Govt releases fund for Sialkot’s NUST campus

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ISLAMABAD: The federal government released first instalment worth 180 million for the establishment of the National University of Science and Technology’s (NUST) Sialkot resident campus near Sambrial.

While addressing the press conference on Sunday, Federal Minister for Defence, Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif said that the campus would be established on 150 acres of land at a total estimated cost of Rs 4 billion for providing international standard education to the students besides launching the specially designed advanced technology and engineering courses.

MNA Ch Armughan Subhani, AJK- MLA Ch Muhammad Ishaq, Provincial Minister for Local Bodies Manshaullah Butt, MPAs Ch Muhammad Ikram, Ch Arshad Javaid Warraich, Ch Tariq Akhtar Subhani, Sialkot District Council’s Chairperson Hina Arshad Warraich, Vice Chairman Ch Raza Subhani and Mayor of Sialkot Municipal Corporation Ch Tauheed Akhtar were also present on the occasion.

The minister said a separate campus of the Government College Women University (GCWU) Sialkot and Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College (KMSMC) Sialkot would also be established soon near Sambrial.

Asif informed about several projects included, the construction of the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway at three different sections under the joint supervision of the National Highway Authority (NHA) and the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), the initiation of the work to shift old district courts from the city to Sialkot-Eimanabad Road, and the construction of an international standard park.

Asif said that the shifting of the Sialkot District Jail and District Courts Sialkot to the outskirts of the city would increase the beauty of the city besides helping in lessening traffic load on main roads.

Khawaja Asif added that the PML-N government has been taking measures for the beautification and uplift of Sialkot.

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  1. PML(N) doing great to improve the living, economic,Social and educational stander the peoples of Pakistan.

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