Govt devising strategy to offer jobs to PhDs: Shafqat Mahmood

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LAHORE: Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training and National Heritage Shafqat Mahmood said on Friday that the government is working out a strategy through which jobs will be created for PhD degree-holders in the country.

He was addressing the first international seminar on the Higher Education University Rankings organised by the Times Higher Education and the University of Lahore.

“Many brilliant PhDs in Pakistan are without job. The government will play its part in making sure that no PhD remain unemployed,” he said.

“In Pakistan, we need to promote research culture so the students can keep themselves updated about the academic achievements being garnered in the world,” he added.