ISLAMABAD, SEPT 23 (DNA) – President Mamnoon Hussain has urged the higher educational institutions to focus on applied research to achieve real progress and prosperity through education.

The president was addressing a dinner reception hosted in honor of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Alumni of Islamabad chapter here.

He emphasized the educational institutions to create an atmosphere of guiding the nation on political, social and economic issues. This, he added, will help all the sections of society to join the course of national development without being the victim of different crises.

The president also said that the standard of higher education had improved in Pakistan as previously the country had very few institutes like IBA but now they had increased. He added that the changes occurring in the fields of industry, trade, and technology, after the operationalization of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), could only be tackled through research.

The president hoped that the educational institutes will create an atmosphere of research to play a vibrant role in the society, adding that besides modern sciences, strong traditions will also help promote educational institutes as well as the educational process.