Visa harships to be waived: Australian HC

MULTAN: Australian High Commissioner Margaret Adamson has said Pakistan and Australia have been enjoying cordial relations for the last many decades. Addressing the Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry executive committee members here on Friday, she assured that hardship in visas would be ended and recommendations of chambers for trade visas would be properly entertained. She said that there was an ample room for enhancing the volume of bilateral trade between the two countries. Currently, the trade volume between Australia and Pakistan was a little over US $400 million annually, which could be further enhanced manifolds, she added. She said that Australia had been assisting Pakistan in a number of sectors, including agriculture, water management, livestock, mining, and energy. She praised the thriving culture of small and medium level industries in Multan and urged the local businesspersons, industrialists and exporters to come forward and explore the Australian market and enjoy lucrative benefits of investment there. She said that Pakistan was a fast developing nation and had a bright future.