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KP to establish Air, Technical universities in Nowshera
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has accorded approval to the establishment of two separate universities; Air University and Technical University on a vast piece of land at Aza Khel, Nowshera and directed the concerned authorities to take necessary steps to expedite work on the projects and put them on ground in the shortest possible time.
It merits a mention here that there exists a botanical garden spreading on 77 kanals while the rest of more than 650 kanal land of district council Nowshera is lying useless on which state of the art Air university and technical university of international standard will be setup.
The Chief Minister has also directed the concerned authorities to put aside on overall 100 kanal of land for the botanical garden. A high level meeting to review the initial progress on the establishment of two new universities was held at CM Secretariat Peshawar with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak in the chair.
Besides, Advisor to CM on Higher Education, Mushtaq Ghani, Secretary Higher Education Farrah Hamid, Secretary Law Mohammad Arifeen, Secretary Industries Mohammad Ali Shehzada, Vice Chancellor University of Peshawar Dr Rasool Jan, Principal Secretary to CM Mohammad Ashfaq and Deputy Commissioner Nowshera, other high ups of concerned departments attended the meeting. The proposed Air University will be established under the auspices of Pakistan Air Force while Technical University will be established by provincial industries department. The Chief Minister termed the establishment of both the varsities as a milestone of great importance and said that the establishment of these universities unique in nature would have a far reaching effects not only on education sector but on the economy of the province as well adding that there would usher in a new era of economic prosperity and eco beauty in the province because technical education at universities level would get boost and new opportunities of employment, research and innovation would be created.
Pervez Khattak was of the view that owing to its peculiar geographical location, Aza Khel was very much suitable for the establishment of such educational institutions because a number of educational institutions were already being setup in the same locality. He termed the promotion of technical education as the need of the hour and the best way to address the core issue of unemployment, and said that with the establishment of the said technical university, technical education in the province would be promoted on modern and scientific lines and resultantly, not only employment opportunities would be provided to the jobless young lots but industrial sector would also groom in the province.
"Our province has suffered great losses because of dis-continuation of policies and lack of decision power in the past regimes but the same will not happen anymore and now whatever decision is once made it will be implemented at all costs and all such schemes of national importance will never be thrown in the cold storage", the Chief Minister resolved. He said that both the universities will be hubs of researches and inventions wherein researches of international standard would be carried out besides imparting all types of technical training and ultimately our young generation will be inclined towards creative activities and inventions.
The participants of the meeting were told on the occasion that the schemes of technical university had been included in the provincial ADP 2013-14 with an allocation of Rs 500 million initially whereas the scheme of Air University would be financed and supported by Pakistan Air Force. It was further told that hiring of consultants and preparation of PC-1 for both the projects would be completed in this month while existing old building would be hired for technical university for the time being and classes would be started within a couple of months.
Vice Chancellor, Peshawar University Dr Rasool Jan assured that the garden would be turned into a centre of research activities as well as a point of scenic beauty between the two new universities. He also assured to extend all possible professional and technical assistance to the provincial government in the establishment of the universities.
KP to establish Air, Technical universities in Nowshera | Business Recorder
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has accorded approval to the establishment of two separate universities; Air University and Technical University on a vast piece of land at Aza Khel, Nowshera and directed the concerned authorities to take necessary steps to expedite work on the projects and put them on ground in the shortest possible time.
It merits a mention here that there exists a botanical garden spreading on 77 kanals while the rest of more than 650 kanal land of district council Nowshera is lying useless on which state of the art Air university and technical university of international standard will be setup.
The Chief Minister has also directed the concerned authorities to put aside on overall 100 kanal of land for the botanical garden. A high level meeting to review the initial progress on the establishment of two new universities was held at CM Secretariat Peshawar with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak in the chair.
Besides, Advisor to CM on Higher Education, Mushtaq Ghani, Secretary Higher Education Farrah Hamid, Secretary Law Mohammad Arifeen, Secretary Industries Mohammad Ali Shehzada, Vice Chancellor University of Peshawar Dr Rasool Jan, Principal Secretary to CM Mohammad Ashfaq and Deputy Commissioner Nowshera, other high ups of concerned departments attended the meeting. The proposed Air University will be established under the auspices of Pakistan Air Force while Technical University will be established by provincial industries department. The Chief Minister termed the establishment of both the varsities as a milestone of great importance and said that the establishment of these universities unique in nature would have a far reaching effects not only on education sector but on the economy of the province as well adding that there would usher in a new era of economic prosperity and eco beauty in the province because technical education at universities level would get boost and new opportunities of employment, research and innovation would be created.
Pervez Khattak was of the view that owing to its peculiar geographical location, Aza Khel was very much suitable for the establishment of such educational institutions because a number of educational institutions were already being setup in the same locality. He termed the promotion of technical education as the need of the hour and the best way to address the core issue of unemployment, and said that with the establishment of the said technical university, technical education in the province would be promoted on modern and scientific lines and resultantly, not only employment opportunities would be provided to the jobless young lots but industrial sector would also groom in the province.
"Our province has suffered great losses because of dis-continuation of policies and lack of decision power in the past regimes but the same will not happen anymore and now whatever decision is once made it will be implemented at all costs and all such schemes of national importance will never be thrown in the cold storage", the Chief Minister resolved. He said that both the universities will be hubs of researches and inventions wherein researches of international standard would be carried out besides imparting all types of technical training and ultimately our young generation will be inclined towards creative activities and inventions.
The participants of the meeting were told on the occasion that the schemes of technical university had been included in the provincial ADP 2013-14 with an allocation of Rs 500 million initially whereas the scheme of Air University would be financed and supported by Pakistan Air Force. It was further told that hiring of consultants and preparation of PC-1 for both the projects would be completed in this month while existing old building would be hired for technical university for the time being and classes would be started within a couple of months.
Vice Chancellor, Peshawar University Dr Rasool Jan assured that the garden would be turned into a centre of research activities as well as a point of scenic beauty between the two new universities. He also assured to extend all possible professional and technical assistance to the provincial government in the establishment of the universities.
KP to establish Air, Technical universities in Nowshera | Business Recorder
