Mirpur IT university on the cards

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Mirpur IT university on the cards

MIRPUR (AJK): In order to impart quality education in various disciplines of science and technology, the AJK government has formally approved establishment of Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST) with the coordination of Higher Education Commission (HEC), officials told APP on Wednesday.

The project is estimated to cost around Rs 4,000 billion. “A formal ordinance for establishment of MUST has been issued by the AJK government,” AJK University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Habib-ur-Rehman said.

Rehman said that on special directives of AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Khan, who was also Chancellor of the AJK University, 4,000 kanal land had been acquired for the university.

He said the PC-II of MUST project had been inked and initial construction work will start next year.

He said the covered area of the varsity would be expanded to 5,000 kanals at a later stage. He said services of leading consultants had been hired to ink the PC-I of the project.

Prof Dr Rehman said that the state of art facilities would be available at MUST to ensure quality education. He said under the phased programme, the faculties of administrative sciences would also be introduced.

He said besides the students from across the country including the AJK, the children of overseas Pakistanis and Kashmiris would also be enrolled.

The vice chancellor said that the current fiscal year budget of Mirpur campuses of AJK University would be diverted to the establishment of the proposed Mirpur University of Science and Technology to kick off the project. app

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