MISSION'S GALLERY THE AMBASSADOR OF PAKISTAN TO BULGARIA, MS. MARIAM MADIHA AFTAB, HELD A MEETING WITH PROF. D. SC. YULIAN REVALSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ON 14 JANUARY 2021. THE AMBASSADOR OF PAKISTAN TO THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA, MET WITH MR. BOYKO TAKOV, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BULGARIAN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES PROMOTION AGENCY (BSMEPA) (DECEMBER 15, 2020). AMBASSADOR’S CALL ON H.E. MS. ILIANA IOTOVA, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA (NOVEMBER 19, 2020). ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2020, THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON H.E. MS. DESISLAVA TANEVA, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND FORESTRY TO DISCUSS WAYS TO PROMOTE BILATERAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE. AMBASSADOR MARIAM AFTAB CALLED ON H. E. MR. MILEN LYUTSKANOV, DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER, AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE TODAY (SEPTEMBER 14, 2020) AND HAD A USEFUL DISCUSSION ON BILATERAL RELATIONS AND THE SITUATION IN THE REGION. AMBASSADOR MARIAM AFTAB CALLED ON H.E. MS. EKATERINA ZAHARIEVA, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR JUDICIAL REFORM AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 AND HAD WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION ON WAYS TO FURTHER IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH BULGARIA. AMBASSADOR MARIAM AFTAB PRESENTED HER CREDENTIALS BEFORE PRESIDENT RUMEN RADEV ON AUGUST 24, 2020. MEETING AT THE NATIONAL REVENUE AGENCY (NRA) WITH MS. DESISLAVA KALUDOVA, DIRECTOR OF TAX TREATIES DEPARTMENT, JULY 2, 2020. THE AGREEMENT ON THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION BETWEEN BULGARIA AND PAKISTAN TOOK EFFECT ON JULY 1, 2020. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH HON. DR. DELYAN GEORGIEV, MAYOR OF IZGREV MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE EMBASSY IS SITUATED, JUNE 26, 2020. MEETING AT THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION WITH MR. RADOSLAV STAMENKOV, JUNE 25, 2020. COMMERCIAL MEETING AT THE BURGAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (BsCCI), JUNE 12, 2020. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH HON. MAYOR DIMITAR NIKOLOV, BURGAS MUNICIPALITY, JUNE 12, 2020. CALL ON HON. GOVERNOR OF BURGAS VALCHO CHOLAKOV, JUNE 12, 2020. LUDOGORETS ARENA IN RAZGRAD MAY 22, 2020. OFFICIAL INTERACTION AT THE RUSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (RCCI) MAY 22, 2020. CALL ON HON. MAYOR PENCHO MILKOV, RUSE MUNICIPALITY MAY 22, 2020. MEETING AT THE RUSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION MAY 21, 2020. VISIT TO THE OFFICES OF THE BULGARIAN DANUBE CHAMBER MAY 21, 2020. PAKISTAN NATIONAL DAY, 2020. VISIT TO THE EMBASSY BY MEMBERS OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, SOFIA CHAPTER. THEY ARE NOW OWNERS OF THE PORTRAIT OF A SINDHI GIRL PAINTED BY A BULGARIAN ARTIST: MARCH 13, 2020. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH H. E. THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MR. MILEN LYUTSKANOV ON MARCH 5, 2020. A BROAD SPECTRUM OF BILATERAL TIES WAS SCRUTINIZED, THIS BEING THE 55TH YEAR OF THE CREATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND BULGARIA. COMMERCIAL MEETING IN PLOVDIV AT OFFICE OF DERONI, WHICH IS A MAJOR FOOD PRODUCER IN BULGARIA: FEBRUARY 20, 2020. GOLDEN TREASURE, HISTORY MUSEUM & RAYNA KNYAGINYA’S HOME, PANAGYURISHTE: FEBRUARY 17, 2020. DORKOVO MUSEUM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013. THERE IS A DISPLAY OF FOSSILS COLLECTED FROM THE PLIOCENE GEOLOGICAL EPOCH OF ABOUT FIVE MILLION YEARS AGO AROUND THE VILLAGE OF DORKOVO. A LIFE-SIZE MODEL OF A GOMPHOTHERE, RELATED TO ELEPHANTS, AND A DIORAMA: FEBRUARY 17, 2020. HASKOVO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY: FEBRUARY 16, 2020. MARINA – DAILY CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES: FEBRUARY 16, 2020. THIS PLACE OF WORSHIP WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1396. IT IS THE OLDEST ACTIVE MOSQUE IN THE BALKANS: FEBRUARY 16, 2020. THIS WAS UNVEILED IN 2003 AND STANDS AT A TOTAL HEIGHT OF 31 METRES OR 102 FEET (OF WHICH THE STATUE ITSELF IS 14 M OR 46 FT). THE MONUMENT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS AS THE TALLEST STATUE OF THE VIRGIN MARY WITH THE INFANT JESUS IN THE WORLD: FEBRUARY 16, 2020. