The MoU was signed by Vice Chancellor University of Peshawar Prof. Dr. Azmat Hayat Khan with Rector Tashkent Institute of Oriental Studies in Tashkent Abduurrahim Mananov. The two institutes under the joint program are to arrange special trainings, researches and workshops of the faculty and students of both the institutes so as to enhance co operations in understanding and carrying researches in eastern languages especially Urdu, Pashto and Persian.

Rector Tashkent institute of oriental studies, Mr. Abdurrahim Mananov who is a learned scholar and wrote several books on Pashto especially rokhaniat said that the MoU is a step towards enhancing co operations between the two institutes as well as the two countries. The only way to establish good bilateral relations between nation states is to understand and get acquainted with their language which then leads to understanding culture and norms of the locals, and today MoU is a step towards attaining it he added.

Prof. Dr. Azmat Hayat Khan said that we have very little knowledge about the neighboring countries especially Central Asian Countries saying that it’s an accepted fact that Central Asia is the future of the world, thats why seeing the importance of these nations we need to strengthen strong relations with them. He added that our province and FATA has been regarded as a gateway of Central Asia for trade as most of these countries are landlocked, That’s why they can play vital role in boosting the countries economy. Under the MoU he said that Scholars and faculty of Institute of Persian language and literature and centre of Pashto language and literature will be sent under the exchange program to TSIOS, while teachers and researchers from the same would visit UoP for joint researches on Urdu, Pashto and Persian languages.

Vice Chancellor appreciated the strong cordial relations that University of Peshawar have with institutes in Uzbekistan especially Tashkent institute of oriental studies and said that the joint linguistic research projects and topics carried out by scholars of both the institutes would open new corridors of bilateral co operations. He praised the scholarly approach of rector Abdurrahim Mananov and said that his contribution towards exploring the essence of rokhaniat is commendable. Later the Vice Chancellor presented a donation of books to the rector for his institute.

During his visit to Tashkent the Vice Chancellor UoP visited Pakistan Study Centre and met with it director Dr. Ansaruddin besides delivering several lectures at TSIOS and PSC.