PM leaves for home after two-day Kazakhstan visit
ASTANA (Kazakhstan), Sep 7 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani left here Wednesday for home after concluding his two-day official visit.The Prime Minister and his delegation were seen off at the Astana International Airport by Azat Bekturov, minister-in-waiting and Co-chairman of Pak-Kazakh Commission and the Deputy Foreign Minister and Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Bakhitbek Shabarbayev.The Prime Minister’s entourage included Governor Punjab Latif Khosa, Minister for Production Anwar Ali Cheema, President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry Senator (JUI) Ghulam Ali, MNA Qamar Zaman Kaira and Faisal Ahmad, a representative of business community.
This was Prime Minister Gilani’s first visit to Kazakhstan on the invitation of his counterpart Karim Massimov. This was also the first bilateral visit by Pakistani leadership to Kazakhstan in last 16 years.
 During his stay, the Prime Minister met the Kazakh leadership including President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Prime Minister Massimov.
 Prime Minister Gilani witnessed the signing of an agreement between Paksitan and Kazakhstan on enhancing bilateral trade through close interaction between their Chambers of Commerce and Industries.
 Gilani also laid wreath at the monument of Defenders of Motherland to pay tribute to the Kazakh heroes.
 The Prime Minister’s visit is being termed a significant step in renewing the relationship with the upcoming modern Kazakhstan and an opportunity to benefit from the natural resources of the Central Asian state.