On 15 March 2018, the Jagiellonian University was visited by the Ambassador of Pakistan to Poland Shafquat Ali Khan. The diplomat was received in Collegium Novum by the JU rector Prof. Wojciech Nowak.
Earlier on the same day, the diplomat paid a visit to the JU Institute of the Middle and Far East, where he gave the lecture „Foreign Policy of Pakistan. New Challenges and New Directions”.
The meeting at the JU Rector’s office was also attended by the JU Rector’s Proxy for Internationalisation Prof. Adam Jelonek and the Head of Department of South Asia at the JU Institute of the Middle and Far East Dr hab. Agnieszka Kuczkiewicz-Fraś. During the meeting, the participants discussed prospective cooperation between the Jagiellonian University and Pakistani higher education institutions, particularly in the area of student and academic staff exchange.
Shafquat Ali Khan has been the Ambassador of Pakistan to Poland since July 2017. His earlier positions include Director General for Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Pakistani Mission to the UN in Geneva, and the Counselor at the Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing.
