Promotion of education priority agenda of PTI government
Staff Reporter
While addressing the foundation stone laying ceremony of Baba Guru Nanak University in Nankana Sahib, Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar welcomed the Prime Minister Imran Khan to this historic city and thanked him for attending the ceremony. He opined that the establishment of Baba Guru Nanak University is of vital importance and added that the Kartarpur Corridor accord has been signed and the historic corridor would also be inaugurated soon.
The credit of this historic achievement goes to Prime Minister Imran Khan, he maintained. The chief minister said that the promotion of education is the priority agenda of the PTI government. Giving details of the Guru Nanak University project, he said that Rs.6 billion will be spent on the construction of the university which will be completed in three phases. The establishment of this university will not only benefit the local people but the Sikh community from across the globe will also study in this institution.
The chief minister said that the Punjab government has decided to set up eight universities and five institutes in the province during one year. Classes have already been started in some of the institutions; while work is in progress in other institutions, he said. He announced that the University of North Punjab will be set up in Chakwal while the University of South Punjab will be established in Layyah district. Similarly, the University of Mianwali, Thal University (Bhakar), Kohisar University (Murree), Women University Rawalpindi and University of Taunsa will also be established by the government.
He added that the Punjab University of Technology will be established in the Rasul area of Mandi Bahauddin along-with the construction of the Mir Chakar Khan Rind University of Technology in DG Khan. Punjab-Tianjin University of Technology and Punjab University of Technology will also be set up in Lahore and Rawalpindi respectively, he added. Usman Buzdar said that information technology institute was being established in Hafizabad. On the other side, work is in progress on 21 development projects worth seven billion rupees in Nankana Sahib and two land record centers will be completed by the end of this year.
The chief minister said that buildings of police lines and district jail will also be constructed in Nankana Sahib. 208 flats have been allotted to the homeless industrial workers in the labor colony of Warburton and the second phase of this colony will also be constructed.
Meanwhile, the construction of the center of excellence in Nankana Sahib is about to be completed. Sehat Insaf Card scheme has been launched in Nankana Sahib to provide free medical facilities to thousands of deserving families, he added.
