Muhammad Ahmed Waheed, President, Islamabad Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) said that developed countries have achieved
fast economic growth by promoting academia-industry linkages and stressed
that there was a great need in Pakistan to develop strong linkages between
industrial sector and universities in order to solve problems of industries,
accelerate industrialization and economic growth of the country. He said this
while speaking as Chief Guest at a job fair organized by NUST University. Malik
Sohail Hussain, Chairman Coordination, Saarc Chamber of Commerce & Industry
was also present at the occasion.

Muhammad Ahmed Waheed visited various stalls put up by over 80
organizations and also interacted with the students of NUST Business School,
NUST School of Natural Science and NUST School of Social Sciences. He also held
a meeting with Lt. Gen. (Redt) Naweed Zaman, Rector, NUST University and
discussed with him matters for establishing incubation centres and promoting
entrepreneurship in university students.

Speaking at the occasion, Lt. Gen. (Retd) Naweed Zaman, Rector, NUST
University that efforts would be made in cooperation with ICCI to promote
entrepreneurship in students so that instead of job seeker, they could become
job creators for others and achieve a financially stable career. He also exchanged
views with President ICCI on matters of mutual interest and thanked him for
visiting the job fair as chief guest.