Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani has approved the project of a regional campus of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) at Rahim Yar Khan, the summary of which had been submitted to the premier by Member National Assembly Chaudhry Javed Iqbal Warraich. After the approval, he directed the officials concerned to release funds for its establishment. The prime minister said the AIOU came into being as a result of late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s vision to make Pakistan a country where majority of people are literate. Gilani said carrying forward the vision of late ZA Bhutto, the varsity was serving more students with better than every facilities under the dynamic leadership of Prof Dr Nazir Ahmed Sangi. Vice-Chancellor Dr Sangi said funds for establishment of the regional campus at Rahim Yar Khan would be released soon.
