The Spring Tree Plantation Drive 2023 was officially launched on Monday by Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR).
The Spring Tree Plantation Drive 2023 was officially launched on Monday by Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR).
The University Green Office, in association with the University’s Green Youth Movement Club and the Department of Forestry and Range Management, organised the event of Spring Tree Plantation Drive 2023.
The campaign was launched by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Dr. Qamar-uz-Zaman, along with Dr. Ahmad Al-Mallahi, Industry Research Chair, Dalhousie University, Canada; Mr. Saqib Mehmood, Chief Conservator Forests, North Rawalpindi; and Dr. Nasim Iqbal Butt, Conservator of Forests, Potohar Circle. The university’s registrar took part in the event, along with faculty members, directors, and deans.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Qamar-uz-Zaman, said during his speech that the trees are beneficial to the environment and give life to all living things, and that it is important to emphasise their significance in order to preserve and increase their numbers.
He also liked how the University Green Office was so enthusiastic about the current plantation drive. He made it clear that we should all take part in this massive effort to create a clean and green Pakistan.
PMAS-Arid University is located in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is known as the Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University. It is named for a well-known Hanafi scholar by the name of Pir Meher Ali Shah.
In terms of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s rankings of universities in Pakistan, the university is ranked No. 2 in the category of Agriculture/Veterinary and No. 7 overall.
Arid Agriculture University provides degree programmes leading to bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in a variety of fields, including food science and technology, computer science, management science, pure sciences, agriculture, agricultural engineering, veterinary and animal sciences, social sciences, and other programmes in the arts and fine arts.