CM approves summary for setting up of varsity in Murree.

RAWALPINDI -- The Punjab government has formally accepted the demand of the people of Murree to set up Kohsar University in the retort town.

Chief Minister Usman Buzdar approved the summery of Punjab Higher Education Department for the establishment of Kohsar University in Murree which will be established after legislation in the provincial assembly soon.

Talking to Dawn, PTI MNA from Murree Sadaqat Abbasi said the government had already selected a site for the university and allocated Rs300 million. He said initially the Punjab House and Government Boys Degree College and Resource Centre in Murree would be used to establish the campus of the university.

However, he said, 300 kanals of Murree Brewery would be used for the extended campus of the university. He said campuses of the university would also be established in Kahuta, Kotli Sattian, Galiat and Azad Jammu and Kashmir so youngsters of these areas could get higher education near their homes.

He said a tourism department would be established in the...