{"id":2760,"date":"2013-06-03T16:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanhc.lk\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2020-01-09T00:18:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:48:20","slug":"pakistani-envoy-wraps-up-visit-to-the-eastern-province-of-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=2760","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Envoy wraps up visit to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pakistani Envoy wraps up visit to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/2013\/06\/pakistani-envoy-wraps-up-visit-to-the-eastern-province-of-sri-lanka\/dsc03953\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2761\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2761\" title=\"DSC03953\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC03953-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Pakistani Envoy wraps up visit to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, His Excellency Maj Gen \u00ae Qasim Qureshi visited \u00a0Eastern Province of Sri Lanka recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">The visit was aimed at understanding the ground situation in the Province and to explore opportunities to further develop economic, cultural and people-to-people links with that part of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">During the visit, H.E Qasim Qureshi met Governor of the Eastern Province, Rear Admiral Mohan Wijewickrama at Governor\u2019s Secretariat and held detailed discussion on all areas of bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Pakistan including the assistance provided by the Islamic Republic of\u00a0Pakistan to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">The High Commissioner also reviewed the progress of development projects sponsored by the Government of Pakistan through its High Commission in Colombo in the Eastern Province. These projects include educational scholarships as well as provision of clean drinking water supply projects to the Muslim, Sinhalese and Tamil communities of the\u00a0Eastern Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">The High Commissioner also participated in a meeting with the officials of the District Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry to review the prevailing business environment and to explore ways to further strengthen the trade and business links.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">Later in the day the High Commissioner met with the\u00a0Chief<em>\u00a0Minister<\/em>\u00a0<em>Eastern Province<\/em>\u00a0Najeeb Abdul Majeed\u00a0and held detailed discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">H.E Qasim Qureshi also visited the Pakistani Naval Ship SAIF which was on a good will visit to the Trincomalee port from\u00a014-17 May 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0The 123 meter long PNS SAIF (F-253) is a multi mission frigate capable of operating independently or as part of Task Force in multi-threat environment. PNS SAIF is equipped with state of the art robust, reliable and modern weapons and sensors. It also carries Anti Submarine Z9EC helicopter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">The High Commissioner interacted with the Commanding Officer Captain Jawad Ahmed, Officers, and Sailors\u00a0of the ship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">H.E Qasim Qureshi also attended the dinner reception on board PNS Saif which was attended by large number participants from the cross section of society including Government Ministers, parliamentarians and senior officers from Sri Lankan Army, Navy and Air force. The\u00a0Chief<em>\u00a0Minister<\/em>\u00a0<em>Eastern Province<\/em>\u00a0Najeeb Abdul Majeed was the Chief Guest at the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-tooltip=\"Show trimmed content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani Envoy wraps up visit to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, His Excellency Maj Gen \u00ae Qasim Qureshi visited \u00a0Eastern Province of Sri Lanka recently. 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