Fwd: Meeting of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation with the Pakistan Prime Minister

Office of

 

SH. SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN

 

Member of Parliament & Former Union Minister, Govt. of India

 

7, Pandit Pant Marg, New Delhi-1, Ph. 011-23351786, 23351077

 

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* **January 18, 2012***

 

*PRESS RELEASE*

 

*The Pakistan-India Parliamentarians Dialogue*

 

Meeting of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation with the Pakistan

Prime Minister Muhammad Yousuf Raza Gillani and Foreign Minister Hina

Rabbani Khar of Pakistan took place today on January 18, 2012. (*Photographs

enclosed*)

 

Sh. Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Member of Parliament & Former Union

Minister, Govt. of India was the part of delegation of Indian MPs who

assembled in Islamabad for Pakistan-India Parliamentarians Dialogue. Indian

and Pakistani parliamentarians on Tuesday discussed ways to improve trade

and economic relations between the two countries. At the Pakistan-India

Parliamentarians' Dialogue-III in Islamabad, the MPs from both countries

agreed that they had a major role to play in influencing their governments

to take a leap forward to normalise bilateral relations, the Online news

agency reported.

 

The 15-member multi-party delegation from India arrived in

Pakistan on Monday. Two rounds of dialogues were earlier held in January

2011 in Islamabad and in August 2011 in New Delhi.

 

The Indian delegation comprises MPs representing major political parties of

India from both houses of the Indian Parliament. Lok Sabha members joining

the delegation include Mr. Yashwant Sinha (BJP); Syed Shahnawaz Hussain,

(BJP); Mr. Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMEM); Mr. Baijayant Jay Panda (BJD); Mr.

Deepender Hooda, (Congress); Mr. Hamdullah Sayeed (Congress); Mr.

Shatrughan Sinha (BJP); Ms. Supriya Sadanand Sule (NCP) and Mr. Bhartruhari

Mahtab (BJD). Indian MPs from the Rajya Sabha include Mr. Mani Shankar

Aiyar, (Congress); Mr. NK Singh (JDU); Mr. P Rajeeve (CPIM); Mr. Derek

O'Brien and Mr. Rajniti Prasad (RJD).

 

Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan can play a key role in

facilitating the dialogue process and conflict resolution on mutually

acceptable and advantageous considerations.

 

The Pakistan-India Parliamentarians Dialogue-III got concluded in Islamabad

on January 18, 2012 i.e. today.

 

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*(Rajesh Verma)*

 

*PS to Syed Shahnawaz Hussain*

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