Malik Tahsin Awan made the suggestion, and Chairman WAPDA decided to grant WAPDA Engineering Academy Faisalabad the status of a campus for the WAPDA proposed university.
Malik Tahsin Awan made the suggestion, and Chairman WAPDA decided to grant WAPDA Engineering Academy Faisalabad the status of a campus for the WAPDA proposed university.
WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani met with Chairman of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) Board of Directors Malik Tahsin Awan and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FESCO Engr Bashir Ahmed (retd).
Lieutenant General Sajjad Ghani (retd), Chairman of WAPDA, stated on this occasion that WAPDA is establishing a modern university that will begin operations very soon, and that WAPDA Engineering Academy will have its campus in Faisalabad.
The Faisalabad Engineering Academy will be upgraded. WAPDA University will be a national development curriculum and research excellence centre.
He thanked Chairman WAPDA for making WAPDA Engineering Academy Faisalabad a university campus on his recommendation. He stated that the establishment of a WAPDA University campus in Faisalabad will be a valuable gift to the people of the city.
Chairman WAPDA formed a working committee for the transfer of management of WAPDA Hospital to FESCO at the suggestion of Malik Tahsin Awan; the committee will work on integration into FESCO and formulate concrete proposals.
The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) was established in February 1958 by an act of parliament for the integrated and rapid development and maintenance of the country’s water and power resources.
This includes controlling soil salinity and water logging in order to rehabilitate affected land and strengthen the country’s primarily agricultural economy.
WAPDA has developed Water Vision 2025, a comprehensive $25-33 billion National Water Resource and Hydropower Development Programme. Water Vision 2025 projects are expected to produce 16,000 MW of hydropower.
Other objectives include preventing water shortages, limiting drought, and increasing water storage for a growing population. The President of Pakistan has announced five massive hydropower projects that will be completed by 2016, with a total capacity of 9,500 MW. Two of the projects are ready for construction, while the other three are in the stages of feasibility studies and tender document preparation.