Quality education, health facilities top priority: Sindh governor

ISLAMABAD: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Monday said that provision of best education and health facilities were top priorities of the current government.

Addressing the 15th convocation of Karachi Institute of Power Engineering, Imran Ismail said that it was the responsibility of the passing out students to serve for the development and prosperity of the country.

He said that Pakistan was facing internal and external challenges and in the current situation, their brave armed forces with the support of nation foiled nefarious designs of enemy.

The governor said that institutions like Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and Karachi Nuclear Power Plant were also playing their effective role for the defence of the country.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, on March 25, had said that promotion of modern education, science and research were among the top priorities of the current government.

Talking to National University of Sciences and Technology Rector Lieutenant General Naweed Zaman, who called on him at his office, Shah Mehmood Qureshi had lauded the institute over improvement of its ranking on the list of top universities of the world.