Islamabad, Pakistan: The Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Pakistan HE Furqatbek Akhmed Sidiq along with Minister of State for Climate Change, Government of Pakistan Zartaj Gul inaugurated “Uzbekistan Tourist Information Centre” at Bahria Town Phase 4 Mini Golf Club on Sunday, reports DND News Agency from Islamabad.
“Uzbekistan Tourist Information Centre” would help further promote Uzbekistan and its tourism along with Uzbek culture in Pakistan by providing information, guidance, support, help and contacts for tourism promotion as well as for educational and business opportunities present in Uzbekistan for people of Pakistan.
Since Uzbekistan is the only country for Central Asia having direct flight contact (regular flights from Pakistan to Tashkent), therefore this Information Centre is being considered as Gateway to Central Asia.
A large number of experts from tourism industry, senior bureaucrats, members of academia and journalists attended the ceremony.
Addressing the ceremony Minister of State for Climate Change, Government of Pakistan Zartaj Gul was of the view that Central Asia has strongest cultural, historical and even genetic relations with Pakistan and Uzbekistan being the homeland of Sufism, cultural, art, science and philosophy is cradle of Muslim civilization.
She maintained that Pakistan and Uzbekistan enjoy strong bilateral relations as well as people to people contacts and cultural relations. She expressed her desire to visit Uzbekistan to finding out her roots as she believes that people are Pakistan are strongly linked with Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara historically.
She was of the view that Pakistan and Uzbekistan are working in several field together and are learning from experience of each other in several fields of knowledge. She stated that education, climate change and tourism are some of several fields where both 
countries are collaborating with each other.
The Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Pakistan Mr Furqat Sidiqov while addressing the event said that Pakistanis should feel that Uzbekistan is their second home as people of both the countries are strongly linked with each other through shared history, culture and customs.
Talking about “Uzbekistan Tourist Information Centre”, the Ambassador said that the Centre would provide information about educational institutions of Uzbekistan, business opportunities in Uzbekistan as well as tourism products and travel opportunities in Uzbekistan.
Calling him Centre as hub information, he stated that the Centre will also play a pivotal role to further enhance people to people contact between Uzbekistan and Pakistan.
He informed participants that Tashkent University had recently signed a MoU with Faisalabad University and such initiatives of both the countries are playing excellent role for connecting students and academia of both the countries.
The Ambassador said that Uzbekistan provided excellent opportunities to people of Pakistan in several field including business, education, travel and transport.
Project Director Hamid Mahmoud said that Information Centre will manned by a team of experts in travel and tourism, business and studies opportunities.
03 March 2019
