Swedish envoy promises help for tourism, education in G-B

Ingrid Johansson pledges to support tourism sector besides providing scholarships to students

GILGIT: Swedish Ambassador Ingrid Johansson on Friday said that every possible support would be provided to Gilgit Baltistan (G-B) government for promotion of tourism sector besides providing scholarships to students to get quality education in Sweden.

She said a comprehensive tour to Sweden would be arranged for the staff of Karakorum International University for their capacity building purposes.

During a meeting with the G-B Governor Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan at Governor House, Johansson appreciated the high literacy rate in the region. The governor told her that G-B was an important region of Pakistan and was a centre of tourism where hundreds of thousands of tourists come every year.

He urged Johansson to use her office in convincing the Swedish government for providing scholarship to students of G-B in Swedish universities.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 29^th, 2017.