ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the academic blocks of Al-Qadir University in the town of Sohawa near Jhelum on Monday (today).
Based on Islamic teachings, sufism and modern scientific research, the university will play an important role in promoting knowledge and research among the young generation as well as in character building.
A block of the university has been completed, while construction of two academic blocks has been underway. Around 60 girls and boys students have been enrolled in the university.
In a tweet, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that the establishment of Al-Qadir University is another gift for Jhelum by the prime minister.
He said that this university will add a new dimension to the social sciences. He expressed hope that it will become a world-class institution that will produce scholars of sufism, Islam and science.
Cradle of science, spirituality
In October 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan had laid foundation stone of Al-Qadir University, saying it would be made a hub of Islamic research and youth’s character-building based on the golden principles of Islam.
The prime minister had laid the foundation stone of the university in name of great saint of the sub-continent Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, with an objective to make the institution a cradle of science and spirituality.
He said Al-Qadir University would make international Islamic scholars such as Syed Nasir Hussain and Hamza Yousuf part of the university board for their worthy guidance. He said preparing a lot of knowledgeable and talented youth with moral strength was need of the hour.
He stressed academic research at university with a purpose to benefit humanity and said it was time to prepare the youth adopt best learning practices of international standards to acquire knowledge.
The prime minister said he wanted to transform the system of Al-Qadir University similar to that of Egypt’s Al Azhar University, a prestigious institution of the world.
He has desired the introduction of scholarships for hardworking and brilliant students at Al-Qadir University to help them carry out studies and contribute to development of country.
PM Imran Khan proposed Al-Qadir University to carry out research on the concept of Islam’s first welfare State of Madinah that was based on the principles of socio-economic justice and high moral standards.
