The Executive Director COMSATS, Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr. İrfan Neziroğlu, Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Pakistan, on 16th July 2025 at the Embassy of Türkiye in Islamabad. The meeting aimed to further strengthen the long-standing relationship and cooperation between Türkiye and COMSATS in the fields of science, technology, and innovation.

Ambassador Zakaria shared a comprehensive overview of past collaborative activities, including co-organized scientific workshops and conferences in Türkiye, and participation of Turkiye’s experts in COMSATS’ events and activities in Member States. The Executive Director offered postgraduate scholarships to Turkish students at COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Pakistan. He informed that COMSATS is initiating a series of online certification training courses for skills development in information technology for the benefit of the Member States and looked forward to participation of Turkiye’s professionals in the same.

The Executive Director discussed recent initiatives of COMSATS, including establishment of Nano Technology Lab, launch of Electric Vehicle (EV) program, Telehealth services, Data Center, Cloud Computing, Hospital Management System, etc. Ambassador Zakaria informed that COMSATS Secretariat is in the process of developing a Catalogue of Products, Technologies and Services offered by COMSATS Centres of Excellence, with the aim of facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Ambassador Neziroğlu appreciated COMSATS’ programmes and recent initiatives. He stated that Science & Technology is a top agenda for Türkiye. He expressed willingness to facilitate Türkiye’s active participation in the programmes and activities of COMSATS. He also offered to connect Turkish R&D institutions with relevant institutions in COMSATS’ other Member States for mutually beneficial scientific cooperation.