British High Commissioner Thomas Drew calls on Punjab Chief Minister

Lahore : British High Commissioner Thomas Drew called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, here today. Matters of mutual interest, reinforcing Pak-Britain ties particularly promotion of bilateral relations in various sectors were discussed during the meeting.

Talking on this occasion, Thomas Drew said that steps of Chief Minister Punjab to raise the living standard of people of Punjab are commendable as he has taken solid measures for improvement in education, health and other social sectors.

He said that partnership with Punjab government in education, health, improvement of skills development and other social sectors will be continued.

Speaking on the occasion, Shahbaz Sharif said that Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has worked enormously hard in every sector over the past four years. In contrary to 2013, today’s Pakistan is more developed, peaceful and prosperous besides Pakistan and Britain are important partners in this voyage, he added.

The Chief Minister said that Pakistan highly regards its relations and cooperation of Britain in improving education, health and skill-development sectors in Punjab and this partnership will get strong in coming days.

Meanwhile ; Consul General of Pakistan in Dubai, Brig (Retd) Javed Hassan called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at the PM House here on Thursday.

This was stated in a statement issued by the Prime Minister media wing.