Pakistan: HEC approves Rs 507.6 mn budget grant for FUUAST
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The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a budget grant of Rs. 507.6 million for the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (FUUAST). Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Zabta Khan Shinwari (SI, TI) welcomed the approval and thanked the Chancellor of FUUAST, President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, for approving the grant. He also thanked HEC and Federal Minister for Education Dr Khalid Maqbool and Secretary …
ISLAMABAD, Jul 13 (APP):The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a budget grant of Rs. 507.6 million for the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (FUUAST).
Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Zabta Khan Shinwari (SI, TI) welcomed the approval and thanked the Chancellor of FUUAST, President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, for approving the grant. He also thanked HEC and Federal Minister for Education Dr Khalid Maqbool and the Secretary of Education for their support of higher education.
The Vice Chancellor said this is an important step for the university. He said the grant will help improve the university’s financial position and support the smooth running of academic and administrative work.
He said the approval shows the government’s commitment to supporting public sector universities and will help strengthen FUUAST in the future.
The Vice Chancellor also thanked the university’s administration and his team for their continuous hard work and coordination with the concerned authorities.
Reference Link:- https://www.app.com.pk/national/hec-approves-rs-507-6-mn-budget-grant-for-fuuast/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
