28/10/2020
Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh, Vice Chancellor of Sindh Madressatul Islam University has said that Pakistan and Chinahave five thousand years old relationship through their civilizations which were Indus Valley Civilization and Yellow River Civilization. Now the friendship of these two countries has gotten more strength by jointly working on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). He said this while addressing the program organized by SMIU in the honor of 5-member delegation of SMIU's partner university - Hainan Tropical Ocean University (HTOU), China, at its Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto Auditorium, on Thursday.
Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh further said that China's One Belt One Road project is a game changer in the world, which will connect 65 countries of the world. CPEC is a part of that grand Chinese project, which will connect Pakistan with the world. Thus, it will also change the destiny of people of Pakistan economically and socially. Therefore, youth especially students of Pakistan must prepare themselves to get jobs and avail other opportunities, that will come out from the CPEC in coming five to ten years.
"Participation of educated youth of Pakistan in this over fifty billion dollars project will change not only lives of individuals but also of the nation," Dr Shaikh said and added that universities of Pakistan should educate and train their students according to the needs of the CPEC. He emphasized on 'people to people contact' and collaboration and cooperation between universities of China and Pakistan.
Talking on the hurdles coming in the way of 'people to people contact' of both the countries Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh said that Pakistani people must learn Chinese language and improve their technical and job related skills and Chinese people should learn Urdu and other languages, which are our national languages. In this regard SMIU's Vice Chancellor offered his support to provide language learning opportunity to the students of HTOU. He said that 21 students of SMIU had participated in one month long internship at HTOU in China recently. He further suggested that both the universities should provide education to their students for at least one semester.
Ms Liu Xuan, Professor, School of Marine Information Engineering, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, who was also leader of the delegation, in her speech said that there is a long history of China and Pakistan friendship. Although there is a long distance between these two countries, but our hearts are close to each other. Ms Liu Xuan said that SMIU and HTOU have established a good relationship, which will become stronger in future and provide a bridge between two countries through their students and faculty. She said that it will be an honor for them to provide required support to the students of SMIU at HTOU in coming days. She invited SMIU's students and faculty to visit HTOU and SanyanCity, which is one of the beautiful cities of China.
On this occasion question-answer session was also held and souvenirs were exchanged. Prior to it, documentaries of SMIU and HTOU were screened at the auditorium.
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