KMU Team visited Buner to Establish Medical College

Khyber Medical University (KMU) Peshawar vice chancellor Prof. Dr. Zia ul Haq and Health Secretary Amir Sultan Tareen visited three different sites on the instructions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan to identify the proposed site of Buner Medical College. Apart from the chairman of Gagra Tehsil, other concerned officials were also present on the occasion.
 According to details, a special team of KMU led by vice chancellor Prof Dr Zia ul Haq visited Buner district yesterday while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Secretary Amir Sultan Tareen was also present on the occasion. The purpose of the visit was to identify a suitable building for the establishment of a medical college in Buner district on the instructions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Mahmood Khan.
 In this regard, the delegation visited three places, Buner Medical Complex, Government Polytechnic College and Tehsil Gagra Complex and took a detailed look at the various facilities available there. Meanwhile, the vice chancellor Prof. Dr. Zia ul Haq while talking to the concerned government officials and media representatives said that he and Secretary Health had been directed by the chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to set up a medical college in Buner as soon as possible.  
He said that the chief minister has given him the task of identifying a government building where a medical college could be set up. He said that the feasibility report would be submitted to the chief minister soon and work on setting up of Buner Medical College in the proposed building would be started after fulfilling all codal formalities.