Egyptian ambassador promises more teachers for IIUI

Egypt shall depute more teachers to the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) in the near future, Egypt’s Ambassador to Pakistan Magdy Mahmoud Helmy Amer, said on a visit to IIUI on Wednesday. Amer was received by Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik and Dr Mumtaz Ahmed, rector and president of IIUI, respectively. They briefed him on IIUI’s academic and cultural role in society. IIUI Director General Gulzar Ahmad Khwaja was also present. Amer praised the role of IIUI in imparting quality education, not only in the region, but all over the world. He showed keen interest in the activities of the university and assured that his country would depute more teachers to IIUI to teach Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Intellectual Thought, Islamic Art and Architecture, History of Modern Middle Eastern Literature, History of Ismaili and mystical thought among other fields.
Both Prof Malik and Dr Mumtaz Ahmad appreciated the role of Egyptians in reformist movements, especially in the subcontinent. They added that Egypt had always been the torchbearer of reforms in the Muslim world. Prof Malik and Dr Mumtaz said Egypt had developed the faculty of IIUI over the past 30 years, enabling the university to be self sufficient now. The university crest was presented to the Egyptian envoy.