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Arif Alvi attends inaugural ceremony of Istanbul airport

ISTANBUL: President Dr. Arif Alvi and the First Lady here on Monday participated in the inaugural ceremony of Turkey’s giant new Istanbul airport.
The President and his wife on the occasion also held informal talks with his Turkish counterpart and the first lady. President Dr. Arif Alvi was amongst 50 head of states who were invited by the Turkish government to attend the inauguration ceremony of Istanbul’s newly-built international airport.
President Alvi joined Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan along with other dignitaries to inaugurate Istanbul’s grand airport here. The President along with the Turkish President and dignitaries also offered dua on the occasion.
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has championed the US$ 7.2 billion project in his bid to make Istanbul a global travel hub linking Europe, Asia, and Africa and turn flag carrier Turkish Airlines into an aviation giant.

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.