Lahore and Chicago declared sister cities.
08 Feb, 2007:
Lahore and Chicago have been declared sister cities with a
view to promote traditional links of friendship between the two
metropolis and to reaffirm their mutual aspiration to work in unison
for the benefit of their cities and nations.
District Nazim Lahore Mian Amer Mahmood and Mayor of Chicago Richard
M. Daley signed a joint declaration to this effect in a specially held
ceremony at Chicago Cultural Center, the other day. Members of
Chicago City Council, Chairman of Chicago Sister Cities Program
International Robart, W. Junior, District Nazim Mandi Baha Ud Din Riaz
Asghar Chaudhary, prominent expatriate Pakistanis Dr. Tariq Butt,
Mazhar Sahi, Munir Akhter, Dr. Murtaza Aryen, Iftikhar Naseem, Rana
Javed and a large number of others living in Chicago, attended the
ceremony.
Under the declaration, mayors of the two cities had vowed that the
City of Chicago and the City of Lahore, on the basis of friendly
cooperation, equality and mutual benefit, will develop a sister
cities’ relationship to promote and broaden cultural, education and
economic cooperation and trade relations between the two cities. In
addition, they will carry out exchanges in such fields as tourism,
education, medicine, science and technology, sports and others to
promote prosperity and further develop friendship between the people
of their countries.
The sister city relationship had been established under the rules and
regulations of Sister Cities International, Town Affiliation
Association of the United States, Inc. It is pertinent to note that
Lahore has become the 26th member of Chicago‘s Sister Cities Program’,
which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
Lahore had already signed sister city understanding with as many as 10
different cities of the world. It was for the first time that it had
signed such a union with a city of the United States. Under the
leadership of Mian Amer Mahmood, Lahore signed twin city relationships
with Glasgow (U.K) and Mashehed (Iran), last year.
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| (District Nazim Lahore Mian Amer Mahmood and Mayor of
Chicago Richard M. Daley signing joint declaration for declaring
Lahore and Chicago sister cities.)
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