Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar on Saturday said only those nations of the world earned a respectable place for themselves in the comity of nations, which made untiring efforts to take a big leap forward in science and technology in the shortest possible time.
He was addressing the 7th Convocation of Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology Peshawar, as its patron, at the Jinnah Convention Centre Islamabad. The ceremony was attended by Senator Javed Ashraf Qazi, former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor General (r) Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, eminent educationists, faculty, staff members of the varsity, and a large number of graduating students and their parents.
Kausar said, “We are blessed with all the natural resources for pulling our country out of economic backwardness and make the nation prosperous provided we produce rightly trained and motivated human resource through our educational infrastructure.” While appreciating the efforts of the varsity for promoting quality education in the province, he urged other institutions to follow the precedent set by the Sarhad University. He said the Sarhad University had achieved great success in a short span of time, and the example should be followed by other educational institutions.
Senator Javed Ashraf Qazi said to keep the momentum of growth, the Sarhad University was extending its areas of specialisation by introducing advanced level of programmes in Engineering, Pharmacy, Computer Science, IT, and Management Sciences to provide quality education and training in these emerging branches of professional education. He also said that first and foremost responsibilities of the university were to produce well-informed, motivated and cultured citizens for the nation, as higher education opened unlimited vistas and possibilities of success and growth.
Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Salim-ur-Rehman in his welcoming address said 377 students were being awarded degrees out which 177 had completed masters programmes. Kausar gave away 34 gold medals to the toppers of different programmes. Earlier, in recognition of his meritorious services in the field of education, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah was awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate. He is the first personality to receive that degree from the Sarhad University.
