{"id":3131,"date":"2026-09-21T16:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:11:35","slug":"dpm-dar-reaches-new-york-ahead-of-un-general-assembly-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/dpm-dar-reaches-new-york-ahead-of-un-general-assembly-session\/","title":{"rendered":"DPM Dar reaches New York ahead of UN General Assembly session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISLAMABAD<\/strong>: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in New York to participate in the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be held from Sept 21 to 25, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media platform X, FO said DPM Dar has a \u201cfull programme\u201d of high-level engagements in the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will participate in ministerial forums and deliver Pakistan\u2019s statements and interventions on key issues of importance to Pakistan, including bilateral, regional and international priorities across the UN agenda,\u201d the FO said.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside accompanying Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif \u2014 who is due to arrive in New York later this week \u2014 DPM Dar will hold a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts and participate in a range of high-level engagements on the sidelines of the UNGA, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving in New York on Monday, Dar was received by Pakistan\u2019s Permanent Representative to the UN Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Ambassador to the US Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, Pakistan Consul General in New York Aamer Ahmad Atozai, and officers of Pakistan\u2019s Mission to the UN and Consulate in New York.<\/p>\n<p>In a curtain raiser posted on X on Sunday, the FO said that during the visit, Dar will attend the meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir, where he will highlight Pakistan\u2019s \u201cunwavering support\u201d for the right to self-determination for Kashmiris.<\/p>\n<p>DPM Dar will also attend several high-level meetings on the Palestine issue, including a meeting of the eight Arab-Islamic countries and a high-level ministerial meeting of the global alliance for the implementation of the two-state solution, among others.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FO, DPM Dar is also expected to deliver a statement during the UN Security Council high-level briefing on artificial intelligence. He will also chair a meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organisation\u2019s Council of Ministers.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistani delegation at the UNGA has been significantly streamlined as part of the government\u2019s austerity measures.<\/p>\n<p>Dar and senior foreign-policy adviser Tariq Fatemi will form the core of the prime minister\u2019s delegation.<\/p>\n<p>Several federal ministers who were initially expected to travel were dropped from the trip, according to sources at the country\u2019s UN mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in New York to participate in the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be held from Sept 21 to 25, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday. 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