Pakistan Mango ve Biryani Festivali Ankara'da çok sayıda davetli topladı

ANKARA, 27 Temmuz 2019: Kamu diplomasisi etkinliklerinin bir parçası olarak ve Pakistan mangolarını Türkiye'de daha da fazla tanıtmak için, Pakistan Büyükelçiliği Cuma günü akşamı Ankara'da "Pakistan Mango ve Biryani Festivali'ni" düzenledi. Bu olaya çok sayıda konuk katıldı ve ünlü Pakistan mangolarının ve Pakistan'ın meşhur Basmati pirincinden yapılmış Biryani'nin tadını, lezzetini ve kokusunu ilk elden deneyimleme fırsatını buldu.

Olaya anahtar siyasi şahsiyetler, meyve ithalatçıları, diplomatlar ve medyadan temsilciler katıldı. "Pakistan Mango ve Biryani Festivali" taze mango ve kesilmiş mangoları ve mangolu milk-shake, mangolu ayran, mangolu dondurma, mangolu salata, mangolu sufle, mangolu mus, mangolu puding ve mangolu pasta gibi lezzetleri içeriyordu. Festivalde Pakistan'ın meşhur Basmati pirincinden yapılan 'Biryani' verilirken güzel Pakistan müzikleri festival ortamına katkıda bulundu. Pakistan'ın doğal güzelliklerini gösteren fotoğraflar da olaya katkıda bulundu.
 Misafirleri karşılayan Pakistan'ın Türkiye Büyükelçisi M. Syrus Sajjad Qazi Pakistan'ın en büyük 5. mango üreticisi ve 6. en büyük mango ihracatçısı olduğunu belirtti. Büyükelçi “Biz Pakistanlılar Mangoya "Meyvelerin Kralı" deriz ve dünya üzerindeki en tatlı meyvelerden birisidir" dedi. Büyükelçi “Chaunsa en popüler mango çeşitidir - ve biz de bugün Beyaz Chaunsa sunuyoruz" diye e
kledi. Kendisi böyle olaylarla Pakistan mangolarının yakında Türkiye'deki mangoseverlerle buluşabileceğini de söyledi. Kardeş Pakistan-Türkiye ilişkilerine atıfta bulunan Büyükelçi Qazi
Pakistan mangolarının en az benzersiz Pakistan-Türkiye ilişkileri kadar tatlı ve özel olduğunu söyledi. Bu dostluğu kutlamanın Meyvelerin Kralı Pakistan Mangosundan daha iyi yolu yoktur.

Yapılan bir çekilişe katılanlar arasından beş konuk birer kutu mango almaya hak kazandı.

Pakistan Büyükelçi M. Syrus Sajjad Qazi'nin Ankara'da 26 Temmuz 2019'da Pakistan Evi'nde düzenlenen Pakistan Mango ve Biryani Festivali'ndeki konuşması

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Meclis Üyeleri
Ekselansları
Bayanlar ve Baylar

Esellamun Aleyküm, İyi günler ve Pakistan evine içtenlikle hoş geldiniz. 

Sizi, bu akşam Mango ve Biryani Festivalini hep beraber kutlamak için burada aramızda görmek bizim için bir zevk ve ayrıcalıktır.

Biz Pakistanlı’lar Mango’yu Meyvelerin Kralı olarak adlandırırız. Dünya’da ki en tatlı meyvedir ve inanıyoruz ki Pakistan milletini çok doğru temsil eder. Pakistan’ın en iyi pirinci Basmati’den yapılan Biryani’de bu akşam ki festivalimizin bir parçası.  

Bayanlar ve Baylar 

Pakistan dünyadaki en büyük 5. mango üreticisi ve en büyük 6. mango ihracatçısıdır.
Pakistan Mango’su 57 ülkeye ihraç edilmektedir. Yüksek kalitede 110 çeşit mango vardır. Her çeşiti Market’e farklı zamanlarda gelir ve sezonu Mayıs’tan Eylül’e kadardır ve yaklaşık 4 ay sürer. Chaunsa en popular mango çeşididir  ve biz bugün size Beyaz Chaunsa sunuyoruz 

Pakistan mangolarını Türk pazarına getirmek için gösterdiğimiz çabalar içerisinde şimdiye kadar 7 yıl boyunca bu Mango Festivaline ev sahipliği yaptık. Ankara’da Diplomatik ve Sosyal takvimlerde de en çok beklenen aktivitelerden de biri oldu. Umarı birgün Pakistan Mango’su Türkiye’ye de ihraç edilebilir ve Mango severler’de düzenli birşekilde bulabilir.

