The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Foreign Affairs Advisor Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury conveyed greetings of Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed to newly nominated Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani through the Pakistan High commissioner.

The felicitation was conveyed when the Pakistan High Commissioner Alamgir Bashar Khan Babar called on Ifetkhar this afternoon.

The High Commissioner informed the Adviser of Pakistani gift of approximately 2500 tons of rice for post-Sidr victims and handed over a token sack at a simple ceremony at the Foreign Ministry.

Iftekhar told reporters that Bangladesh sincerely hopes to expand and deepen bilateral relations with the new government being sworn into office in Pakistan.