ISLAMABAD, 3 March 2004 — Bangladesh Prime Minster Khaleda Zia has invited her Pakistani counterpart Mir Zafaruallah Khan Jamali to visit Dhaka, hoping that ties between the two countries would be further enhanced in near future.
She extended the invitation while talking to a five-member Pakistani delegation, headed by the PML Secretary-General Salim Saifuallah Khan in Dhaka.
She hailed the resumption of talks between Pakistan and India and hoped that this process would lead to stability and peace in the region.
Salim Saifuallah said that the delegation also held meetings with ruling BNP secretary-general, Jamaate-Islami and a delegation of Biharis during its stay in Dhaka.
“During an hour-long meeting with the Bangladesh prime minister, we extended good wishes to her on behalf of President Musharraf and PM Jamali, and she extended the invitation to PM Jamali to visit Dhaka,” he said.
Global, regional and bilateral issues, including Pak-India relations and latest developments, were also discussed in the meeting, he said.
Khaleda recalled the days when she lived in the then West Pakistan with her late husband Gen. Zia-ur-Rehman and said that her eldest son was born in Lahore.
She also inquired about the newdevelopments in Lahore and traditional dishes of the city.
