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International Conference and


                Art Festival for Promoting Social


              Cohesion and Interfaith Harmony




                                   Date: 14.03.2022 – 23.03.2022     Venue: Islamabad, Pakistan




















          The director of Silk Road Centre, Dr. Ijlal Hussain (first from   The first night of the conference, a welcome party was held at
          left) and his assistant Haroon Ahmad (third from left) had   the local Country Club. YBAM was accompanied by the High
          warmly welcomed YBAM representatives at Islamabad    Commissioner of Malaysia to Pakistan, Mr. Deddy Faisal bin
          International Airport.                               Ahmad Salleh (third from left) and wife (third from right).


















          During the conference, Buddhist organizations from various   Group photo session after a memorable one day trip to Mohra
          countries were invited on stage to introduce themselves. Lim   Moradu.
          Kean Boon (from left), Venerable Zong Ping and Khong Fong
          Jia represented YBAM.

                                                                                           Peshawar Museum is
                                                                                           the largest Gandhara
                                                                                           Museum in South
                                                                                           Asia, with a collection
                                                                                           of 40,000 Gandhara
                                                                                           artifacts. Venerable Zong
                                                                                           Ping paying respects to
                                                                                           a Buddha statue in the
                                                                                           museum.







          This is the Jahanabad Buddha, the largest outdoor Buddha
          in South Asia. It was restored after being destroyed. The
          restoration work was so good that no visible signs of
          restoration can be seen. After contemplating in silence for 5
          minutes, they made offerings to the Dharma.
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