CHICAGO: The mayor of Bolingbrook, a suburb of the United States (US) cityof Chicago, will pay a goodwill visit to Pakistan in March, it wasannounced Thursday.
During his visit, Mayor Roger Claar, who will be accompanied by a businessdelegation, is set to make a trip to Sialkot, a city with which Bolingbrookhas Sister City Agreement since July 2017.
Mayor Claar made the announcement of his trip to Pakistan at the annuallunch that he hosted— which was attended by more than 600 guests, includinga large number of CEOs of leading US-based businesses, elected officialsand members of Consular Corps.
Pakistan Consul General Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, who was among the guests, toldreporters at the event that Sialkot and Bolingbrook are set to start a newera of people-to-people and business-to-business relations between Pakistanand the US.
Mayor Claar also displayed Sialkot-made products sent to him by the mayorof Sialkot as well as by the President Sialkot Chamber of Commerce andIndustry. These products included footballs used in the last Football WorldCup.
Bolingbrook has been hosting Pakistan’s Independence Day celebration eventsfor the last 26 years.
The Pakistani flag hoisting ceremony and the gala event hosted by theAssociation of Pakistani-Americans of Bolingbrook was attended by over18,000 people in August 2017.