Bayanlar ve Baylar 

Bu akşam seçtiğimiz müzikle, temin ettiğimiz Biryani, Mango ve Mango’dan yapılan ürünlerle ruhunuza ve damak tadınıza hitap ediyoruz. Hilton Ankara’ya bu festivali gerçekleştirmek için bizimle yaptığı işbirliğinden dolayı şükranlarımı iletmek istiyorum.   

Bayanlar ve Baylar

Pakistan Mangosu en az Pakistan-Türkiye arasında ki dostluk kadar tatlı. Meyvelerin Kralı olan Pakistan Mangosuyla bu dostluğu kutlamak ne güzel bir yol. Lütfen Akşamın tadını çıkartın ve tekrar teşekkürler. 

Yaşasın Pakistan Türkiye kardeşliği

Pakistan Mango & Biryani Festival attracts huge gathering in Ankara

ANKARA, 27 July 2019: As part of its public diplomacy activities and to further popularize Pakistani mangoes in Turkey, the Embassy of Pakistan organized “Pakistan Mango & Biryani Festival” in Ankara on Friday afternoon. A large number of guests attended the event and had a first-hand experience of the taste, juiciness and aroma of the famous Pakistani mangoes as well as Biryani made of famous Pakistani Basmiti rice. 


Key political figures, fruit importers, diplomats and media representatives attended. The “Pakistan Mango & Biryani Festival” included fresh mango and mango cuts as well as wide-range of mango delicacies such as mango milk-shake, mango lassi, mango ice cream, mango salad, mango soufflé, mango mousse, mango pudding, and mango cake. ‘Biryani’ made of famous Pakistani Basmati rice was also served at the festival while selected Pakistani music added further to the festive environment. A photographic display of Pakistan’s natural beauty also formed part of the event.


Welcoming the guests, Pakistan Ambassador to Turkey M. Syrus Sajjad Qazi stated that Pakistan was the 5th largest producer and the 6th largest exporter of mangoes. “We Pakistanis call Mango the ‘King of Fruits’ and it is among the sweetest fruits on the face of the earth,” the Ambassador said. “Chaunsa is the most popular variety – and we are serving the White Chaunsa today,” the Ambassador said in his remarks. He hoped that with such events, Pakistani mangoes would be soon available to mango lovers in Turkey. 

Referring to the brotherly Pakistan-Turkey relations, Ambassador Qazi said that Pakistani mangos are as sweet and as special as the unique Pakistan-Turkey relations. There could be no better way to celebrate this friendship than with the King of Fruits, the Pakistani Mango. 

Among those attending, five guests won a box of mangoes at a lucky draw.

More photographs from http://bit.do/e28qV


Speech by Ambassador M. Syrus Sajjad Qazi at the Pakistan Mango & Biryani Festival at Pakistan House Ankara, 26th July 2019

Distinguished Guests,
Parliamentarians,
Excellencies,
Ladies & Gentlemen!

Assalam-u—Alaikum, Good Afternoon and avery warm welcome to Pakistan House!

It is a pleasure and privilege to have you here with us this evening to celebrate Pakistan Mango and Biryani Festival together.

We Pakistanis call Mango the King of Fruits. It is among the sweetest fruits on the face of the earth. Biryani, made of Pakistan’s best Basmati rice is also part of the festival this evening.

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Pakistan is the 5thlargest producer of mangoes in the world, and the 6thlargest exporter. Pakistani mango is exported to more than 57 countries.  There are over 110 high quality varieties of mangoes. Each variety comes in the market at a different time and the mango season lasts for about four months from May to September.  Chaunsa is the most popular variety – and we are serving White Chaunsa today.

In our endeavours to bring the Pakistani mangoes to the Turkish markets, we have been hosting this Mango Festival for over seven years now. It is one of the most anticipated events in the Ankara diplomatic and social calendar. We hope that one day, Pakistani mangos will be exported to Turkey and would be available to mango lovers on a regular basis.

Ladies and Gentlemen!

This evening, we have selected music, Biryani, and lots of mangoes and mango-based products to cater to your spiritual and culinary tastes. I wish to extend our gratitude to Hilton Ankara, for their collaboration in making this Festival possible.

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Pakistani mangos are as sweet as the brotherly Pakistan-Turkey relations. There could be no better way to celebrate this friendship than with the King of Fruits, the Pakistani Mango. Please enjoy the evening and thanks once again! 

Yaşasın Pakistan-Türkiye kardeşliği!

Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love...Wajeeha Bilal

Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love...


