FAST-NU

Peshawar, July 12: The 5th convocation of Foundation for Advancement of Science & Technology (FAST) and National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences for the session 2009-10 will be held here on July 17.

Prof Dr M Qasim Jan, former vice-chancellor of Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, and University of Peshawar, will be the chief guest on the occasion. "A total of 152 graduates of the university will be awarded degrees while 16 graduates of various disciplines will get medals for their distinctive performance," said Dr S Ghiasul Haq, director of the Peshawar Campus of the institution.

Peshawar Campus was established in 2001, he said, adding, "We have about 500 students on roll at present while the strength of our permanent faculty is 42 including eight PhDs. We also have some 15 visiting faculty." He said the courses of Bachelor in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, BBA, MBA, MS in Mathematics and Computer Science and PhD Mathematics were currently being taught here. The news