Pakistan schols for six students in North

The Pakistani government will offer scholarships to six students from the Northern part of Sri Lanka, Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said.

Gilani also said the Pakistani government intends to further enhance bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and Sri Lanka and welcomed the convening of the Joint Economic Commission (JEC) in Colombo, which will be held after a gap of six years.

He stressed that the JEC should meet every year to expand the scope of bilateral economic and commercial relations. Both countries have been engaged in concerted efforts to increase bilateral trade since the signing of the Free Trade Agreement.

Gilani who met a Sri Lankan delegation headed by Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen at the PM House said that Pakistan looks forward to greater cooperation in the fields of education and science and technology.

Pakistani Premier Gilani extended an invitation to the President and Prime Minister to visit Pakistan and was looking forward to meeting President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the Maldives at the next SAARC Summit in November this year.