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Pak PM flies in today

Staff Correspondent
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz flies in today on a two-day visit as the chairman of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), a post that Prime Minister Khaleda Zia would take over during the 13th Saarc Summit in Dhaka in January.
Returning from New Delhi yesterday, Foreign Minister Morshed Khan told reporters the visit of Aziz would mainly focus on making Saarc more effective.
"At the Dhaka summit, we want to take the forum out of a mere declaration phase and turn it into an implementing body with time-bound projects," said Morshed without specifying any bilateral or regional issues that are to be discussed by the two countries.
Aziz is expected to arrive at ZIA along with a61-membcr delegation at 1:30pm after touring Nepal and Bhutan. He will travel to India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the three other Saarc nations, after Eid.
The Pakistan PM and his entourage will be flown directly to the National Mausoleum in Savar by a helicopter from the airport. He is also expected to visit the grave of late prcsidcntZiaur Rahman.
The two prime ministers are scheduled to hold a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office, where Khaleda will host iftar and dinner for theguests.
The two leaders will discuss matters related to the forthcoming three-day summit, starting on January 9, and issues of bilateral interest, said a Foreign Ministry press release.
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan
is to call on Aziz at Hotel Sonargaon at 8:00pm, followed by a visit by Grameen Bank Managing Director ProfMohammadYunus.
Aziz, who will pay acourtesy call on President lajuddin Ahmed, is scheduled to meet with editors and heads of media houses at his hotel tomorrow.
This will be his first visit to Bangladesh since assumption of office in August 28 Uris year.
Planning and Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman and BNP Secretary General and Local Government Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan will alsomeetAziztomorrow.
Aziz will lay foundation stone for the new Pakistani high commission in Dhaka after which Morshed will see him off at the airport tomorrow.
The. entourage of the Pakistan prime minister includes Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan, Industries and Production Minister Jahangir Khan Thren, Textile Minister Mustaq Ali Cheema, State Minister for Water and Power Eng Amir Muqam and State Minister for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar. LIFESKETCHOFAZIZ
Shaukat Aziz, a former awardwinning finance minister and renowned banker, was bom in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 6,1949.
He graduated with a Bachelor of
Science from Gordon College, Rawalpindi and obtained Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Institute of Business Administration, University ofKarachi in 1969.
Aziz started his career as a banker by joining the Citibank in Karachi in 1969. He went abroad in 1975 and served in several countries including the Philippines, Jordan, Greece, USA, UK Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia.
His appointment as the executive vice-president of Citibank in 1992, was one of many illustrious positions he held in his 30 years of service in global financing and international banking
In November 1999, Aziz was appointed as finance minister of Pakistan. He was also chairman of economic cooperation committee of the cabinet, executive committee of national economic council and cabinet committee on privatisation.
Aziz also retained the finance portfolio under the government of last Prime Minister (PM) Zafar UDah Khan Jamali andgotelacted asscnatorin200Z
He was picked by the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) as the next prime minister after the resignation of Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on June 6, 200-1.
Aziz was sworn in as the 23 rd prime minister on August28,200-1.