Finance Minister chairs meeting of Board of Governors of University of Health Sciences

Lahore, July 25, 2015 (PPI-OT): Federal Minister for Finance, Senator Ishaq Dar, chaired a meeting of the Board of Governors of University of Health Sciences, at the UHS Campus on Saturday. The Vice Chancellor Prof. Muhammad Aslam briefed the minister about the university and its ongoing projects. He said that the UHS stands second in the country according to the HEC rankings.

He informed the Minister that the Kala Shah Kaku campus of the university was under construction and requested him to help the university administration get a grant of Rs 5 billion from the government. He said thus far the expenses for the construction had been borne by the university itself but it was difficult to keep up pace of work solely on its own.

Minister Dar assured the Vice Chancellor and Board of Governors that he would do all that is possible for a grant and also help resolve other issues faced by the university administration. The minister was also informed about the initiation of Dental Sciences Post Graduate Program by the UHS. Minister Dar appreciated the initiative.

The minister stated that the PML-N government is committed to double the GDP for education by the year 2018. He said after the 18th amendment the educational sector and some other subjects had been devolved to provinces. He said improvement in education sector will be possible only with the collaboration of the provinces, he added.

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