Washington, Feb 20 (TNS): A 22-member Pakistani delegation of students and faculty members compared notes with American counterparts at Valparaiso University in the US state of Indiana on their leaning experiences and exchanged ideas about promoting cooperation.
The occasion was a luncheon hosted by Valparaiso University President Mark Heckler for the visiting 18 students and four faculty members. Speaking at the event, Pakistan’s Consul General Faisal Niaz Tirmizi said that exchange visits between students and faculty of educational institutes of Pakistan and United States would help further strengthen the relations between the both countries. In this regard, he stressed the need for increased people-to-people, universities-to-universities and businesses-to-businesses contacts.
He advised the visiting Pakistani students to take advantage of their current visit to the United States and build close ties with students here. He described them as young ambassadors of Pakistan and true depiction of a country which is full of talent. Heckler, the president of the Valparaiso University, welcomed the future leaders of Pakistan and hoped that they would will carry happy memories of their stay in Indiana and Illinois. He noted that Pakistan was an important country with a population of 220 million, sixty percent of which is under the age of 26 years.