We all possess a centered place of wisdom, accord and stability within us but the truth is that we all swing away from that place from time to time. It is essential that we acquire a path adjusting device for our centered navigation, that can guide us back to our balanced place. There are many models of faith, beliefs and convictions that offer different experiences in life and then there is the way of a man who has love for his Creator, and everything Created by Him. He finds everything around him to be an expression of that Love. One such model is the great mystic poet Mevlana Rumi, whose six-volume Masnavi is a collection of inspirational verses and one of the most influential works of Sufism.
The world is familiar with Rumi and his works but here I would like to share my own experience of being one of those who keenly wished to visit his city.
I remember visiting his tomb as a child while living in Turkey with my parents but at that time I had no idea of what the religion of love was really about. It wasn’t till I grew up and started reading about Rumi and his poetic verses that I realized the power of those words and the truth of living with love. These verses can only have an impact on you if you are in search of the truth and their experience flows through you like the light of knowledge. Every time I read his poetry, I would think of the time I had gone to his mausoleum as a child and wanted to experience that once again but this time fully aware of my presence at this respectable place. Reading through his poetry is like walking with a navigation of verses to guide us.
This time while visiting my parents I planned to visit Konya too and I was glad that life had given me this opportunity to pay homage to this great poet that I admire so much. I heard that once you visit the Mevlana’s tomb in Konya you are bound to go there seven times or as people say that Rumi calls you seven times if you go to visit him once. Well that’s definitely a fun saying made by his followers or something my brother makes sure everyone abides by, but I really enjoyed it because I would love to go there again and experience the presence of love. 
Standing there I felt like it is not only the city that is dedicated to him, but you can see his influence throughout the country where the people are most polite and respectful. I had lived in Turkey as a child and still love going there due to the love and respect that people have, which is only a strong conviction of the fact that “the religion of love is beyond all faiths.” Rumi died on December 17, 1273. He had been a devout Muslim for all his life, praying five times every day and keeping all the required fasts while writing about belief in a “religion of love” that crosses over traditional boundaries of the faith system.
I reflected on how Rumi’s message of love and peace offers a life of love and purity while the faiths that enforce violence in the name of religion only to spread terror, have nothing to offer other than hate and fear.
One of the most beautiful expressions of love that I found in Turkey was the plantation of trees by the Turkish government in Kecioren Park memorial site at Kartaltepe. Trees are planted to honor the martyrs of Peshawar School (16th December 2014 terrorist act). I feel compelled to share this because it is merely unfortunate that there is no mention of this worthy forest on google or any other social network. At least not one that I could find easily while every other tiny jiff can be googled easily.

Rumi gave his followers instructions to treat the night of his death like a joyous night of union. For Rumi, the presence of the performers specified that the deceased was both a Muslim and a lover of his Creator. But there were also Jewish rabbis reciting psalms, and Christian priests reading from the Gospels at Rumi’s funeral. It was clear that Rumi had become a well-respected figure within other holy communities. Rumi’s poetry that is largely tolerant of all people and other faiths still continues to touch hearts across the world.
“When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.”
Allama Iqbal is not only our national poet but one of my favorites too and the inspiration that Iqbal derived from Rumi is mirrored in his work 'Pir o Mureed' (1935). It is a dialogue between Iqbal and Rumi written in both Urdu and Persian, and in one of the verses, Iqbal (mureed) says to Rumi (pir),
“You, the leader of the lovers of God; I do remember your exalted words.”
The earnest form of love for Rumi, as a Sufi, involves escape from the self-centered whims of the ego. His inspiring words remind us how poetry can be a nourishing part of everyday life.
For me Rumi’s divine literature is a strong testimony of the powerful impact that words and poetry can have in our lives and on our souls.
No matter where you are or what you are doing, you ARE making a difference in this world. So share "A HAPPY AWAKENING" with your friends and family to create a moment of awareness.

https://www.wajeehabilal.com/blog/wherever-you-are-and-whatever-you-do-be-in-love

Pakistan’s top military commander visits Turkey to further strengthen defence ties

At the invitation of the Chief of Turkish General Staff, General Yaşar Güler, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) of Pakistan, General Zubair Mahmood Hayat visited Turkey from 15-20 July 2019. Gen. Yaşar Güler, received Gen. Zubair Mahmood Hayat in Turkish General Staff Headquarters. Both the commanders held extensive talks. Matters of bilateral interest with emphasis on geo-strategic situation and security challenges came under discussion. Both sides reaffirmed the resolve to further enhance cooperation between the armed forces of the two brotherly
countries. During his stay in Turkey, General Zubair also called on Minister for National Defence of Turkey Hulusi Akar, Commander of the Turkish Land Forces General Umit Dundar, Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Adnan Ozbal, and Commander of Turkish Air Forces General Hasan Küçükakyüz. He also visited various facilities of Turkish defence industries. The visiting dignitary also interacted with the opinion leaders, academics and media.

