SWABI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali has said the government wants the seats of higher learning to focus on result-oriented research and produce indigenous technology to boost the country’s economy and generate employment.

He stated this while addressing the convocation of the University of Swabi (UoS) here on Sunday.

He said imparting contemporary education to youth was the top priority of the government to enable them to play their due role in the country’s progress and prosperity.

The governor said modern education was the only panacea to empower the youth to face the challenges and make the country economically cogent and politically stable.

Confers degrees on students at Swabi varsity convocation

A total of 640 students graduated in different disciplines of social and natural sciences. The graduates also included three PhD scholars.

A total of 88 students got gold medals for their outstanding academic performance. Among the gold medalists, 35 were girls.

“If universities focus on research and produce outstanding results, the students would not be the job seekers, but job providers,” he said.

He said the government would initiate different schemes to enable the educated youth to contribute to the country’s prosperity.

He said both the federal and provincial governments were working on a plan to provide the youth with interest-free loans.

On the occasion, Prof Nasir Jamal Khattak, Vice-Chancellor of UoS, said the varsity was striving to provide modern knowledge to students.

Later, talking to mediapersons, the governor said the provincial government was facilitating the Election Commission of Pakistan to ensure holding of free, fair and transparent elections in the province.

He admitted that KP and Balochistan were facing the problem of terrorism, and it was the responsibility of the country’s institutions and law enforcement agencies to control the situation for holding elections on time.

Meanwhile, a six-month-old child was killed and five others were injured when an over-speeding passenger coach met an accident on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway here on Sunday, rescue officials said.

They said a team along with an ambulance reached the Karnal Sher Khan Interchange and shifted the injured people to Mardan Medical Complex.

The deceased child was identified as Sannan Khan, and the injured as Masama Begum, daughter of Ijaz Khan, Hamid Khan, 26; wife of Ghafoor Khan, and Mudassar Khan, 41.

Published in Dawn, November 27th, 2023