LAHORE: (Wednesday, August 21, 2013): Punjab University Acting Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Liaqat Ali has said the Quran has repeatedly stressed the need to focus on education and said that only those nations can progress who give importance to nation. He was addressing result declaration and prize distribution ceremony of BA/BSc 2013 at Al Razi Hall here on Wednesday.

PU Additional Registrar Prof Dr Aurangzeb Alamgir, Additional Controller Ahmed Ali Chatha, Acting Treasurer Rao Muhammad Sharif, Deputy Controller Examinations Khurram Inayat, heads of various departments, relatives of position holders and other officers of Examination Department were present on the occasion.

Dr Liaqat Ali said that the Muslims ruled the world for centuries when they were equipped with knowledge. He said that the basic reason behind the downfall of the Muslim nation was their distance from education. He lauded Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif for his vision of independence from ignorance and he had also introduced revolutionary reforms in education sector in his previous tenure. On behalf of Vice Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran, Dr Ali announced that free education will be provided to position holders in Punjab University.

He thanked Treasurer Office, Engineering Branch and IT Department for provision of support to declare result in time and manage power outages with the help of generator. He appreciated examination staff for preparing transparent result in time. He also announced rupees two hundred thousand for examination staff.