Report: ANI :
ISLAMABAD–Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif visited the Embassy of Nepal in Islamabad and signed the condolence book opened in memory of those who lost their lives in the recent devastating flash floods and landslides in Nepal.
The Prime Minister was received by Nepal’s Ambassador to Pakistan, H.E. Rita Dhital. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, SAPM Syed Tariq Fatemi, Foreign Secretary Ambassador Amna Baloch and other senior officials accompanied him.
In his message, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif conveyed Pakistan’s deepest sympathies to the Government and people of Nepal and to the bereaved families of the victims.
He reiterated Pakistan’s complete solidarity with Nepal and said Pakistan would dispatch emergency relief assistance to Nepal later this week to support ongoing rescue and relief operations.
The Prime Minister expressed hope that the resilient people of Nepal would emerge stronger from the tragedy and underscored the close and longstanding fraternal ties between Pakistan and Nepal.
Ambassador Rita Dhital thanked the Prime Minister for his support and reassuring words, saying the gesture would be long remembered by the people of Nepal. She also briefed him on the current state of bilateral cooperation.
