Technical varsity to be set up in Dhamial

Minister says technical institutes will make youth skilled, and they will get better jobs

RAWALPINDI:

The Punjab government has approved the construction of a new technical university in the Dhamial region of Rawalpindi, said Federal Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan while addressing a press conference at Public Secretariat on Saturday.

He said the PTI government was giving special attention to the education sector as five-degree colleges in his constituency would be established whereas a technical university was approved in principle.

The minister added that vocational training institutes were being set up because skilled force, professional training were need of the hour to meet the challenges and provide employment opportunities to the youth.

For the first phase, an amount of Rs5 billion has also been allocated for universities. Federal Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan confirmed with The Express Tribune that five girls and boys degree colleges will be set up in his constituency during the new financial year. “Our aim is to focus on education. These degree colleges will be constructed in Kotha Kalan, Morgah, Dhok Chaudhary, Jatha Hathial, and Adhwal Union Councils (UCs),” he added.

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The upgradation of 45 schools has also been started, the minister said, adding that technical universities and colleges are much needed as students who pass matriculation and intermediate in second or third division quit their studies when they have no career option to carry on. These technical institutions will make them skilled and they will be able to get better jobs, he added.

The minister pointed out the Ring Road project would be completed by the next elections. “Ring Road has been re-aligned,” he added. To meet the water shortage, five dams would be built in Rawalpindi to increase water reserves where two dams under construction to be completed this year, he added.

The minister termed Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government responsible for expensive electricity. “If the price of oil goes up, electricity will become more expensive,” he pointed out. He was of the view that the popularity graph of PTI had been going up for the last two weeks, adding the next two budgets would bring further improvement.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 4^th, 2021.