{"id":3150,"date":"2014-05-19T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T08:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanhc.lk\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2020-01-09T00:17:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:47:16","slug":"felicitation-evening-held-to-honour-lankas-former-envoy-to-pakistan-ex-army-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=3150","title":{"rendered":"Felicitation evening held to honour Lanka\u2019s Former Envoy to Pakistan &#038; Ex Army Commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3150 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?attachment_id=3151'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/General-Srilal-Weerasuriya-addressing-on-the-occasion-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?attachment_id=3152'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Deputy-High-Commissioner-of-Pakistan-Ms.-Amna-Baloch-along-with-President-Sri-Lanka-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?attachment_id=3153'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/General-Mrs.-Srilal-Weerasuriya-with-Ex-co-members-of-Sri-Lanka-Pakistan-Friendship-Association-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?attachment_id=3154'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/General-Mrs.-Srilal-Weerasuriya-with-the-officers-of-Pakistan-High-Commission.-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Sri Lanka Pakistan Friendship Association (SLFPA) in collaboration with Pakistan High Commission held a felicitation dinner, last evening, to honour SLFPA\u2019s\u00a0Immediate Past President\u00a0General Srilal Weerasuriya in recognition of the\u00a0conferment of high civil award on him by the Government of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Ex Army Commander and Sri Lanka&#8217;s Former High Commissioner to Pakistan, General (R) C. S. Weerasooriya RWP RSP VSV USP ndc G, was decorated with Sitara-i-Pakistan on the National Day of Pakistan at Aiwan e Sadar Islamabad, by President HE Mamnoon Hussain.<\/p>\n<p>The Sitara-i-Pakistan was awarded to General Weerasooriya in recognition of his\u00a0commendable contributions to promote and enhance Pakistan Sri Lanka Bilateral Relations.<\/p>\n<p>The citation read out at the investiture ceremony on 23<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0March 2014,\u00a0<em>inter alia<\/em>\u00a0stated that \u201cduring [General Weerasooriya\u2019s] ambassadorial assignment, he played a key role in strengthening and deepening Pakistan-Sri Lanka friendly cooperative ties, including the signing of a Free Trade Agreement between the two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The association of Gen Weerasooriya with Pakistan began in 1963 when he was enrolled as a Gentleman Cadet \u00a0at the Pakistan Military Academy, and it continues to date, with the effect of fostering strong commercial and diplomatic ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>Project Chairperson Fathima Razk Cader made the opening remarks and invited Fazal Lafir, Secretary of SLPFA to introduce the dignitaries at the Head Table.<\/p>\n<p>The President of Sri Lanka Pakistan Friendship Association, Mr Iftikhar Aziz congratulated\u00a0the General on\u00a0behalf of the entire membership of SLPFA on this singular achievement. He alsopresented a souvenir to General Srilal Weerasuriya as a token of remembrance.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s Deputy High Commissioner Ms. Amna Baloch read out the message of felicitation on behalf of the High Commissioner of Pakistan H.E. Qasim Qureshi.<\/p>\n<p>The President and members of the Sri Lankan Pakistan Friendship Association,\u00a0Vice Patrons Prof. Tony Furqan, Gen. &amp; Mrs. Gerry de Silva,\u00a0officers of the High Commission of Pakistan, Pakistani expatriate community and guests from a cross section of society were present on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Pakistan Friendship Association (SLFPA) in collaboration with Pakistan High Commission held a felicitation dinner, last evening, to honour SLFPA\u2019s\u00a0Immediate Past President\u00a0General Srilal Weerasuriya in recognition of the\u00a0conferment of high civil award on him by the Government of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3150"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8339,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions\/8339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}