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MR. VESELIN VASILEV, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE BULGARIAN RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE AGENCY: FEBRUARY 12, 2020. TABLE TENNIS DONATED TO THE PROF. DR. DECHO DENEV SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR HEARING IMPAIRED PUPILS: JANUARY 31, 2020 PRESIDENT OF STARA ZAGORA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, MR. OLEG STOILOV, SIGNING THE MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION (MoC) ON BEHALF OF CCI-STARA ZAGORA: JANUARY 23, 2020. THIS MoC IS WITH THE SARHAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SCCI). AT THE COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION (CPD) OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA WITH ASSOC. PROF. ANA DZHUMALIEVA: JANUARY 21, 2020. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MS. IRENA BORISLAVOVA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EXECUTIVE AGENCY BULGARIAN ACCREDITATION SERVICES SOFIA (EABAS): JANUARY 21, 2020. OFFICIAL TOUR OF STARA ZAGORA & KAZANLAK: JANUARY 16-17, 2020 OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MR. MARTIN MINKOV, DIRECTOR PROGRAM AT BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO (BNR): JANUARY 14, 2020 OPENING CEREMONY OF INTERNATIONAL SQUASH CHALLENGER TOURNAMENT AT FIREBALL: JANUARY 11, 2020. CALL ON MR. BOYKO TAKOV, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BSMEPA; ON DECEMBER 19, 2019. VISIT TO GABROVO: DECEMBER 17 – 18, 2019. CALL ON STAMEN YANEV, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INVESTBULGARIA AGENCY, ON DECEMBER 11, 2019. 4th INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNEY, DECEMBER 11, 2019. MEETING WITH ASSOC. PROF. KRASIMIRA CHAKAROVA, PHD, AT THE FACULTY OF LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV, ON DECEMBER 10, 2019. QAWWALI EVENING AT LOCAL SOFIA CLUB ON DECEMBER 4, 2019. MEETING WITH PROF. GRIGORII VAZOV, RECTOR OF VUZF UNIVERSITY, DECEMBER 4, 2019. GLIMPSES OF IWC BAZAAR 2019. DISCOURSE TITLED “DIMENSIONS OF PAKISTAN-BULGARIA BILATERAL TIES AND THE ESSENTIAL PARADIGM OF INTERACTION” DELIVERED AT SOFIA UNIVERSITY ON NOVEMBER 14, 2019. “BEAUTY OF PAKISTAN” GALLERY INAUGURATED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP AT THE CULTURAL INSTITUTE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2019. OFFICIAL TOUR BY THE PAKISTAN-BULGARIA PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP FROM NOVEMBER 12-15, 2019. IT BELONGS TO PAKISTAN’S 15TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE AGENCY FOR EMPLOYMENT ON NOVEMBER 7, 2019. THE PRIMARY FACTOR FOR THE INTERACTION WAS TO COMPREHEND THE OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHORTFALL BULGARIA WILL BE FACING IN TERMS OF LABOUR. CALLS ON AT THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL CIVIL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; MINISTRY OF ENERGY; BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; AND, MINISTRY OF TOURISM. ON OCTOBER 28, AN EVENING WITH THE 1994 WORLD CUP WINNING HOCKEY CAPTAIN & ICON, SHAHBAZ AHMED. INAUGURAL AGRO-FOOD CONFERENCE ORGANIZED ON OCTOBER 18, 2019, IN DOBRICH BY PAKISTAN EMBASSY. CALL ON MR. MILKO BERNER, DEPUTY MINISTER AT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ON OCTOBER 16, 2019. THE EMBASSY ORGANIZED A VISIT TO A DAY CARE CENTER “YANIKA”. THIS IS BASED IN SOFIA ON OCTOBER 15, 2019. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MR. HRISTO SIMEONOV, DIRECTOR (FREE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE), MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION DIRECTORATE, ON OCTOBER 14, 2019 AT THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL POLICY. VISIT TO THE FACILITIES OF NOVA TV ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2019. THIS NETWORK HAS THE LARGEST RATINGS WITH TELEVISION AUDIENCES. HOSPITALITY WITH SUMPTUOUS MEALS AT DOBRINISHTE. THE 1300-YEAR-OLD OAK LEGEND, THE MURA. KASHMIR SOLIDARITY DAY WITH DELEGATES OF BULGARIAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA. HOMAGE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2019, AT THE SHRINE/MUSEUM OF THE BLIND MYSTIC, BABA VANGA. HER REMAINS, WHERE SHE ALSO RESIDED IN HER LAST YEARS, ARE BURIED IN PETRICH. