The News Education Expo 17 attracts record crowd

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.