AJK minister Prof. Taqdees Gillani calls on Pakistani Ambassador for France Asim Iftiakhar Ahmed

Paris, (PR) : AJK minister for Small Industries, Travel & Trade Prof. Taqdees Gillani called on Pakistani Ambassador for France Asim Iftiakhar Ahmed here on Saturday. During her conversation with the ambassador, she said that strengthening the tourism sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was significant to ensure the socio-economic uplift and generate economic activities in the area.
Chairman Jammu & Kashmir Forum France Ch. Naeem Akhtar and Mrs. Samina Raja was also present during the meeting. Pakistani ambasdor in France Asim Iftikhar assured that the embassy would provide all possible support and assistance to facilitate investment in the diverse areas of AJK’s economy, especially the tourism sector. Prof. Taqdees said that AJK was blessed with immense potential for tourism and a beautiful landscape, which needed to be fully developed to attract tourists. Ambessy arranges exhibitions of Kashmir culture, traditional food and handicrafts to permote and introduce Kashmiri commodities here.
The two discussed the overall situation of AJK as well as the issues related to AJK’s development.
Oversear Pakistani community leaders Ch Naeem Akhtar, Raja Saeed Khan, Samina Raja, and others
remarked that the AJK youth needed to be equipped with the latest skills and education to help them find gainful employment, besides contributing to AJK’s development.
They said that overseas diaspora could assist the government of AJK in benefiting from the carbon credit markets.
During the meeting, the ambasdor assured of his support to the AJK government and officials.
The AJK minister invited the overseas diaspora to visit AJK.
The ambasdor and diaspora also reiterated their commitment for continued moral, political, and diplomatic support to the people of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) till the attainment of their right to self-determination.
Condemning the human rights violations and the atrocities being committed by the Indian occupation forces in IIOJK, they called upon the international community to put pressure on India to end human rights violations being committed by its security forces and implement the UN Security Council resolutions.