By Umbreen Turk
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani Tuesday said the government is making all out efforts to bring the deadly disease COVID-19 under control through lockdown, testing, tracing and quarantine.
“COVID-19 pandemic carries long term economic repercussions for global economies specially the developing world and more coordinated efforts are required to overcome the diseases and work together for economies to flourish†he expressed these views during a meeting with British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner. He said developed as well the developing world is facing the similar challenge, however, the developing countries lack infrastructure and resources to effectively flatten the COVID-19 curve. Sanjrani also expressed deep condolences on behalf of the Parliament for the loss of human lives due to corona virus.
Regarding bilateral relations, the chairman expressed satisfaction that both sides enjoy good relations at different level and there is need to further enhance mutual collaboration in different sectors including frequent parliamentary exchanges and other high level visits. He said Pakistan highly values it bilateral ties with United Kingdom (UK) and we desire to further expand our relations in different sectors. Sanjrani said enhanced parliamentary linkages and institutional collaboration would help in building consensus on many issues.
The Senate chairman said Balochistan and specially Gwadar offering abundant opportunities for investment as Gwadar is being regarded as future of regional development. He further said United Kingdom has provided huge assistance to Pakistan for social sector development. He also thanked the government and parliament of the UK for adopting stance on Kashmir issue.
The newly appointed high commissioner thanked the chairman for his candid views on bilateral relations. He also emphasized the need to further strengthen mutual cooperation.
