IIU, Moroccan universities agree on cooperation

Islamabad: The International Islamic University and Moroccan universities have agreed to boost mutual cooperation in the fields of academic and scientific research and training by inking memorandums of understanding for dissemination and exchange of knowledge.

The IIU’s MoUs with Hassan II University Casablanca – Morocco and Sidi Mohammad Ben Abellah University, Fez, Morroco were signed here on Faisal Masjid campus on the occasion of visit of a Moroccan delegation of universities’ representatives.

The ambassador of Morocco to Pakistan was also present on the occasion.

The MoUs were signed in the presence of university’s Rector, Dr. Masoom Yasinzai and President IIU Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh.

The delegation included Omar Assobhei, President, University of Fez, Driss Mansouri, President, University Hassan II in Casablanca and Abdelilah Benmlih, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Sciences Dhar El Mehraz.

The IIU and the Moroccan delegation agreed that avenues of bilateral cooperation in the fields of Islamic studies, Shariah and Law and faculty exchange will be explored. It was also agreed that collaboration and exchange of research materials related to joint academic and research projects will be initiated through a well-devised roadmap.

Both sides were keen for organizing joint ventures for promotion of education upon which top leaderships bilaterally vowed that steps for holding conferences, seminars, lectures and workshops in the fields of mutual interest will be taken as soon as possible.