Daily Times

A delegation of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Turbat, Balochistan, visited the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) and Dr A.Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE) of the University of Karachi on Tuesday.

Three faculty members, 17 male and 15 female students from the final year of the BS and MSc programs were part of the three-day study tour to Karachi.

They also met the KU Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, at KIGBE and shared their experiences visiting two centres of excellence institutes of the University of Karachi. On this occasion, the KU VC Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi offered on-hand training programs and internships to the students of the University of Turbat. He said that the KU would also provide accommodation, logistics, and transportation facilities to the students visiting the KU from Balochistan.

He also offered that the KU Centralized Science Lab will provide free-of-cost facilities to the students of Turbat University. He shared that the KU would like to start a lecture series for them so that they could learn from the experiences of the KU faculty.

The KU VC Professor, Dr Khalid Iraqi, asked the students to educate at least one child in their respective areas to bring a change in society.

He said that providing education to the masses is the way forward for Pakistan, and all educational institutions should play their role.

He said that Balochistan and some other parts of the country are still underdeveloped, so it is its responsibility to help them in every possible way.

He also offered that the MPhil and PhD students of the University of Turbat could have co-supervisors from the University of Karachi.

On this occasion, the KIBGE faculty also shared their experiences and areas of expertise with the visitors and said they could contact them whenever they needed help.

The faculty members of the University of Turbat, Najam Uddin, Kiya Hashum, and Zainab Ali, expressed that they came to the University of Karachi with many expectations. Still, they had yet to learn that the KU VC Professor, Dr Khalid Iraqi, would offer them so many facilities.

They shared that academic and research facilities are very limited in their province. They hoped that with the help of the KU faculty, their students would learn a lot from the internships and hands-on training in various labs of the University of Karachi.