International Isl
amic University, Islamabad (IIUI) and Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) have agreed to boost mutual cooperation in terms of scholarships, conferences and academic excellence.
This development was result of a meeting between Director General (ISESCO), Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri and President IIUI Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh.
During the meeting, Dr Abdulaziz Othman assured of cooperation regarding provision of scholarships to IIUI students. He hailed IIUI’s role for improvement of educational standards for the youth of Muslim world. Both the personalities also discussed matter of a conference on “The Experience of Islamic Universities in Teaching of Arabic Language to Non-Arabs”, regarding which ISESCO DG said that organization will jointly work with IIUI for arrangements of the conference. It was also agreed in the meeting that IIUI and ISESC
O would jointly hold a conference on Iqbal’s thoughts in Morocco.
Dr. Al-Draiweesh congratulated Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri upon receiving Sitara i Imtiaz which was conferred upon him by blog the Government of Pakistan on March 23. President IIUI said on the occasion that university is keen to broaden its linkages with all the universities of the world. He reiterated his resolve that IIUI would keep disseminating Islam’s message of peace. He also thanked ISESCO for cooperation with IIUI and hoped that mutual ties would be further strengthened in future.