Islamabad
\nInternational Islamic University (IIUI) spokesperson Nasir Farid praised the university\u2019s President, H.E. Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi, for transforming the institution into a merit-based hub of excellence over the past four years, saying that Dr. Alotaibi eliminated nepotism and ensuring decisions were made solely on merit.
\nIn a statement, Nasir Farid said that Dr. Alotaibi\u2019s principled decisions discouraged grouping and made it possible for deserving individuals to access their rights.
\nHe cited the frequent holding of selection boards, where employees and teachers were promoted on merit. He said that President IIUI\u2019s principled policy failed such elements whose agenda was personal interest.
\nHe said that in the light of President IIUI\u2019s vision, the university achieved significant success in research, teaching quality and infrastructural development among other fields.Mentioning the strategic plan introduced by Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi , he said that President IIUI saved the university from a serious financial crisis, the most mentionable is the support provided by Saudi Arabia due to his efforts amid tough financial circumstances. Nasir Farid said that as a result of the tireless efforts of the President of University, the salaries of the last two months were managed from the Saudi fund.
\nThe spokesperson said that the universities across the country are currently suffering from severe financial crisis and the same situation has also affected the IIUI, but it is the result of Dr. Hathal\u2019s hard work and vision that even now the university is very competitive compared to other universities in the country and serving in better condition.
\nSpeaking about a high-level meeting on admissions on Monday, the University spokesperson said that in this meeting, the Vice Presidents, Deans, Directors General and other senior officials of the University praised the leadership and vision of Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi and said that in result of his hard work and vision, the university has achieved a prominent position in the global rankings.
\nThey also praised saying that during his four-year tenure, along with the increase in faculty blocks, labs and infrastructure, the university has gotten high profile faculty members from Saudi Arabia\u2019s Um ul Qura University, Madinah University and Imam Muhammad Ibn e Saud University, which they said is a matter of honor and distinction.
\nThe spokesperson of the University also said that on Monday, in the male campus and female campus, four labs established with Saudi funding were inaugurated as a result of the vision of the president of University.
\nDiscussing the students\u2019 centric approach of the President IIUI, the Spokesperson IIUI said that the University also got a state of the art student facilitation center with Saudi funding that was hailed by HEC and the universities across the country.
\nNasir Farid said that due to the problems faced by universities across the country, there is a decrease in admissions, but due to the university\u2019s best ranking, international identity and teaching performance, compared to all universities, still the first priority of the candidates is International Islamic University.
\nReferring to the University President\u2019s vision of using technology and adopting modern teaching methods, the University spokesperson said that the university has entered a new era of digitalization by utilizing the campus management system while Dr. Hathal\u2019s distance and online educational reforms have brightened the university\u2019s future.
\nHe said that during the presidency of Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi, the cornerstone of his policy was priority of students centric approach, he abolished the atmosphere of politics from the university and for the first time in the history of the university, in the hostels, modern turnstile gates were installed and students were able to get hostel seats on merit. He said that for the students, President University has established international quality food streets in male and female campus by taking special measures.
\nThe spokesperson of the University said that Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi gave priority to research and activated the journals of all the departments. He said the IIUI President personally guided the IIUI researchers and promoted the research relevant to the present challenges and societal issues to serve the country.
\nNasir Farid said that the students who graduated from the International Islamic University are serving in renowned institutions around the world but they were never contacted before Dr. Hathal\u2019s tenure.
\nThe IIUI President activated the Alumni office and established a network of distinguished alumni resulting in collaborative agreements and academia-industry linkages.
\nHe further said that a clear example of the same efforts is the visit of Saudi Industry Specialists a few days ago where they gave job letters to 21 students of the Faculty of Engineering & Technology on the spot after interviews.
\nThe spokesperson said that the entire university has appreciated the services of Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi, expressed satisfaction on his performance and expressed gratitude for his efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad International Islamic University (IIUI) spokesperson Nasir Farid praised the university\u2019s President, H.E. Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi, for transforming the institution into a merit-based hub of excellence over the past four years, saying that Dr. Alotaibi eliminated nepotism and ensuring decisions were made solely on merit. In a statement, Nasir Farid said that Dr. Alotaibi\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-418842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n