Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, on Wednesday inaugurated multiple projects, including a nursing college, cricket stadium, and cotton research institute at Islamia University Bahawalpur.
He inaugurated a nursing college equipped with teaching facilities of international standard. The college will not only be helpful in capacity building of the existing human resource in the nursing sector, but will also provide employment opportunities to the youth of the South Punjab.
Alongside, inaugurating a cricket stadium at Baghdad-ul-Jadeed campus of the university, to promote cricket, he launched a solar project with a capacity of generating 2.5 megawatt of electricity to fulfill IUB's energy needs and additional electricity will be provided to Multan Electric Power Company.
It is pertinent to mention that per unit of electricity to be generated from this project will cost Rs 1.7. This project will collectively contribute Rs455 million to the national exchequer in 25 years.
The premier also inaugurated National Cotton Breeding Institute and Intercropping Research Centre to bring advancement in yield of agri products all across the country through research.