RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Pakistan and Member of Parliament (MP) Rehman Chishti called on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, here Friday and discussed matters of mutual interests including promotion of Pak-UK relations and expansion of bilateral cooperation in different sectors.

Rehman Chishti paid rich tributes to Shahbaz Sharif over his performance in energy sector and steps for the public welfare. He added the UK will further promote its close cooperation with the Punjab government in different sectors in future, as well.

Speaking on the occasion, Shahbaz said that Pakistan and the UK enjoy historically important cordial relations and these relations have been further extended during the tenure of the PML-N government. “Different programmes for bringing improvements in the social sector are working successfully in partnership with UK’s Department for International Development (DFID),” he said, adding, “Bilateral relations between the two countries will be further expanded in future.”

He said that a new history has been written by completing the energy projects on war footings and these projects are also an example of its own with regard to transparency. Instead of any hollow claims, the projects have been given practical shape and a new culture has been introduced by saving precious time and billions of rupees in development projects.

He said that the British investors and companies will be welcomed in the province of Punjab.

Punjab Minister for P&D Malik Nadeem Kamran, Chairman P&D, CEO PBIT and concerned officials as well as Deputy British High Commissioner to Karachi Elin Burns was also present on the occasion.