DLP Report
PESHAWAR
A sixteen-member delegation from the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Peshawar, has arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for a seven-day educational and recreational tour.
Led by IRS Chairman Dr Muhammad Iqbal Khalil, the delegation departed from Islamabad International Airport yesterday, with plans to visit historical, educational, and cultural sites in Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara.
The itinerary includes visits to the tombs of Imam Bukhari and Amir Taimur, the Mir Arab Madrassa, and various universities.
This goodwill tour to the Central Asian Muslim state of Uzbekistan is led by IRS Chairman Dr Muhammad Iqbal Khalil.
Delegation members include IRS Vice Chairman and former Chairman of the Peshawar Secondary Board, Professor Dr Fazlur Rehman Qureshi, renowned physician Dr Khalid Saifullah, prominent businessman and social figure from Peshawar, Haji Muhammad Aslam, Engineer Izhar Ahmed, Engineer Nasirul Mulk, Engineer Zahoor Ahmed, Engineer Jahangir Khattak, well-known landowner from Swabi, Anwar Murad Ali Shah Advocate, Executive Director of Book on Wheels, Ahmed Hussain, Dr Haroon Haider, Dr Habib Ullah, educationist Meraj Nabi, businessman and social figure Kazim Ullah, and Suleiman Khan.
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee for Central Asian Republics at the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Peshawar, Naeem Rehman, is the chief organizer of this tour.
This trip is being conducted on a self-financed basis.
It marks IRS’s third tour of the Central Asian states.
Notably, IRS delegations have previously visited Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
