Islamabad
Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob, Vice Chancellor, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur has said that the educational development projects worth more than Rs. 12 billion are currently under completion in the university.
These projects are part of an expansion plan to make the university one of the top 100 universities in the world. For this purpose, the university is conducting research and teaching in more than 300 disciplines.
The number of faculty members has also exceeded 1250. He said that for the timely completion of these mega projects which have been started by the university on its own, which are milestones in the educational development of Bahawalpur, he is hopeful for the cooperation and support from the federal and provincial governments and knowledge-friendly leadership.
Thousands of students of Bahawalpur Division are already big fans of the knowledge friendly Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif and have benefited from the thousands of laptops and billions of rupees PEEF scholarships provided by him.
They are also optimistic for the development of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur under the present government. He said that in view of the extraordinary growth and expansion of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur in the last 3 years, the same proportion of infrastructure is required. For which these development projects were initiated using various means.
These projects have been initiated by the federal government’s special development package, public-private partnership, the university’s own development budget and resources.
He said that the Islamia University of Bahawalpur is also working hard to set up new campuses so that high quality education can be provided to the students at their doorstep.
The foundation stone of Ahmedpur East Campus building has been laid for this purpose. Progress is being made for Liaquatpur Campus and University Campuses will be set up in other districts and tehsils as well.
He said that a unique public-private partnership program of its kind has been launched at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur under which development projects worth over Rs. 4 billion are being implemented in the university. These include the construction of teaching buildings, hostels and roads.
The transport fleet of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur is currently providing travel facilities to more than 60,000 students and employees and these facilities are being provided both inter-city and intra-city.
Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan campuses are also providing transportation facilities to students from their surrounding towns and villages.
