Khar to address UNGA on Tuesday

Published September 25, 2011

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. – AP Photo

UNITED NATIONS: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday.

She will cover all major issues of concern to Pakistan in the address, her first at the world stage.

Pakistani news channels had reported that she was being called back to Islamabad immediate by the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to speak to the All Parties Conference being convened in the capital.

After delivering her speech, Khar will leave for Pakistan, said sources.

Khar is leading a Pakistan delegation to the 193-member Assembly's 66th session.

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