Pakistani High Commissioner meets Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad

Pakistani High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider paid a courtesy call on Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad at the latter’s office in the city on Sunday.

During the meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, the Speaker thanked the government of Pakistan for supporting Barrister Jahrat Adib Chowdhury, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Bangladesh Parliament, as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Executive Committee at the 153rd IPU Assembly held in Tanzania.

Both sides emphasised the importance of forming the parliamentary friendship group between Bangladesh and Pakistan and exchanging visits by parliamentary delegations.

They also exchanged views on providing training to officials and employees of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat at Pakistan's legislature, Majlis-e-Shoora.

The Speaker invited the Pakistani High Commissioner to observe the upcoming session of the Bangladesh Parliament, which will begin on November 09.

Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, will visit Pakistan on November 23 at the invitation of the Speaker of Pakistan Parliament, according to a press release.

Representatives of the Pakistan High Commission, the Secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat and other senior officials concerned were present at the meeting. -UNB