At a very simple ceremony, the Kathmandu based K-2 society marked the conclusion of the 50 years of the establishment of Nepal-Pakistan diplomatic relations, May 23, 2011..
Various intellectuals, diplomats and litterateurs lauded the “problem” free relations that marked the Nepal-Pakistan relations.
On the occasion, to mark this golden jubilee of Nepal-Pak diplomatic ties, a book entitled “A Band Of Friendship” was launched by Nepal’s national poet, Madhav Ghimire who while making his views on Nepal-Pakistan ties claimed that Pakistani culture was a rich one and we in Nepal can learn from those if we get to know those through translations works in Nepali language.
He cited some snippets composed by Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Former Nepal Ambassador to Pakistan, Pushkar Rajbhandari shared his fond memories on the occasion.
He recalled one interesting event while he was Ambassador in Pakistan.
Once he was summoned by the then Prime Minister. Mr. Rajbhandari approached the Pakistan Prime Minister.
After all the diplomatic niceties, the Pak Prime Minister told the Nepalese Ambassador that Nepal-Pakistan relations had a problem.
This jolted the Nepalese Ambassador to the hilt.
For a while there prevailed pin drop silence.
And all of a sudden, the Pakistan Prime Minister said, "Well! Excellency the problem is that we don't have any problems".
Listening to this, Ambassador Rajbhandari jumped.
Similarly, Himalaya S. Rana spoke very high of the Pakistani officials while he was posted at the UN office in Pakistan long time back.
The Executive direction of the Nepal Institute of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tika Jung Thapa, said that “Nepal was concerned with the rise of terrorism in the Pakistani soil taking precious lives of the innocent people of Pakistan but yet we have been observing with admiration the serious efforts being made by the government of Pakistan in its fight against terrorism”.
Later Pakistan Ambassador to Nepal, Syed Abrar Hussain lauded the efforts made by the K-2 society-Nepal in bringing out the commemorative book on this solemn occasion.
The Ambassador said that Nepal-Pak relations were of a multi-dimensional nature. He also said that both the neighboring countries share aspirations for amity, peace and tranquility in the entire South Asian region.
Special guest, Bairagi Kainla-the Chancellor of the Nepal Academy, congratulated both Nepal and Pakistan for their combined endeavor in maintaining peace in this part of the world.
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