mr. Nawaz sab seems to be very sincere towards improving the image of Pakistan. In the context of relation with India, Mr. Sharif took some bold steps.

We, Pakistanis welcome Pope Francis here in our country. We believe in inter faith harmony to promote peace and eliminate sectarianism. Islam guarantees protection of minorities and their other basic rights, and so does other religions including Christianity.

Would be great if he visits.

Hope he visits India too :)

Good news. Welcome to Pakistan.

This is GREAT news! Please welcome and pray for love, peace and tolerance for humanity!

Another fine Pope in the 1970's or 80's. He had great words for the nation of Pakistan. Everyone wants to come to Pakistan. Great.

The very respected and popular Pope John Paul II came to Pakistan in 1981. The Pakistani crowd of all religious leaning came out to welcome him.

A good move by the Pakistani government. Congratulations to all concerned. Foolproof security must be provided otherwise Pakistan will never live it down if anything untoward was to happen to the Pope.

Good I am really happy Pope is visiting Pakistan. It is nice to see such a positive reaction from others in the comments section. Pakistan will have to provide him very detailed security. He holds more importance than Obama.

Wonderful.

Welcome Pope Francis

The Pope's visit will put the world spotlight on Pakistan for a few days.

Trump missed out on this one so a big win .Democrats in America can arrange anything anywhere for friends but this one is no surprise .Last year people lost their heads this year I don't know what will happen . Public is stunned as never before ,looks like a stun is better than a gun.

I will be thrilled to see his holiness visit Pakistan. I love him, such a great personality.

@Arshad The Pope did condemn at the time. The Pope should give a lecture to our clerics and fanatics who are always trying to incite people in the name of religion?