British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr. Thomas Drew called on Chief Minister (CM) Punjab, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here on Thursday. During the meeting, different matters of mutual interest including promotion of Pak-UK relations and expansion of bilateral cooperation in different sectors came under discussion.
Lahore, (Pakistan Point News - 26th Apr, 2018) : British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr. Thomas Drew called on Chief Minister (CM) Punjab, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here on Thursday. During the meeting, different matters of mutual interest including promotion of Pak-UK relations and expansion of bilateral cooperation in different sectors came under discussion. The British High Commissioner appreciated the development process in Punjab adding that Chief Minister's development vision is praiseworthy.
Under your leadership, Punjab government has shown important performance in different sectors. The performance of Punjab government in health, education and other sectors is praiseworthy and a result-oriented strategy has been adopted for the development of different sectors of life, Thomas Drew said adding that alongside, your efforts for improving the quality of life of the people and bringing composite development in the province are praiseworthy and the reforms program aimed at prosperity of the people is worth-following.
The High Commissioner said that Britain gives great importance to its relations with Pakistan and added that collaboration with the Punjab government will be further promoted. Cooperation with Punjab government in health, education, skills development and other social sectors will be promoted, he added. Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that new chapters of transparency, speed and high-quality have been written in development projects. Pakistan which was envisioned by father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is moving towards its real destination and the consensus decisions reached upon by the political and military establishment have yielded positive results, he added.
He further stated that as a result, unprecedented successes have been achieved in war against terrorism and Pakistan of 2018 is much more peaceful, secure and economically viable than before. Pakistan has achieved important successes in war against terrorism and as a result, incidents of terrorism have been sufficiently decreased. He said that thousands of megawatts electricity is being included in the national grid due to the energy plants set up in Punjab with a cost of billions of rupees.
This is also boosting business and trade activities, he added. Shehbaz Sharif pointed out that there are vast opportunities of investment available for British investors in different sectors in the Punjab. Pakistan's bilateral relations with the UK span over many decades and British cooperation in different sectors is appreciable. In future, relations between Punjab government and the UK will be further promoted, he maintained. The Chief Minister also hosted a lunch in honor of British High Commissioner.
