SIALKOT, March 2: President Asif Ali Zardari will visit Koobay Chak-Bajwat in Sialkot on Sunday (today).

The president is visiting on the invitation of Federal Minister for National Regulation and Services Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan.

Dr Firdous told reporters here on Saturday that President Zardari would address a big public gathering at Koobay Chak besides inaugurating the newly-established Khushnood Rizvi Memorial Maternity Hospital near Koobay Chak village and an old age home ‘Maskan’ at Malkey Kalan.

She said President Zardari would also announce a mega development package for Bajwat villages.

She said Governor Makhdum Ahmed Mahmood and federal ministers would also accompany the president.

Dr Firdous said delegations of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL), PPP provincial leadership and lawyers would also meet the president at Koobay Chak.

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