Staff Reporter
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Sunday vowed to set up a university in every district of Punjab.
“We will set up a university in each district of Punjab and varsity of global standards in every division,” the chief minister said in a Twitter statement.
The incumbent government after assuming office worked on bringing reforms to the existing universities, he said, adding that a total of 16 vice-chancellors and top management of various universities were appointed on merit, new courses designed and the exam system improved.
Usman Buzdar said work on eight universities has already begun this year and their basic necessities have been met.
Among them are Kohsar University Murree, Rawalpindi University, North Punjab University Chakwal, Thal University Bakhar, Mianwali, Baba Guru Nanak University, South Punjab University Layyah, and IT University Rawalpindi, he added.
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that the government is taking practical measures for improving the living standards of the people of the province. Reforms are being introduced in the public departments and institutions according to the modern demands and our initiatives will yield far-reaching and positive results, CM added.
Sardar Usman Buzdar said that Punjab is being changed and will emerge as an exemplary province in this journey of change.
The former culture of spending national exchequer for personal use has been eliminated.
He said that former rulers had spent national resources for their personal showoff and projection.
The public offices are now adopting the culture of austerity. Under this campaign expenses of CM Office have been reduced by 60%. He said that the PTI government has laid the foundation of corruption-free and justice for all society in the province. H said that mega corruption scandal were surfaced during the previous regimes.
It is the pride of PTI government that not a single scandal of corruption is on its credited neither it will be. Menace of corruption will be curbed from Pakistan under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
