Pakistan would soon see the dawn of progress and prosperity. President Mamnoon

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT )
President Mamnoon Hussain has said that the country would soon see the dawn of progress and prosperity and Pakistan would emerge as a peaceful, strong and prosperous country with a positive impact on the quality of life of the people.
The President said this while addressing the 82ndConvocation of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology at Convention Centre, Islamabad on Tuesday.
The President stated that the country would achieve progress with the completion of ongoing development projects and would earn a high place in the comity of nations. The President asked the students to acquire higher education and uphold their religious and moral norms and never let down their Pakistani identity as this is the key to excel and achieve progress.
The President said that in this globalized world significance of attaining progress in science and technology has increased. The President expressed satisfaction that the government is paying attention toward this important sector of education so that the people could benefit from scientific knowledge adding in this regard heavy responsibility falls on educational institutions. “In this regard, educational institutions and all stakeholders should cooperate with the government for putting the curriculum on modern footing”, remarked the President.
The President said that along with education the government is working dedicatedly for economic stability which includes many projects of electricity generation and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) adding that this would render positive impact on the quality of life of the people.
The President stated that the bad days are over and the future holds bright prospects adding for this reason it is necessary that the new generation fulfils its responsibilities with honesty and never compromise on national interests. The President rejected a perception that during the present tenure external debt has increased. He said that during the present tenure loans have been taken to repay previous debts and resultantly many external debts have been paid.
The President also distributed medals and degrees amongst position holders and successful students. Federal Minister for Science & Technology and Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain said that there is need to develop human resource in Pakistan adding in this regard the government is pursuing right policies to meet future challenges.
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) held its 82nd convocation at the Convention Centre on Tuesday and awarded 729 graduate and post-graduate degrees to students.
The degrees were awarded to 489 BS, 215 MS and 25 PhD graduates in the disciplines of bioinformatics, biosciences, business administration, computer engineering, telecommunication engineering, electronics, mathematics and architecture.
In all, 729 students of CIIT‘s Islamabad campus received their degrees, which included PhDs, which were awarded to 25 students; 10 in Mathematics; six in Physics; five in Biosciences; and one each in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Management Sciences and Meteorology.
The Institute’s Report was presented by Dr.S.M Junaid Zaidi, Rector CIIT, who gave an overview of CIIT’s programmes and accomplishments. The highlight of the Report was surpassing the figure of 1,000 impact factor research publications, making CIIT the first and only seat of higher learning in the entire country to have achieved this unique distinction so far.
Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi, Rector CIIT, said educational institutions were transforming society and helping the country face challenges of globalization, adding that in the present era only those nations that developed their human resources would progress. He emphasized the role of youth in nation-building and advised the graduating students to follow the principles of honesty, sincerity and truthfulness and to work for the progress and well-being of Pakistan.
Graduate and post-graduate students with the highest CGPA bagged their medals in their respective degree programmes. Three students – Amna Siddiqui, Bakhtawar Noor and Zainab Raja – received both the Institute as well as the Campus Gold Medals, while Campus Gold Medals were awarded to Kinza Izhar, Nagina Kanwal, Tooba Khan, Imtiaz ur Rehman, Umar Nawaz Khan and Wardah Mahmood.
The recipients of the Campus Silver Medal were: Anam Sultan Ali, Sundus Mumtaz, Muhammad Ahson Khalid, Mehwish Mehmood, Saad Anis and Amnah Amjad Biag.
In addition, Campus Bronze Medals were awarded to Tayyaba Tassadaq Raja, Faiza Sharif and Syed Hassan Abbas Rizvi
Federal Minister for Science & Technology & Chancellor CIIT, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Executive Director, COMSATS and Chairman Board of Governors of CIIT, Dr Imtinan Elahi Qureshi, also graced the ceremony, in addition to CIIT campus directors, deans and heads of departments.