as far as you know, pakistan is not a slavic country, however, with the support of the respected minister of culture of the republic of belarus, as well as the chairman of the vitebsk regional executive committee, we received the necessary permission, and the embassy has been taking part in this wonderful festival for 3 years now. in 2024, we will take part in art festivals for the fourth time. in the last three years we have had three exhibitions. in addition, we twice held exhibitions at the national library of belarus. we held exhibitions in various cities, including orsha and the city of borisov. and we participated not only in exhibitions, also in choreographic festivals and in various master classes that were held both at the university of culture and at the borisov children and youth center. also in the art gallery of the university of culture. separately. i would like to note that this

year we opened a pakistani cultural center at the gomel medical university. among the latest events held by the embassy were the international urdu day, which took place on 9 november within the walls of mslu. we also opened a cultural language center there. on november 14, we took part in the expo exhibition

. very quickly, i will tell you that here you can observe the evolution of relations between the two countries, starting from 2015, when the prime minister of pakistan came to belarus, and also until 2020, when i presented my credentials to head of state. i would like to share with you that i first came to belarus in august 2015. then i was part of the delegation

during the prime minister’s visit to minsk. also i helped open the embassy. this was between august 10 and august 12, 2015. and i was in minsk for two weeks. back in 2015, i noted for myself how harmoniously and well the state works. and ordinary people who seemed friendly, talented, and hospitable to me. in addition, the city of minsk had an indelible effect on me.

just a couple of days ago i celebrated my third anniversary in belarus as an ambassador. and since then i can say that my positive impressions have only intensified. when i arrived in minsk, the temperature was about 8°, despite the fact that pakistan is a country where you can simultaneously be in different climatic zones, where there is access to the sea, this is in the south of the country, the weather can be warm, while at the same time, in the north of the country, the highest point

of the mountainous area, the weather can be very cold. i myself am from gilgid baltistan, the region where i was born, it is located 2.0 m above sea level. and the weather there is quite cold, but nevertheless, of course, the harsh belarusian winter met us in open arms, we had to adapt a little, which took several weeks. afterwards we got used to it, bought warm clothes, and now we feel good about this climate. as for the language barrier, initially, of course, there were some difficulties, but my team at the embassy has excellent employees who always help me on...

there is actually a lot in common between pakistan and belarus. first of all, i would like to note family values. as far as you know, there is always a large number of people in the family. and brothers try to help their sisters. children generally try to help their parents. and family traditions are very well developed in belarus. as for the second point, we can say that belarus and pakistan have a lot in common in the sense that both countries experienced difficulties and

hardships, because just as there were many wars on the territory of belarus, there were many wars in pakistan, or some conflicts.

i'll stay, my official mission ends at the end of june '24, but what i would like to note - this is the desire of belarusians to preserve their culture, cultural heritage, this is what i will keep in my heart, as well as the desire of belarusians to perform, carry out tasks, work without any instructions, their ability to do everything as well as possible. i observed this not in one person or two, i observed it among.

because this part of the city was rebuilt in the best possible way, now there are all the necessary conditions for playing sports. i

live in the drozdy area, and of course, i would like to say that i love walking in this area, my favorite activity is to walk from the blackbirds to the city center and enjoy the beauty of nature. my children are currently studying in berlin at the university. in minsk i like to visit parks, lakes,

personally i like to visit in winter, because the lakes are covered with ice, fishermen are sitting, snow is falling, and i like it. i want to say that it’s been almost 3 years since we’ve been in belarus, what’s remarkable is that on the day we first arrived and today, the weather is about the same.

it's a very beautiful country. of course, the kitchen - this is one of those places where i, so to speak, spend the most time. i really try to explore belarusian cuisine, combine and mix elements of pakistani and belarusian cuisine. so far, at the moment i have mastered potato pancakes and borscht, this can already be said to be steel. i mainly study belarus , for example, i really like to go for walks , walk in various parks, fortunately there are a lot of them in the country, and here are the nearest ones, i also really like victory park, it is very large, very modern a park.

for myself, i always take mrs. abeda as an example , she is always very close to her husband, she always behaves with dignity, studies the russian language, is very closely interested in the cultural heritage of belarus, and i have more than once witnessed how, i will tell you, even with maternal care includes resentment towards the wives of embassy staff, towards students from pakistan, not only towards them, here is a great friend, you know,

if we talk about the development of golf in our country, then of course we did not have coaches, golf instructors, we attracted them , here i am very grateful, when we were just starting, and for several years we were helped, including by the pakistani embassy, ​​for

example, they invited their golf pro, who taught our golfers to play now... his students are already taking prizes at other tournaments to play golf you need to have about twenty to thirty different qualities. but some of the most fundamental ones are, of course, patience, endurance, attention, and commitment. many people think that when you play golf it is very simple, but in fact, there are many different characteristics of this game, for example, at what angle to hold the club, how to swing correctly, how to hit the ball correctly, with what force, in addition to this, stamina is needed because players may face different circumstances, for example, how to hit the ball from forest and hit it across the river, so

from this whole big list, i think these are all the main qualities that a golfer should have. "it always seemed to me that golf is a game for older people, for people whoever has a lot of strength and energy is not suitable, in 2016 one of my friends invited me to golf, to a club in islamabad, well, that’s where my story with golf began. people who play golf will agree with me when i say that golf is a kind of addiction, because you have to be really addicted to this game to play well." so you understand, for example, golf a day consists of about 6 , 8, 10 hours, that is , along with the road to get here, then play, practice, it takes about 6-8 hours, which is a challenge in itself, besides, i can say that people who play golf, even if they initially have no plans to play it professionally in the long term, as soon as they

start playing, they immediately fall in love with it and become a kind of admirers and admirers. because there is only one club in the whole country, it opened in 2013, i started visiting this club in 2021, and i want to note that when i first started coming here, the number of players was very small, but over the past 2 years the leadership of the management club has put a lot of effort into ensuring that

the number of players has grown, and now i can say that they have achieved very high results. because in order to participate in golf tournaments, sometimes you even have to stand in the waiting forest. compared to other countries where i played, of course, in belarus there is one drawback: due to the fact that the climate here is quite cold, golf in belarus is only 6 months, that is, officially the last day of play, when you can go out and play at the golf club - it's october 30th. after this , the club's grounds are closed while golf can be played in pakistan. 12 months a year, an interesting point is that in pakistan some people even play night golf, because specially lit areas are created for this, in forty-degree heat, of course, you need to have a lot of stamina to withstand such a game, the same thing in jakarta , there are a large number of clubs and a large number of players.

new people, making new acquaintances, this such a wonderful environment to meet i believe that the opportunity to play in nature is a reward in itself. i am still an amateur in learning this art, but nevertheless i can proudly share with you that the previous twenty-third year was very successful for me. i won four awards, two of which were bmw-sponsored tournaments.

everything, and secondly, it helps me relax, gain strength and energy, for example, my friends with whom i played golf in indonesia, we still support the connection with them connects us more and more, i also had the opportunity to make new acquaintances and make friends on the minsk golf course, so this is a comprehensive. this painting is a gift from the famous pakistani artist imran khan, who came to belarus this year

to take part in an exhibition of his paintings at the national library of belarus. here you can see that the picture best shows the traditions, national costumes, as well as the sights of pakistan. pakistan exports to other countries, this leather swords that are used for international championships are fabrics, textile products, surgical instruments, leather goods, salt lamps and many other various items.

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