ISLAMABAD: PM sets up task force for Knowledge City

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Associated Press of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani on Tuesday approved setting up of a nine-member task force to establish Pakistan's first Knowledge City in the federal capital.

The task force has been given the mandate to formulate recommendations for the city which will be a centre of excellence for education.

Former federal minister for education Ahsan Iqbal had sent the summary for the project which was subsequently approved by the PM.

The federal education minister will head the task force. Other members of the task force will be education secretary, information technology secretary, Planning secretary, CDA chairman, Higher Education Commission chairman, Federal Directorate of Education director general and Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry President. The task force will also review the education system in the world to come up with a suitable education policy.