Terming dissolution of the Higher Education Commission an irreparable national loss, PML central leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi has said the government decision is tantamount to closing doors of higher education on thousands of deserving Pakistanis, calling for immediate withdrawal of the decision.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Pervaiz Elahi said the objective of the HEC was to provide equal higher education opportunities to all the four provinces, adding that they had set up 18 new universities in Punjab and inked agreements with German and Swedish governments to set up technical universities adjacent to the proposed Lahore-Sialkot Motorway project, to promote higher education. The incumbent Punjab government s nonchalant attitude towards higher education had forced both countries to withdraw their allocated funds and manpower for the university projects, shifting them to India.
He said that the HEC was considered as a catalyst of change and harbinger of a silent revolution in Pakistan. The news of its dissolution had resulted in the suspension of the US aid worth 250 million dollars while the United Nations had also threatened to withdraw its 350 million dollars aid for promotion of higher education in Pakistan, he said. Pakistan s growth and development were directly related to the promotion of higher education, he opined. There were over 8000 Pakistanis who depended on the HEC to continue higher studies and the dissolution had left them clueless about their future.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Pervaiz Elahi said the objective of the HEC was to provide equal higher education opportunities to all the four provinces, adding that they had set up 18 new universities in Punjab and inked agreements with German and Swedish governments to set up technical universities adjacent to the proposed Lahore-Sialkot Motorway project, to promote higher education. The incumbent Punjab government s nonchalant attitude towards higher education had forced both countries to withdraw their allocated funds and manpower for the university projects, shifting them to India.
He said that the HEC was considered as a catalyst of change and harbinger of a silent revolution in Pakistan. The news of its dissolution had resulted in the suspension of the US aid worth 250 million dollars while the United Nations had also threatened to withdraw its 350 million dollars aid for promotion of higher education in Pakistan, he said. Pakistan s growth and development were directly related to the promotion of higher education, he opined. There were over 8000 Pakistanis who depended on the HEC to continue higher studies and the dissolution had left them clueless about their future.
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