Recorder Report

LAHORE: A university is shortly being established in Khushab through merger of the existing sub-campuses of the University of Education and Arid Agriculture in Rawalpindi.

The new university will largely serve students of the district and adjoining areas.

The decision was taken during at a consultative meeting at the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Secretariat. Education officials told Business Recorder that an additional 30 acres of land of at Jauharabad Khushab and 359 kanals and four marlas at Gharimukin Stadium, Mandi Town and Quaidabad will be transferred in the name of the proposed University.