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Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif gestures as attends a meeting of traders during election campaign in Islamabad on May 1, 2013. — Photo by AFP

LAHORE: The British High Commissioner, Adam Thomson met with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday, DawnNews Reported.

In the meeting, mutual interest and bilateral relations were discussed.

Thomson said that the British government is an advocate of democracy and he added that their government wants better relation with the future democratic government of Pakistan.

Moreover, PML-N chief said that Pakistan’s new government would focus more on trade than aid so that the economic crisis can be extracted from the country.

Adam Thomas also congratulated Nawaz Sharif on his success in the general elections and expressed good wishes on behalf of United Kingdom.

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