{"id":2559,"date":"2014-06-29T10:28:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T04:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartabangla.com\/english\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2014-06-29T10:28:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T04:28:38","slug":"italy-pakistan-business-forum-hosts-farewell-dinner-italian-diplomats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/italy-pakistan-business-forum-hosts-farewell-dinner-italian-diplomats\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy-Pakistan Business Forum hosts farewell dinner for Italian diplomats"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Report by: Aslam Chandio<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Islamabad, Pakistan:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The popular and well like Italian diplomats in Pakistan, Dr. Federico Bianchi and his wife Lavinia Bianchi will be leaving Islamabad in a few days after the completion of their tenure and farewell parties for them are in full swing. Italy-Pakistan Business Forum (IPBF) and Gold Roof Islamabad also hosted a fare well dinner in the honour of Dr. Federico Bianchi, head of economic and commercial section of Italian Embassy in Pakistan and his wife Lavinia Bianchi, which was attended by a number of their good friends, both from the diplomatic corps as well as Pakistanis. Lars-Gunnar Wigemark,\u00a0Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan was the guest of honour.<\/p>\n

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Secretary General IPBF, Khurram Shahzad Hameed welcomes the guests.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Welcoming the guests on the behalf of IPBF, Khurram Shahzad Hameed Secretary General IPBF lauded the contribution of Dr. Federico Bianchi in promoting trade and building the soft image of Pakistan at the international level and expressed hope that they will continue to strengthen the good relations between Pakistan and Italy. He said that the role of Dr. Federico Bianchi in building institutions to promote trade, commerce and investment between both countries will always be remembered. \u201cDr. Federico Bianchi has laid a strong foundation to assist business community,\u201d Khurram Shahzad Hameed stated. He expressed gratitude to them for their vibrant role in facilitating Pakistani traders and business community to access the Italian markets.<\/p>\n

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Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan awards memento to Dr. Federico Bianchi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lars-Gunnar Wigemark awarded the mementos to Dr. Federico Bianchi and Lavinia Bianchi.<\/p>\n

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Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan awards memento to Lavinia Bianchi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking on the occasion, Senator Sughra Imam, while acknowledging the fact that the Italian diplomats had been very active and promoted bilateral relations between Italy and Pakistan, also spoke of the times they had worked together and shared those experiences. She concluded by wishing the couple well and raising a toast to \u2018friendship and Pakistan.\u2019 She also mentioned Bianchi\u2019s key contributions in strengthening Italy-Pakistan commercial relations.<\/p>\n

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Senator Sughra Imam addresses the farewell gathering.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In his response \u2014 which he delivered in his usual cheerful manner \u2014 Dr. Federico Bianchi thanked his hosts for getting together some of their good friends and said he was sorry to be leaving Pakistan, a country he and his wife had grown to love and know so well. \u201cPakistan is a very beautiful country with a rich culture and welcoming people. It is true that Pakistan has been facing several complex challenges. Italy will stand next to Pakistan in these difficult times. Bilateral Trade and investment relations between the two countries are growing. Italy has always followed the Pakistani markets with keen interest and it has increased its\u2019 positioning, becoming one of the top ten global trading partners of Pakistan and the third among EU member states, after the UK and Germany.\u00a0Italy\u00a0is considered to be a most privileged and reliable partner pertaining to its economic and trade\u00a0relations\u00a0with\u00a0Pakistan\u201d, Dr. Federico Bianchi stated.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Federico Bianchi thanks his hosts for farewell party.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He concluded with a toast to the hosts; his friends and Pakistan and said it was not goodbye but \u2018arrivederci\u2019\u2014 which is more like \u2018till we meet again\u2019\u2014 as he hoped to come back to Pakistan many times.<\/p>\n

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IPBF awards the medal of excellence to Dr. Federico Bianchi in recognition of his diplomatic services.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking on the occasion, Raja Nazeem ul Amin underscored his efforts at diplomatic level and applauded the role of Italian Government in EU to grant Pakistan GSP Plus status that has reduced duties and tariffs and has positivity impacted the textile and leather sectors. The IPBF also awarded the medal of excellence to Dr. Federico Bianchi in recognition of his diplomatic services. He also mentioned the recent projects in the fields of construction industry aiming at the promotion of Italian experiences to develop energy efficient housing.<\/p>\n

Aslam Chandio is an Islamabad based journalist. He tweets at @aslamchandio_<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0<\/em> \u00a0<\/em> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Report by: Aslam Chandio Islamabad, Pakistan: The popular and well like Italian diplomats in Pakistan, Dr. Federico Bianchi and his wife Lavinia Bianchi will be leaving Islamabad in a few days after the completion of their tenure and farewell parties for them are in full swing. Italy-Pakistan Business Forum (IPBF) and Gold Roof Islamabad also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}