200th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY SIR SYED AHMED KHAN ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 (2017-06)

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was one of the most illustrious Muslim educationalists, writers and social reformers. Born in Delhi in 1817, he hailed from a distinguished land-owned family.

Sir Syed had no formal education at any educational institutions. Through self-study, he accomplished himself in major branches of learning and became one of the most well-read men of his days.

Sir Syed was born at a time when the people of the Sub-continent in general and Muslims in particular were passing through a critical juncture. For nearly half a century, Sir Syed struggled against the apathy and despondency that had settled upon the Muslims in the post-1857 era. He managed to take them out of the abyss, give them a national identity, bring clarity to their thought, and put them on the road to progress and freedom.

Sir Syed was one of those early pioneers who recognized the critical role of education in the social, economic and political revival of Muslims. The Aligarh Movement' was his greatest achievement. He founded the Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College (MAO) at Aligarh in 1877. The MAO College, which aimed at a confluence of traditional learning and modern sciences, was elevated to become Aligarh muslim University in 1920.

The 'Aligarh Movement actively motivated the Muslim to spread a network of Muslim-managed educational institutions throughout the Sub-continent. For this purpose, Sir Syed founded 'All India Muslim Educational Conference' and remained its Secretary till 1897. These efforts helped in awakening the Muslims and infusing in them social and political awareness.

Sir Syed was nominated as member of the Imperial Legislative Council in 1878 and re-nominated in 1881, but he resigned in 1883. He also served as a Member of the Education Commission, but resigned due to his differences with Chairman W.W. Hunter.

Sir Syed was among the intellectual pioneers of Muslim nationalism and freedom in the Sub-continent. His ideas greatly influenced the vast array of Muslim inrellectuals, scholars, politicians, poets, writers and journalists. The graduates of Aligarh were among those who played the role of a vanguard in the movement for Pakistan. Sir Syed is thus counted among the founding fathers of Pakistan.

Sir Syed accomplished several scholarly works on a wide range of subjects during his life-time. His study of the events of 1857. "Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind", is still considered a seminal work. His study of the monuments of Delhi, "Asar-al-Sanadid", is regarded as classic of archeology. In his "Series of Essays on the Life of Muhammad" (PBUH), Sir Syed wrote a response to the negative account of the Prophet's life by William Muir.

Sir Syed is also the author of 'Tahqeeq-e-Lafze Nassara', 'Tabayyun-ul-Kalam', 'Strictures upon the Present Educational System in India' Hunter's Indian Musalmans', 'On the Present State of Indian Politics', 'Musalmanan Ki Kismat Ka Faisala', and 'Sirat-e-Faridia' Sir Syed was also a pioneer in the field of Urdu journalism. his 'Tahzeebul-Akhlaq' and Aligarh Institute Gazette were important contributions in this regard.

Sir Syed had started work on a commentary on the Holy Quran. He had completed 7 volumes when he fell ill and could not live long enough to complete it. He passed away in 1898.

On the occasion of 200th Birth Anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a Commemorative Postage Stamp of Rs. 10/- and Souvenir Sheet of Rs.20/- denominations are being issued by Pakistan Post on October 17, 2017.

MAULANA MUFTI MAHMOOD (1919-1980) OCTOBER 14, 2017 (2017-05)

Maulana Mufti Mehmood is a unique personality in our Political, religious and national history. He was born on January 9, 1919 at village Penniala, district Dera Ismail Khan. He started his schooling at the age of six. He passed his middle examination with high marks in 1933. He received his basic religious education at home and took admission in Madrasa Shahi, Murradabad (India) for further education. He received his final degree after six years in 1940. The same year, he performed his duty as a teacher in Madrasa Moeen-ul-Islam Esa Kheil (Mianwali) and performed his duties as Imam and teacher at Abdul khel, Dera Isimail Khan in 1947 and appointed in Madrasa Qasim-ul-uloom, Multan in 1950 and graced the chair of Tadrees and Afta. He personally wrote twenty-two thousand Fatawa which have been published under the title of "Fatawa-e-Mufti Mehmood".

