Tajik envoy lauds Zarb-e-Azb
Says Sialkot is world famous centre of quality surgical goods
From Our Correspondent
SIALKOT: Tajik Ambassador Sherali S Jononov has said that Sialkot is the world famous centre of quality surgical goods.
Addressing members of the Surgical Instruments Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (SIMAP) here on Saturday, he said that Sialkot was also the birth place of great Muslim philosopher and poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal, who through his revolutionary ideas not only had played a great role in the foundation of Pakistan but also awakened and strengthened the spirit of self-esteem in Muslims of the region. He said that not only Pakistan but the entire Islamic world was proud of Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Sherali Jononov praised the Pakistan Army and the ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation against terrorists and said that success in this regard would bring positive effects not only in Pakistan but the entire region. He said that Pakistan and Tajikistan were two brotherly Islamic countries, who had been proudly sharing the centuries old religious and cultural heritage. He said that there was an ample room to boost the bilateral trade between the two countries. He opined that Tajikistan and Pakistan should play an active role not only to promote bilateral trade but to explore and conquer the markets of the central Asian region just like China and Turkey, which were active in this regard. He called for excessive exchange of trade delegations and trade related information between both the countries to promote bilateral trade. The envoy invited the local exporters and traders of surgical goods to attend the trade fair scheduled to be held in Dushanbe in May with the cooperation of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP). He said that necessary measures were being taken by his government with the cooperation of Afghanistan to promote direct trade via land between Tajikistan and Pakistan.
From 2018, Tajikistan, one of the leading producers of hydropower, would supply electricity to Pakistan to overcome its energy crisis, he added.
SIMAP president Muhammad Ashraf Raza, Jahangir Bajwa, Jalil Bajwa, Muhammad Ibrahim and others were also present on the occasion.
