Observer Report
Islamabad
Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri has said that Pakistan and Afghanistan are interlinked with shared social, cultural and economic ties which date back to the centuries.
He also remarked that bilateral ties between both nations can be enhanced by boosting trade and investment opportunities in both countries.
The Deputy Speaker NA expressed these views while talking to Mr. Nissar Ahmed Ghoryani Minister for Trade and Investment of Afghanistan and Mr. Nejibullah Naseer Chairman Standing Committee of Wolsi Jirga on Health, Sports, and Youth Affairs who called on him in the Parliament House on Wednesday.
Qasim Khan Suri said that Pakistan has always desire to have peaceful Afghanistan as peace in Afghanistan would ensure regional Progress and development. He remarked that the incumbent Government of Pakistan is striving hard to enhance bilateral ties on the basis of economy and trade. He said that special Executive Committee of Pak-Afghan Friendship Group (PFG) is working under the leadership of Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser to facilitate traders on both side of the border.
The Deputy Speaker NA said that liberalizing visa policy for Afghan has been the achievement of this committee. He mentioned that two days Seminar on Pakistan Afghanistan Trade and Investment Forum 2020 was also to enhance bilateral ties on the basis of trade and investment. He was of the view that the terrorist activities to sabotage this process of coordination and collaboration would not succeed.
Speaking on the occasion, Afghanistan Minister for Trade and Investment Nissar Ahmed Ghoryani said that Afghanistan values high its brotherly relations with Pakistan and wanted to further strengthening the existing relations. He appreciated the initiatives of Pakistan’s Parliament to bring both countries more closer. The Afghan Minister for Trade and Investment said that both countries have vast opportunities for trade and business enhancement and close collaboration and coordination between Pakistan and
Afghanistan would bring prosperity and progress for both countries.
