{"id":66940,"date":"2026-08-11T06:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=66940"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:05:43","slug":"the-visit-of-president-tokayev-to-pakistan-elevated-relations-to-strategic-partnership-pm-shehbaz-appreciates-the-role-of-amb-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/the-visit-of-president-tokayev-to-pakistan-elevated-relations-to-strategic-partnership-pm-shehbaz-appreciates-the-role-of-amb-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Visit of President Tokayev to Pakistan Elevated Relations to Strategic Partnership | PM Shehbaz Appreciates the Role of Amb Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66943\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kazakhstan-Pakistan-PM-Yerzhan-Kistafin-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kazakhstan-Pakistan-PM-Yerzhan-Kistafin-web.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kazakhstan-Pakistan-PM-Yerzhan-Kistafin-web-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kazakhstan-Pakistan-PM-Yerzhan-Kistafin-web-696x462.jpg 696w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kazakhstan-Pakistan-PM-Yerzhan-Kistafin-web-632x420.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>ISLAMABAD: 10 August 2026 &#8211; Upon completion of his tenure, H.E. Mr. Yerzhan Kistafin, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister House today.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister &amp; Foreign Minister Sen.Mohammad Ishaq Dar, SAPM Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Secretary Amb. Amna Baloch were also present.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister appreciated the Kazakh Ambassador&#8217;s valuable contribution towards further strengthening the historic bonds of friendship and cooperation between Pakistan and Kazakhstan during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>He especially acknowledged the Ambassador&#8217;s role in facilitating the visit of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Pakistan in February 2026, which elevated bilateral relations to the level of a Strategic Partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister conveyed his warm regards to President Tokayev and reaffirmed Pakistan&#8217;s commitment to deepening the multifaceted partnership with Kazakhstan, including through enhanced regional connectivity, expanded trade linkages, and closer collaboration in the fields of energy, education, and people-to-people exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Kistafin thanked the Prime Minister for the cooperation and assistance extended to him during his tenure and expressed confidence that the trajectory of Pakistan-Kazakhstan relations would continue to grow under the strategic partnership framework.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister wished the Kazakh Ambassador success in his future assignment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"POXU1ydckn\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/new-kazakhstan-entering-new-stage-of-development-president-outlines-5-stratetic-priorities-ambassador-for-connectivity-with-pakistan\/\">New Kazakhstan Entering New Stage of Development | President outlines 5 Stratetic Priorities | Ambassador for Connectivity with Pakistan<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;New Kazakhstan Entering New Stage of Development | President outlines 5 Stratetic Priorities | Ambassador for Connectivity with Pakistan&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/new-kazakhstan-entering-new-stage-of-development-president-outlines-5-stratetic-priorities-ambassador-for-connectivity-with-pakistan\/embed\/#?secret=UXkX4KTW9G#?secret=POXU1ydckn\" data-secret=\"POXU1ydckn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: 10 August 2026 &#8211; Upon completion of his tenure, H.E. Mr. Yerzhan Kistafin, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister House today. Deputy Prime Minister &amp; Foreign Minister Sen.Mohammad Ishaq Dar, SAPM Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Secretary Amb. Amna [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[126,1409,47,319,2082,2378],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66940"}],"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=66940"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66945,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66940\/revisions\/66945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}