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Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Dar to visit China next week

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Pakistan’s newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will embark on a three-day official visit to China on May 13, during which he will meet top Chinese leaders and comprehensively review bilateral relations, including the upgradation of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Mr. Dar, who is also the foreign minister, will co-chair the…

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Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar appointed as Deputy Prime Minister

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Ishaq Dar. File | Photo Credit: Reuters In a surprise move, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was on Sunday appointed as the country’s Deputy Prime Minister. Mr. Dar, 73, a chartered accountant and a veteran politician, belongs to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party. According to a notification issued by the Cabinet…

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Ishaq Dar appointed as Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister

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Ishaq Dar leaves after a press briefing in Islamabad. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ishaq Dar, a four-time former finance minister, has been appointed as Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, as the new government settled in to tackle myriad problems at the domestic and external fronts, including its relations with India and other neighbours. Prime Minister…

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