Apart from tafseer-e-Mahmood based on his commentary gains, the treatise titled Almotanabi Al-Qadiani Mun Howa? Al-tas'heel-ul Ahkam-ul-Tarteel and Zubdat-ul-Maqal Fi roya tul- Hilal magazine are the masterpieces of his authorial craftsmanship and keenness. It was the result of his great approach and sound knowledge of Hadith that he compiled the Arabic commentary of Jamae-Tirmazi titled Almuntahi. He enjoyed special zeal for Islamic Jurisprudence. He deployed the power of logic and exercised moderation. in the matter of Fatwa. he never tried to politicize the religious matters. The Egyptian Mufti Muhammad Abduhu gave Fatwa regarding the legality of machine slaughtering.

Mulana Mufti Mehmood proved with solid reasons that an animal slaughtered through a machine could not be treated as "Halal". Thus he saved the entire nation from eating 'haram' meat. Beside being a great 'Mohadith', exegetist or commentator of the Holy Quran and jurist, he was an excellent author also. Religious scholars of Egypt and Hijaz too acknowledged his command of eloquence in the Arabic language. Along with Persian, he wrote several laudatory poerns in Arabic also. He was a renowned poet as well as a notable prose writer. As an editor of the weekly "Khuddamuddin", Lahore, he wrote several editoials for about three years.

In 1953, during Khatam-e-Nabuwwat movenment, Mufti Mahmood (RH) was arrested and during Ramzan-ul-Mubbark and eid he remained there in jail. He summoned a convention of the learned Ulma from across the whole country in Multan on October, 8-9 1956 in which 500 Ulma participated and elected Maulana Ahmed Ali Lahore (RH) as President (Ameer) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Maulana Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi (RH) as General Secretary and Maulana Mufti Mahmood (RH) as Vice President (Naib Ameer). He prepared a learned report by pointing out the un-Islamic provisions of the constitution of 1956 which was published under the title of "Criticisms and amendments".

Maulana Mufti Mahmood had a Keen understanding of the state of affairs. Religious seminaries were his chief preoccupation. He assembled them and played a central role in the establishment of "Wifaq-ul Madaris Al-Arabic" which was meant to reform and organize the seminaries. He became its first general organizer. He was elected as the President after the demise of Hazrat Binori and held the office till his death. The certificate of Wafaq-ul-Madaris was for the first time issued during his term. Afterwards, he formally tabled a resolution on the floor of the National Assembly also to make this certificate equivalent to the degree of MA Islamiat. President Ayub Khan established Family commission in 1960 and promulgated an Ordinance to incorporate its recommendations into the constitution which were contradictory to the Islamic principles. At that point of time. Maulana Mufti Mahmood appealed to the general public to oppose the steps as well as protest against them. When he was elected as member of the National Assembly in 1962 for the first time, he convinced the majority of the House through his address in Dhaka to revoke the Family Laws..

On 8th March, 1963, a bill titled "Human Right" was introduced in the National Assembly. He pointed out those sections of the bill which might had opened the gate of apostasy.

Having heard about the fame and the role of Maulana Mufti Mahmood, the Rector of Al-Azhar university invited him in 1964 to participate in the millennium celebrations of the Jamia. He was invited in 1965 to participate in Majma-ul-joas Islami being held under the administration of the Govt. of Egypt. On this occasion, he presented the Kashmir issue while mentioning conspiracies against the Muslim countries. The newspapers of Cairo. published his speech under headline. He visited Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Kuwait and Saudia Arabia along-with a delegation on 12 July 1971. He got invitation from the scholars (Ulma) of Russia to attend the Islamic Conference in 1971. In January, 1972, he travelled to Saudi Arabia with the official hajj delegation to check the arrangements made for Pakistan Hujjaj. He boarded on a tour of six Arab countries in October, 1977. He preformed the dities of judge/Jury in the international ceremony of the competition of recitation of Holy Quran on Saudi Government's invitation in July, 79. He visited Kuwait on the invitation of Ministry of Aoqaf of Kuwait in May, 79 and during the same tour he also visited South Africa. In 1980, alongwith a delegation, he visited Iran on the invitation of the Government of Iran... He went to India to attend the centenary celebrations of DAR-UL-Uloom Deoband in March 80. He whole heartedly supported the Arab alliance movement of Jamal Abdu-ul-Nasir of Egypt. When Israel attacked Egypt in 1967, he held demonstrations in support of president of Egypt, Jamal Abdul Nasir and responded to the imperial propaganda against Nasir in a befitting manner.

