{"id":52826,"date":"2025-10-01T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=52826"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:01:07","slug":"pak-switzerland-parliamentary-friendship-group-meets-at-national-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pak-switzerland-parliamentary-friendship-group-meets-at-national-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak Switzerland Parliamentary Friendship Group Meets at National Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52827\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pakistan-Switzerland-Group-1-e1759323589853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan\u2013Switzerland Parliamentary Friendship Group (PFG) held its first meeting under the convenership of Ms. Farah Naz Akbar, MNA\/Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education and Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture. The Group was briefed by Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador in Bern,along with representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Commerce.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Members were apprised of Pakistan\u2013Switzerland relations, with emphasis on parliamentary cooperation, trade&amp; investment, cultural &amp; academic linkages and tourism collaboration. It was noted that Switzerland remains the sixth largest investor in Pakistan, with major companies such as Nestl\u00e9, Roche and Novartis operating in the country.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In her remarks, the Convener underscored the importance of parliamentary diplomacy, economic partnerships and vocational and educational cooperation. She highlighted the role of people-to-people exchanges and instructed Pakistan\u2019s Mission in Switzerland to strengthen engagement with the Swiss Parliament through the establishment of a counterpart friendship group.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52828\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pakistan-Switzerland-Group-e1759323623103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"210\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Members emphasized the need for proactive measures to enhance parliamentary cooperation and strengthen business-to-business linkages. The contribution of the Pakistani diaspora was also acknowledged as a key factor in strengthening bilateral relations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Group reaffirmed its commitment to advancing Pakistan\u2013Switzerland ties through stronger parliamentary engagement, broader economic partnerships and enhanced cooperation across diverse sectors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The session was attended by Mr. Rana Mubashir Iqbal, Federal Minister for Public Affairs Unit, Ms. Huma Akhtar Chughtai, Syed Shah Ahad Ali Shah, Ms. Neelam and Ms. Gulnaz Shahzadi.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan\u2013Switzerland Parliamentary Friendship Group (PFG) held its first meeting under the convenership of Ms. Farah Naz Akbar, MNA\/Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education and Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture. The Group was briefed by Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador in Bern,along with representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Commerce. Members were apprised of Pakistan\u2013Switzerland [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[3358,1626,48,165,735],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52829,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52826\/revisions\/52829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}