Pakistan PM Shaukat Aziz to visit US next month

Islamabad, Oct 14: Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will visit the US next month for an important UN-related event in New York, a media report said today.

The 'Dawn' newspaper quoted sources as saying that the visit may take place in the first half of November.

The sources, however, said that Mr Aziz would not be visiting Washington during his proposed three-day visit.

In New York the Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the UN Secretary-General's high-level panel on UN system-wide coherence in areas of development, humanitarian assistance and environment.

The meeting is to make a formal presentation of its recommendations.

The 15-member UN panel formed last year is co-chaired by Prime Ministers of Pakistan, Norway and Mozambique.

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