Daily Times

Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Friday said that Gwadar is emerging as a new port city of Pakistan, offering huge opportunities for investment and economic growth not only for Pakistan but for the whole region.

He said conducive environment exists for investment and Tunisian investors can come forward to benefit from the investment environment in Pakistan and particularly Gwadar. Pakistan and Tunisia have agreed to translate the spirit of fraternity and warmth into tangible cooperation in the political and economic spheres. Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani exchanged these views in a meeting with Ambassador of Tunisian Ambassador Borhene El Kamel here at Parliament House.

Chairman Senate observed that bilateral relations of Pakistan and Tunisia are embedded in history, culture, traditions and common faith and both sides share identical views on regional and international issues of mutual concern. The Chairman Senate emphasized the need for more high level visits and people to people contacts as cooperation in political, economic and cultural areas have remained short of potential.

Chairman Senate underscored the need for promotion and strengthening of parliamentary cooperation between Pakistan and Tunisia with primary focus on inter-parliamentary engagements and capacity building programs. “Both the Parliaments should learn from each other experiences and best parliamentary practices for which joint capacity building program could be arranged for MPs as well as parliamentary staff in coordination with Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS). Chairman Senate also underscored the need for activation of parliamentary friendship groups in respective parliaments. He said Gwadar is emerging as new port city of Pakistan offering tremendous opportunities for investment. “Tunisian investors can explore the possibilities of investment in different sectors” Sanjrani observed.

Tunisian Ambassador tanked Chairman Senate for the welcoming remarks and said that Pakistan and Tunisia can benefit a lot by exploring new avenues for cooperation. He said that Tunisia also considered Pakistan an important country and desires to further expand the bilateral relations in various sectors.

Meanwhile, the chairman Senate also held meeting with Iranian Ambassador Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini. He expressed solidarity, on his behalf and on behalf of the parliament, people and government of Pakistan, on loss of human lives due new corona virus. He said that Pakistani nation shares the grief and sorrow of the people of Iran. He, however, lauded the efforts of Iranian government for combating the virus with professional zeal.

Chairman Senate has also wrote separate letters to the president of Iran and speaker of Iran’s parliament of brotherly country expressing his solidarity. “On behalf of Parliament and people of Pakistan, I convey my heartfelt condolences to the families of victims of this epidemic and pray that those suffering from this disease be recovered soon”, Chairman Senate writes to the Iranian President Dr. Hassan Rouhani and Speaker Ali Ardeshir Larijani.