Karachi, 22 May 2023:

Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi, S. M. Mahbubul Alam had a call on the Governor Sindh H.E. Mr. Muhammad Kamran Khan Tessori at the Sindh Governor’s House in Karachi on 22 May 2023.

Governor of Sindh Province of Pakistan H.E. Mr. Muhammad Kamran Khan Tessori very warmly received the Deputy High Commissioner at the Governor House.

During the meeting the Deputy High Commissioner expressed his profound thanks and gratitude for the honor he extended to him and conveyed to the Governor the greeting of the Government of Bangladesh. 

During the meeting the Deputy High Commissioner S. M. Mahbubul Alam had the honor to brief the Governor Sindh on various socio-economic achievements in Bangladesh. He mentioned that under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh has become a ‘Role Model’ of socio-economic development in the world and Bangladesh is currently among the five fastest growing economies in the world, ranking the 35^th in terms of GDP. He mentioned that Bangladesh has full filled all the criteria for the graduation to developing countries from the LDC status and has been confirmed to be graduated from the LDC in 2026. He also shared the vision that the present government of Bangladesh has been striving hard to implement “Vision-2041” to turn Bangladesh into an upper middle-income country by 2031 and a developed country by 2041 and building a prosperous and climate-resilient delta by 2100. 

He added that in Bangladesh the current primary enrollment rate is over 98 percent, electricity coverage is 100 percent, the literacy rate is around 80 percent, and per capita income is USD2824. Bangladesh meets 97 percent of medicines produced by over 300 state-of-the-art pharmaceutical companies and exports to over 120 countries in the world. He further briefed that the potential of trade and commerce and investment in Bangladesh is huge as she has been working to establish 100 specialized economic zones across the countries. Over 12 million has been living over 180 countries in the world, who are significantly contributing to the socio-economic development of Bangladesh. Deputy High Commissioner further mentioned that Bangladesh has been pursuing the foreign policy principle of “Friendship to all and malice towards none” as promulgated by the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman since the independence of Bangladesh.

Deputy High Commissioner briefed the Governor Sindh that two separate delegations from Federation of Pakistan of Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FPCCI) and delegation from Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) have recently visited Bangladesh. And another two business delegations comprising of 46-members and 35-members visited Bangladesh during last two months. 

The Governor Sindh highly appreciated the socio-economic developments in Bangladesh. He commented the development of Bangladesh is very impressive and further commented that his country might learn from Bangladesh, which is truly an example for the countries in the region. He was encouraged to learn that business delegations are being visiting to Bangladesh and attached huge importance to exchange of more business delegations from both the countries for wider contacts and networks among the business people and to explore the potential areas of further cooperation. He added that the two counties have huge potential for growing together in the bilateral and regional fronts.

The Governor Sindh extended very warm greeting to the Government of Bangladesh. He candidly assured to all cooperation towards Bangladesh Mission in Karachi. The Deputy High Commissioner had extended sincere thanks and profound gratitude to the Governor Sindh for his warm hospitality. He also presented the Governor Sindh with Bangladeshi Tea and other souvenir on Bangladesh.