KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to form Education City Authority (ECA) to formally start work on the Education City project comprising 8900 acres of land in the city.
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Shah also said that Sindh appreciated the Aga Khan University Education Board’s (AKU-EB) efforts apropos of setting up Agha Khan University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the Education City, adding that the concerned departments should process accordingly and hand over the required land to the AKU-EB.
The meeting was informed that the AKU-EB would establish its campus at an estimated cost of $41 million and that 10,000 jobs would be created under the project, while residences, parks and other facilities would also be provided.
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Besides Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq, officials of the departments of education, revenue, land utilisation and finance, Sindh Board of Investment, and representatives of Agha Khan University and Agha Khan Development Network were also present at the meeting. staff report
Source Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan – Sindh govt to form Education City Authority
http://www.regionaltimes.com/08oct2009/metrokarachinews/eduction.htm
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