PSWD, PU ink MoU

LAHORE: Punjab Social Welfare Department (PSWD) and Punjab University (PU) on Tuesday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for imparting training in the social welfare sector. Social Welfare Secretary Hassan Iqbal and PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Niaz Akhtar signed the MoU, while Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Yawar Abbas Bukhari was the chief guest of ceremony. Under the MoU, the PSWD would provide an opportunity to the students of PU Mass Communication Department for internship programmes in the field of social welfare. The trainee students would also provide feedback to enhance the capabilities of social welfare department after the completion of internship programme. Provincial Minister Syed Yawar Abbas Bukahri said this would bring progress in the field of social welfare sector as there was a need to abreast the youth according to the challenges of future. Dr Niaz Akhtar lauded the initiative of social welfare department and termed it a milestone in the field of education and said it would strengthen the research wing of the social welfare department. Social Welfare Secretary Hassan Iqbal said that social welfare department would be extending help to the PU on a bilateral basis and feedback from one of the prestigious and oldest educational institution would further help in bringing betterment in social welfare institutions.