PESHAWAR, May 30: The vice-chancellor of the University of Peshawar, Prof Dr Haroon Rashid, has expressed the hope that the university will soon obtain an exclusive status because of efforts being made to improve its standard

He expressed these views at a meeting with the heads of various disciplines here on Tuesday.

Dr Rashid said that keeping in view new trends in the era of globalisation and the academic challenges of the present day world special attention has been given on improving the standard of education.

He said that the Central Library of the university is considered as one of the top libraries of the country.

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