Call to include stakeholders in uplift

LAHORE
Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has said the system cannot meet success unless public opinion and input of relevant stakeholders are included in development projects.
He said this while addressing the launching ceremony of the Youth Development Corps (YDC) in the light of Pakistan Vision 2025 in Punjab University at Al-Raazi Hall on Wednesday. Young Development Corps Coordinator Ahmad Butt, PU Registrar Prof Dr Liaqat Ali, Adviser to Vice-Chancellor and President Pakistan National Forum Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan, Director Centre for Coal Technology Prof Dr Shahid Munir, Director Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Prof Dr Amir Ejaz, faculty members and a large number of students enthusiastic to become part of the YDC were present.
Addressing the ceremony, Dr Mujahid Kamran said the YDC would prove an interesting experience for the young talent of universities where students from various academic fields would play their role in positive development in the society. He said the YDC would be a good platform for students to show and polish their skills. He thanked Federal Minister for Planning and Development Prof Ahsan Iqbal for his support in the meeting of ECNEC for approval of various development projects at PU.
Giving a detailed briefing on the project, YDC Coordinator Ahmad Bilal said the YDC sought to create a link of Planning Commission with the universities where intellectual/social capital of the country resided. He said we wanted to ensure that the youth be actively engaged in setting a positive development based narrative of the country. He said this would help the Planning Commission to revitalise itself as a premier development think-tank with the input from young and ambitious minds and would also enable students to make a contribution towards the national development by applying their skills to solve the development problems.
He said the key-objective of the project was to directly involve the youth in the socio-economic development of Pakistan and generate a citizen feedback system that prioritised issues and shaped the paradigm. He said that various campaigns, events and competitions regarding development plans and policies would also be launched.
assistance: Khawaja Ahmed Hassan, the LTC chairman, Wednesday distributed cheques among 37 students of the Punjab University Institute of Social and Cultural Studies given by Bait ul Maal for their financial assistance.
According to a press release, a ceremony was held in the committee room of Vice Chancellor’s office in which PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran and the students participated.
Talking to the students, the LTC chairman expressed the hope that students would play their role for the betterment of the country.
achievement: The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore has been ranked second in agriculture and veterinary sciences category while 9th in overall ranking of Pakistani higher education institutions by the Higher Education Commission for the year 2014.
The UVAS notched its place among the top 10 universities of the country leaving behind many big universities due to its quality of education, research, extension and other services.
The HEC ranked the universities on the criteria/basis of quality assurance, teaching quality, research, finance and facilities, social integration/community development.