Kakar to address UNGA session on Sept 22Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar is likely to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which opens on September 5, it emerged Wednesday.
Caretaker PM Kakar will apparently be the first interim prime minister to represent Pakistan at the UN General Assembly. He will be addressing the UN summit on September 22 and he would return the same day after delivering his speech.
A small delegation will accompany the caretaker prime minister including interim Foreign Minister Syed Jalil Abbas Jilani, interim Information and Broadcasting Minister Murtaza Solangi, interim Climate Changes and Law and Parliamentary and Water Resources Affairs Minister Ahmad Irfan Aslam and Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Qazi.
A UN press statement marked Sept 19 as the first day of the high-level general debate that is addressed by world leaders.