The ambassador desired that Ankara University and NUML facilitated each other through exchange programme. ILLUSTRATION: JAMAL KHURSHID
Academic synergies between higher learning institutes of Pakistan and Turkey would bring both the nations closer for the mutual benefit of the two countries.
Turkey’s new ambassador Sadik Babur Girgin said this during his visit to the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) on Friday.
He discussed issues of mutual interest with Rector Maj-Gen (Retd) Masood Hassan Director-General Brig Azam Jamal.
Girgin said that the investment being made by Turkish entrepreneurs in different sectors of Pakistan including education, communications, engineering and telecom was “reflective of our desire to contribute our share for the development and growth of Pakistan”, said a press release issued by the NUML.
The envoy said that academic synergies and joint venture should be developed as the education was instrumental for economic development of any nation.
He expressed his desire that the Ankara University and the NUML facilitated each other through faculty exchange, students exchange, faculty development, short and partial scholarships programmes in the field of social sciences.
Rector Hasan said that the NUML would like to have academic collaboration with Turkish universities and ready to open a campus in any of Turkish universities to provide its expertise in language teaching.
The ambassador also visited Turkish Department at NUML, the newly established writing resource centre, library, language labs and other facilities.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2014.
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