Foreign diplomats to watch PSL match
Chinese Consul General Zhao Shiren and Iranian Consul General Mehran Mowahid Far has accepted an invitation to watch a PSL cricket match.
During a meeting with the Chinese diplomat, Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi thanked him for extending enormous assistance in order to cope with the smog challenges and in other sectors.
He said China is a strategic partner of Pakistan and had stood with Pakistan at every time of trial and tribulation. The relationship with China has deepened during the past year, he added.
During another meeting, the Iranian consul general said a statue of the Poet of the East Allama Iqbal has been installed in Mashhad on the Punjab government’s request.
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The caretaker CM said Pakistan and Iran are closely tied in their historical and religious relations. He thanked the Iranian consul general for fostering mutual relations.
Provincial Ministers Amir Mir and Azfar Ali Nasir were also present on the occasion.
Kuwait’s Ambassador Nassar Abdul Rehman Almutain also met the caretaker CM and discussed matters pertaining to mutual interest, promotion of bilateral relations and enhancing cooperation in various sectors.
Naqvi said fraternal relations had existed between Pakistan and Kuwait for the past many decades and the time had come to transform this relationship into productive economic assistance on a sustainable basis. There is a great demand of livestock in Kuwait, he noted.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2024.