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| The ambassador designate with the Pakistan president |
On Wednesday he called on President Asif Ali Zardari and discussed matters relating to his new assignment, agency reports from Islamabad said.
The president congratulated the newly- appointed ambassador and asked him to focus on enhancing Pakistan’s economic, trade and commercial ties with Qatar.
The president called upon all Pakistani diplomats to encourage the business community in countries of their posting to avail the liberal incentives package and investment friendly policies of the government of Pakistan.
He advised the ambassador designate to also concentrate on exploring new markets to boost Pakistan’s exports to Qatar.
Pakistan and Qatar already have cordial and close bilateral co-operation which the President hoped would further be strengthened with the posting of the new envoy.
Khanzada thanked the President for the trust and confidence reposed on him and assured that he would earnestly work to augment Pakistan’s bilateral relations with Qatar with focus on trade and commerce.
A career diplomat, Khanzada had earlier worked at the Pakistani mission in Doha from 1987-1990.
He was serving as director-general at the Foreign ministry’s headquarters before being posted to his new assignment in Qatar.