Our Correspondent Bahawalpur
Provincial Minister for Prisons and Spokesperson to the Punjab Government Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan has said that the government has taken historic steps for the promotion of higher education in the last three years.
He said that the Islamia University of Bahawalpur is the best example of this where in a short span of three years the number of students increased from 15,000 to 45,000 and the number of teachers increased from 550 to 1,800.
The number of faculties increased from 7 to 14 and the number of departments increased from 48 to 129.
He said that the government was focusing all its resources and attention on the development of universities and enhancing the quality of education and quality research.
For the first time, Pakistani universities have been significantly included in the national and world rankings. Islamia University Bahawalpur has been ranked among the 12th best universities in the country and 1000 in the world.
The provincial minister expressed these views during a meeting with Vice Chancellor Engineer Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob on the occasion of his visit to the Islamia University of Bahawalpur.
Director General Public Relations Saman Rai, Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Irfan Ali Kathia, Syndicate Member Sumaira Malik, Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Naveed Akhtar, Registrar Prof. Dr. Moazzam Jamil, Treasurer, Prof. Dr. Abu Bakar, Director Information Nasir Hameed and other officers were present on the occasion.
