President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged students to persistently continue their quest for knowledge by gaining marketable skills to achieve academic and professional excellence.

He was talking to the students of Gilgit-Baltistan, who achieved top positions in the Matriculation exams, in Islamabad on Thursday.

The President said Gilgit-Baltistan has tremendous natural resources which need to be explored by the trained human resource in relevant disciplines.

Dr Arif Alvi also called upon the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan to take all possible steps to bring out-of-school children into the school system and take all measures to reduce dropout rates.

Source: Radio Pakistan