07-19-2010, 01:10 PM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced to reserve the newly-constructed building of Punjab House Murrree for educational purposes.
The building was handed over to Punjab Endowment Fund at a ceremony in Murree on Sunday and it will be used for providing boarding and lodging facilities and educational activities for the boy and girl students obtaining top positions in curricular and extra curricular fields, says a handout.
Addressing a function held in this regard, the chief minister said resources of Punjab are at the disposal of talented and brilliant students.
He said the building constructed at a cost of billions of rupees by the former government for the rulers and elite will now be utilised for the promotion of education.
He said there is no justification for the monopoly of elite class on national resources and the dream of transforming Pakistan in accordance with the ideals of Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal, cannot be realized without allocating national resources for the poor and under-privileged segments of the society.
He said that decision to make Punjab House Murree a centre of education is a part of programme to provide maximum resources to those children who are the future of the country and have displayed their best abilities despite difficult circumstances. He said that delegations of students visiting foreign countries studying at foreign universities with the financial assistance of Punjab government, the position holders of different examinations besides special children will benefit from this building. He said that the building will prove to be a center for seminars and discussions on educational and scientific topics. He said that he is dedicating this building to those lakhs of talented and brilliant Pakistani students who do not have proper facilities but are working hard in difficult conditions for earning a name for their parents as well as Pakistan. The Chief Minister on this, occasion announced sending five talented students to the best universities of the world for post-graduate education and said that this number will be increased next year. He said that setting up of educational endowment fund worth Rs.6 billion and Danish schools and establishment of computer labs in more than 4000 government schools is a part of the programme to divert educational funds to the common man.
The building was handed over to Punjab Endowment Fund at a ceremony in Murree on Sunday and it will be used for providing boarding and lodging facilities and educational activities for the boy and girl students obtaining top positions in curricular and extra curricular fields, says a handout.
Addressing a function held in this regard, the chief minister said resources of Punjab are at the disposal of talented and brilliant students.
He said the building constructed at a cost of billions of rupees by the former government for the rulers and elite will now be utilised for the promotion of education.
He said there is no justification for the monopoly of elite class on national resources and the dream of transforming Pakistan in accordance with the ideals of Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal, cannot be realized without allocating national resources for the poor and under-privileged segments of the society.
He said that decision to make Punjab House Murree a centre of education is a part of programme to provide maximum resources to those children who are the future of the country and have displayed their best abilities despite difficult circumstances. He said that delegations of students visiting foreign countries studying at foreign universities with the financial assistance of Punjab government, the position holders of different examinations besides special children will benefit from this building. He said that the building will prove to be a center for seminars and discussions on educational and scientific topics. He said that he is dedicating this building to those lakhs of talented and brilliant Pakistani students who do not have proper facilities but are working hard in difficult conditions for earning a name for their parents as well as Pakistan. The Chief Minister on this, occasion announced sending five talented students to the best universities of the world for post-graduate education and said that this number will be increased next year. He said that setting up of educational endowment fund worth Rs.6 billion and Danish schools and establishment of computer labs in more than 4000 government schools is a part of the programme to divert educational funds to the common man.