Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Punjab Chief Minister and younger brother of Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif underlined the need to develop both Punjabs as ‘Business leaders’ of Asia besides setting up of a dedicated ‘trade and business estate’ at Integrated Check Post on Wagah-Attari Border.
Addressing at a dinner host by the Punjab Government at Nature Park late on Friday evening, Sharif recalled his family’s background at Jati Umra village of Tarn Taran district and said both Punjabs were brothers, are brothers and will remain brothers. Thanking Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal for inviting them to their ancestral village, Sharif also invited the Punjab CM to lahore by reminding him his old days at FC College lahore.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal urged Sharif to impress upon his elder brother and the incumbent Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif to use his good office for relaxing visa regime between both the countries. He said that it was always a great emotional moment for Punjabis on both sides to come together adding that no one knew the pain of separation better than them.