AIOU builds up its infrastructure network in Northern Region

ISLAMABAD: Vice Chancellor, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Professor Dr. Zia-Ul-Qayyum met the Chief Secretary Gilgit Baltistan, Capt. (R) Khurran Agha in Gilgit and discussed proposals to upgrade educational facilities for their local students.

He thanked the Chief Secretary for providing 10 kanals land to AIOU for constructing its own building in Gilgit.

The VC assured him, that the university will undertake the building’s construction work during the next three months.

He hoped that this will facilitate male and female students of the region to get the best possible services.

The VC briefed the Chief Secretary about the steps being taken by the university to expand its educational services to the country’s remote and far-flung regions.

The university is also in the process of setting up its model study center at Hunza Nagar, he added.

He told him, that the educational institute is in the process of constructing its own buildings at its 52 regional offices across the country.

The Chief Secretary extended his full support for strengthening its infrastructural network in the northern region.