UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said Monday that Ban will meet President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and get an update on disaster risk reduction efforts.
In a follow-up to UN events last month featuring Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls, Ban will discuss efforts to expand education for all.
He will also highlight Pakistan's role as one of the largest troop and police contributing countries to UN peacekeeping at the inauguration of the Center for International Peace and Stability, del Buey said.
Meanwhile, in an interview given to Pakistani journalists prior to his two-day visit, Moon offered to play role of an arbitrator between India and Pakistan.
The offer from the UN chief came amid tensions have flared again in the heavily militarised Kashmir valley with the nuclear-armed neighbours both pointing the finger at each other.
He said the military observers of the United Nations are working to avoid any possible clash between the armed forces of the two countries AP/APP
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