PESHAWAR: Salim Saifullah Khan, president of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan, on Saturday called on Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu.

A press release said that the meeting focused on building academic cooperation between the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIK Institute) and the universities in the Maldives.

The two discussed scholarship opportunities at GIK Institute for talented students from Maldives. They also discussed exchange of professors to promote teaching, research collaboration and knowledge sharing between the two countries.

Saifullah said that scholarships for Maldivian students and an exchange of faculty would further strengthen academic and people-to-people ties between the two countries.

Published in Dawn, October 25th, 2026