Islamabad :President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its ties with Nepal and wants to further expand and strengthen bilateral relations with Nepal in the areas of mutual benefit. He stated this while talking to Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Nepal, Syed Haider Shah, who called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today. Congratulating the Ambassador-designate over his appointment as Ambassador of Pakistan to Nepal, the President said that Pakistan and Nepal had considerable potential to further improve economic, political and cultural relations. He underscored the need for exploring new sectors of bilateral economic cooperation like agriculture, pharmaceuticals, IT, textiles and surgical instruments. The President expressed the hope that the new Ambassador would actively work for further strengthening economic and cultural relations between the two countries. He asked the Ambassador-designate to expose India over human rights abuses in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and other Minorities groups of India during his interaction with the diplomatic community