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MS. DOBRINA PRODANOVA, PRESIDENT OF THE PLOVDIV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (PCCI) ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2019. SHE HAS BEEN AT THE HELM SINCE 1990. EMBASSY TOURS FACILITIES OF MAX EUROPE AND LEADER 96, BULGARIAN VENTURES BASED IN THE SECOND LARGEST CITY OF PLOVDIV. THEY CATER TO THE PRODUCTION OF E-BIKES ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2019. AT THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND SPORTS ON AUGUST 29, 2019, WITH MS. VIKTORIA SLAVKOVA, DIRECTOR OF EU PROGRAMMES, PROJECTS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. MEETING WITH PROF. HRISTINA YANCHEVA, RECTOR AT THE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY – PLOVDIV ON AUGUST 28, 2019. MANGO FEST 2019. DEFENCE ATTACHE’S OFFICIAL TOUR- AUGUST 18-21, 2019. FLAG HOISTING AT MOUNT MUSALA SUMMIT ON AUGUST 14, 2019. VISIT TO SAMOKOV OUTSIDE SOFIA ON AUGUST 7, 2019. PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE BY SAMEL-90 AND THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MR. VASIL GRUDEV, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AGRICULTURAL STATE FUND, ON AUGUST 7, 2019. PERTINENT ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE CREDIT & COLLABORATION WERE DELIBERATED UPON. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MS. AZHTA HASAN, DIRECTOR (INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DIRECTORATE) AT THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION & SCIENCE. THIS ENSUED ON AUGUST 1, 2019. INTERACTION WITH COMMERCIAL AND TOUR OPERATORS AT THE EMBASSY ON TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019. TOUR OF THE FACILITIES AT ELVI OOD, MAKERS OF THE DELICIOUS BRANDS OF YOGHURT KNOWN WORLDWIDE. THIS VISIT OCCURRED ON JULY 25, 2019, AT VELKOVTSI VILLAGE, GABROVO REGION. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH HON. MR. DONCHO ZAHARIEV, MAYOR OF TRYAVNA, AT HIS OFFICE ON JULY 25, 2019. ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM & PARK, ETAR, ON JULY 24, 2019. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH HON. MS. TANIA HRISTOVA, MAYOR OF GABROVO, AT HER OFFICE ON JULY 24, 2019. VISIT TO DOM NA HUMORA I SATIRATA (HOME OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE) IN GABROVO ON JULY 24, 2019. A BOOK TITLED “ANTHOLOGY OF IRONIC AND HUMOROUS URDU POETRY”, AUTHORED BY GUL HAI TABASSUM, WAS PRESENTED BY THE EMBASSY. BUSINESS MEETING WITH MAK TEXTILES, GABROVO, ON JULY 24, 2019. THIS APPAREL VENTURE PRODUCERS CAMOUFLAGE AND OTHER UNIFORMS FOR THE POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS AND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. OFFICIAL MEETINGS WITH MR. NATANAIL STEFANOV, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, SOFIA TECH PARK ON WEDNESDAY, 17TH JULY 2019. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A TABLE CONFERENCE WITH MR. MAXIM MINCHEV, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF BULGARIAN NEWS AGENCY (BTA), ON THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2019. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MS. ROSITSA DIMITROVA, DIRECTOR (DEFENCE POLICY DIRECTORATE) AT THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE ON JULY 12, 2019. TOUR OF DUPNITZA MUNICIPALITY ON JULY 10, 2019. HANDICRAFTS BOOTH INSTALLED IN INTERPRED WORLD TRADE CENTER (WTC), SOFIA BY MR. MUSADDIQ CHAUDHARY, RESIDENT PAKISTANI, ON JULY 4, 2019. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MS. BORIANA SIMEONOVA, DIRECTOR STATE PROTOCOL DIRECTORATE AT THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON JULY 4, 2019. AWARD CEREMONY. REMARKABLY THE EMBASSY DUO OF MARIO KUZMANOV AND SHIHAB AYYASH SECURE THE TROPHY. COMPETITIVE PLAY PARTICIPATED BY DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND BULGARIAN FRIENDS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A HARD-FOUGHT FINAL BETWEEN THE PAKISTAN EMBASSY AND OPTICOELECTRON. INAUGURAL BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT ORGANIZED BY THE EMBASSY OF PAKISTAN AT TENNIS CLUB 1882 IN SOFIA ON JULY 