ISLAMABAD (NNI): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has congratulated President Hamid Karzai and the people of Afghanistan on their country’s 95th Independence Day.“On behalf of the government and people of Pakistan, I wish to convey our warmest felicitations to you and the brotherly Afghan people,” Nawaz Sharif said in a message to Karzai.
The message said the neighbours were bound by an abiding relationship based on a common faith, cultural affinities and a shared history. “The indissoluble bonds are further reinforced by the neighbours’ common aspirations for peace, stability and prosperity in the region,” the Prime Minister said. “I have no doubt that, working together, we would continue to build a close and cooperative relationship between our two countries and promote an environment of enduring peace, progress and development,” he said.