Mushahid condoles the Kazakhstan on killing of soldiers

Date : June 06, 2012

Islamabad, June 06, 2012  Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence and Defence Production today visited the Embassy of Kazakhstan and signed the condolence book on the killing of 14 Kazakh soldiers in the terror incident.  Senator Mushahid Hussain said that he had come to the Embassy of Kazakhstan on behalf of all members of the Committee and he expressed these sentiments in a meeting with the Ambassador of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Bakhitbek Shabarbayev.  He said Kazakhstan was virtually a neighbour of Pakistan as a Central Asian state with Muslim majority, and Pakistan and Kazakhstan were both participating in the Summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) being held in Beijing today.

Senator Mushahid Hussain said that Pakistan and Kazakhstan share a common enemy in the form of terrorism and both counties had similar concerns about the stability of the region particularly the situation in Afghanistan.

In this regard, Senator Mushahid Hussain referred to the tremendous sacrifices and contributions of Pakistan’s armed forces who were endeavouring to protect the state from both the enemy within and the enemy outside.

The Ambassador promised to convey the sentiments of Senator Mushahid Hussain to the government and the people of Kazakhstan.