ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sahibzada Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Wednesday said Pak-Uzbek Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been finalized to promote religious tourism between the two countries.
The draft MoU was finalized in a meeting between to Uzbek ambassador to Pakistan Aybek Arif Usmanov and the Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sahibzada Noor-ul-Haq Qadri. During the meeting, issues of mutual interest and development of bilateral relations were discussed in detail.
During the meeting, it was also decided that the religious scholars of both countries would hold detailed consultations to deal with menace of Islamophobia and other issues.
While the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and Uzbek Dar-ul-Aftaa would maintain close contact and share benefit from each other’s experiences.
Both the dignitaries also agreed to maintain close liaison in order to effectively deal with the menaces of terrorism and extremism. The Uzbek ambassador invited the minister to visit Uzbekistan.