In 1970, he decided to contest election from Dera Ismail Khan. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto announced to compete against Maulana Mufti Mahmood. The election was won by Mufti Mahmood. After elections, as a result of agreement between the National Awami party (NAP) and Jamiat, Mufti Mahmood became the Chief Minister of NWFP. On 1st May 1972, he took oath of the Chief Ministership and immediately banned alcohol in the Province. Each and every type of gambling was declared legally a crime; ban was imposed on (usury) and orders were issued to provide interest-free loans. Ehteram-e-Ramzan-ul-Mubbarik ordinance was promulgated. Friday was declared as closed holiday and Urdu declared as official language along with enforcement of educational reforms. A five-member the board of scholars and legal experts was constituted to bring legislation in line with the Quran and the Sunnah, Sugar, Textile, Cement, Fertilizer and steel factories were approved to be set-up for the development and the welfare of general public. A number of irrigation projects were initiated. After nine months in office, he resigned from the Chief Ministership of NWFP in protest against the sacking of Baluchistan government and thereby he set a healthy precedent in the politics of Pakistan.

Maulana Mufti Mahmood struggled unprecedentedly to make the constitution Islamic. Definition of Muslim, condition for the President and the Prime Minister to be Muslims, guarantee for not enacting laws contrary to the Quran and the Sunnah, the formation of the council of Islamic Ideology, along with the clause relating to the Islamization of the prevailing laws necessarily within seven years were the result of his efforts. Nationwide movement commenced against Qadianiyat in 1974. This case was presented in the Parliament. All the Muslim Patrliamentarians were one and united under the Chairmanship of Maulana Mufti mahmood Opposition moved a resolution in the National Assembly on 30th June, 1974 to declare Qadianis a non-Muslim minority. On 7th September, 1974, the House declared Qadianis as non-muslim minority by making unanimous amendment in the constitution

In order to resolve the issue of the sighting of moon, he summoned a meeting of the Country's Ulema and Mufti in Qasim-ul-uloom Multan, in September, 1954 so that unanimous stand could be taken. Afterwards when Committees were constituted for making the Constitution, he not only succeeded in making Islamic provisions, a part of the Constitution but also succeeded in making formation of central Ruwait-e-Hilal Committee and its rules and regulations, a part of the Constitution

In February 1975, Maulana Mufti Mahmood was elected the officiating Opposition Leader in the National Assembly

He taught daura-e-tafseer in Madrasa Qasim-ul-uloom, Sheranwala Gate Lahore during Ramadan in August, 1976. He also attended Assembly sessions during this very period. The National Assembly was dissolved on 10th January, 1977 and elections were announced to be held on 7th March. The Opposition formed Pakistan National Alliance and Mufti Mahmood was made its President. Elections held on 7th March were alleged to be rigged, so countrywide protests and strikes were announced by the National Alliance. At one stage, through negotiations Mr. Bhutto agreed that elections would be held again but on 5th July, 1977 Zia-ul-Haq took over the reins and announced that elections would be held within 90 days but afterwards he backed out of his words, Maulana Mufti Mahmood strongly opposed that move.

Zia-ul-Haq promulgated the Zakat Ordinance on 30th June, 1980. Maulana Mufti Mahmood didn't agree with this initiative. He was having a discussion on the issue with prominent religious scholars of Karachi in Dar-ul-Hadis of Jamaia Banori Town when suffered a Cardiac arrest and breathed his last on 14th October, 1980. Three funeral prayers were held for Maulana Mufti Mahmood. First in Karachi by Maulana Abdul Hai, Second, in Multan, by Maulana Abdullah Darkhwasti and the third funeral prayer was lead by his son, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman in Abdul Khel and he was laid to rest in his native graveyard at Abdul Khel.

On Maulana Mufti Mahmood (1919-1980), a Commemorative Postage Stamp of Rs.8/- denomination is being issued by Pakistan Post on October 14, 2017.

