{"id":646,"date":"2012-05-04T11:49:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T11:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradingnepal.com\/nja\/index.php\/2012\/05\/04\/friendly-relations-with-great-country-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2012-05-04T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T11:49:44","slug":"friendly-relations-with-great-country-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradingnepal.com\/nja\/friendly-relations-with-great-country-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendly Relations with Great Country Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friendly Relations with Great Country Pakistan<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Manju Ratna Sakya <\/strong>
\nGeneral Secretary<\/strong> <\/strong>
\nNepal-Pakistan Frien<\/strong>dship and Cultural Association <\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is one of the important countries of South Asia and occupies a central position. It is the land of many attractions and surprises. In the north there are the greatest, the highest, the youngest and the mightiest mountains, known as the Karakorams, the Himalayas and the Hindukush. This area offers a great variety of scenic splendors not only to the travellers but also to the lovers of nature, arts, adventures, scientists, biologists and hydrologists etc. With this beautiful, friendly and great country, Pakistan, the diplomatic relations between Nepal and Islamic Republic of Pakistan was established in March 1960. Since then the friendly relations between the two countries have been very cordial.<\/p>\n

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Notwithstanding the geographical distance between the two friendly nations, Nepal and Pakistan, the relationships subsisting between the two have always been warm and excellent. The major reasons could be that not only both the countries share many similar perceptions, especially in bilateral cooperation in many areas of mutual interests but being active members of SAARC and the United Nations, also in the region and the world.<\/p>\n

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To support in the strengthening cordial ties of the two countries through the people to people level, Nepal-Pakistan Friendship and Cultural Association (NPFCA) was established and registered with the concerned department of the Government of Nepal in December 1961 (9th Magha 2018, Monday)<\/p>\n

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This Friendship Association is one of the pioneer  among the same kind of other Associations to be established in Nepal. This Association was established with the aim of strengthening the friendship and promotion of cultural exchanges between the people’s level from both the countries. The exchange of visits by the senior leaders from Nepal and Pakistan have been enhanced more closer and better understanding of goodwill towards each other. In this context from Nepal, the late King Mahendra, late King Birendra, former Crown Prince Dipendra, Prime Ministers Nagendra Prasad Rijal, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Marich Man Singh Shrestha , Girija Prasad Koirala and Sher Bahadur Deuba visited Pakistan on different occasions. From Pakistan side, President Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Fazl-e- Elahi Chaudhary, General Zia-ul- Haq, General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Ministers Muhammad Khan Juneja, Mohatarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed, Shaukat Aziz and recently Prime Minister  Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani visited Kathmandu. Besides,  there have been a number of ministerial and senior officials leval visited between two countries.<\/p>\n

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Activities <\/u><\/strong>:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since its establishment, the NPFCA had organized many remarkable programs but all those are could not be enlisted here. Thus, only few noteworthy activities that had been well performed, so far, by the Association are highlighted which are as follows :<\/p>\n

-The Centenary anniversary of Father of the Nation Muhammad Ali Jinnah was celebrated on 25th of December 1976.<\/p>\n

-The grand reception function was organized bu NPFCA in honour of President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan General Muhammad Zia-ul Haq and Madam First lady during their state visit in the Kingdom of Nepal at Hotel Yak and Yeti, Kathmandu on 25th May 1983.<\/p>\n

 -NPFCA organized a musical evening of Pakistan’s famous
\n Singer Shehanshah-e-Ghazal Mehdi Hassan in September 1983 at Shah Mahal, Naxal. He was decorated the highest medal  by King Birendra at Royal Palace  during that time.<\/p>\n