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Jabbar’s educational philosophy extends to funding educational institutions around the globe. This includes business and philosophical education of Jabbar management and the sponsorship of educational institutions in the developing world.
Jabbar has setup a multimillion dollar sponsorship for the setting up of the University of Management and Technology (UMT) in Pakistan. In 2007 UMT opened a purpose built campus on a 20 acre site to accommodate over 3,000 students offering degree programmes in Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate. Future expansion plans under consideration include establishing a medical college. University of Management and Technology’s mission is to prepare a new breed of leaders, courageous, sincere individuals with the intellectual abilities, cross cultural versatility, practical skills and ethics needed to operate in today’s business world. UMT is pivatol in developing the technology sector in Pakistan. It leads a consortium of leading Pakistani Universities including LUMS, GIKI, NAST and FAST with a view to facilitate spinout companies. UMT has been retained by Tricastmedia and NetSol Technologiesto produce 500 graduates per year to come into existing technologies sector employment. Charitable Work UMT is currently engaged with Jabbar Group in the acquisition, management control of CAIRNS hospital (300 bed operational) in Lahore, with a view to extend this to a full medical university. |
