Socioeconomic development: K-P governor calls for research-based education to take country forward

Around 40 teachers get ‘best university teacher’ awards

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan Abbasi has stressed the need for research-based education to take the country forward.

“Nations which develop a futuristic approach and invest in quality higher education are the ones who progress,” he said while speaking at the Best University Teacher Award ceremony, organised by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Thursday.

As many as 40 teachers from various public and private sector universities were given Best University Teacher Award for the year 2014 in recognition of their outstanding performance. Each winner was awarded a certificate and a cash prize of Rs100,000 each.

The K-P governor observed that a huge investment has been made in the higher education sector during the last one decade.

HEC Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed urged the teachers to get the students involved in research to bring them closer to the edged of knowledge.

The winners included Prof Dr Shehzad Khalid of Bahria University, Islamabad; Prof Dr Shamsul Qamar of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad; Asstt. Prof Dr Khurram Khurshid of Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad; Dr. Samina Malik of International Islamic University, Islamabad; Dr Khalil Ahmed of Korakoram International University, Gilgit; Dr. Shaheen Akhtar of National Defence University, Islamabad; Dr Syed Abdul Ghaffar Bukhari of National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad; Dr Jamil Ahmad of National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad; Dr Attiya Yasmin Javid of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad; Dr Tariq Yasin of of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad; Dr Tariq Mahmood of Quaid-E-Azam University, Islamabad; Dr Uzaira Rafique of Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi; Dr Hamid Mukhtar of Government College University, Lahore; Dr. Mamuna Ghani of Islamia University Bahawalpur; Dr Muhammad Sarwar Khan of Professor at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad; Dr. Intzar Hussain Butt, Assistant University of Education, Lahore; Dr Riffat Asim Pasha of University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila; Dr Muhammad Sharif of University of the Punjab, Lahore; Dr Muhammad Younus of University of Veterinary of Animal Sciences, Lahore; Dr Raza-UR-Rahman of DOW University of Health Sciences, Karachi; Dr Nasir Afghan of Institute of Business Administration, Karachi; Dr Abdul Razaque Shaikh of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro; Dr Arabella Bhutto of Mehran University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro; Dr Khurshid Ahmed Abbasi of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Larkana; Dr Ziaul-Hassan-Shah of Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam; Dr Naeem Tariq Narejo of University of Sindh, Jamshoro; Dr Muhammad Arif of Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan; Dr Abdul Haleem Shah of Gomal University, Dara Ismail Khan; Dr Habib Ahmed of Hazara University, Mansehra; Dr Attaullah Shah of Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar; Dr Muhammad Tahir Sarwar of Khyber Medical University, Peshawar; Dr Muhammad Azim Khan of University of Agriculture, Peshawar; Dr Amir Nawaz Khan of University of Peshawar; Dr Zahoor Ahmad Bazai of University of Balochistan, Quetta, and Dr M Ishtiaq of Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur.

The teachers from private sector universities who received the award included Dr. Humaira Nadeem of Riphah International University, Islamabad; Dr Ahmed Faisal Imtiaz Siddiqi of University of Management and Technology, Lahore; Dr Syed Zahoor-ul Hassan Zaidi of Hamdard University, Karachi; Prof Jameelun-Nabi of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Sawabi and Dr Muhammad Abdul Wasim of Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 29^th, 2016.