Yesterday,
Pakistan Embassy DC held a luncheon briefing for Pakistani students who arrived
in the United States under the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global
UGRAD). Over 100 students from different parts of Pakistan would be completing
an academic semester in the United States at 95 different host institutions in
forty states and the District of Columbia. The vast majority of these
undergraduate students had not previously travelled outside Pakistan, says a
press release received here today from Washington DC.
In her remarks, Ms. Mary Kirk,
Director of the Office of Academic Exchange Programs in the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State thanked the
Embassy of Pakistan for hosting the welcome lunch and briefing for the participants
of the Global UGRAD.
Charge d' Affairs (Cd'A) Rizwan Saeed
Sheikh, while talking to the students, gave an overview of Pakistan-U.S.
relations, and stressed the importance of this relationship highlighting its
diversity in fields including, education, culture, economic, defense and
security.
Mr. Rizwan Sheikh, Cd'A advised the
students to conduct themselves with pride and a sense of responsibility during
their stay in the United States to correct perceptions about Pakistan. He said
that the participants should realize that their visit formed a vital part of
people to people contact between the two countries and the good impressions
left by them would help augment mutual trust.
The students also had the opportunity
to have an interactive session with the Charge d' Affaires, and enjoyed their
trip to the Embassy.
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