By Adnan Rafique
ISLAMABAD: International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) and Turkmenistan have made progress in extending cooperation in higher education studies of different disciplines related to religion and Arabic language.
In this regard, His Excellency Mr. Atadjan Movlamov, ambassador of Turkmenistan to Pakistan have recently called on Prof. Dr. Ahmed Saad Alahmed, President and Acting Rector of IIUI.
They were accompanied by a high-powered delegation from the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Mr. Atamyrat Saparmyradov, Specialist at the Office of the Mufti of Turkmenistan, also attended the meeting.
The visiting dignitaries expressed their keen desire to enter into cooperation with IIUI in the fields of Usul-ud-Din, Shariah and Arabic. They acknowledged IIUI as the prime institution of Pakistan offering advanced-level research and study in these disciplines.
Warmly welcoming the guests, the worthy President offered the people of Turkmenistan the opportunity to benefit from IIUI’s academic strength and promote education through the university’s programmes. He assured the delegation of the university’s full support in building academic partnerships that would enable Turkmen students and scholars to pursue higher studies and research at IIUI.
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Saad Alahmed, an internationally acknowledged academician, a Hafiz-e-Quran and a prayer leader, took keen interest in the proposal put forward by the Turkmen Ambassador and the former Mufti. The two sides discussed all its details thoroughly.
Later, the delegation attended a presentation by Maj. Gen. (R) Dr. Ghulam Qamar, Director General of Religious Education.
The Turkmen Ambassador and the former Mufti thanked the worthy President for his generosity and for the university’s openness to the Turkmen people, and expressed hope that the cooperation would further strengthen educational and religious ties between the two brotherly countries.
