Qamar Uz Zaman Chaudhary, Federal Secretary of Ministry of Professional and Technical Training congratulated UNESCO and NAVTTC along with participants and speakers of the event.
Pakistan's meteorological department chief, Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, said some parts of the country had received the heaviest rain and snow in seven years, the Associated Press news agency reports.
But the first day's proceedings were overshadowed by a decision by Pakistan's chief justice, Said-uz Zaman Siddiqi, and five other Supreme Court judges, to refuse to take an oath of allegiance that would have in effect bound them to the army-led administration that has run the country since the coup in October.