Speakers urge building Pak-Turk linkages through educational institutions.

ISLAMABAD -- The speakers at a conference on Saturday emphasized the need to establish linkages between Pakistan and Turkey through educational institutions.

A number of Pakistani students avail the Turkish universities scholarships but the ratio of Turkish students coming to Pakistani educational institutes is very low which can be addressed by establishing more institutions, they said.

They were addressing the NUST and Ankara Centre of Thought and Research (ADAM-ACTR) joint conference on Economic, Social and Political Relations between Turkey and Pakistan here.

The main themes of the conference were based on the History of Turkey-Pakistan relations with a focus on the economic, financial, commercial, and international cooperation opportunities.

They highlighted the role of Islamic Economics and Finance on Development, and the Social and Cultural Relations between Pakistan and Turkey.

The participants provided a road map to stimulate and disseminate new research on economic cooperation between Turkey and Pakistan. They added that in the last few years, the perceptions and interests of Turkey and Pakistan had started to converge on a number of important issues. For over half century, Turkey and Pakistan remained close friends.

The Pro Rector (Research, Innovation and Commercialization) NUST Dr Rizwan Riaz expressed how cordial the relations between the two countries were, by saying 'Turkey is our brother country'.

President Ankara Centre of Thought and Research Prof. Mehmat Bulut stated that in recent years Turkey had increased its activity, not only in its own geography, but also in those countries that are far from region and not developed economically.

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