Pindi’s new women varsity to start in June

Sheikh Rashid said over 7,000 female students would be initially imparted higher education

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday said that newly established university in Rawalpindi would start admissions in June and over 7,000 female students would be initially imparted higher education near their doorstep.

In a statement, the minister thanked Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar for issuing a notification for Rawalpindi's second largest women’s university.

Sheikh Rashid said the present government was taking special interest in laying a network of schools, colleges and institutions adding that more educational institutions are being built in the city.

He said that recently Prime Minister Imran Khan had inaugurated a modern Mother and Child Hospital equipped with latest technical equipment along with 400 beds and 11 most modern operation theatres.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 15^th, 2019.