Arid University to get new block
A new block will be constructed at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) for under graduate strudents, vice chancellor of the university said. PMAS-AAUR Vice Chancellor Dr Qamar Zaman laid foundation stone of an undergraduate students block at the university main campus here on Thursday. The building’s total covered area will be 83,510 sq feet and the project will be completed at a cost of Rs278 million within a short span of 18 months. The building will have a lecture hall, theaters, laboratories and conference hall and will be equipped with latest and advanced facilities for the teachers and students. Dr Zaman while addressing the participants said that the university administration was making all out efforts to provide modern facilities to the students to ensure the quality education and research work. He said PMAS-AAUR was playing a vital role in imparting agricultural education and carrying out research for the farming community. The university always encouraged innovative and applied research and would provide all possible facilities to its students and faculty for this purpose, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 3rd, 2020.