MAJOR General (Rtd) Tariq Rashid Khan, the High Commissioner of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Brunei Darussalam, made a courtesy call to Dr Haji Norarfan bin Haji Zainal, the Rector of Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) yesterday.
The visit was to discuss opportunities for collaboration in education. The high commissioner said that Pakistan has now more than 200 universities each with their own expertise. The high commissioner also mentioned interest in building UNISSA’s reputation to international level.
UNISSA currently has bilateral cooperation with the International Islamic University of Islamabad, Pakistan, after signing a memorandum of understanding on February 14 this year.
The Rector of UNISSA also attended a meeting to establish an Asia-Africa Islamic universities network based in Islamabad, and was appointed as the Deputy General Secretary.
During the visit, UNISSA welcomed Pakistan nationals to pursue their studies in UNISSA. Currently, a Pakistan national was awarded a bachelor’s degree in Syariah and two more are undertaking Islamic Finance and Banking degree programme.
Also present was the Deputy Rector of UNISSA and the Director of International and Public Relations Centre of UNISSA.
Dr Haji Norarfan bin Haji Zainal, the Rector of Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) presents a token of appreciation to Major General (Rtd) Tariq Rashid Khan, the High Commissioner of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Brunei Darussalam. – UNISSA
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