Dr. Nadeem Omar Tarar, Gandhara Chair at University of Wah, was invited as a Guest Speaker by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a Webinar on “The Gandhara Heritage of Pakistan” on 28 July, 2022. The Webinar was organized by the Pakistan Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar in collaboration with Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC). The Seminar was held to showcase the tourism potential of Pakistan, especially the Buddhist heritage tourism in Myanmar, which is an emerging outbound tourism market. A large number of notable Buddhist Monks from Myanmar, tour operators, and officials from tourism organizations participated in the event. Various documentary films on the landscape and cultural heritage of Pakistan were also shown to the audience. In the end, shields, printed material on tourism of Pakistan, and a book on Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan was presented to the monks.
