ICR, April 7, 2019:
Over fifty luminaries hailing from Sindh’s desert of Thar believe the real cause of underdevelopment of their area is lack of human resource which can only be produced through setting up educational institutions in the area.
In order to address the root cause of the problem, they asked the Sindh government to open a university in Thar preferably at its prime city of Mithi. This institution would create human resource locally and thus improve the situation on the ground.
The Thar Desert covers an area of 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi) and forms a boundary between India and Pakistan. About 15 percent--12,000 sq mi--of the Thar Desert is located in Pakistan. This desert appears very low at the human development index of Pakistan.
The desire to have a university in Thar has been put on a paper prepared by Thar Academia Forum. The formal request has been signed by B.S Chaudhry, a Higher Education Commission (HEC) Distinguished Professor and member, Prof Dr. Jailmal, Prof Dr. Feroz Memon, Sohail Sangi, Dr. Abdul Ghani, Dr. Gulzar, Dr. Qasim Samejo and others.
These people are among faculty members of various universities in Sindh and have earned a name in their respective professions.
Thar which has huge deposits of coal that Pakistan is tapping to address its energy problem has been the focus of media for its deaths of newborn babies due to poor health facilities and malnourished mothers.
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