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President Zardari departs for Germany on 3-day visit to discuss bilateral ties
President Asif Ali Zardari departed for Germany on Thursday on a three-day visit to discuss bilateral ties as the two countries are set to mark the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. In a statement issued earlier, the Foreign Office (FO) said the president’s visit, scheduled for Oct 22-24, is “part of high-level exchanges between Pakistan and Germany”. President Zardari “has departed from Lahore for Germany”, the President’s office said on social media on Thursday. The FO statement highlighted that the visit “holds special significan