Bahawalpur, June 17, 2022 (PPI-OT):Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mehboob, Vice Chancellor, the Islamia of University Bahawalpur, has said that alumni are an asset of the University, with the help and cooperation of which the pace of development of the university can be accelerated. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur is a 100 year old University from which the graduates are spread all over the world including Pakistan. Their help and cooperation is very important in the development of the University. The Vice Chancellor expressed these views while addressing a gathering of journalist alumni at National Press Club Islamabad yesterday.
President of Federal Union of Journalists Shahzada Zulfiqar, President National Press Club Islamabad Anwar Raza, Dr. Sadia Kamal, Saghir Chaudhry, Naveed Akbar Chaudhry, Rana Adnan, Farrukh Ejaz, Naveed Azhar, Fahad Ahmad Missan, Tariq Ali Virk, Muhammad Faraz Malik, Shehzad Ahmad Khalid, Director Press Media and Publications, Dr. Azhar Hussain, Director Alumni were present on the occasion. The Vice Chancellor said that alumni members can raise their voices in the capital for their motherland in their respective fields, especially in the press media.
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur is a fast growing University in which the number of students has increased from 13 thousand to 57 thousand in the last three years, the number of teachers has increased from 450 to 1200. The University has increased the number of faculties from 7 to 15 and new departments have been set up to suit the needs of the market and the country. To this end, projects worth Rs. 12 billion are being implemented by the federal government, provincial government and public-private partnership and from their own resources.
Alumni can be very effective for timely funding of these projects. Dr. Azhar Hussain, Director, Alumni, said that the Alumni Network has provided a platform to alumni around the world and so far, 14,000 alumni have registered. Rana Adnan, the focal person of the event, thanked the Vice Chancellor for attending the event and for his encouragement. Shields were also distributed among the alumni members on the occasion.
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