Speaker to visit Pakistan on Nov 23

Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram will visit Pakistan on November 23 at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart, it was revealed during a meeting with Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider at the Speaker's office in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Sunday (November 1).

During the courtesy meeting, the Speaker thanked the Pakistani government for supporting Barrister Zahrat Adib Chowdhury, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Executive Committee at its 153rd Assembly in Tanzania.

Both sides stressed the importance of forming parliamentary friendship groups between the two countries and exchanging parliamentary delegations.

They also discussed training officials and employees of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat at Pakistan's legislature, Majlis-e-Shoora.

The Speaker also invited the Pakistani High Commissioner to observe the upcoming session of the Bangladesh Parliament.