PAKISTAN AND ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 50 YEARS OF PARTNERING FOR DEVELOPMENT. JULY 06, 2017 (2017-4)

The year 2016-2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-a milestone celebration for ADB and all its partners and stakeholders.

Pakistan is one of the founding members of ADB. ADB provided its first loan to Pakistan in 1968 to help the country fund the credit requirements of small and medium-scale industries. Since then, ADB has extended vital support to improve Pakistan's economy, reduce poverty and achieve development goals.

Pakistan and ADB have worked together to promote export, private sector efficiency, reform public sector management, financial market development, improve social protection, emergency assistance and prioritizing energy. A particular emphasis has been placed on promoting the welfare of women.

ADB has been one of Pakistan's largest and most steadfast development partners. As of 31 December 2016, ADB has provided more than $29.5 billion in loans, technical assistance, and grants to assist Pakistan achieve its development goals.

ADB: Through the Years.

In the 1970s, ADB stepped into the area of power generation and transmission, including supporting natural gas and hydropower projects. The Tarbela hydropower plant, one of Pakistan's largest, was originally supported by ADB in 1974 and has been extended in coordination with other development partners in subsequent decades. ADB also extended vital assistance for Mangla dam and Ghazi Barotha power plants.

After a resident mission was established in Islamabad, ADB focused its expertise and resources on supporting efforts to grow the economy through free enterprise, privatization, deregulation, and liberalization. This included promoting exports and bringing private sector efficiency into health care and education.

By the middle of the 1990s, ADB's work in Pakistan was focused on education, population welfare, public sector management reform, and government decentralization.

In the early 2000s, a new government put in place an economic reform program designed to build on efforts in the 1990s to open the economy through privatization and economic liberalization. The program, along with other factors, was a major boost to the economy.

From 2005 to 2012, Pakistan and ADB worked together to restore basic services and livelihood to millions of people devastated by 2005 earthquake in northern Pakistan, and subsequent floods in 2010 and 2011.

The period also marks projects to upgrade transmission and distribution networks, improve transport infrastructure and connectivity, agriculture and irrigations systems, livelihood development, and investment to boost social security of poorest and most vulnerable groups including women.

Between 2012 and 2015, ADB-supported projects in Pakistan helped build or upgrade 2,454 classrooms and train 656 teachers, benefiting 53,729 students. ADB's energy assistance resulted in an additional 0.113 megawatts (MW) of power generation, as well as the installation or upgrading of 729 km of distribution lines, providing electricity to about 92,443 households. In transportation, ADB helped build or upgrade 2,946 km of roads and highways that accommodated an average of 3,689,739 vehicle-kilometers daily during the first full year of operation.

ADB's water supply and sanitation programs have provided a total of 32,944 households with improved sanitation, and have installed or upgraded 1,075 km of water pipes, which now bring clean water to 192,698 households. ADB projects financed wastewater treatment plants with the capacity to handle a total of 570,000 cubic meters (m3) per day. And, under its rural development projects, there were 162,976 micro-finance loan accounts opened or end borrowers reached.

Through its regional cooperation and integration projects, ADB has facilitated the cross-border transport of 9,279,000 tons of cargo per year.

ADB & Pakistan: Stronger Together

ADB can reflect on its achievements in Pakistan with pride. Pakistan and ADB have built highways, rural roads, hydroelectric power plants, canals. schools, hospitals, financial markets, and other critical facilities that improve lives and help pull millions out of poverty.

Together with other development agencies, nongovernment organizations, and the private sector, ADB is committed to work to attract investment, create industries and jobs, and improve the quality of life of Pakistan citizens.

On Pakistan and ADB 50 Years of Partnering for Development, a Commemorative Postage Stamp of Rs. 8/- denomination is being issued by Pakistan Post on July 6, 2017.

MEN OF LETTERS SERIES MAJEED AMJAD (1914-1974) June 29, 2017 (2017-03)

Majeed Amjad enjoys a distinct position amongst the most celebrated Urdu poets of the 20th century. Critics have often regarded him as a "philosophical poet of depth and sensitivity". His poetry has been translated in several languages and his poem have been sung by many noted artists of Pakistan.

