By Islamuddin Sajid </p> <p>ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – A Turkish aid agency on Tuesday distributed tablets for students of Pakistan-Turkey Maarif schools in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.</p> <p>Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) handed out tablets to 249 students who graduated from schools administered by Turkey’s Maarif Foundation.</p> <p>Addressing the hand-out ceremony as the chief guest, Turkey’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mustafa Yurdakul said: “I am very happy that Turkey's institutions TIKA and Maarif Foundation jointly launched an important program to strengthen education system and help the students in Pakistan.”</p> <p>Turkish institutes are working in Pakistan to make the educational system stronger, he added.</p> <p>Turkey established the Maarif Foundation in 2016 after a coup attempt to take over the administration of overseas schools linked to FETO. It also establishes schools and education centers abroad.
Gokhan Umut, a TIKA coordinator in Pakistan, Selahattin Batur, Pakistan head of Maarif, officials from Pakistan’s Education Ministry and Turkish Red Crescent were also among the guests of ceremony.