PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a project worth Rs37 million to strengthen and modernize the department of pharmacy. The two-year project was prepared by the Planning and Development section of the University of Peshawar and was approved by the Higher Education Commission.

The director, Planning and Development, Iftikhar Hussain Khan, has been given additional charge of project director while Assistant Registrar Syed Qaisar Shah has been given additional charge of coordinator.

RELIEF FOR QUAKE VICTIMS: The University of Peshawar has sent four more vehicles loaded with relief items to quake-affected areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir. With this, the total donation collected and sent by the university reached Rs20 million.

As far as relief activities are concerned, the university had set up their relief bases at the affected areas to deliver goods on time.

The Peshawar University Teachers Association has appealed to the public regarding donating things to them as they have planned to help affected students by giving them stipends and ensuring their admissions and hotel accommodations.