ISLAMABAD: The International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) and Turkmenistan have discussed expanding academic cooperation in religious studies and the Arabic language, with a focus on higher education, research and student exchanges.
Turkmenistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Atadjan Movlamov, and Chief Imam of the Spiritual Mosque of Arkadag and Rector of the Higher Madrasa, Yalkap Hojagulyyev, met IIUI President and Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmed Saad Alahmed.
They were accompanied by a high-powered delegation from the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
The visiting dignitaries expressed their keen interest in establishing academic cooperation with IIUI in the fields of Usul-ud-Din, Shariah and Arabic.
They acknowledged IIUI as a leading institution in Pakistan offering advanced-level research and education in these disciplines.
Welcoming the guests, the IIUI president offered the people of Turkmenistan an opportunity to benefit from the university’s academic strengths and educational 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 recognised academician, Hafiz-e-Quran and prayer leader, took a keen interest in the proposal put forward by the Turkmen ambassador and the former Mufti. The two sides discussed the proposal in detail.
Later, the delegation attended a presentation by Maj. Gen. (R) Dr. Ghulam Qamar, Director General of Religious Education.
The delegation thanked the president for his hospitality and the university’s openness to the people of Turkmenistan, expressing hope that the cooperation would further strengthen educational and religious ties between the two brotherly countries.
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