Pakistan Parlamenter heyeti Ankara'daki Demokrasi ve Ulusal Birlik Günü olayına katıldı, Pakistan'ın Türkiye ile dayanışması yeniden teyit edildi

ANKARA, 15 Temmuz 2019:  Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan, Senator Dr. Shahzad Waseem ve Pakistan Ulusal Meclisi Dışişleri Komitesi Başkanı Milletvekili Malik Muhammad Ehsan Ullah Tiwana'dan oluşan bir Pakistan Parlamenterler Heyeti 15 Temmuz 2019'da Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi  (TBMM) Başkanının daveti üzerine Türk Parlamentosunda Demokrasi ve Ulusal Birlik Günü anma törenine katılmak için Ankara'yı ziyaret etti.

Türkiye Cumhuriyetinin kardeş halkıyla, Parlamentosuyla ve Hükümetiyle dayanışmayı ve benzersiz destekleri yeniden teyit etmek için, Parlamenter heyet Tüm Pakistan Ulusunun tek sesle 15 Temmuz 2016'da Türk kardeşlerini desteklemek için seslendiğini hatırlattı ve Türkiye'de barışı ve istikrarı baltalama girişimini lanetledi.  Pakistan Parlamentosunun her iki kanadı da bunun üzerine Türkiye ve halkıyla dayanışmasını ifade etmek için oybirliğiyle kararlar geçirmiştir.

Heyet ayrıca darbe girişimi sırasında Türk parlamentosunun bombalanan yerini de ziyaret etti ve Türkiye'nin barışı ve birliği için hayatlarını kaybeden tüm şehitlere yürekten şükranlarını sundu

Parlamenter Heyet aynı zamanda Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sarayındaki Millet Camiisinde şehitler için düzenlenen bir dua törenine katıldı.  Kendileri aynı zamanda Sayın Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'la tanıştı ve etkileşimde bulundu.

Bu etkileşim sırasında, heyet Pakistan halkı ve Parlamentosy adına Türkiye halkı ve Hükümeti için sıcak duygularını iletti.  Kendileri iki kardeş milletin tüm zorluklara karşı her zaman yan yana durduğunu ve gelecekte de böyle yapacağının altını çizdiler.  Ayrıca Pakistan'ın Türkiye'nin barışını, istikrarını ve gelişmesini zorlaştıran herşeyi alt etmesi için tüm desteklerini sağlamaya devam etmekteki kararlılığını yeniden teyit ettiler.


Heyet aynı zamanda Türk Parlamentosunda Sayın Mustafa Şentop'un ev sahipliği yaptığı bir öğlen yemeğine de katıldı.

Pakistani Parliamentary delegation participates in the Democracy and National Unity Day event in Ankara; re-affirms Pakistan’s solidarity with Turkey

ANKARA, 15 July 2019: A Pakistani Parliamentary delegation consisting of Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan, Senator Dr. Shahzad Waseem and Chairman of National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Malik Muhammad Ehsan Ullah Tiwana, MNA visited Ankara on 15 July 2019 at the invitation of the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA), to participate in the commemorative event to mark the Democracy and National Unity Day at the Turkish Parliament

Reiterating solidarity with and unwavering support for the brotherly people, Parliament and Government of Republic of Turkey on the occasion, the Parliamentary delegation recalled that the entire Pakistani nation spoke with a single voice in support of their Turkish brothers and sisters on 15 July 2016 and strongly condemned the attempt to undermine Turkey’s peace and stability. Both Houses of Pakistan’s Parliament, moreover, passed unanimous resolutions expressing solidarity with Turkey and its people.

The delegation also visited the site of the Turkish parliament which was bombed during the coup attempt and paid heartfelt tributes to all the martyrs who laid down their lives for Turkey’s peace and unity.

The Parliamentary delegation also attended a prayer ceremony held for the martyrs at the Millat Mosque in the compound of Turkish Presidential Palace. They also met and held brief interaction with H.E. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the occasion.

During their interaction, the delegation conveyed warm feelings for people and the government of Turkey on behalf of the people and Parliament of Pakistan. They underlined that the two brotherly nations had always stood by one another in the face of all challenges, and would continue to do so in the future as well. They also reiterated Pakistan’s resolve to continue providing all possible support to Turkey to overcome any and all challenges to its peace, stability and development.
 

The delegation was also hosted over a lunch at the Turkish Parliament by the Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, H.E. Mustafa Sentop.