Pakistani Ambassador to Nepal Abrar H Hashmi called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday.

During the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Singha Durbar, they discussed issues of bilateral relations between Nepal and Pakistan and the areas of economic and social cooperation.

Prime Minister Dahal met with the Pakistani ambassador after returning from participating in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony.

After returning from New Delhi, Dahal had said during the meetings with Indian leaders, he raised the issue of rejuvenating the SAARC.

Ambassador Hashmi met Prime Minister Dahal as Pakistan is trying to make the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) operational, embassy officials said after the meeting.

The SAARC Summit has not been organised for ten years after the 18th Summit was convened in Kathmandu in November 2014.

Pakistan had made all preparations for the SAARC summit in 2016 which couldn’t take place after India’s refusal to participate.