Govt wants to see minorities prosperous.

ARMAN IDREES CHATTHA/SANGLA HILL/NANKANA SAHIB -- Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Monday declared that the PTI government has been striving hard to see minorities' independent and prosperous economically, saying that construction of Baba Guru Nanak University will benefit the public at large.

Addressing the foundation laying ceremony of Baba Guru Nanak University here on Monday, the chief minister informed that the university being constructed over area of 107 acres would be completed at a cost of Rs6 billion.

Usman Buzdar said that promotion of education is the top priority of the PTI government, revealing that the government has planned construction of eight universities and five education institutes across Punjab.

He said the Baba Guru Nanak University to be completed three phases, would not only cater to the needs of local people but would also attract students from foreign countries.

He said people belonging to Sikh Community would attain education from this university.

'Idea of the Nankana University was floated in 2006 but no special attention could be paid to make it come true,' the Punjab CM informed, adding that the Sikh Community all over the world would get benefitted from this university. He declared that minorities have special importance in...