LAHORE: Ambassador of Hungary to Pakistan Mr Bela Fazekas has said that there are traces of ancient Islamic architecture in Hungary. He said that Islamic architecture and other cultural values had been protected in Hungary.
He was addressing a week-long art exhibition based on Islamic architecture
and culture in Hungary jointly organized by Punjab University and Hungarian
Embassy at College of Art & Design’s Grand Hall on Friday.
Federal Secretary Investments Asad-ur-Rahman Gillani, former Provincial
Minister for Minority Affairs Ijaz Alam Augustine, CAD Principal Dr Sumera
Jawad, External Linkages Director Prof Dr Shobia Khuram, deans of various
faculties, faculty members and students were present on the occasion.
Addressing the event, Ambassador Béla Fazekas, welcomed the participants of
the exhibition and said that we wanted people here to know about Islamic
heritage in Hungary. He said that the architecture of the Ottoman Empire was
impressive.
He said that in 2013, the Turkish and Hungarian governments started projects
to secure Islamic buildings. He said that Hungary, Turkey and Pakistan were
developing excellent relations. He said that Ertugrul Ghazi’s drama serial
was also very popular in Hungary.
The Hungarian Ambassador said that we will celebrate the joint cultural year
next year together with Turkey. He said that the first two principals of PU
Oriental College, GW Leitner and Sir Marc Aural Stein came from Hungary.
