{"id":2691,"date":"2026-09-23T12:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:17:13","slug":"shehbaz-sharif-81st-unga-2026-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/23\/shehbaz-sharif-81st-unga-2026-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Shehbaz Sharif Attends 81st UNGA, Meets Bill Gates and World Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif attends the inaugural session of the 81st UNGA. New York, 22 September 2026.<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26197\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-23-at-3.48.25-PM-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><br \/>\nNew York: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif meets Chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency H.E. Dr. Denis Be\u0107irovi\u0107 on 22 September, 2026.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26198\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-23-at-3.51.38-PM-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\nPrime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met Mr. Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 2026) Session.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26199\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-23-at-3.51.38-PM-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26198\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-23-at-3.51.38-PM-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif attends the inaugural session of the 81st UNGA. New York, 22 September 2026. New York: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif meets Chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency H.E. Dr. Denis Be\u0107irovi\u0107 on 22 September, 2026. Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met Mr. Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 2026) Session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shehbaz Sharif Attends 81st UNGA, Meets Bill Gates and World Leaders - South Asian Chronicle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attends the 81st UNGA in New York and holds meetings with Bill Gates and international leaders on September 22, 2026.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/23\/shehbaz-sharif-81st-unga-2026-new-york\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shehbaz Sharif Attends 81st UNGA, Meets Bill Gates and World Leaders - 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