PU announces scholarships for Tajik students
National
March 4, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad has announced scholarships for the students of Tajikistan who would seek admissions at PU from fall 2021 as a part of efforts to bring two nations together.
He was talking to Tajikistan’s Ambassador Ismatullo Nasredin at the VC office here on Wednesday. Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar, Regional Integration Centre Director Dr Fauzia Hadi Ali, Centre for Global and Strategic Studies Executive Director Khalid Taimur and others were present. Nasredin said both the countries were historically and culturally connected.
Lahore
March 3, 2021
LAHORE:Belarusian Ambassador Mr Andrei Metelitsa has expressed his resolve to promote bilateral relations with Pakistan and its universities through collaboration in various fields of mutual interest.
He was talking to Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad during his visit to PU here Tuesday. Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar, deans of various faculties, Director External Linkages Dr Sobia Khurram and others were present on the occasion.
Addressing the meeting, Mr Metelitsa stressed the need to promote academic relations among the universities of both the countries through exchange of faculty members and students and joint research projects. He said art, culture and literature could play an important role in strengthening ties between both the countries. He said Belarus wanted promotion of trade ties with Pakistan. Prof Niaz Ahmad said that both the countries could benefit from each other’s potential in various fields.