peshawar    -  Adviser to Prime Minister for Oversees Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Ayub Afridi on Monday said that the government is promoting quality education, science and technology for sustainable economic growth and development in the country. 

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the newly-constructed school of the Overseas Pakistan Foundation (OPF) here, Ayub Afridi said education plays a key role in reformation of the society, besides development of the nation and the sector of vital importance was being promoted to achieve new heights of prosperity along with preparing students for future challenges. 

“Education empowers students to excel in life and achieve their set goals for progress of Pakistan,” he said adding our religion had also laid great emphasis on education and it was our collective responsibility to equip children with the ornament of education, science and technology to accelerate pace of economic growth. 

Ayub Afridi said children are future of Pakistan and it was collective responsibility as parents, teachers and academia to focus on their character-building and career counselling imperative to explore their hidden talent, besides enabling them to excel in their selected professions. 

He said that the government for the first time has constitutionally empowered oversees Pakistanis by giving them right to vote through a landmark Constitutional amendment passed by the incumbent government. “The right to vote was the longstanding demand of overseas Pakistanis that was fulfilled by the incumbent government and thus included them in decision-making process,” he remarked. 

Ayub Afridi highly appreciated OPF for constructing a modern school equipped with latest facilities for provision of quality education to students of Peshawar. The adviser visited different sections of the school and lauded facilities for students there.