Minister calls on UAE ruler

Published March 5, 2002

ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Kashmir affairs minister, Abbas Sarfaraz Khan, as special emissary to the president of Pakistan, has called on Sheikh Maktoom Bin Rashid Al-Maktoom, vice- president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai.

According to a press release issued here on Monday, during the meeting, the minister condoled the untimely and tragic death of UAE ruler’s son prayed for the departed soul.

He also handed over a letter of condolence from President Gen Pervez Musharraf to the UAE ruler.

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