Afghan Delegates Visit Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) & Forman Christian College University (FCCU)
During the visit to Lahore as part of outreach and university interaction planned for the track 1.5/II project Beyond Boundaries, selected members of the Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Committee visited LUMS and FCCU on Tuesday 20 October, 2016. The interactions at both universities focused on Pak-Afghan bilateral relations on the topic of: “Rationalizing discourse on Pak-Afghan Relations: Is a Reset from Acrimony to Amity possible”.
At LUMS the Pakistani group was represented by Mian Sanaullah, former ambassador, while the Afghan side was represented by Abdul Hakim Mujahid, head of executive council of the High Peace Council, and Wazhma Frogh, senior advisor to Defense Minister, while CRSS and WPSO representatives also participated. The faculty members and about 25-30 students attended the presentations by the two sides at the Department of Humanity and Social Sciences.
About CRSS University Outreach: As part of CRSS efforts to promote people to people contact, especially engaging the youth of both countries, the Beyond Boundaries track 1.5/II project undertaken by Center for Research and Security Studies, Islamabad (CRSS) also comprised university visits. In this connection, Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Committee members from parliament and the civil society from both countries visited universities in Pakistan and Afghanistan to bridge the gulf of mistrust between the two peoples and foster friendly relations.
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