SWABI, Jan 21: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli on Friday said a group of friends of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology would be formed to help the institute in various matters, including the mobilization of financial resources. The minister was talking with GIK Institute Rector Dr Abdullah Sadiq on Friday.

She said: “I would be one of the volunteers to come forward in this matter.”

The group will help boost the image of the institute in the country and abroad.—Correspondent

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