{"id":44254,"date":"2025-03-27T11:50:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=44254"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:05:36","slug":"youth-solidarity-iftar-in-islamabad-by-tika-uniting-320-students-other-guests-from-turkiye-pakistan-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/youth-solidarity-iftar-in-islamabad-by-tika-uniting-320-students-other-guests-from-turkiye-pakistan-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Solidarity Iftar in Islamabad by TIKA uniting 320 Students, Other Guests from Turkiye, Pakistan, Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44262\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/TIKA-Pakistan-1-e1743077115894.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Islamabad, March 23, 2025 \u2013 The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T\u0130KA) hosted a Youth Solidarity Iftar in Islamabad, uniting 320 students and dignitaries from T\u00fcrkiye, Pakistan, and Palestine in an evening of friendship and shared spirit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by H.E. Dr. \u0130rfan Neziro\u011flu, Ambassador of T\u00fcrkiye; H.E. Ms. Dil\u015fad \u015eenol, Ambassador of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; as well as esteemed rectors, university students, and representatives from partner institutions including Al Khidmat Foundation, NUST, NUML, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Press Club and the T\u00fcrkiye Alumni Association.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Night of Solidarity and Brotherhood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event, T\u0130KA Islamabad Coordinator <strong>Ms. Saliha Tuna<\/strong> highlighted the strong bonds between T\u00fcrkiye, Pakistan, and Palestine, emphasizing the importance of youth engagement in fostering deeper connections among the nations.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Tuna also paid tribute to the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, a Training &amp; Research Hospital under the Islamic University of Gaza, which was built by T\u0130KA in 2011 and completed in 2017. It was Gaza\u2019s only full-fledged hospital capable of treating cancer patients\u2014until it was recently destroyed by the Israeli army.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EVTMShOKe2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-february-2025\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 February 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 February 2025&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-february-2025\/embed\/#?secret=pUG9BTFWSx#?secret=EVTMShOKe2\" data-secret=\"EVTMShOKe2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s Ambassador to Pakistan, \u0130rfan Neziro\u011flu,<\/strong> emphasized that both Pakistan and Palestine are among T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s closest friends. Addressing the Gazan students, he assured them that they could consider the Turkish Embassy as their second home.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Neziro\u011flu also highlighted that with nearly 700 development cooperation projects carried out in the past 15 years, Pakistan remains one of T\u0130KA&#8217;s most active partner countries. He reaffirmed that T\u0130KA&#8217;s projects and support in Pakistan will continue in the future.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44259\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/TIKA-Pakistan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/TIKA-Pakistan.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/TIKA-Pakistan-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Gazan student Fatima En-Najjar, speaking on behalf of all Gazan students, expressed heartfelt gratitude to T\u0130KA for organizing the iftar, calling it an honor for them to be part of such a meaningful gathering. She also made an emotional appeal to the audience, urging them to keep the Palestinian people in their prayers as the genocide continues and the situation in Gaza worsens with each passing day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strengthening Development Cooperation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>T\u0130KA has been operating in Pakistan since 2010, implementing nearly 700 development cooperation projects across various sectors. Youth Solidarity Iftar was another reflection of T\u0130KA\u2019s commitment to fostering lasting ties between the three nations.<\/p>\n<p>The event concluded with heartfelt exchanges between students and a collective prayer for peace, justice, and unity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4Udk8xzL0T\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-march-2025\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 March 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 March 2025&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-march-2025\/embed\/#?secret=ArDgmZDcWM#?secret=4Udk8xzL0T\" data-secret=\"4Udk8xzL0T\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad, March 23, 2025 \u2013 The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T\u0130KA) hosted a Youth Solidarity Iftar in Islamabad, uniting 320 students and dignitaries from T\u00fcrkiye, Pakistan, and Palestine in an evening of friendship and shared spirit. The event was attended by H.E. Dr. \u0130rfan Neziro\u011flu, Ambassador of T\u00fcrkiye; H.E. Ms. Dil\u015fad \u015eenol, Ambassador of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[1879,1995,472,48,169,2589],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44254"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44263,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44254\/revisions\/44263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}