Pakistan sets date with Saudi dates
March 25th, 2012 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 25 (IANS) Thousands of boxes of dates gifted by Saudi Arabia to Pakistan are set to be distributed in various provinces of the country.
The Saudi government had sent 9,900 boxes of dates as gift on March 8, Online news agency reported.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday approved their distribution in the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa and Balochistan.
People in Islamabad, the Gilgit-Baltistan region, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Pakistani Kashmir will also be able to savour the tasty treat.
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