ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi has urged the educational institutions to impart quality education to the youth as per the demand of the industries.
Addressing the International Conference of Engineering Institutions here on Monday, he regretted that what is being produced by our universities is not of international standards.
He stressed that our institutions of higher education must sit with the industries and abreast the graduates with the knowledge as per requirement of the market.
President Arif Alvi said the engineering has an important role to play vis-a-vis achieving the sustainable development goals and providing solutions to meet new challenges.
He said the engineers have an important role in making Pakistan energy sufficient as well as to ensure water conservation, better sanitation and protection of environment. He said we should be self-sufficient in energy by bringing in use the indigenous resources. He stressed for domestic production of solar panels.