Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Nation has potential to put country on development path: President

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KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi said that the nation had the potential to put the country on the path to prosperity and development.

While addressing the 31st Convocation of the University of Karachi here, he said that the country could be rehabilitated in five to ten years. He said that humanity is reaching the skies through science and technology these days.

Congratulating the graduating students and scholars, Dr Arif Alvi said that around two crore and 62 thousand children were out of school.

He said that the elite segment of society should come forward and play its role in bringing these children to the schools.

Stressing the need for creating an environment of moral and ethical thinking and values, he said that education did not become only the base of morality and ethics.

The president said that moral and ethical values were promoted by parents, teachers, and the environment of society.

He urged the graduating students to play a specific role in the promotion of moral values.

Speaking on Israeli brutalities in Gaza, he said that the intellectual battles had turned into western interests in the world. Dr Alvi said that he was emphasizing morality merely because, these days, educated people have committed more brutalities in the world.

He said that the circulation of video and audio clips on social media had created an environment of out-of-context conversations and stressed the need for learning communication skills to cope with these challenges.

Earlier, the Chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, and Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi also addressed the convocation.

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Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed appointed as Chairman of HEC

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed

ISLAMABAD: On Monday, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed took over as Chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC).  He previously served as Chairman of HEC from 2014 to 2018, Executive Director of HEC from 2013 to 2014, and Member Operations and Planning of HEC from 2005 to 2011.

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed has played a critical role in developing and implementing higher education reforms over the last two decades, whether it is increasing access to university education, strengthening quality assurance systems, persuading federal and provincial governments to increase funding for higher education, developing university infrastructure, promoting national and international collaborations of faculty, researchers, and universities, or steps to prevent and discourage illiteracy.

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed has also served as the Deputy Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) in Rabat, Morocco, where he was in charge of the Directorates of Education, Science, Culture, and Communication, the ICPSR, the CPID (Planning and Strategic Division), and the ISESCO Regional Centres.

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed has over three decades of educational development and management experience at the national and international levels, including teaching, research, administration, policy development, linking educational research to industry and commercialization, and introducing entrepreneurship. He has a bachelor’s and master of Science from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, a master’s in Business Administration, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside, USA.

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