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‘Pak ties with Turkey beneficial for Ummah’

By our correspondents
December 11, 2016

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Saturday said Pakistan and Turkey enjoyed friendly and brotherly relations and hoped that this bilateral cooperation would be beneficial for Muslim Ummah and humanity.

The president was talking to Dr. Mehmet Gormez, President Religious Affairs of Turkey, who along with a delegation called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. On the occasion Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousuf and Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Sadik Babur Girgin were also present.

The president said the regular exchange of delegations between the two countries would further cement bilateral relations.  He appreciated the idea of establishment of Imam Hatip school system in Pakistan.