The provincial government will spend around 9 billion rupees in order to establish Pak-Austria Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology in Haripur.

The Austrian government will provide the technical support for the establishment of the institution, an official told Radio Pakistan. The institution will provide education in various technical disciplines including Environment Engineering, Multimedia Technologies and Software Engineering.

The province is reforming its educational system as KPK had increased the budget for education during last budget of the province.