MESSAGE FROM

MASOOD KHAN, PRESIDENT OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND FORMER AMBASSADOR OF PAKISTAN TO CHINA,

ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HONDER COLLEGE

September 27, 2018

I convey my heartiest felicitations to the Honder College of Inner Mongolia Normal University on its tenth anniversary. This is a great occasion for the College, its leadership, its able faculty and talented students. After its development spanning a decade, the College is poised to move to new heights. I wish the College more development  and success in the years to come.

The Honder College is a great institution. The infrastructure and buildings of the college are strikingly aesthetic, but even more impressive is the quality education that it imparts in diverse  disciplines including English, tourism management, pre-primary education, engineering management, journalism and artistic designing.

The college equips students  with practical skills and instills in them the spirit of initiative. The teaching faculty and the administrative staff include some of the finest professionals  in the field. The college has become a symbol of quality, drive and dynamism in Inner Mongolia and, in fact, the whole of China.

For all the accomplishments of the Honder College, I pay tribute to its very able, resourceful and dynamic President, Mr. Zhou Shuchun. He is a man of great vision who has championed the  cause of quality education not only in China but has also reached out to prestigious educational institutions in Pakistan to build partnerships. Over the years, thanks to his efforts, Honder College has worked closely with Pakistan’s National Univesity of Modern Languages, Roots Millennium Schools, and Aitchison College to build bridges and partnerships.

I am glad to learn that the eminent educationist,  thought leader and  former Principal Aitchison  College Lahore, Mr. Faqir Aijazuddin,  will attend the 10th anniversary celebrations of the college. His famous book “From a Head, through a Head, to a Head”, which explains the constructive role played by Pakistan in the Sino-US rapprochement in the early 1970s, has been translated by a Honder College academic  in Chinese and has been  published recently. Thank you Honder College for doing this.

I can never forget my visit to the Honder College in 2010, when all of its  6,000 students (now their number has increased to more than 10,000) came out of their class rooms to welcome and greet me. I was deeply touched. At that time, I was the Ambassador of Pakistan to China and the occasion of my visit was that  the President, faculty and students of the College had decided to help after devastating floods had hit large parts of Pakistan. They all raised funds and generously helped Pakistan in a difficult hour. The people of Pakistan would never forget this act of kindness.

This was the beginning of a strong relationship. In the following years, the Honder College faculty members came to Pakistan to teach and scores of Pakistan students enrolled in the Honder College.

The Honder College has honoured Pakistan; and honoured me personally. They established a Masood Khan Library after my name; and they have been giving Masood Scholarships. So I have a strong, unbreakable bond with the Honder College.

On this occasion, I also want to acknowledge the active role played by Ms. Shirley, Manager Foreign Affairs Office,  in maintaining and sustaining close ties of the College with Pakistan. She is a great asset for the College.

Once again, I congratulate the Honder College on its singular achievements under the leadership of President ZhouYushu and wish it a bright future.

来自巴基斯坦克什米尔地区总统马苏德·汗先生的贺信

2018年9月27日

在鸿德学院建校十周年之际，请允许我向内蒙古师范大学鸿德学院表达我最衷心的祝愿以及最诚挚的问候。十年的砥砺前行，艰苦创业，才有了鸿德学院今天的成就。在周院长及全院师生的共同努力下，我相信鸿德学院的明天会更加辉煌。

鸿德学院是一所软硬件实力都很强的大学。学院的基础设施和校园建设别具一格，但更令人印象深刻的是特色专业和优势学科的建设：英语、旅游管理、学前教育、工程管理、新闻和艺术设计等多门学科。

学院注重培养学生的实践技能，并激励他们不断进取。师资队伍和管理人员都是该领域最优秀的专业人才。鸿德学院已经成为内蒙古乃至整个中国大学的质量、动力和活力的象征。

对于鸿德学院的所有成就，首先向足智多谋、充满活力、知识渊博的院长周玉树先生致敬。他视野开阔，国际化意识强烈，不仅立足于中国发展教育事业，而且与巴基斯坦著名的教育机构建立了伙伴关系。多年来，由于他的不断努力，鸿德学院与巴基斯坦国立现代语言大学、阿奇森学院、ROOT 学校等优质教育机构密切联系，建立了友好合作关系。

我很高兴地获悉：杰出的教育家、思想领袖，前校长阿奇森学院拉合尔校长法齐尔·艾贾祖丁先生将参加该学院的10周年庆祝活动。他的名著《首脑之间》解释了20世纪70年代初巴基斯坦在中美和解中发挥的建设性作用。该书由鸿德学院唐俊老师翻译成中文，并在近期出版。

2010年，我首次访问鸿德学院的经历让我终生难忘，当时学校6000名学生(现在已增加到10000多人)都从教室里走出来迎接我。我深深被大家对巴基斯坦的友好所感动。当时，学院院长、教职员工和学生为在巴基斯坦遭受洪灾的人民提供帮助，他们在巴基斯坦最困难的时候筹集资金，慷慨解囊。我作为巴基斯坦驻华大使前往现场接受捐赠，把他们对巴基斯坦人民的友谊及时传递，巴基斯坦人民永远不会忘记这一善举。

在随后的几年里，鸿德学院与巴基斯坦的交往不断深化，学院的教职员工来到巴基斯坦任教，数十名巴基斯坦学生在鸿德学院学习汉语。

鸿德学院给了巴基斯坦很高的礼遇，也给了我本人很高的礼遇。他们以我的名字命名了“马苏德馆”，并设立“马苏德奖学金”。因此，我和鸿德学院有着深厚的难以割舍的友谊。

在此，我还要感谢外事办史丽珍女士在维持学院与巴基斯坦的密切关系方面发挥的积极作用。她是这所大学的宝贵财富。

我再次祝贺鸿德学院在周玉树院长领导下取得的更大的成就，再创辉煌。