ACROSS THE BORDER
Lawyers celebrate Pak-based Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation Chairman's birthday, Call for improved India-Pakistan relations
Make visa issuance between Indian and Pakistan process easier to encourage people-to-people connections: Qureshi
Lahore/Ferozepur, October 8, 2024: The Five Men Lawyers Forum Pakistan celebrated the birthday of Imtiaz Rasheed Qureshi, Chairman of the Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation, at a ceremony held in the Jinnah Lounge of the Lahore High Court Bar. Esteemed attendees included Ali Abid Tahir Advocate, Muhammad Tauqeer Chaudhry Advocate, Dr. Shahid Naseer, Chaudhry Mehboob Hussain Advocate Supreme Court, Khalid Zaman Khan Kakar Advocate, Syed Akhlaq Shah Advocate, Rana Shahid Ali, Muhammad Arif Khan, Seth Bashir Ahmed, Aftab Ali Mian, Mehtab Ali, and other prominent lawyers.
During his address, Qureshi warmly welcomed India’s Foreign Minister, Jaishankar, for participating in the Shanghai Cooperation Conference in Pakistan. He emphasised the importance of peaceful relations between India and Pakistan, advocating for the restoration of public transit links, including ships, buses, and trains, to foster better ties between the two countries. Qureshi urged Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the visa issuance process easier to encourage people-to-people connections.
Stressing the need to focus on common challenges, Qureshi highlighted that if the two nations must fight, it should be against poverty, unemployment, and inflation rather than each other. He concluded by advocating for a future built on peace, love, and brotherhood, emphasizing that while many things may change, our neighbours remain constant.