Faisalabad mayor says he feels proud of citizens’ participation; top institutions establish stalls
FAISALABAD: Pakistan’s biggest education exhibition, The News Education Expo 17, was held at the Royalton Hotel under the aegis of Jang Group on Saturday. Faisalabad Mayor Razzaq Malik inaugurated the event. Jang Group’s Irfan Ashraf, Irfan Mughal, Abdul Waheed and other were also present on the occasion. Prominent higher education institutions established there stalls where a large number of citizens got information about different programmes. Entry was free for students. The mayor, on the occasion, said the huge number of people attending the event was a surprise for him. He was proud of the fact the citizens of Faisalabad were entering the era of modern technology, leaving behind the obsolete culture, which was the demand of the current era, Malik added. He said it wasn’t the age of wasting time and lethargy, adding that adapting to the present time was vital for progress, which was impossible without modern and higher education. Shehzad and Shazia, two local students, said organising such events was necessary because it provided the opportunity to get information about both state-run and private institutions, enabling them to select the subjects for further studies.