{"id":15284,"date":"2022-06-26T02:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T02:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=15284"},"modified":"2022-06-26T02:20:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T02:20:18","slug":"hec-issues-explanation-on-promotion-of-lassi-sattu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=15284&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"HEC issues explanation on promotion of lassi, sattu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>HEC request university leaders to focus their research inter alia on 3 main imports which can reduce spending.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>\u201cVCs are encouraged to think of creative ways to explore avenues that will contribute towards growth of national economy,\u201d HEC says.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Stresses on need for research and commercialisation of local oils and drinks.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-cnvs-separator-id-1656209904948\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) Saturday issued an explanation on its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/424315-hec-asks-vice-chancellors-to-promote-sattu-lassi-in-light-of-financial-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>earlier suggestions<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to the public sector universities regarding the promotion of the consumption of local drinks such as\u00a0<em>lassi\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>sattu<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAgriculture universities may come up with ways in which they could enhance the local growing of tea and promote local brands of indigenous drinks,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day earlier, in a bid to tackle the ongoing economic crisis in the country, the HEC had suggested the vice-chancellors (VCs) of the public sector universities promote the consumption of local drinks such as\u00a0<em>lassi\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>sattu\u00a0<\/em>as this will \u201cincrease employment and generate income for the public\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the statement released today, the commission highlighted the Saudi Arabia and Gulf where Laban is very nicely packaged. Similarly, it noted that Iran has packaged lassi smartly in various innovative flavours like strawberry and vanilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HEC stated that the attention is drawn to the fact that the universities play a pivotal role in educating and training students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery year students after their education secure jobs in various industries, and enterprises in public and private domains. It is therefore imperative that the universities train them so that they are solution-oriented and increase the productivity in every sector that they join,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suggestion, according to HEC, was as a part of the various measures taken by the commission to encourage students and faculty to research issues that confront Pakistan and come up with innovative solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe economic situation demands that we do not take business as usual. Therefore, university leaders have been requested to focus their research inter alia on the three main imports which could reduce foreign exchange spending,\u201d it said, noting that it is significant that Pakistan has very few local brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commission further added that in this context the need for research and commercialisation of local oils and drinks is needed so that they can be consumed off the shelf while \u201cincreasing employment and growth of the local economy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe vice-chancellors have also been encouraged to think of other creative ways to explore avenues that would be contributing towards growth of the national economy,\u201d it said, emphasising that as such it is important that all such efforts are recognised and supported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News HEC request university leaders to focus their research inter alia on 3 main&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,76,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","category-important-news","category-latest-news","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15289,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15284\/revisions\/15289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}