HIGHER education plays a pivotal role in the shaping of a nation’s future. Nations cannot survive without education.

Sukkur is the third largest city of Sindh. It is deprived of an engineering university, though Khairpur, a smaller city, has three universities, both engineering and medical.

A few years ago, an engineering university had been approved for Sukkur city but it was shifted to Khairpur owing to the chief minister’s influence.

Abrar Sawand

Sukkur

Published in Dawn, January 23rd, 2016

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