Nation's future hinged on investing in quality education: Masood.

Swabi -- Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, said that AJK government is keen on enhancing the quality of higher education in the State by introducing cutting edge disciplines which are more germane to the ever growing and changing job market. The President made these remarks while addressing the management, faculty and students here during a visit to Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI). Mr. Shams-ul-Mulk, President Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology (SOPREST), Mr. Shakeel Durrani, Executive Director SOPREST and Mr. Jahangir Bashar, Rector GIKI along with senior faculty members welcomed the President upon his arrival

Mr. Jahangir Bashar also gave a detailed briefing on the institute's achievements and the various disciplines taught at GIKI. The President interacted with the Deans and senior faculty members in an earlier session and was also given a detailed tour of the campus, state of the art laboratories and 'The Catalyst'- GIKI's incubation centre.

President AJK while addressing his audience said that AJK, after attaining considerable success in educational scores and fulfilling quantitative targets, is now focusing on improving its quality of education, especially at the tertiary level. Public sector universities of AJK, he said, have a lot to collaborate on with GIKI which has become a standard bearer and leader for imparting engineering education in Pakistan. He added that the AJK government would explore avenues for collaborations in student and faculty exchange programs with GIKI and other leading universities of Pakistan.

He said that it was especially encouraging to see that this avant-garde institution of Pakistan is opening up to research in revolutionary and innovative specialities like the Internet of Things, photonics, cloud computing, biomechanics, nanotechnology, blockchain, supply chain management and climate change. He termed GIKI as a truly national university with representation from all over Pakistan.

The President stressed that the future of Pakistan depends on our abundant...