Pakistani premier to embark on 3-day visit to Saudi Arabia
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan on 30 January 2020 [Muhammed Semih Uğurlu/Anadolu Agency] May 6, 2021 at 7:56 pm
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday at the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the Foreign Ministry has said,
Anadolu Agency reports.
He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and other members of the Cabinet.
According to a statement on Thursday, consultations with the Saudi leadership will cover all areas of bilateral cooperation including economic, trade, investment, energy, job opportunities for Pakistani workforce, and welfare of Pakistani diaspora.
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President Ashraf Ghani said Tuesday that five government departments have failed to use over $1.6 billion of their annual budget.
Addressing an event on the occasion of Education Week, Ghani stated the “blockage of billions of dollars” by these government departments is not acceptable.
Ghani stressed that if any department or government organization failed to utilize its budget within one year, “the budget for the office will be distributed (allocated) to other departments.”
“We do not have room to waste money,” Ghani said.
According to him, two departments have failed to spend a total of $1.6 billion.
Meanwhile, Ghani stated that conflict and insecurity has resulted in $1 billion in damage to the infrastructure in Afghanistan, including to that in the education sector, in the past year.
On September 11, 2001, he shocked the Western world. But he was already a hero to many Muslims for daring to challenge the US. He spent the next decade on the run and was killed in Pakistan ten years ago.