National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser Monday said Pakistan is ready to offer its services for enhancing the capacity of the Afghan parliamentarians and parliamentary officials through the platform of Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS). An important breakthrough in the relations of Pakistan and Afghanistan took place when the two sides decided to hold bilateral talks at parliamentary levels to promote cooperation and understanding as well as to evolve trust based strategy for fostering people-to-people contacts, said a press release received here. The development took place when Asad Qaiser met with his Afghan counterpart Rahman Rahmani on the margins of the 141st assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Belgrade, Serbia. The Afghan speaker appreciated the efforts of the government and parliament of Pakistan for improving the state of affairs between the two countries and also lauded the initiatives of Prime Minister Imran Khan in expanding the scope of cooperation by opening up the Torkham Border for round the clock trade operations. The speaker extended an invitation to the Afghan counterpart for leading a parliamentary delegation to Pakistan to discuss the outstanding bilateral issues, including the relaxation in visa regime as well as expansion of trade and commerce activities between the two countries. While informing the Afghan delegation on the Indian brutalities in the Held Kashmir, Speaker Asad Qaiser urged the Afghan counterpart to play his due role in normalising the situation in the occupied valley which is under siege for last 72 days. The maiden meeting between the speakers of the two countries proved instrumental in paving way for continued cooperation through parliamentary platforms.