DHA asked to start preparatory work for launching university

Commander 5 Corps Lt Gen Zahirul Islam asked the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Friday to start preparatory work for launching a state-of-the-art university that would impart high quality postgraduate studies in various disciplines of pure sciences, social sciences, technology, arts and literature etc. The HEC has already issued a charter to the DHA to launch the ‘Saffa University’.
According to a press release, the corps commander was visiting the DHA educational institutions to see the facilities available there for grooming and training students. DHA Administrator Brig Aamer Raza Qureshi accompanied the corps commander and briefed him about the various facets of the DHA educational system.
DHA Director Education Commodore (retd) Ansari and the principals of DHA colleges were also present on the occasion and briefed the corps commander about their respective outfits. The corps commander said that the purpose of education was to produce confident, dynamic and self reliant individuals, who could succeed in every field of life and contribute positively to the society.
“The academic and co-curricular activities and the facilities available at DHA schools and colleges should be organised, maintained and utilized in an optimum manner for best mental grooming and wholesome development of students’ personality,” he added.
He said that the stature and status of an educational institution is determined by its academic performance.
He advised the principals to exclusively devote all their energies towards achieving academic excellence and highest standards of education in their institutions. He said this could be achieved through a dedicated and high quality faculty and through efficient management of available educational resources.
The corps commander later visited the newly built campus of Defence Authority College for Women in DHA Ph-VII (Extn). He appreciated the team of teaching and non-teaching staff engaged in maintaining dynamic learning environment at the campus and said that the college had the potential of becoming a leading university of the country and to emerge on the national educational canvas.