Inaugurates ‘PM Youth Sports League Volleyball’ at IUB
Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman has said that advanced research in the health and education sectors is very important in this modern time. Addressing the seventh annual convocation of Quaid-e-Azam Medical College as the chief guest here Friday, he said that medical graduates should use technology to acquire contemporary knowledge of their respective fields.
He urged the students to see for themselves in which eras of Pakistan’s history the highest GDP growth rate was observed. He said that mega-development projects were completed in Bahawalpur during the era of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
He told that a 400-bed Sir Sadiq Mohammad Khan Abbasi Hospital (Civil Hospital), Drug testing laboratory, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Government Sadiq Women University, and other educational institutions were established in Bahawalpur during the period of Pakistan Muslim League (N) government. During this period, he added the construction of the Home Economics College building started which is completed now.
Meanwhile Governor Punjab Engr. Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman Friday inaugurated “ PM Youth League Volleyball’ under Prime Minister Youth Program and Higher Education Commission at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB).
Advisor to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Shaza Fatima Khawaja and Vice Chancellor, IUB Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob were present on the occasion.
The governor said that the youth were the country’s asset as they constituted 60 percent of the population.
The youth could be better utilized if they were provided with the best opportunities for education as well as sports, he added.
