Ban Ki-moon arrives in Islamabad
Ban will attend the 14th August Flag hoisting ceremony as a special guest.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Islamabad on a two-day visit.
Ban will attend the 14th August Flag hoisting ceremony as a special guest. He will also be inaugurating the Center for International Peace and Stability at the National University of Science and Technology in Islamabad and will attend an event on youth and education.
U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said Monday that Ban will meet the president and prime minister and get an update on disaster risk reduction efforts.
In a follow-up to U.N. events last month featuring Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls, Ban will discuss efforts to expand education for all.
He will also highlight Pakistan s role as one of the largest troop and police contributing countries to U.N. peacekeeping at the inauguration of the Center for International Peace and Stability, del Buey said.
