Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Monday said Pakistan-Turkey trade would further enhance in different sectors including agriculture and health.
He was addressing the participants of International Conference on Forestry and Environment at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad in which Turkish Consul General Serdar Deniz and other Turkish delegates participated. He said that Pakistan and Turkey were enjoying the good relations on the base of brotherhood. He stressed upon the need to set up language center of the both countries at the educational institutions to learn from each other experiences. He said that recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan further boosted up the bilateral ties and the Turkish government announcement of providing 500 scholarship for the Pakistani students would help benefit from the experiences. He said that the trade volume of the both countries was standing at 1 billion dollars that would be rise up to 100 billion dollars. Turkish Consul General said that they had set up a language center in Sudan after which students from Sudan were coming in his country for the studies and research purposes. He said that they were setting up a language center in Lahore. The language center can be established in University of Agriculture, Faisalabad . He said the Turkish consider Pakistani as their brothers. UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar A Khan said that UAF was partnered with Turkey in many projects and working on the research and poverty alleviation programmes. He said that Pakistan and Turkey are enjoying excellent ties and after the announcement of 500 scholarships, it would be further expedited. He also said that the deforestation is bringing the losses to our country that must be ended. Dr Seyit Aydin rector Kastamonu University Turkey said that the scholarship program would further bring the people further closer. Dr Amjad Aulak Dean Faculty of Agriculture UAF said that the tangible steps are needed to end the deforestation. He said that the forest in the country was only 2 percent compared to the internatuional standards of 25 percent. UAF Department of Forestry Chairman said that the climate changes were posing a serious threat to the people. He said that forst net needs to be increased and awareness must be created about the importance of tress in our lives.