German-Pakistani Relations (Archives - Events until January 2011)
Federal Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westerwelle visited Pakistan from 8 to 9 January 2011 in order to foster German-Pakistani relations and to learn about the current situation in the country.
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The Chief of Defence Staff of the German Bundeswehr, General Volker Wieker, visited Pakistan from 17 to 20 January 2011.
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CDU/CSU parliamentary wing in Pakistan
The Deputy Chairman of the parliamentary wing of the main conservative party (CDU/CSU) in the German Parliament, Dr. Schockenhoff, as well as the members of parliament Dr. Ruck and Kiesewetter paid a visit to Pakistan from 12 to 14 January 2011 meeting the Deputy Chairman of the Pakistani Parliament, Faisal Kundi, the Chairman of the Senat, Farooq Naek, the Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Nawabzada Khan, and the Deputy Chief of Army, Lt. General Waheed Arshad.
The guests also met with members of the German parliamentary friendship group and attended a symposium organised by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Islamabad.
Visit of Elke Hoff to Pakistan
Mrs. Elke Hoff, member of German Parliament's Defence Committee and Sub Committee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non Proliferation, paid a visit to Pakistan from 28 to 31 December 2010 meeting a.o. Minister of Defence, Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, and Pakistan's Army Chief, General Ashfaq Kayani.
Study Tour of Ministers and Legislators from Gilgit-Baltistan to Bavaria
In December 2010, a delegation of the Gilgit-Baltistan region, including Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah, spent a study tour of one week in Bavaria. The visit had been organised by InWEnt ("Capacity Building International", Feldafing, Germany), a non-profit organisation with worldwide operations dedicated to human resource development, advanced training, and dialogue. The delegation was accompanied by Prof. Dr. Hermann Kreutzmann, Freie Universität Berlin. The visit aimed at learning about the functioning of Bavarian town councils and administrative associations.
South-East Asia Parliamentary Group in Pakistan
A delegation of the South-East Asia Parliamentary Group within the Deutsche Bundestag (the German Parliament) visited Islamabad from 30 October to 02 November 2010 meeting among others the Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, the Chairman of the Kashmir- Commission at the Pakistani National Assembly, Maulana Fazul ur Rahman, the Speaker of Parliament Dr. Fehmida Mirza, the Minister oif State with the Foreign Ministry, Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan as well as representatives of the Pakistani civil society and the German friendship group within the Pakistani parliament, members of UN organisations and of the German Technical and Financial Cooperation (GTZ/KfW) in Pakistan.
Parliamentary Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development in Pakistan
A German parliamentary delegation - members of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development (AwZ) - visited Islamabad from 15 to 18 October 2010, meeting with the Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, with Asfandyar Wali Khan, Chairman ANP as well as with representatives of the Pakistani civil society, UN organizations and Germany's political foundations.
To get a first hand account of the consequences of the flood, the Parlamentarians travelled to Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa, where they visited a livelihood project in the village Chamkari, district Charsadda, financed by the German development cooperation as well as other flood-affected villages in the district Nowshera.
Visit of Special Envoy to Pakistan
Ambassador Michael Steiner, the German government's new Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, paid his first visit to Pakistan from 12 to 14 July 2010 - meeting among others Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Kayani (R).
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dirk Niebel visited Pakistan from 3 to 5 June 2010 in order to inform himself about the current situation of the country.
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Visit of National Defence University (NDU) at the Embassy - 24 March 2010
On 24 March a delegation of the National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad paid a visit to the German Embassy. This group will conduct a study tour to Germany in May of this year and will meet there representatives of political foundations, the Armed Forces and the industry in Berlin as well in Hamburg. Deputy Ambassador Stephan Röken welcomed the guests and underlined the importance of the mutual understanding between both countries people and culture. For that reason this visit will receive particular attention, starting with that reception. Subsequently the Defence Attaché Lieutenant Colonel (GS, ndc) Klaus Wolf delivered a briefing about Germany's history, culture and economy. The following discussion proved the comprehensive knowledge the guests already had and their interest in particular for the economics and re-unification of Germany.
Humanitarian Aid to the aggrieved persons of the Hunza disaster
The Federal Republic of Germany is providing 4.2 million Pakistani rupees for tents, blankets and hygiene kits as a relief to the internally displaced persons in the Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, especially to women and children. The measures will be implemented by FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance, an affiliate of the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan (AKF – P).
A massive landslide disaster in Attaabad, Hunza, on 4 January 2010 left 19 people dead, besides internally displacing over 170 households from four villages. The other major impact of this landslide was the complete blockage of the Hunza River, which has lead to the formation of a huge lake . As a consequence, a growing number of houses have been flooded and thousands of people had to be evacuated from downstream areas as a precautionary measure. The lake has submerged and damaged substantial parts of the Karakoram Highway (KKH), thus cutting off road access and communication links with the upper Hunza Valley and China.
With the support of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS) Pakistan, a German parliamentary group was founded in October 2009, the first and only friendship group within the Pakistani Parliament. Among ...
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The Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, paid a three day working visit to the Federal Republic of Germany (30 November - 2nd December 2009)
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