An engineering university is set to introduce a Turkish language learning programme for students. The NED University of Engineering and Technology and Turkey’s Maarif Foundation inked an agreement in Karachi in this regard. The Turkish agency will assist the university in conducting the language course, according to Ahmet Sami Demir, Maarif Foundation’s Karachi coordinator. Professor Sarosh Hashmat Lodhi, the vice-chancellor of the university, said the Turkish language programme will initially be optional for students but might be declared mandatory in the future in view of its importance and necessity. Following the agreement, the foundation, which had had the status of an international non-governmental organisation, is now treated as a Turkish government institution in Pakistan.

Source: Pakistan Today April 10, 2021 06:22 UTC