International moot gets underway at UoP

PESHAWAR: The three day international conference on latest Archaeological investigations in Pakistan got underway at University of Peshawar.

The three-day moot is being jointly organized by the Institute of
Archaeology and Social Anthropology UoP in collaboration with Higher Education Commission and Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Archeology department at Peshawar varsity.

Around one hundred delegates from across Pakistan, Malaysia and Central
Asia are participating in the event.

High Commissioner of Malaysia Dr. Hasrul Sani Mujtabar was the chief guest of the inaugural ceremony.

Addressing the audience he said that Pakistan was endowed with rich
archaeological and cultural heritage, which if explored and utilized to its optimum potential could change the fortune of this country.

He added "I have numerous meetings with the people from Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa government yesterday, in which my sole interest was to invest in the education sector of Pakistan. This is because education is more important to us than trade for development of a country."

Quoting his country example he opined, we brought enormous reforms in the education sector of our own country and the instant results are in front of you.

Director Archeology and Museum Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prof. Dr. Shah Nazar Khan said the ministry of tourism is expediting work on the concept of composite tourism.

He added that after the 18th Constitutional Amendment preservation and promotion of cultural heritage has devolved to provinces, which call for more responsibilities by the provincial government.