Obituary: UAF teacher Ehsan Ullah Chehal passes away

FAISALABAD:

Renowned agricultural scientist Prof Ehsan Ullah Chehal, chairman of the Department of Agronomy at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, passed away on Monday at the age of 53 years. The funeral prayers were offered at 2:30 pm at the UAF football ground and he was laid to rest in his native town Chehal Killan, Hafiz Abad Road (Qilla Dedar Singh), Gujrawala. Chehal was well respected for his contributions to academia and research on environmental, biotic and management interactions that influence the production agronomy of field crops and cropping systems. He was elevated to the position of professor in 2003. He had also served as Farms Director. The qul will be offered at the UAF main mosque at 9am on Tuesday (today).

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15^th, 2015.