{"id":27653,"date":"2025-04-17T06:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=27653"},"modified":"2025-04-17T06:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:53:12","slug":"prime-minister-pledges-closer-cooperation-with-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=27653","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Pledges Closer Cooperation with UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113733-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113733-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113733-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113733-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113733.jpg 1264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Wajid Khan Pays Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : Lord Wajid Khan, U.K. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, the Prime Minister welcomed Lord Wajid Khan to Pakistan and thanked him for his participation in qthe Overseas Pakistanis Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113710-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113710-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113710-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113710-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113710.jpg 1271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister appreciated the contributions of the British Pakistani diaspora who, he remarked, were proudly playing the role of a bridge between Pakistan and the U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister also conveyed his best wishes for His Majesty King Charles III as well as Prime Minister Keir Starmer. He reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s desire to further strengthen Pakistan-U.K. relations in all spheres, particularly in trade, investment, education and people to people exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister appreciated Lord Khan&#8217;s efforts in promoting Pakistan-UK relations and exploring new avenues for collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113806-1024x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113806-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113806-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113806-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20250417_113806.jpg 1269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meeting, Lord Wajid Khan briefed the Prime Minister on his recent activities and initiatives aimed at promoting Pakistan-U.K. relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Wajid Khan Pays Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Islamabad : Lord Wajid Khan, U.K. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement, paid a courtesy&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[202,201,58,2701],"class_list":["post-27653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy-corner","category-main-stories","tag-british-high-commission-pakistan","tag-british-high-commissioner","tag-prime-minister-of-pakistan","tag-uk-minister-for-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27657,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27653\/revisions\/27657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}