Pakistan honors Bill Gates for efforts on poverty, disease
By MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan awarded Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates its second-highest civilian honor on Thursday, in recognition of his work to alleviate poverty and diseases like polio and tuberculosis. On a daylong visit to the capital, Islamabad, Gates was given the prestigious Hilal-e-Pakistan award by President Arif Alvi in a televised ceremony, after he met with Prime Minister Imran Khan. Earlier, Gates visited the National Command Operations Center the body overseeing Pakistan’s coronavirus response since the pandemic began, where he was given a detailed briefing about the country’s vaccination drive.
