President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif have expressed their condolences for the devastating fire incident in North-Western Turkey.
The Prime Minister expressed his warmest sympathies to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the phone over the loss of life in the devastating Grand Kartal Hotel fire in northwest Turkey.
The entire Pakistani nation, he continued, is devastated by this news and is praying for the deceased and the injured to recover quickly.
Shehbaz Sharif gave President Erdogan the assurance that Pakistanis were fully supporting their Turkish brothers and sisters during their time of sorrow.
The prime minister praised the Turkish authorities’ prompt response to the regrettable occurrence and pledged to offer any support that would be required in this area.
President Erdogan expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the gesture, saying it was a sign of the two nations’ close fraternal connections and their shared intention to further them for their mutual advantage.

The final portion of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s speech, delivered in German during the World Bank’s Country Partnership framework launch ceremony.
In honor of Martin Raiser, the German-born vice president of the World Bank, the prime minister spoke in German.

Four bills passed by both houses but returned by the president have been adopted by the Joint Sitting of Parliament. The opposition benches had nothing against the bill.
Speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq chaired the Joint Session.
Trade Organizations Amendment Bill 2021, Imports and Exports Control Amendment Bill 2023, National Institute of Technology Bill 2024, and National Excellence Institute Bill 2025 were all passed by the Joint Sitting of Parliament.
Under article 54(1) of the constitution, President Asif Ali Zardari had called a meeting of the Parliament’s joint session.
The Speaker National Assembly subsequently postponed the joint session of parliament until the 12th of the next month.