LAHORE
Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Akamatsu Shuichi visited the Punjab University and expressed keen interest in future collaborative work with PU.
He also said that he would look forward to receiving proposals from the university in various fields.
The ambassador was accompanied by his wife Mrs Akamatsu, and Ms Takako Sato, Head of the Culture and Public Information Section at the Embassy of Japan.
PU Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mahmood Saleem along with Director External Linkages Prof Dr Yaamina Salman, Director Students Affairs Prof. Dr Shahzeb Khan, Director ORIC Prof. Dr Aqil Inam, and faculty members welcomed the distinguished guests.
The following faculty members with academic and professional experience in Japan were also present at the meeting held in the PU Vice Chancellor’s Office Committee Room:
The participants showed keen interest in developing future collaborations. Dr Naeem Rashid and Dr Arshad Javed conversed with the guests in Japanese, adding a personal dimension to an exchange that reflected the university’s longstanding academic connections with Japan attended the meeting.
The delegation also visited PU Library and its manuscript room, where senior librarian Dr Hamid introduced the guests to the library’s rare and valuable manuscripts and their scholarly significance.
At the Zoology Museum, Dr Bushra Nisar Khan, an ornithologist from the Institute of Zoology known for her enthusiasm for birds, briefed the delegation on the museum’s fossils and diverse zoological collections.
The Ambassador showed keen interest in the exhibits.
Dr Bushra also presented her book, The Birds of Punjab University, to Akamatsu Shuichi in the presence of Mrs Akamatsu.
