Ashrafi plans establishing Pak-Arab Federation for better coordination with Arab countries.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Aide to Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi said that Pak-Arab Federation would be established for better coordination and further strengthening ties with the Arab countries.

Talking to ambassador of Oman in Pakistan, Al- Sheikh Muhammad Al-Umar Ahmed Al-Marhoon and Iraq's Ambassador to Pakistan Hamid Abbas Lafta, he said the federation comprising Islamic countries' scholars, businessmen and public representatives from Pakistan and various Arab Islamic countries would be set up after completing consultation process. The bilateral ties and coordination with Arab Muslim countries were being reinforced.

He said the government wanted to strengthen ties in every fields including culture, economy, tourism and religious affairs with Arab world.

Ashrafi said Kashmir and Palestine were burning issues of Muslim Ummah, which could be resolved through unity of Muslim Ummah. Pakistan enjoys historic ties with Oman, the neighbouring Muslim...

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