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Microsoft co-founder and billionaire giver Bill Gates met Prime Minister Imran Khan on weekday throughout his first-ever visit to Pakistan.

Sharing photos of the meeting on Twitter, senator male monarch Javed Khan said Gates “greatly appreciated steps [regarding infectious disease eradication] in the Asian nation, the NCOC’s (National Command and Operation Centre) performance associated with coronavirus and initiatives like the Ehsaas program”.

He additionally attended a dejeuner in his honor later within the day.

Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI's luncheon in honor of @BillGates

Mr. Bill Gates is visiting Pakistan at the special invitation of the Prime Minister. pic.twitter.com/zSYNI6ddki

— Prime Minister's Office, Pakistan (@PakPMO) February 17, 2022

NCOC visit
Earlier within the day, Gates additionally met coming up with and Development Minister and NCOC head Asad Umar and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr male monarch swayer.

In a statement, the NCOC aforementioned the presenter attended the forum’s morning session.

During his visit, Gates was aware concerning the NCOC’s role and methodology, its achievements since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the coronavirus state of affairs in the Asian nation yet because of the non-pharmaceutical interventions by the forum to regulate the unfold of the malady.

Bill Gates (R) attends a session of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Thursday. — Photo via NCOC

Gates and his delegation were additionally aware concerning ordination sequencing and coronavirus variants detected in the Asian nation, the statement value-added.

“Gates took keen interest on numerous initiatives by NCOC, notably good internment and micro-smart internment strategy social control measures and Pakistan’s vaccinum administration regime that enabled NCOC to formulate and implement a comprehensive Covid response.”

During his visit to the NCOC, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation chairman additionally shared his views on the pandemic, particularly the vaccination drive.


“Gates appreciated Pakistan’s success against Covid-19 despite resource constraints and introducing wonderful initiatives and measures for public health safety,” in line with the statement.

For his half, coming up with Minister Umar attributable “a truly national response, dead through an efficient communication campaign mechanism of the NCOC” for the success in addressing the coronavirus.

He additionally thanked Gates for his foundation’s support to the Asian nations throughout Covid-19.

The far-famed presenter has to command conversations with Prime Minister Imran within the past on numerous problems and their doable solutions. In October last year, the premier urged Gates to contemplate providing humanitarian help to destitute folks in Afghanistan.

The two had additionally mentioned the infectious disease state of affairs in Afghanistan and Asian nations with the premier appreciating the help provided by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation therein regard. In turn, the Microsoft co-founder had praised the prime minister for the progress in eliminating the malady and pledged his foundation’s continuing support to the country’s infectious disease program.

Prior to that, in April 2021, the 2 had mentioned matters regarding the Covid-19 response, infectious disease obliteration, and global climate change, and in agreement to continue operating along on the shared objectives.

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