President Dr Arif Alvi has stressed the need to enhance cooperation between Pakistani universities and the Rhodes Trust at the University of Oxford.

He was talking to a delegation of Rhodes Trust headed by former Senate Chairman Waseem Sajjad and CEO of Rhodes Trust of UK, Elizabeth Kiss in Islamabad on Friday.

The President urged the Pakistani universities to strengthen their linkages with world's famous institutions particularly the University of Oxford.

The President said the counseling of the students would help enrich their capabilities.

The Rhodes Trust CEO apprised the president of the education sector and the provision of scholarships to the Pakistani students.