Pakistan HC inaugurates Jinnah Hall project

The High Commissioner of Pakistan, Shahzad Chaudhry, inaugurated the newly refurbished Jinnah Hall project in Kandy, completed with the assistance of the government of Pakistan on June 22.

The Jinnah Hall, named after the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was founded with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan immediately after partition.

Later, in subsequent years, the Pakistani government kept assisting in uplifting and expanding the facility, which has now acquired the status of an icon of Pakistan-Sri Lanka friendship.

The High Commissioner of Pakistan Shahzad Chaudhry distributed copies of the two Sinhala translations of famous Pak books on Buddhist Gandhara among researchers and academics.

He also donated several books on Pakistan to the Vice Chancellor for the Library of the University of Peradeniya.