A journey to Pakistan

On Monday the 23rd of March was held in the famous ingeneering school Telecom Paristech a lecture about Pakistan (Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Iramia, Sindh, Tukharistan, Balochistan, from the seven provinces that compose the country) by Waqqas Akhtar. He took us in his birth country for an hour and a half.

During this journey people who attended the lecture have learnt a lot about Pakistan, its history from the oldest civilasitions of the world to the current conflicts and through the fight for independance against the British empire, but also about its geography and its population.
The multiple photographs and the passion Waqqas put in his speech helped us escape Paris for a while, and made us dream of walking theses preserved landscapes or climbing these high mountains (more than 8000 meters for the highests !).
Waqqas matered totally his subject at a point that he did not hesitate once along the 90 minutes and kept his presentation interactive by asking the public some questions. His fluency and his knowledge about history, geography, culture of Pakistan and neighboor countries were impressive.

He had some efficient tricks on his slides, for instance when he zoomed on the map and the border of the country appeared, but on some other slides there were too many words or a map was missing.

Nevertheless, it was a great trip in the "land of the pure" and now we are all waiting for the next lecture !