Pakistani youth should get themselves equipped with modern technical education and enterprising skills as technological development always plays a key role in Pakistan's progress in the coming years. This was said by Punjab Minister for Finance, Human Rights and Minorities Affairs, Kamran Michael, in a meeting with the Lahore City University staff at university campus.
While highlighting the importance of higher education in present times, he said that more and more universities from private and public sector need to pool in their efforts to ameliorate the level of education in Pakistan. He said that peaceful society was a prerequisite to development. There is a greater responsibility on the educational institutions to enlighten the students with such values that may discourage prejudices of all sorts and favours positive and rational thinking.
He said that only through positive thinking the students would be able to contribute to the country's development. He hailed the efforts of the university in creating an environment that supports intellectual development and creativity. He also appreciated the initiative of the university to provide quality education and skills necessary for employment at affordable cost. The president of the university, Mansoor Faisal, provided letter of authority to the minister to award 25 scholarships to the deserving students who wish to study at the university.
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