PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engineer Iqbal Zafar Jhagra Monday declared to continue hectic efforts for promoting quality education in primary to university level institutions of Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA).
He was addressing as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of FATA University; the first ever institution of providing higher education in the area, at Darra Adam Khel in Frontier Region Kohat.
Federal Minister for SAFRON Lt General, Abdudl Qadir Baluch, Members National Assembly Ghalib Khan Wazir, Maulana Jamal-ud-Din, Nasir Khan, Nazir Khan and Qaisar Jamal, senators Momin Khan and Aurganzeb Khan, Commissioner, Kohat Division, Musarrat Hussain and representatives of higher education were present besides vice chancellors of various universities and a large number of students and elders of the area.
Highlighting the importance of the establishment of the FATA University, the Governor said that it was an old demand of the people of FATA.
To materialize it in line with the directives of the Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, he added, special measures had been taken.
The Governor said, this first ever university of FATA had become functional in a short span of time.
He also appreciated the presence of almost all the parliamentarian from FATA in the inaugural ceremony of the University which, he said, reflected their keen interest in making the Education Emergency Progaramme in FATA a true success.
“We are in the struggle to spread a network of colleges and universities in FATA to offer ample opportunities to youth of the area for seeking higher knowledge.”
Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the University Professor Dr. Tahir Shah while welcoming the Governor and the other guests also highlighted certain difficulties being faced by the institution and requested the Governor to help them in their resolution.
The Governor assured to take necessary steps for their resolution on priority.
