Overview
- At the UN-led World Summit for Social Development in Doha, participants adopted the Doha Political Declaration and launched a solutions platform to advance social development.
- Zardari urged comprehensive global financial reforms, including debt relief and equitable taxation, to enable investment in poverty eradication and decent work.
- He highlighted the Benazir Income Support Programme as a flagship model serving over nine million families and set targets on literacy, schooling and youth opportunities.
- He warned of the “weaponisation of water,” alleging Indian violations of the Indus Waters Treaty, and raised the matter in talks with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
- On the sidelines, he met the UN chief and leaders from Iraq, Tajikistan and Qatar to strengthen cooperation on trade, energy, connectivity and investment.