President's meeting with Sheikh Ali Bin Abdullah BinThani Al Thani

Islamabad, 12 October 2010: A Qatari philanthropist organization would undertake rehabilitation and reconstruction work in one of the flood-affected districts of Pakistan.

This assurance was given during President’s meeting with a delegation of charitable organization from Qatar at Aiwan-e-Sadr today.

The Qatari delegation comprised of Sheikh Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Thani Al Thani, Chairman Pak Qatar Takaful General, Sheikh Khalid Bin Thani Al Thani, Mr. Sayyar Al Maawdah, Ambassador of Qatar, Mr. Hamad Al Hanzab, Ex. Ambassador of Qatar and Mr. Abdul Basset Al Sheeby, CEO Qatar International Islamic Bank.

From Pakistan side, Mr. M. Salman Faruqui, Secretary General to the President, Malik Asif Hayat, Secretary to the President, Spokesperson to the President Mr. Farhatullah Babar and other senior officials were also present during the meeting.

The President while appreciating the assistance extended both by the government and people of Qatar through cheritable foundations in testing times said that the people of Pakistan greatly value the feelings and gestures of their Qatari brethrens. He also appreciated assistance from Qatar during the recent devastating floods especially mentioning the contributions made by Qatar Red Crescent.

Discussing Pak-Qatar bilateral relations, the President said that the real potential of Pak-Qatar friendship needs to be translated into expanded cooperation between the two countries in all the fields especially in economic, commercial, investment, manpower and energy sectors.

The President also stressed upon the need to encourage contacts between the business communities of the two countries for promoting further cooperation in energy, infrastructure, information technology and construction sectors.

He said that it was heartening to learn about the valuable contributions of Pakistani community in Qatar towards economic and social development.

The delegation members thanked the President for meeting them and assured that they would continue to work for further promoting bilateral cooperation between the two countries.