10-August-2010
Outgoing Iranian Consul General Pays Farewell Call on Speaker Aslam Bhootani
Quetta: Iranian Consul General based at Quetta Ali Aryan Nejad paid a farewell call on Speaker Balochistan Provincial Assembly Mohammad Aslam Bhootani in his chamber. During the meeting they exchanged views on different issues of mutual understanding. Iranian Consul General told the Speaker that during his four years tenure in Quetta trade between Pakistan and Iran was increased, adding in the first year of his posting in Quetta 7500 visas were issued. Similarly in the second and third year number of visas increased which in the fourth year reached upto 33051, including 14916 multiple visas (Business Visas), he said and added these statistics are an ample proof of those services provided by Iranian Consulate. Speaker Aslam Bhootani while lauding the performance of the outgoing Iranian envoy expressed the hope that Pak-Iran relations would further strengthen in future.