Staff Reporter
Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani while terming Gwadar “future hub of the world trade” has expressed the hope that investors from Egypt will benefit from this opportunity.
He made these remarks in a meeting with Egyptian Ambassador Tarek Dahroug who called on him at the Parliament House on Wednesday.
Sanjrani further said that the Senate of Pakistan was ready to provide support needed in coordination with provincial governments or relevant departments.
The Egyptian investors can invest in the areas of fisheries, livestock, minerals, services sector and others and this can also promote tourism between the two countries as Egypt has been a centre of ancient civilization, culture and traditions and is a very important part of the global community due to its rich history.
Chairman Senate said that Pakistan attached huge importance to its ties with Egypt and relations between the two countries were already established on shared values and traditions.
He asked the visiting Egyptian envoy to take steps for establishing ties on people-to-people as well as Parliament-to-Parliament level.
Parliamentary and diplomatic exchanges between the two countries can boost bilateral relations in other sectors as well, he said.
Chairman Senate also told the ambassador about the initiative of International Parliamentarians’ Congress and extended an invitation to Egyptian Parliamentarians to become a part of this unique forum.
He also emphasized upon enhancing the collaboration between two countries in the field of education and called for more opportunities for students of both countries to study in the other as students can serve as the best cultural ambassadors for any state and this will also help in further cementing the relationship.
Chairman Senate invited Chairman of Egyptian Majlis-e-Nawab to visit Pakistan along with Parliamentary and business delegations to explore avenues of cooperation. Talking about the platform of PIPS Chairman Senate told the ambassador that both sides can learn from each other’s experiences in the areas of legislative process especially for those laws which pertain to Islamic Jurisprudence.
The ambassador agreed with the Chairman and said that Pakistan and Egypt would both benefit by more frequent Parliamentary exchanges and business investments.
