CPEC study centre to be set up in Turbat varsity
GWADAR: The University of Turbat (UoT) has decided to establish a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) study centre on the Gwadar and Turbat campuses.
Chaired by Vice Chancellor Dr Abdul Razzaq Sabir, the sixth meeting of the academic council of the institute was held at the city campus in Gwadar. The meeting was attended by Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management Sciences Dr Munir Ahmed Baloch.
Dr Sabir informed the meeting that Turbat University was working on a comprehensive plan for the promotion of higher education and research culture in the region. He said: “The CPEC study centre will hold a variety of international and national conferences, seminars and programmes on development.”
Dr Sabir congratulated faculty members and administrative staff on organising the first convocation of UoT within three years of the institute’s inception. The university would be starting a BA programme as well, he added.
Published in Dawn, March 28th, 2017