PM to leave for UK on March 5

Published February 24, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will leave for the UK on a four-day official visit starting on March 5. He will discuss the issue of sacrilegious caricatures and other important issues with Prime Minister Tony Blair.

According to a private television channel, the prime minister will address a conference “ Asia 2015: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty” scheduled to be held under the aegis of the World Bank and the British Institute for Foreign Aid, DFID.

Prime Minister Aziz will also give a lecture at the London School of Economics. He will also address different British think-tanks.—Online

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