{"id":13335,"date":"2025-10-28T14:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/28\/promoting-pak-turk-friendship-youth-exchange\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:18:47","slug":"promoting-pak-turk-friendship-youth-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/28\/promoting-pak-turk-friendship-youth-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting Pak Turk Friendship Through Youth Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opening ceremony of Pak Turk Friendship Week, organised by the Prime Minister Youth Program, was held at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts in Islamabad. The event featured the Minister of State for National Heritage and Culture <strong>Huzifa Rehman<\/strong> as the guest of honour and <strong>H.E. Irfan Neziro\u011flu<\/strong>, Turkey&#8217;s ambassador to Pakistan. Both dignitaries were warmly received by MNA and focal person for the Prime Minister Youth Program <strong>Syeda Amna Batool<\/strong> and focal person <strong>Syed Zeeshan Naqvi<\/strong>, whose hospitality and arrangements were widely praised.<\/p>\n<p>Guests toured a pictorial exhibition tracing the historical ties between Pakistan and Turkey, where rare photographs of national monuments, cultural heritage, bilateral cooperation and leadership meetings were displayed. Visitors appreciated the visual narrative of past milestones and the enduring Pak Turk friendship reflected in the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, <strong>Huzifa Rehman<\/strong> emphasised that Pakistan and Turkey share historical, cultural and brotherly bonds, and said the younger generation must unite through cooperation and innovation to address future challenges. He urged youth to play an active role in strengthening the Pak Turk friendship at community and institutional levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>H.E. Irfan Neziro\u011flu<\/strong> told the media that &#8216;Pakistan has always maintained pleasant and strong relations with Turkey, and we are determined to further promote these ties.&#8217; He thanked Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and the Prime Minister Youth Program, adding that events like this week are important for taking bilateral relations to new heights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syeda Amna Batool<\/strong>, speaking as focal person for the Prime Minister Youth Program, said the objective of Pak Turk Friendship Week is to deepen collaboration in youth development, education, culture and innovation. She noted that such activities provide encouragement and opportunities for young people to engage more closely with Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syed Zeeshan Naqvi<\/strong> told reporters that the Prime Minister Youth Program is working to advance educational and cultural exchanges between Pakistan and Turkey, with youth acting as a bridge between the two countries. He said further programmes will open new chapters in bilateral ties, described Turkey as a reliable friend of Pakistan, and outlined plans for cultural events, exhibitions and seminars during the week to strengthen people to people connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PM Youth Program opens Pak Turk friendship week at PNCA Islamabad to boost youth exchange, culture and innovation between Pakistan and Turkey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}