Spirit of serving country among youths: Khosa addresses vice chancellors of public sector universities

Punjab Governor Latif Khosa here on Saturday has asked the vice chancellors of the public sectors universities to mobilise the youth to check brain drain in the country. "It is our responsibility to mobilise the youth and inculcate in them the spirit of serving the country," he said while chairing a meeting of the VCs of seventeen public sector universities at the Governor's House.
The Punjab Governor said education was his top-priority and referring the Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, he opined that CM had special preference to education and he would work for the resolution of problems faced by the universities in collaboration with Shahbaz Sharif.
Admiring Shahbaz Sharif's services for the cause of education, he said that Punjab Chief Minister was utilising all resources for the development of education sector in Punjab. Khosa urged the universities to design their curriculum as per the needs of the contemporary times, adding that standard rather than number should be maintained in research.
The Punjab Governor said that the new generation should be introduced to their culture and the message of the Sufis in order to eliminate extremist tendencies from the society. The Chancellor said that no political interference would be borne within the educational institutions, reminding the VCs to play their active role in purging their institutions of politics, which may spoil the academic atmosphere.
Khosa said that positive ideas would be embraced with an open heart in the public sector universities for strengthening academic as well as scholarly environment in the universities. The Punjab Governor assured the educationists that he would take measures regarding the provision of funds to the universities for the smooth running of institutions.
Earlier, the vice-chancellors from the seventeen public sector universities briefed Punjab Governor on the performance of their institutions and apprised him of the problems faced by their respective Universities.
The vice-chancellors included Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran, VC, Punjab University, Lahore; Professor Dr Muhammad Zafarullah VC, BZU, Multan; Professor Dr Muhammad Mukhtar Chaudhry VC, Islamia University, Bahawalpur; Professor Dr Muhammad Iqrar Ahmad Khan VC, Agriculture University, Faisalabad; Professor Dr Khalid Mehmood Khan VC, Arif Agriculture, Rawalpindi; Lieutenant General M Akram Khan (Retd), VC, UET, Lahore; Dr Ms Farhat Saleem, VC, University of Education, Lahore; Professor Dr Saeeda Asadullah Khan VC, FHWU, Rawalpindi; Professor Dr Khalid Aftab VC, GCU, Lahore; Professor Ms VC.LCWU, Lahore; Professor Dr Zakir Hussain VC, GCU, Faisalabad; Professor Dr Muhammad Akram Chaudhry VC, University of Sargodha; Professor Dr Muhammad Nawaz VC, UVAS, Lahore; Professor Dr Hussain Mubashar Malik VC, University of Health Sciences, Lahore; Professor Dr Asad Aslam VC, KEMU, Lahore; Professor Dr Muhammad Nizamuddin VC, University of Gujrat.
During the day Federal Minister for Defence Ahmed Mukhtar called on Punjab Governor Latif Khosa. The Defence Minister felicitated Khosa on his elevation as Punjab Governor and admired President Asif Ali Zardari's political acumen for appointing a seasoned lawyer and a die-hard party leader as Punjab Governor. Ahmed Mukhtar discussed current political scenario in the province and lauded Khosa's efforts for political reconciliation in the province in line with the party policy.
Later, Federal Minister for Information Technology Sardar Asif Ahmed Ali also called on Latif Khosa and greeted him on his appointment as Punjab Governor. The administrative secretaries from the various provincial departments including Higher Education, Livestock and Dairy development, Agriculture and Finance were also present in the meeting.