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ISLAMABAD, Dec 23 (APP):With youth growth rising as a strategic precedence for the Muslim world, President of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), Mr. Taha Ayhan, visited the OIC-COMSTECH Secretariat in Islamabad to advance concrete cooperation in science, technology, innovation, and future-oriented abilities throughout OIC member states.
The ICYF President was warmly obtained by the Coordinator General of OIC-COMSTECH, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary.
During the assembly, Prof. Dr. Choudhary briefed the visiting dignitary on the mandate of OIC-COMSTECH, adopted by its flagship initiatives and ongoing programmes.
He highlighted OIC-COMSTECH’s lively engagement throughout OIC member states, together with its robust collaborative linkages with OIC observer states, together with Russia and Thailand, in addition to particular programmes with China.
Prof. Dr. Choudhary emphasised OIC-COMSTECH’s increasing position in science, technology, innovation, well being, increased training, and youth-focused capacity-building throughout the Islamic world.
Both sides reviewed previous joint initiatives and held in-depth discussions on future collaboration, with explicit concentrate on ICYF’s imaginative and prescient for 2026, designated because the 12 months of “Future-Ready Youth.”
President ICYF underscored the significance of getting ready youth who’re responsive, resilient, and able to addressing rising international challenges, and described OIC-COMSTECH as a key strategic companion in advancing this agenda.
Taha Ayhan burdened the pressing want to equip younger folks with complete, future-oriented abilities. During the assembly, it was proposed to launch a joint on-line skill-development programme, significantly in rising applied sciences, to be applied by means of a community of digital universities. The preliminary part of this joint initiative is predicted to profit 5,000 youth yearly from OIC member states.
Furthermore, a digital coaching programme in catastrophe preparedness and pandemic administration was additionally proposed, together with organizing the OIC Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Exhibition in Iran throughout Spring 2026.
Prof. Dr. Choudhary additionally highlighted OIC-COMSTECH’s ongoing and rising collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme as a profitable nationwide mannequin that may be expanded to profit youth throughout the OIC area.
The assembly concluded with a reaffirmation of the shared dedication of OIC-COMSTECH and ICYF, in collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, Pakistan, to spend money on youth as key drivers of innovation, resilience, and sustainable growth throughout the Islamic world.