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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.




Date Sheet For BA/B.Sc Part– I & II Annual Examination–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.