The Embassy of Pakistan in Turkey is organising a Cultural Week of Pakistan to coincide with our National Day celebrations on 23rd March to show the beauty and cultural diversity of Pakistan and to reinforce the existing bonds of friendship and brotherhood between the people of Pakistan and Turkey.
Pakistan Embassy in Ankara told Business Recorder in an E-mail message that this is the first time that the Cultural Week on this unprecedented scale has been organised by the Embassy in Turkey. Titled 'Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan,' the week-long activities include food festival, Qawali performance, fashion show, truck art display and children art activities. Various Turkish media groups, Ankara municipality, and Turkish and Pakistani companies are supporting the cultural activities.
The cultural week was formally launched on Monday with an exclusive photo exhibition titled 'Journey of Friendship' held at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara. The exhibition was jointly opened by the Turkish Foreign Secretary. Feridun and Ambassador of Pakistan to Turkey Muhammad Haroon Shaukat.
The exhibition consists of 78 photographs depicting historical relations between the leadership of the two countries. It also includes photograph of Quaid-e-Azam's meeting with the first Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan during credentials ceremony held on 4 March 1948 at Karachi.
To bring the best of Pakistani food for the people of Turkey, Pakistan Food Festival is being organised in Swiss Hotel, Ankara (23-30 March) for which Chefs from Pakistan are being brought to prepare a variety of Pakistani meals for the guests. To give a taste of Pakistani food and the way it is prepared, an exclusive luncheon will be hosted for media representatives inside the kitchen of a hotel. To introduce street food to the Turkish audience, free offerings of Biryani, Chaat, Dahi Barea, Gol Gappas, etc, will be made in one of Ankara's busy shopping malls.
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