Ambassador of Jordan to Pakistan, H.E Maen Khreisat calls on Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani at Parliament House
Ambassador of Iraq to Pakistan, Hamid Abbas Lafta, Called on Chairman Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani at Parliament House, Islamabad
Ambassador of Austria, Mrs. Andrea Wicke Calling on Senator Saleem Mandviwalla, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue in Islamabad
Senator Zeeshan Khanzada, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Commerce Presiding over a Meeting of the Committee at Parliament House Islamabad
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