PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Department Secretary Syed Zafar Ali Shah said on Thursday that innovation in technology was the need of the hour for the upcoming challenges and opportunities being created by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
He was speaking as the chief guest at a two-day national workshop – “innovation in technology” – held at University of Engineering Technology (UET) Peshawar.
Representatives from over 20 universities, mills, industrial units and other organisations participated in the workshop, and about 60 industrial projects were exhibited in which the participants took keen interest.
Addressing the gathering, Zafar Ali Shah said that the upcoming CPEC project was going to bring huge job opportunities as well as challenges for students and that, therefore, they needed to ready themselves properly. He added that CPEC was going to benefit all regions of Pakistan.
He praised the efforts of UET for organising the summit.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Iftikhar Hussain also spoke on the occasion, saying that the university was ready to work with the private and public sectors for the promotion of research and innovation in technology. He added that the ongoing summit was extremely important and helpful for young researchers and new industrial units as well as faculty members.