First medical college of FATA to be set up in Bajaur

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved a plan to set up first medical college in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Federal Minister for Sate and Frontier Regions (SAFROAN) Engineer Shaukatullah said that the first medical college of the tribal area would be set up in Bajaur Agency.

He said that a committee had been established for setting up the medical college in Bajaur Agency under the agency’s political agent. He said that the committee would submit feasibility report of the proposed college in the agency within one week.

The minister said that the government attached great importance to development of FATA and promotion of education to establishing lasting peace.

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