ISLAMBAD: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday after a brief stop in Kabul where he held talks with Afghan leaders.
During his first visit since taking office in late 2006, Ban is expected to meet Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari, an official of Pakistan's foreign ministry said.
The visit came two days after unknown gunmen kidnapped a senior UN official in north-west Pakistan.
John Solecki, the head of the UN refugee agency was kidnapped in the south-western town of Quetta as he was going to his office on Monday. The attackers killed his Pakistani driver.
Ban was also scheduled to discuss the formation of a UN commission to probe the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
The government asked the UN last year to set up a commission to investigate the assassination.
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