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Thursday, December 15, 2022
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Monday, December 12, 2022
Friday, December 9, 2022
US Embassy and USEFP encouraged AWKUM to expand Academic Collaboration with United States Universities
United States Embassy and United States Education Foundation in
Pakistan (USEFP) encouraged Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) to expand
Academic Collaboration with United States Universities
Catherine Fischer, Deputy Cultural Attache, US Embassy Islamabad
expressed her views in closing ceremony in Islamabad under U.S. - Pakistan
University Partnership Grants Program (UPGP), That faculty from AWKUM highly
contributed to expand American studies under UPGP in the university. She shared
that US Embassy and UEFP looks forward to future collaboration with AWKUM.
In closing remarks, Mr.
Shahram Niazi Program Officer, UPGP, USEFP shared his views that it was a good
experience with faculty from AWKUM to introduce and expand American studies in
the university. He expressed his views that USEFP will facilitate and fund
faculty and students from AWKUM to get education from US universities under
different scholarships programs.
Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa, Head of UPGP, QAU Islamabad pay thanks to Prof.
Dr. Zahoor Up Haq Vice Chancellor AWKUM to nominate the most relevant and
committed faculty to contribute to UPGP. Dr. Hussain Ali Head of Sociology
Department, Dr. Abdul Shakoor Head of International relations, Mr. Azmat Ali
khan Assistant Professor of Political Science, Mr. Sanan Ahmad Lecturer PCA
participated in the program. At the end of ceremony excellency certificate and
shields were presented to Dr. Hussain Ali and Mr. Azmat Ali Khan.
Thursday, December 8, 2022
The prime motive of our life is to serve humanity
Beholding our duty in the recent destructive flood, the Provost
office Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan tackled providing urgent care to the
victims of the flood. A drive was initiated by Vice-chancellor Prof. Dr, Zahoor
Ul Haq and supervised by the Director Administration, Provost office, Abdul
Wali Khan University Mardan.
In these activities, prominent efforts were done by Syed Najm ul
Hasan Gelani. a student from the IBL - President of the Peace Building and
Conflict Resolution Society. His zeal and keenness towards flood victims was
just a panorama of the other level. His
efforts are recognized in the form of the “Prime Minister Flood Heroes Award”
which is a token of appreciation arranged by Prime Minister Shahbaz Shareef,
the Federal Ministry of Planning and Development and HEC. These heroes were
selected by thoroughly looking at their innumerable struggles. He received his
award from Federal Minister for Planning and Development while Dr. Mukhtar
Ahmad (Chairman HEC), Shaza Fatima Khwaja (MNA Special Assistant), and Dr. Muhammad
Idrees (Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan) joined hands with the encouragement
of our hero.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Status of Tender Regarding "Establishment of Diagnostic Lab"
It is to for the information
all concerned that the Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), being the
Procuring entity, has rejected all the Technical Bids received against Tender "Establishment of Diagnostic Lab" in accordance with
PPRA clause 33 and 34 and KPPRA clause 46 and 47.
All parties involved are asked to pick up their sealed financial bids from the Procurement office.
Keep checking the
university website, www.awkum.edu.pk, for more updates as the same tender will
soon be re-advertised.
Monday, December 5, 2022
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Monday, November 28, 2022
Friday, November 25, 2022
Department of Environmental Sciences, AWKUM and WaterAid Pakistan Organized One Day Seminar
A joint seminar and painting
competition was organized on the 24th of November 2022 at the Department
of Environmental Sciences, AWKUM with the support of WaterAid Pakistan to commemorate
the World Toilet Day 2022. This was a part of the series of events organized by
WaterAid Pakistan across the country to celebrate and contribute
toward the global observance to raise awareness about the impacts of sanitation
on groundwater. The aim is to make the invisible visible and promote making groundwater protection a reality. Participants from
academia, civil society organizations, NGOs, water and sanitation service providers,
practitioners and government line department officials attended the event.
Dr. Dilawar Farhan Shams, Chairman Department of the Environmental
Sciences, AWKUM welcomed the participants and delivered a talk on the domestic wastewater
treatment. Engr. Pervaiz Nasir from Water Aid Pakistan briefly discussed the aims
and objectives of the event, and WaterAid interventions in Pakistan. During the
session, both national and international researchers and academicians presented
their research findings that broadly covered the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
(WASH) thematic areas. It was revealed that over 3.6 billion people, almost half of the world population,
do not have access to safely managed sanitation at their home. Similarly, in
Pakistan about 30% of the population live in poor sanitation condition, 75% of toilets
are not linked with septic tank, and 19% defecate in the open.
Lack
of proper drainage system, poor hygiene and inappropriate latrines contribute to
raising water borne diseases. The researchers explicitly linked WASH related disease
transmission routes in their presentations. Dr. Cheng, a researcher from the Center
of Environmental Sanitation in the Beijing University of Science and Technology
China, joined remotely and gave a brief lecture on the non-sewered sanitation
system as an alternative option to the conventional sewer sanitation system. Dr.
Shams Ali Baig of AWKUM presented his research on the prevalence of sanitation-related
pathogens in drinking water distribution systems in Mardan and highlighted that
it is one of the alarming issues in present drinking water distribution networks.
Mr. Muhammad Ishaq, Solid Waste Management Manager of Water Supply and
Sanitation Services Mardan (WSSCM) delivered a talk on the provision of water
and sanitation services in urban Mardan.
In parallel, about 16
Pakhtunkhwa College of Arts (PCA) AWKUM students participated in watercolor painting
competition. The objective was to develop and highlight the links of WASH and
environmental pollution issues with human health. Keynote speakers and the painting
competition students sensitized the audience well on how an adequate sanitation system can improve public health and has long
lasting beneficial impacts on social and economic development
by timely achieving the SDG goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation.
At
the end, Prof. Dr. Sultan Ayaz, Pro-vice Chancellor AWKUM in his closing remarks
reiterated the importance of toilets in social life and thanked WaterAid
Pakistan for the financial support and choosing AWKUM for this event. The Pro-vice
Chancellor also distributed certificates of appreciation and shield among the painting
competition position holders and the keynote speakers. The event ended with a
walk within the campus to raise awareness on the World Toilet Day.