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Kasur, May 17, 2007 -- U.S. Consulate Principal Officer, Bryan Hunt, and Public Affairs Officer, Kathleen Eagen, during their meeting with Pir Nazim Hussain in Kasur.
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Kasur - U.S. Consulate Principal Officer Bryan Hunt stressed the need for “interfaith harmony” and highlighted “U.S. support for education in Pakistan” during his visit to Kasur, 55 kilometers southeast of Lahore. Public Affairs Officer Kathleen Eagen accompanied him.
“Sufis came to the subcontinent in peace. The message of peace and tolerance they brought is important in today's world,” Mr. Hunt said after laying a ‘chadar’ at the shrine of Baba Bulleh Shah where he was greeted by Pir Nazim Hussain Shah. Baba Bulleh Shah, whose real name was Abdullah Shah, composed poetry in the ‘kafi’ style – a verse form favored by Punjabi sufi poets.
“We need to strive for interfaith harmony to strengthen appreciation of the values and norms common to the world’s religions and cultures,” the U.S. diplomat stressed.
Talking with students at the Markazi Jamiatul Binnat, an all-girls madrassa, Public Affairs Officer Kathleen Eagen stated that “education of women is imperative for a society to develop and prosper.”
The U.S. diplomats earlier visited Channan School, Kot Maulvi Abdul Qadir, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and reiterated that the “U.S. remains committed to supporting Pakistan in the field of education.”
During the day-long visit, the American officials also met with District Nazim Rana Muhammad Hayat Khan and visited Mike Community School, run by the Dorothea Routh Welfare Society.
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