Pakistan Honours Bill Gates

Bill Gates has visited India several times since his first visit to this country in March 1997.

On Thursday, February 17, 2022, the Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist traveled to Pakistan for the first time and met up with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The government of Pakistan also conferred on Gates the Hilal-e-Pakistan, the country's second-highest civil award.

Please click on the image for a look at Bill Gates being presented the Hilal-e-Pakistan by Pakistan President Arif Alvi in Islamabad on Thursday.

Photograph: Press Information Department/Handout/Reuters

Photograph curated by Anant Salvi/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com

 

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