Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider met Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad at Parliament on Sunday to discuss strengthening parliamentary cooperation between the two countries ahead of the Speaker’s planned visit to Pakistan on 23 November.
During the courtesy meeting at the Speaker’s office, both sides emphasised the formation of a Bangladesh-Pakistan parliamentary friendship group and the exchange of parliamentary delegations, according to a Parliament Secretariat press release.
They also discussed training opportunities for officials and employees of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat at Pakistan’s Parliament, known as Majlis-e-Shoora.
The Speaker thanked the Pakistan government for supporting Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chairman Jahrat Adib Chowdhury’s election to the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) at its 153rd Assembly in Tanzania.
Hafiz Uddin invited the Pakistani envoy to observe the next session of the Jatiya Sangsad, scheduled to begin on 9 November.
The Speaker is scheduled to visit Pakistan on 23 November at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart, the press release said.
Representatives of the Pakistan High Commission, the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat secretary and other senior officials attended the meeting.
