Islamabad, A 20-student delegation of University of Dhaka and Jahangir Nagar University Bangladesh visited new campus of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) on Tuesday. The delegation met with Rector IIUI and visited Faculty of social sciences, Female campus and central library.

The visit was sponsored by Embassy of Pakistan at Dhaka through Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan on account of Student Exchange Program. Talking with the students and faculty members of the delegation, Rector IIUI Professor Fateh Muhammad Malik said that Pakistan and Bangladesh have strong religious, cultural and historical bonds.

Professor Malik urged that we should forget the bad experiences of the history. He lauded the role of such students exchange programs in building the relationships between the new generations of both the countries.

Earlier, Dr. Shahid Akhtar, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Dhaka talking at Female Campus of IIUI said that after visiting twelve Pakistani universities we have concluded that there is no sign of war in Pakistan and nor fundamentalism as the media projecting about Pakistan.

He added that we have perceived that females are free and equal in all discipline of life in Pakistan to contribute to the development of this country. Dr. Shahid strongly condemns the propaganda of western media against Pakistan for creating false picture of this nation.

Dean FSS, University of Dhaka invite those who has not visited Pakistan to come and visit this country to see the peace and standard of education in the universities of this country. Dr. Shahid appreciated HEC for the arrangement of such informative tour of Bangladeshi students. He considered the universities of both the countries have equal standards.