ISLAMABAD: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has arrived in Islamabad on his first-ever visit to the country during which he will hold meetings with PM Imran Khan and other top officials, SAPM on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said Thursday.
The philanthropist will also meet President Arif Alvi and visit the National Command and Operation Center in the federal capital.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Mr Bill Gates on his first ever visit to Pakistan,” Faisal Sultan tweeted.
Sultan said that the visiting dignitary’s planned engagements include a review of progress on polio eradication; visits to the National Command and Operation Center and Ehsaas program as well as meeting the president, the PM and health leadership of the provinces
The billionaire philanthropist, who is also the co-chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a major contributor in worldwide polio eradication, was given a detailed briefing on Pakistan’s efforts to wipe the virus out of the country during a meeting with health officials after arrival .
Sources stated that Gates would also visit a COVID-19 treatment facility in Chak Shahzad before he leaves Pakistan the same evening.