{"id":461552,"date":"2025-02-14T13:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=461552"},"modified":"2025-02-14T13:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:23:46","slug":"no-proposal-for-architecture-only-university-under-consideration-farah-naz-akbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/no-proposal-for-architecture-only-university-under-consideration-farah-naz-akbar\/","title":{"rendered":"No proposal for Architecture-Only University under consideration: Farah Naz Akbar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education and Professional Training, National Heritage, and Culture, Farah Naz Akbar, informed the National Assembly that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is not considering any proposal for establishing a university exclusively dedicated to the field of Architecture.<br \/>\nResponding to a question during the session, she said that no university or higher education institution (HEI) in the country offers a single-field or monodisciplinary program. 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