High-level delegation from the Gates Foundation, comprising Dr Anita Zaidi, President of the Gender Equality Division and Dr Kalpana Kochhar, Interim President of the Global Policy & Advocacy Division and other senior officials, calls on Bilal Azhar Kayani, Minister of State for Finance and…
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