{"id":62204,"date":"2026-04-13T13:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/?p=62204"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:22:10","slug":"ambassador-sohail-meets-pakistani-educationists-on-research-and-innovation-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/2026\/04\/13\/ambassador-sohail-meets-pakistani-educationists-on-research-and-innovation-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Sohail Meets Pakistani Educationists on Research and Innovation Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spokesman Report<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye: Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, Secretary-General of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) received a high-level delegation of Educationists from Pakistan at the D-8 Secretariat in Istanbul. Exchanges on the occasion focused on D-8\u2019s origin and historical evolution, the current trajectory of D-8\u2019s sectoral cooperation in myriad fields, and the Organization\u2019s initiatives in the realm of higher education, research, and innovation.
\n\"\"The delegation comprised senior representatives from Pakistan\u2019s higher education and scientific community \u2013 including Dr. Abdul Basit, President of the Association of Private Sector Universities of Pakistan (APSUP) \u2013 Federal Chapter; Mr. Sabur Sethi, President of City University of Science and Technology, Peshawar; and Mr. Muhammad Murtaza Noor, Focal Person and Coordinator for CCoE and Outreach at OIC-COMSTECH, Islamabad.
\nIn his remarks, Secretary-General Ambassador Sohail Mahmood emphasized that education, science, and technology constitute vital pillars of D-8 cooperation, offering significant opportunities for strengthening institutional linkages and advancing collaborative initiatives. He particularly highlighted the D-8 Network of Pioneers for Research and Innovation (NPRI) as a flagship platform connecting leading Universities across D-8 Member States, currently comprising 28 prominent institutions. The Secretary-General encouraged more Pakistani Universities and institutions of higher learning to become part of NPRI through the relevant national Ministries.
\nThe Secretary-General also noted Pakistan\u2019s important role in hosting key D-8 affiliated bodies \u2013 including the D-8 NPRI Secretariat at COMSATS University, Islamabad; and the D-8 Research Center for Agriculture and Food Security (RCAFS) at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
\nThe delegation members commended the Secretariat\u2019s efforts in promoting academic and scientific collaboration and expressed strong interest in expanding engagement with D-8 initiatives, especially within the NPRI framework.
\nThey added that the delegation was visiting T\u00fcrkiye to participate in the Eurasia Higher Education Summit (EURIE) 2026, which brought together a broad representation of Universities and institutions, reflecting Pakistan\u2019s expanding higher education landscape and its commitment to international academic cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spokesman Report Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye: Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, Secretary-General of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) received a high-level delegation of Educationists from Pakistan at the D-8 Secretariat in Istanbul. Exchanges on the occasion focused on D-8\u2019s origin and historical evolution, the current trajectory of D-8\u2019s sectoral cooperation in myriad fields, and the Organization\u2019s initiatives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[618,617],"class_list":{"0":"post-62204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-international","8":"tag-ambassador-sohail","9":"tag-ambassador-sohail-meets-pakistani-educationists-on-research-and-innovation-cooperation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62208,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62204\/revisions\/62208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}