Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar flew into New York on Sunday night to attend the high-level segment of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly being held from September 22 to 26.

The Pakistan delegation will be led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is scheduled to arrive in New York on Monday afternoon.

On his arrival, the DPM/FM was received by Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Rizwan Saeed Shiekh, Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, and senior officials of the Pakistan mission.

The DPM/FM will have a busy schedule in New York.

Besides accompanying the prim minister to his many engagements, the DPM/FM will represent Pakistan in numerous ministerial and high-level meetings and also hold over a dozen bilateral meetings with his counterparts from around the world.