The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani is likely to visit Bangladesh sometime in August.

This was primarily agreed as Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed invited the Pak premier during a bilateral meeting at Hotel Hilton on the sidelines of D-8 summit in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

As the matter of terrorism came up during the discussion in the meeting, the Pakistan Prime Minister said terrorism is bad news for Muslim countries.

He said Pakistan always fights against terrorism, but their leader Benazir Bhutto was killed by the terrorists.

The Chief Adviser said Bangladesh is firm and strong in its stand against terrorism and mentioned that not a single bomb was exploded or a single bullet fired in Bangladesh in last one and half years, according to CA's press secretary Syed Fahim Munaim who was present at the meeting. Gillani said around three million refugees in Pakistan have become security concern for the country.

Two successive floods and cyclone 'Sidr', climate change and local government election in Bangladesh were also discussed in the meeting.

About the local bodies' election, Dr Fakhruddin said it is a non-political election and mentioned the upcoming polls to four city corporations on August 4.

Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi were also present at the meeting.