Farrukh foresees EU-like ECO countries block

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Wednesday praised National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri for successfully organizing the second general conference of Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO) amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

The minister called on all the regional countries to chalk out a joint strategy for alleviating poverty, unemployment and make efforts to promote tourism in the region.

He said an economic bloc might emerge within the region. If the European countries can make a union then why cannot we follow the pursuit? he asked.

On the sidelines of PAECO conference, he told the media that the Economic Cooperation Organization conference would play a key role in promoting regional cooperation and parliamentary diplomacy, adding that Pakistan was playing a key role in parliamentary and regional unity which would usher into the development of entire region.