GILGIT: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Friday that the beautiful region of Gilgit-Baltistan was located at the crossroads of ancient and great civilizations of the world therefore there is a great blend of different cultures in this region. He urged that youth must convert this cultural herit
age into educationa
l opportun
ities which came from the Great Silk Route in the past and now offered by the landmark China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project. The president said this while addressing the 8th Convocation of Karakorum International University (KIU) in Gilgit on Friday.
The president appreciat
ed the establishment of CPEC Cell in the Karakorum International University to take full advantage from this mega project and other related projects. He added that this is a positive development to explore the different dimensions of this remarkable project and to reap the maximum benefits from the opportun
ities offered by related projects keeping in view the local conditions. He emphasised that CPEC would not only bring economic prosperity in this region but will also open up new academic avenues for the youth. He urg
ed the university especially its CPEC Cell to build international contacts so that effective strategy could be made to take maximum advantage from these emerging opportunities. He hoped that KIU would perform valuable services in this sector. “If this cell introduces some new courses to make CPEC studies more effective and comprehensive then its utilisation will not remain limited to this university only,” he said. He also direct
ed the administration to keep him informed about the activ
ities of this Cell so that he could provide his continuous feedback.
The president also lauded that the department of modern languages in the university had started functioning. He stated that linguistic research was not an easy task and after the l
aunch of CPEC the importance of the department had increased manifold.
Published in Daily Times, August 26th 2017.