3, 2019. MEMBERS OF THE EMBASSY ENTOURAGE ARE CONDUCTED TO THE BIRTH PLACE OF THE CELEBRATED WRITER, DIMITAR IVANOV STOYANOV, MORE RENOWNED BY HIS PEN NAME ELIN PELIN. THIS IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE TOWN OF GORNA MALINA. MEMBERS OF THE EMBASSY ENTOURAGE VISIT THE MUSEUM DEDICATED TO THE CELEBRATED WRITER, DIMITAR IVANOV STOYANOV, MORE RENOWNED BY HIS PEN NAME ELIN PELIN. THIS IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE TOWN OF GORNA MALINA. INAUGURAL SQUASH CHALLENGER TOURNAMENT ORGANIZED BY THE EMBASSY OF PAKISTAN AT MALEEVA TENNIS CLUB IN SOFIA ON JUNE 26, 2019. TOUR OF THE BLACK SEA URBAN CENTRE OF VARNA WITH THE HON. PLAMEN MANUSHEV, MEMBER OF THE BULGARIAN NARODNO SUBRANIE (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY) AND CONCURRENTLY CHAIRPERSON OF THE BULGARIA-PAKISTAN PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP. THIS OCCURRED ON TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019. THE ASCETIC DOBRI DOBREV (DYADO DOBRI) WHO TRAVERSED 25 KM EVERYDAY TO SOFIA IN ORDER TO COLLECT ALMS. OUR CULTURE IS PUNCTUATED BY PEOPLE LIKE DYADO DOBRI. EMBASSY SHOWCASES CULINARY DELIGHTS, HENNA, PHOOL PATTI TRUCK ART AND HANDICRAFTS AT THE 3RD ASIAN FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2019. THIS EVENT WAS ORGANIZED AT THE POPULAR BORISOVA GARDENS IN SOFIA. WITH THE KIND HOSPITALITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND MAYOR OF GORNA MALINA, A TOWN SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 25 KM FROM SOFIA, THE EMBASSY TOURED THE BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONS ON THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2019. MANGO PROMO AT SOFIA’S PREMIER COMMERCIAL SITE, RING MALL, ON FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2019. THIS IS OUR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR FOR COLLABORATION WITH RING MALL. EMBASSY VERSUS ANGLO AMERICAN SCHOOL (AAS) MAIDEN VOLLEYBALL GAME ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019. EMBASSY PUTS UP CULTURAL BOOTH AT ANGLO AMERICAN SCHOOL (AAS) SUMMERFEST ON SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019. OPENING OF THE PHOTO EXHIBITION “MAGIC OF THE EAST” ON LOVERS’ BRIDGE, SOFIA, AS PART OF FESTIVITIES USHERING IN THE 3RD ASIAN FESTIVAL EDITION. TOURISM EVENT TITLED “TOURISM PEDIGREE IN PAKISTAN AND BULGARIA-PROSPECTS APLENTY FOR COLLABORATION” ORGANIZED BY THE EMBASSY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY (UNWE) ON MAY 15, 2019. CALL ON MR. PLAMEN MANUSHEV, CHAIRPERSON BULGARIA-PAKISTAN PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP AT THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON MAY 15, 2019. GALLERY SPOT TITLED “JOURNEY THROUGH PAKISTAN” ORGANIZED BY THE EMBASSY AT SOFIA UNIVERSITY ON MAY 8, 2019. MEETING WITH THE MAYOR OF VILLAGE GORNA MALINA, 25 KM OUTSIDE SOFIA; ON MAY 5, 2019. OFFICIAL INTERACTION WITH MS. YANA TOPALOVA, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND MS. BORIANA MINTCHEVA, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT SME INTERNATIONALIZATION DIRECTORATE AT THE OFFICES OF BULGARIAN SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES PROMOTION AGENCY (BSMEPA) ON MAY 2, 2019. THE CHARGE D’ AFFAIRES A.I. MR. MARWAN ALEX AYYASH CALLED ON MR. PETAR KANEV, ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019. 3RD INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CHESS TOURNEY, APRIL 17, 2019. THE CHARGE D’ AFFAIRES A.I. MR. MARWAN ALEX AYYASH CALLS ON ERSTWHILE BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MR. SOLOMON PASSY, ON MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019. CRICKET COACHING EVENT (CCE) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY (UNWE), SOFIA APRIL 10, 2019. PAREP SOFIA SPENDS A DAY WITH CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS: FOR OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION AND BREAD HOUSES NETWORK ON MARCH 29, 2019. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FAIR OF BULGARIA “EDUCATION BEYOND BORDERS SOFIA” (EBBS) FROM MARCH 15-16, 2019 AT THE NATIONAL PALACE OF CULTURE IN SOFIA. PAKISTAN WAS REPRESENTED BY GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY (GCU) LAHORE AND COMSATS UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD (CUI).
