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ISLAMABAD – Punjab Governor Muhammad Rafique Rajwana who is also chancellor of the University of Engineering and Technology in Taxila on Tuesday said that attaining high academic excellence in science and technology was a key to put Pakistan on road of development and prosperity.

He stated this while addressing the 14th Convocation of the University of Engineering and Technology in Taxila. The eminent educationists, heads of universities, faculty members, parents and students attended the Convocation. Addressing on the occasion, the governor said that knowledge-based education was need of hour.

He said that brilliant students should justify their education to become a proud Pakistani in the comity of nations by their extraordinary work and contributions in different disciplines. He named young graduates a galaxy of rising stars and appreciated the valuable contributions of their parents and teachers.

He said that the government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was going ahead by inviting foreign investment for big projects including China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and these projects related to engineering which would provide jobs and business opportunities.

The governor said that the current democratic government believed in provision of quality education at the doorstep of every citizen for prosperity and development of Pakistan. He asked graduates to contribute for prosperity in practical field after completing their education.

He advised the graduates to not forget the poor's and always help them and try to mitigate their sufferings. He said that education was the fundamental right of every citizen and government had established a large number of schools, colleges and universities to provide better education facilities to all sections of society.

He also acknowledged the contributions of private sector and stressed for provision of knowledge and quality based education to compete with international world. He said that scope of engineering was very wide as necessity and importance was increasing day-by-day. “We have to be more efficient and should have to know much more about quality education and its proper usage,” he remarked.

Rajwana said that Pakistan was facing a lot of turmoil's in term of terrorism and extremism and under the leadership Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif solid steps had been taken to tackle these issues. He also paid tribute and homage to the efforts done by the armed forces of Pakistan to eliminate terrorism. “We cannot forget those who have laid their lives and rendered great sacrifices for the people and future,” he said.

He also mentioned the sacrifices of students and faculty members of the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar. Punjab Minister for Mines and Minerals Chaudhry Sher Ali, representing the chief minister as chief guest at the convocation, said that to Pakistan was facing three major problems of terrorism, energy crises and unemployment.

He said that youth and academia could play their vital role to help politicians and bureaucracy overcome these challenges. Focusing on energy crunch, he suggested to young engineers to produce energy efficiently machinery and design environment friendly buildings to save the wastage of energy. About 40% of world energy produces by coal but in Pakistan we were not benefiting from this source of energy efficiently, he said.

He said that the government was giving due consideration on coal based power generation projects to overcome energy crises up to 2017. The provincial minister also pointed out about a number of LNG based projects being initiated in Punjab and other parts of the country. He said that use of UPS should be avoided specially in winter season as it consumed three units of electricity and produced only one unit which was wastage of energy and money.

Earlier, UET Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar giving welcome address and presenting the excellence in sports and co-curricular activities said that the university was a complete and complex system with numerous interaction subsystems engaged in the human resource development in engineering disciplines.“We believe innovative ability which played prominent role in sustained economic success,” he said.

He expressed the hope that Taxilaians would play a pivotal role in building a better world, more peaceful, more prosperous. The VC advised students that their abilities as entrepreneurs would translate discoveries into practical application the process by which innovation is transformed into business ventures. He said that the management was fully aware of their responsibilities and we should work for the uplifting socio-economic development.

Later, the governor awarded shields to former vice chancellor Dr Sharif Bhatti, Prof Dr Habibullah, Prof Dr Muhammad Javed and Dr Muhammad Abass Chaudhry. The governor also conferred of degrees to BSc Engineering graduates, MSc Engineering graduates and PhD engineering scholars.

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