Anwaarul Haq Kakar, the interim prime minister, left on an official seven-day tour to Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday.
PM Kakar will stay in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, and Dubai during his seven-day tour, a senior official from the Prime Minister House informed Dawn.
The prime minister will make bilateral trips to Kuwait and Abu Dhabi for two days each before travelling to Dubai to attend the 28th Conference of Parties (COP-28) on December 1 and 2. On December 3, he will return to the nation.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) reports that PM Kakar landed in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
The prime minister was greeted at Al Bateen Airport in Abu Dhabi by Pakistani diplomatic representatives and UAE’s Minister of Justice, Abdullah Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi.
The prime minister will meet Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, during the visit on November 26–28.
An previous news release from the Foreign Office spokeswoman stated, “This engagement will provide an opportunity to advance bilateral ties in all spheres including political, economic, trade, investment, cultural, defence and people-to-people relations.”
Pakistan and the UAE will sign Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on a number of topics during the visit, including investment collaboration in the energy, banking and financial services, waste water treatment, food security, mining, and aviation sectors.
It continued, “Warm and long-standing fraternal ties that have stood multiple tests of time exist between Pakistan and the UAE.”
The top Kuwaiti leadership will be met by the premier during a two-day bilateral visit to Kuwait on November 28 and 29. Additionally, some MoUs should be signed.
On December 1–2, PM Kakar will also take part in COP28 in Dubai. The PM will be present at the main session of the summit, which will run until December 12 and include numerous leaders of state. The PMO official stated that technical sessions will begin later and that officials, not world leaders, will attend.
The prime minister of Pakistan had stated at a recent meeting that Pakistan would report on its experiences following climate change to the globe at the COP28 summit.
The national catastrophe management policy was briefed to the prime minister during the meeting. It was highlighted that Pakistan was among the countries that were facing the consequences of climate change in the shape of glacier melting, floods, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF), avalanches, landslides, and forest fires.
Many cities in Punjab, especially Lahore, are currently the worst hit by air pollution — smog. As a result, lockdowns have been enforced in many places in the provincial capital of Punjab. According to media reports, Lahore is said to be the second worst city hit by air pollution.
