President lauds Prince Karim’s services for peace, stability

President lauds Prince Karim’s services for peace, stability

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Friday said that Prince Karim Aga Khan was rendering invaluable services for global peace and stability, brotherhood, tolerance as well as for the welfare of humanity in different parts of the world, including Pakistan.

The president said this while talking to Prince Karim Aga Khan, who along with his daughter Princess Zahra Aga Khan and a delegation called on him at the President House here.

Ensuring development in country’s various sectors, Prince Karim Aga Khan said that efforts in health, education and rural development sectors will be further intensified in Pakistan. He also vowed to launch programs dedicated to alleviate poverty in underdeveloped areas.

Arriving upon the President’s invitataion, Prince Karim Aga Khan flew to the country’s capital on Thursday where he was received by Minister for Foreign Affairs Khowaja Mohammad Asif, Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry and Mayor of Islamabad Sheikh Anser Aziz.

As part of his official visit to Pakistan, Prince Karim Aga Khan is scheduled to meet his followers in Karachi, Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan as well as other parts of the country to mark his Diamond Jubilee Celebrations – 60th anniversary of his Imamat of the Ismaili community.

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