Amjad was born on June 29, 1914 in Jhang, a small town in the Pakistani province of Punjab into a reputable literary family and completed his initial education there. He then moved to Lahore and received his bachelor's degree in 1934 from Islamia College, Lahore. His first sustainable job as editor of a weekly journal Urooj ended in 1939. Thereafter, he qualified as inspector of civil supplies in the Department of Food and Agriculture in 1944 and served till his retirement in 1972. He lived in Sahiwal for the most part of his life. He died a lonely death on May 11, 1974. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the then Prime Minister of Pakistan approved scholarship in recognition of his matchless poetic talent and the scholarship was received by his widow in 1974.

Amjad's first collection of poetry. Shab-e-Rafta, was published in 1958. This was published by Naya Idara in Lahore and was the only collection published in his lifetime even though he had written steadily throughout his life. After his death, the manuscripts of his unpublished poetry were preserved by Javed Qureshi who was then the Deputy Commissioner of Sahiwal. In 1976, Javed Qureshi and others published a second collection of his poetry titled "Shab-e-Rafta ke Baad". It was not until 1989 that the Urdu critic Khawaja Muhammad Zakariya edited and published a complete collection of his works called "Kuliyat-e-Majeed Amjad".

Amjad's life has been the subject of several biographical essays and even a full length biography. Critics such as Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar believes that Amjad influenced, more than any other poet, the 'nazm' (poem) written in Pakistan after the late sixties. In his book on the life and works of Amjad, Dr. Nayyar observes that Amjad gave importance to the neglected things in his surroundings and it was he who instilled aesthetics of locality in his poetry. He didn't sing paeans of grand narrative about a hollow world either. What he did was that he focused on the ordinary. His work covers varied themes like the tribulations of survival in the period between the two World Wars, colonization, Partition of the sub-continent, socio-economic disparity and so on.

Amjad bravely experimented with metrical forms and rhythms. His vocabulary was extremely diverse and universal. There is an earthiness in his verse, a sense of grounding with the here and now. The Slow and soothing lilt of his signature rhythmic style and choice of words reflective of the local culture. set his work apart from the rest.

Amjad's poetry is excessively subjective. It is rare to come across a poet who penned so many poems about his personal angst and failure, and who has such as a low opinion of himself. Some such melancholic poems include: 'Mere Khuda Mere Dil', 'Autograph', 'Nigah-e-Bazgashi and Munich'.

To his credit Amjad has the achicvement of introducing novel subjects previously unexplored through poetry. He wrote poems on environment conservation years before it became a fashionable topic. His innate sensitivity enabled him to empathise with trees, rivers, flowers, and birds in a manner that makes nature appear as an entity that is alive. Poems like 'Jalsah' and 'Kuch Din Pehle', for example, lament over cut trees and polluted highways.

Amjad was not an ideological poet affiliated with a particular group. He allowed none to use his poetry as a means of propagating their philosophy and even the Progressive Movement or 'Jadidiyat' of the 1960's didn't have a bearing on his style of work. Amjad's style was not steeped in symbolism, allusions and abstractions like the 'Jadid nazm' (modern poem). He tailored his own ideology of compassion and humanity and made his own distinctive path.

Amjad was known as a quiet and reticent personality whose introvent nature manifested no desire for self-marketing. His financial struggles, a difficult marriage; and negligible recognition of his work during his lifetime cast a sorrowful shadow over his entire life. Despite a very concise list of influential advocates of his literary talent that he had during his lifetime, Amjad's popularity has only increased ever since his death.

A number of thesis on Ph.D., M.Phil and M.A level highlighting different aspects of Majeed Amjad's life and literary achievements have been written in various universities of Pakistan. The details of research work done by various scholars on this unique poet are as follows:

Ø  Dr. Aamir Sohail                Bauhuddin Zakaria University     Ph.D.

