Deputy Chairman Senate visits Yangling, China, to attend the SCO Forum on Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development (May 27-31, 2023)

May 30,2023

In his keynote speech at the Forum, H.E. Mirza Muhammad Afridi, Deputy Chairman Senate, stressed the urgent need to promote and augment well-coordinated strategic partnerships and synergies by sharing knowledge, expertise, best practices and latest technological innovations, especially towards agriculture development, value addition and modernisation. Referring to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Deputy Chairman Senate said Pakistan was fully committed to the attainment of all SDGs, including the SDG on poverty alleviation, and in that regard, was making progress through  the implementation of social safety net programs and other initiatives to reduce poverty, provide social protection, and promote economic growth.