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Establish at least 10 technical universities

The promise is a part of the PTI's plan to "provide skills to our youth".
Published October 29, 2018

The PTI, in its manifesto, states that it "will establish at least 10 technical universities in Pakistan to provide skills to our youth".

Source: PTI Manifesto 2018

Updates:

Oct 1, 2021: Pak-China vocational institute opens in Gwadar (read details)

July 5, 2021: Federal, Punjab govts to fund tech university in Sialkot (read details)

March 19, 2021: Al-Qadir University to be completed by this September, says PM (read details)

March 12, 2021: PM Imran inaugurates Al-Qadir University in Sohawa (read details)

January 17, 2021: Rs8 billion engineering varsity to be set up in Swat (read details)

December 24, 2020: Youth Pehchan Programme launched in Balochistan (read details)

December 16, 2020: PTI govt established five varsities in two years: minister (read details)

June 29, 2020: Rs32bn allocated for PSDP projects in Gilgit-Baltistan including Skardu technical college (read details)

June 11, 2020: Government introduces bill to establish Institute for Technical and Management Sciences in Hyderabad (read details)

March 8, 2020: Tevta starts handover of four colleges to new technology varsities (read details)

Dec 16, 2019: Minister lays foundation stone of Pak-China Friendship Technical and Vocational Training Institute in Gwadar (read details)

Dec 6, 2019: Tevta board approves the establishment of a new polytechnic institute in Peshawar (read details)

Oct 22, 2019: National Skill University VC appointed (read details)

Aug 25, 2019: Polytechnic university to be set up in Balochistan: minister (read details)

Aug 24, 2019: PM Imran reviews progress on establishing varsity at PM House (read details)

March 7, 2019: DG Khan to have technology varsity (read details)

Nov 23, 2018: Punjab cabinet validates establishment of Punjab University of Technology in Mandi Bahauddin (read details)

Nov 20, 2018: Ministry to finally start work on constructing first nursing university (read details)

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inam Gul
Dec 13, 2018 02:54pm
Pakistan is very backward in technical education and we can't progress without technical workforce. Lets see how PTI handles this.
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