Ø  Ummat-ul-Mateen         Quaid-i-Azam University               M.Phil

Ø  Tabinda Gul        Bauhuddin Zakaria University     M.A

Ø  Farid Kanwal      Punjab University            MA

Ø  Fozia Ashraf       Punjab University            MA

Ø  Tasneem Naz     Punjab University            MA

Ø  Nawazish Ali       Punjab University            MA

Ø  Mohammad Zubair Khalid            Punjab University            M.A

On Birth Anniversary of Majeed Amjad, a commemorative postage stamp of Rs. 8/- denomination is being issued by Pakistan Post on June 29. 2017

13th ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (ECO) SUMMIT AT ISLAMABAD. MARCH 01, 2017 (2017-02)

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was established in 1985 by Iran, Turkey and Pakistan, It succeeded Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD), which was founded in 1964 to promote cooperation among the three Member States.

2. In 1992, the Organization welcomed in its fold, seven new Members, which in addition to Afghanistan included Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The Treaty of Izmir, signed in 1977 and subsequently amended in 1996, is the legal foundation of the Organization.

3. ECO aims at promoting sustainable economic development of Member States through trade and economic cooperation as well as mutual assistance in social, cultural, technical and scientific fields. Three long-term sectoral priorities of the Organization are: i) Development of transport and communication infrastructure, ii) Facilitation of trade and investment, iii) Effective use of the region's vast energy resources.

4. The Headquarters of ECO are located in Tehran. H.E. Ambassador Halil Ibrahim Akca (Turkish National) is the current Secretary General of Economic Cooperation Organization.

Institutional Framework

5. ECO consists of four principal organs, the Council of Ministers (COM), the Regional Planning Council (RPC), the Council of Permanent Representatives (CPR) and the Secretariat.

ECO Summit

6. Held biennially, ECO Summit of Heads of States/Governments of member States provides the Organization an overarching strategic guideline as well as political support. 12th ECO Summit was held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 16th October 2012.

7. Pakistan is hosting the 13th ECO summit in Islamabad on 1st March 2017, preceded by 22nd Council of Ministers Meeting (COMM) on 28th February 2017. The Council of Ministers meeting will be preceded by Senior Official Meeting (SOM) on 26 February 2017

Council of Ministers (COM)

8. The Council of Ministers (COM) is the highest policy and decision-making body of ECO and is composed of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States. It meets once a year by rotation, in the territories of the Member States.

Council of Permanent Representative (CPR)

9. The CPR is composed of Tehran based Ambassadors of Member States accredited to ECO. It meets once a month and oversees the working of the Secretariat and takes day to day decisions relating to the Organization on behalf of the COM.

Regional Planning Council

10. The Regional Planning Council (RPC) is composed of the Heads of Planning Organizations of Member States and meets at least once a year prior to the annual meeting of the Council of Ministers. It evolves basic strategies/policies and plans in accordance with the objectives and principles of regional cooperation laid down in the Treaty of Izmir, as well as policy guidelines of the Council of Ministers.

ECO Secretariat

11. The Secretariat is the implementing arm of the Organization. Under the supervision of the Secretary General, it carries out the policies and programmes finalized by the governing bodies, and reports back to them on its activities. Presently, there are 67 officials working in the Secretariat and out of them 14 belongs to Pakistan.

ECO Vision 2025

12. The ECO Vision 2025 envisages "ECO will pave the way to a territory of integrated and sustainable economies as well as free trade area achieved by highly educated societies and improved governance through enhanced cooperation". The new Vision focuses on sectoral priorities of the ECO including Trade, energy, transit and social welfare and environment. The Vision also incorporates an implementation framework.

ECO Trade Agreement (ECOTA)

13. ECOTA is a major step towards realization of the Organization's goal of removal of trade barriers and establishment of a Free Trade Area in the ECO region. The Agreement was signed in Islamabad in July 2003 during the 2nd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce and Foreign Trade and entered into force on 24th April, 2008. The member states are currently negotiating to operationalize this agreement.

Transit Transport Framework Agreement (TTFA)

14. TTFA is ECO's the basic document in the transport sector, providing background for a historical movement toward reduction of cost and acceleration of the transport services through harmonization and modernization of transit transport in the region.

15. TTFA is in force since 2006 with the ratification of the Parliaments of eight Member States: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkey.

On13th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit at Islamabad, the Commemorative Postage Stamps of Rs.8/- each denomination are being issued by Pakistan Post on March 01, 2017