Gilani gives official aircraft to AJK PM

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday gave his official aircraft to Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Atiq Ahmed Khan for his visit to Kazakhstan. The AJK Prime Minister is due to attend the meeting of OIC Contact Group on Kashmir being held in Kazakhstan later Tuesday afternoon. Prime Minister Gilani directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as Pakistans Embassy in Kazakhstan to make all arrangements for Sardar Atiq Ahmed Khan to attend the OIC Foreign Ministers Conference. The ambassador has been asked to arrange the meetings of AJK Prime Minister with the concerned foreign ministers. Online adds: Earlier, the federal government has stopped Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Sardar Atiq Ahmad Khan from attending OIC Conference in Kazakhstan. According to private TV channel, Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Sardar Atiq Ahmad Khan was to depart for Kazakhstan on Tuesday to attend OIC Conference in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan but when he reached Islamabad airport, the federal government stopped him from attending the conference.

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