Hoti approves land for university in Karak

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti has approved the provision of land for setting up of a university in Karak and urged the federal government to undertake measures for realising the project. The chief minister was chairing a meeting at his office on Monday, in which matters pertaining to two options – setting up of a sub-campus of Kohat University of Science and Technology and a separate university – were discussed in detail and the option of a separate university was approved. The chief minister said his government was following the policy of generalising higher education facilities in every nook and corner of the province, adding Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan and its sub-campuses in various districts proved the fact. He assured provision of land for construction of the university in Karak and undertaking of the required legislation.
The meeting decided upon the location of the university. It was told that purchase of the land would be provided by the provincial government as well as from the royalty of oil and gas equally. As Karak has emerged as the oil and gas producing zone of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, people from all over the district have unanimously demanded a separate university.
Hoti said people of Karak and associated districts would benefit from the higher education facility and it would help eradicate illiteracy from the area.
Meanwhile, chairing a separate meeting regarding the Tanzeem Lissail Wal-Mahrom, the CM stressed the extension of services of the organisation to more needy people and directed the adaptation of more effective and active procedures in this regard. Project Director Syed Kamran Shah highlighted the purpose, administrative structure, funding, goals, successes, expenses and other matters of the organisation in detail.