Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will discuss economic ties, regional and international affairs, Kashmir issue and the sacrilegious caricatures, when he meets his British counterpart Tony Blair during his three-day official visit.
On the second leg, the Prime Minister will visit Jordan from March 8 to 9 at the invitation of his Jordanian counterpart.
The visit, Prime Minister Aziz' first to the United Kingdom, will focus on entire range of bilateral relations with emphasis on exploring ways and means of further enhancing co-operation in various fields including commercial, economic, trade and defence.
The Prime Minister, who will be accompanied by members of the Cabinet and senior officials, has a tightly packed schedule ahead. It includes talks with Prince of Wales, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and Defence Secretary John Reid, as well as meetings with Parliamentarians, religious and business leaders, members of the Pakistani and Kashmiri communities and media.
The Prime Minister in his talks with the British counterpart will review progress on the joint statement on "Partnership for peace and prosperity in the 21st century" issued during President General Pervez Musharraf's visit to the UK in December 2004.
The two leaders will also review the regional situation, including composite dialogue with India with focus on Kashmir dispute and Afghanistan.
The Prime Minister will discuss the issue of publication of sacrilegious caricatures to convey the sentiments of the people of Pakistan and explore ways and means to initiate interfaith dialogue, which has assumed great significance in recent months.
He will emphasise the need for enacting laws to discourage acts of sacrilege that hurt and offend others.
The Prime Minister will deliver a keynote address at the conference titled, "Asia 2015-Promoting growth, ending poverty".
The address will focus on the challenges to Asian development up to 2015 and explore ways and means to respond to those challenges.
The Prime Minister will also deliver talks at the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) on Pakistan's role in peace, stability and progress in the region.
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