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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has left for Egypt on a two-day visit on the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart.
In a video message before departure, the Foreign Minister said there are vast opportunities of economic cooperation between the two countries.
He said he will hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Hassan Shoukry on the entire spectrum of bilateral relations.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi noted that Egypt is an important country of Muslim Ummah and is called the gateway to Africa. He said promoting trade relations with Africa is a priority of the government.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (centre) leaves for Egypt on a two-day trip. Photo courtesy Radio Pak
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi left for a two-day trip to Egypt on Tuesday, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
Qureshi is visiting Cairo on the invitation of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry,
Radio Pak said. During his visit, FM Qureshi will hold detailed consultations with Shoukry. Both officials will also discuss bilateral relations and ways to further strengthen and diversify them.
Qureshi and Shoukry will hold a joint press conference as well.
The foreign minister will also hold meetings with the Pakistani community in Egypt as well as with Egyptian businessmen. In his meeting with the latter, Qureshi will talk about investment opportunities in Pakistan and the incentives offered by the government for foreign investors.
FM Qureshi departs for Egypt on two-day visit
Qureshi’s visit comes on the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Hassan Shoukry
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi left for Egypt on Tuesday on a two-day official visit on the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Hassan Shoukry.
In a video message before his departure, Qureshi said there were vast opportunities for economic cooperation between Pakistan and Egypt.
“Will hold talks with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Hassan Shoukry on the entire spectrum of bilateral relations,” the foreign minister added.
FM Qureshi further noted that Egypt is an important country of the Muslim Ummah and “is called the gateway to Africa”.
Islamabad
January 23, 2021
Islamabad:Pakistan needs to set its focus on bolstering diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties with North African states as the historic ties with them remain short of achieving their true potential so far.
The exigency was highlighted in a consultative session titled Pakistan s relations with North African countries organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), which was addressed as keynote speaker by Pakistan s former envoy to Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, Ambassador (r) Mushtaq Ali Shah.
The session was chaired by Executive President IPS Khalid Rahman and participated by Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Brig (r) Tughral Yamin, associate dean, CIPS-NUST and a non-resident fellow at IPS, GM-IPS Naufil Shahrukh, and Kulsoom Belal, research officer, and focal person for IPS’ ‘Understanding Africa’ initiative.
The writer is a former dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lums.
I RECENTLY visited public high schools in two villages in Mandi Bahauddin district. I was impressed by the insights of their heads on the merits of various languages of instruction. They regretted not being consulted on the matter and I couldn’t agree more with them.
I had one incongruous visual impression pertaining to the names of the schools that might seem peripheral to many. In villages with every student a native speaker of Punjabi and Urdu the medium of instruction, the names of schools, written in both Urdu and English, were comprised entirely of English words ‘government’, ‘girls’, ‘high’, and ‘school’.