Pakistan, Saudi Arabia capable of leading world, says President
Zubair Qureshi Islamabad
President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday said the leadership of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia was capable of leading the world through their vision. The president was addressing a seminar on “Pak-Saudi Relations: Past, Present and Future” on the eve of the 91st National Day of Saudi Arabia.
Having their religious affinity, the people of Pakistan were devoted for security of the holy land of Saudi Arabia, said the president.
Federal Ministers Chaudhry Fawad Hussain and Pir Nurul Haq Qadri, Special Assistants to PM Allama Tahir Ashrafi and Shabaz Gill, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, Saudi Ambasador Nawaf Bin Said Al Maliki attended the event held in connection with the celebration of 91st National Day of Saudi Arabia.
The president said the first treaty of friendship between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia was signed in 1951 and that both the countries had a long history of friendship.
He said even after India carried out nuclear explosions, Pakistan’s friendly countries stood by it to build the capacity and achieve deterrence.
The president particularly mentioned the Pakistani workers in Saudi Arabia who also contributed to Saudi development besides sending remittances to Pakistan.
He viewed that nothing could affect the Pak-Saudi relations as both the countries showed their exemplary friendship even at international forums.
President Alvi said the whole Muslim world looked at the Saudi leadership for guidance on international issues.
He said at a time when the commercial and other vested interests dominated the international affairs, the world needed a leadership which formulated its policies on the basis of morality. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia can fill the gap, he added.
Regretting the phenomenon of fake news, the president said the Holy Quran had also warned about the same tendency which also led to the prevailing situation in Afghanistan and Iraq.
