Federal Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada attended as guest of honour a special event organized by the Japanese Embassy in Pakistan to celebrate His Majesty the Emperor's 63rd Birthday tonight in Islamabad. Minister extended the warmest felicitations to the Government and people of Japan on the joyous occasion. While addressing the event, minister said that we honor the rich cultural heritage of Japan, a country that has made immeasurable contributions to the world especially in the scientific domain. The Japanese people are known for their deep respect for traditions and their untiring commitment to innovation. People of Pakistan are indebted to the Japanese generosity towards developing world with their development assistance through JICA. Pakistan attaches great value to its relationship with Japan and the important contributions made by Japan in Pakistan’s development efforts over the last several decades. Over the decades, JICA has contributed to Pakistan’s socio-economic development with assistance worth 13 billion US$. He further expressed that we are particularly grateful to the people and Government of Japan for its assistance in the aftermath of devastating floods in Pakistan in 2022 especially for the support that Government of Japan extended during the Resilient Pakistan Conference held in Geneva on 9 January 2023 He stated that Pakistan and Japan always had friendly bilateral relations in political, economic, scientific, educational domains. Pakistan is keen to take this relationship to a new and higher level of cooperation, with particular focus on economic & business ties, human resource development initiatives, defense, cultural and people-to-people contacts. Minister affirmed that Japanese companies have made a remarkable contribution in the development of Pakistan-Japan and investment relations. There are more than 80 Japanese companies working in Pakistan in auto, pharma, textile, steel, machinery and trading sectors. Pakistan and Japan have also signed two Memoranda of Cooperation for collaboration in capacity building and manpower exports to Japan. These MOCs aim to pave the way for skilled Pakistani workers to make important contributions to the economic development of Japan. In his concluding note, Minister reiterated the warmest birthday greetings to His Majesty, the Emperor of Japan, and best wishes to the Japanese people, good health, peace and prosperity for the year ahead.
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