Jhagra says govt giving priority to education

Author: Staff Report

PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engr. Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that the incumbent government is giving special attention to promoting higher education in FATA and the lack of funds will not become a hindrance.

He expressed these views while chairing a high level meeting of FATA University, here at Governor House Peshawar on Tuesday. Besides others ACS FATA Fida Wazir, MNA Qaiser Jamal and VC FATA University Dr Muhammad Tahir were present at the meeting.

The Governor directed the concerned officials to take measures to ensure that the university along with receiving ample funds, other problems be looked into and the students and management are facilitated.

Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of FATA University gave the Governor a detailed briefing on the current state of the university while highlighting the problems that the institute is facing.

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