Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has called for establishing stronger university-industry collaboration and providing full opportunities to women engineers.
Addressing the convocation in the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore today, he called upon graduating engineers to become the driving force of Pakistan’s economic transformation.
The Minister described them as “Gen 47 2.0”-the generation entrusted with making Pakistan a success story by its centenary in 2047.
Ahsan Iqbal highlighted the mission of “Maarka-e-Taraqi” and said Pakistan needed to expand its capacity to design, manufacture and export competitive products and technological solutions.
