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Leghari for boosting

Pak-Oman trade

ISLAMABAD: President Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari said on Sunday that there was need to increase the value and volume of trade, investment and economic co-operation for joint ventures between Oman and Pakistan.

He said this while talking to Shaikh Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Qatabi, President of Majlis-e-Shura, Sultanate of Oman, who called on him at the head of a delegation of members of Omanese Majlis-e-Shura at the Aiwan-e-Sadr here on Sunday, said a Press Release.

The President said that Pakistan wants to enhance its cordial relationship with Oman at the level of peoples of the two countries, their representatives and their leaders.

Referring to historical relations between the two countries the President said that Pakistan was now developing the Gwadar Port alongwith a large industrial zone in which Omanese government and businessmen could play an important role for our mutual benefits.

He said that after the peaceful solution of Kashmir problem, restoration of peace in Afghanistan and development of Gwadar Port, Oman and other countries in the region would greatly benefit from tremendous economic activities and mega development projects in this part of the world.

Wasim Sajjad, Chairman Senate, Mir Abdul Jabbar, Deputy Chairman Senate, Senator Muhammad Hayyat and senior officials of the two countries and parliaments were also present on the occasion.

Sheikh Abdullah Bin Ali al-Qatabi, in a meeting with Chairman Senate Wasim Sajjad at the Parliament House, said, Oman supports Pakistan's just stand on Kashmir and hopes that the lingering dispute will be peacefully resolved in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions.

He hoped that the settlement of the dispute would open way for the development of South Asia and ameliorating the lot of the people living, in the region.

Earliar, Chairman Senate, Wasim Sajjad briefed Sheikh Abdullah about the background of the Kashmir problem and the Pakistan's principal stand on the issue for finding a peace solution to it through the grant of right to self-determination to the people of Kashmir in accordance with the international law and the UN resolutions.

"We believe that Omanis keen to develop joint ventures in the coastal areas of Balochistan. Pakistan would welcome all sort of joint ventures with Oman", he added.

The President of Majlis-e-Shura, Sultanate of Oman, and his delegation witnessed the proceedings of the Senate.

The Deputy Chairman Senate Mir Abdul Jabbar, who was presiding, welcomed the delegation in the Upper House.

DUE IN LAHORE TODAY

LAHORE: The President of Majlis-e-Shura of Sultanate of Oman Shaikh Abdullah bin Ali Al-Qatabi currently visiting Pakistan alongwith a 11-member delegation, is reaching here today on a two-day tour of the provincial metropolis.-APP/PPI