Islamabad, Allama Iqbal Open University is going to launch another distant learning program for the students of DG Khan and Umerkot areas. The education will be provided to the students in the faculty of computer science online which will be started from January 08, 2013. This was stated by the Vice Chancellor of AIOU, Prof Dr Nazir Ahmed Sangi on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the hostel building in the university.

The university is going to construct a 5 storey building for the residence of bachelor and foreign faculty hostel which will be completed in about 21 months. This building will cost of Rs.139 million on the area of 43000 sq. feet. He further added that the students should get further education and be proficient in their respective field so that our country may become prosperous as no country can survive without quality of education.