Karachi:Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah has said that the government is working to allow establishment of campuses in the Education City to the universities having ranking of national and international stature.
According to him, the Education City spreading over 9,000 acres and funds Rs13 billion will be utilized for the development of the Education City and for which sufficient funds had also been allocated in the Sindh budget 2019-20 for initiating development work.
The Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah said this while presiding over 1st meeting of the Executive Management Council (EMC) of the Education City here on Monday at Sindh Secretariat.
The meeting reviewed the measures being taken for initiating uplift work of Education City. Secretary Investment Ahsan Ali Mangi informed the meeting that eminent institutions which had so far applied for setting up their campuses in the project included the NED University, Aga Khan University Hospital, IBA Karachi, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), SZABIST and others and few of them have already been allotted lands.
The meeting granted permission to start infrastructure development of First Phase as per approved Master Plan, which is planned to be completed in next five years’ time with an approximate cost of PKR. 13.9 billion.
The meeting also approved establishment of effective Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and for the PIU hiring will also be done through reputed testing service. The meeting in detail discussed various issues including the utilization of funds and the policy for the allotment of land in the Education City.
The meeting was attended by the Chairperson Planning and Development Naheed Shah Durrani, Senior Member Board of Revenue Qazi Shahid Pervez, Secretary Works and Services Imran Atta Soomro, Secretary Investment Ahsan Ali Mangi, Secretary Universities and Board and representatives of Agha Khan University Hospital, Ziauddin University and Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture have attended the meeting.