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| 2 | 2 | | H. R. 446 |
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| 4 | 4 | | House Resolution 446 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By: Representatives Mughal of the 105 |
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| 17 | 17 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 18 | 18 | | Honoring the Province of Sindh's status as a sister state with Georgia; and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Sindh was the site of one of the cradle of civilizations, the Bronze Age Indus2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Valley civilization, which flourished from about 3000 BCE. Sindh is home to two3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites: the Makli Necropolis and Mohenjo-daro; and4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, the economy of Sindh is the second-largest in Pakistan; its provincial capital5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Karachi is the most populous city in the country as well as its main financial hub; and6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Sindh is home to a large portion of Pakistan's industrial sector and contains two7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | of the country's busiest commercial seaports: Port Qasim and the Port of Karachi. The8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | remainder of Sindh consists of an agriculture-based economy and produces fruits, consumer9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | items, and vegetables for other parts of the country, similar to the State of Georgia; and10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, much of Sindh's economy is influenced by the economy of Karachi, the largest11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | city and economic capital of the country. Historically, Sindh's contribution to Pakistan's12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | GDP has been between 30 percent to 32.7 percent; and13 23 LC 126 0211 |
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| 32 | 32 | | H. R. 446 |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS the Province of Sindh is endowed with coastal access and is a major center of |
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| 36 | 36 | | economic activity in Pakistan with a highly diversified economy ranging from heavy industry15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and finance centered in and around Karachi to a substantial agricultural base along the Indus.16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Manufacturing includes machine products, cement, plastics, and various other goods; and17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | WHEREAS, agriculture plays an important role in Sindh with cotton, rice, wheat, sugar cane,18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | bananas, and mangoes as the most important crops. The largest and finer quality of rice is19 |
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| 41 | 41 | | produced in the Larkano district; and20 |
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| 42 | 42 | | WHEREAS, Sindh is the richest province in natural resources of gas, petrol, and coal; and21 |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, Georgia is home to the Honorable Farooq Mughal, the first Pakistan-American22 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and Sindhi-American elected to the Georgia House of Representatives; and23 |
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| 45 | 45 | | WHEREAS, a sister-state relationship between the State of Georgia and the Province of24 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Sindh would promote mutual trade and commerce and increase the potential for educational,25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | environmental, and cultural relations between the Province of Sindh and the State of Georgia;26 |
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| 48 | 48 | | and27 |
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| 49 | 49 | | WHEREAS, the legislature of the State of Georgia, on behalf of the people of Georgia,28 |
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| 50 | 50 | | extends to the people of the Province of Sindh an invitation to join with Georgia in a29 |
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| 51 | 51 | | sister-state relationship until December 31, 2026, in order to encourage and facilitate30 |
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| 52 | 52 | | mutually beneficial economic, educational, environmental, and cultural exchanges and to31 |
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| 53 | 53 | | lead to a more indelible and lasting relationship between Georgians and the people of the32 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Province of Sindh.33 23 LC 126 0211 |
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| 55 | 55 | | H. R. 446 |
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| 57 | 57 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that |
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| 59 | 59 | | any sister state agreement developed will identify objectives, areas of mutual interest, a list35 |
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| 60 | 60 | | of potential activities, and an initial list of public and private partners that will help to36 |
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| 61 | 61 | | advance the purposes of the sister state agreement, including one or more entities that will37 |
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| 62 | 62 | | serve as facilitators and general points of contact.38 |
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| 63 | 63 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized39 |
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| 64 | 64 | | and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the40 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Governor of Georgia, State Representative Farooq Mughal, the Governor of Sindh, the41 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Legislature of Sindh, and the representatives from Georgia in the United States Congress.42 |
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