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Pakistan envoy meets Speaker to strengthen parliamentary ties
Translated by Desk Report
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider paid a courtesy call on Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram in Dhaka. They discussed strengthening parliamentary ties, exchanging delegations and cooperation on training.
The meeting took place at the Speaker’s office on Sunday (1 November).
They stressed the importance of forming parliamentary friendship groups between Bangladesh and Pakistan and arranging reciprocal visits by parliamentary delegations. They also discussed training opportunities for officers and employees of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat at Pakistan’s legislature, the Majlis-e-Shoora.
The Speaker thanked the Pakistan government for supporting the candidacy of Barrister Zahrat Adib Chowdhury, chairman of Bangladesh’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for membership of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s executive committee at its 153rd assembly in Tanzania.
He also invited the Pakistani high commissioner to observe the upcoming parliamentary session.
Hafiz Uddin Ahmad is scheduled to visit Pakistan on 23 November at the invitation of Pakistan’s Speaker.
Representatives of the Pakistan High Commission, the secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat and other senior officials concerned attended the meeting.
