RAWALPINDI: Arid Agriculture University on Wednesday organised ‘Stevia Kissan Mela’ with an aim to promote stevia (sugar plant) cultivation...
The varsity’s department of horticulture took the initiative in collaboration with Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad and Punjab Agriculture Department...
To decrease the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture, international development agencies are pursuing an integrated approach called climate-smart agriculture (CSA), which is primarily comprised of three components; increasing agricultural productivity, building resilience to climate change (adaptation), and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which cause climate change (mitigation)...
With one of the lowest crop-water...
RAWALPINDI, Aug 25: University Institute of Information Technology (UIIT) of Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) organized its 8th annual Open House on Tuesday...
More than 100 students of UIIT, including BSCS, MCS, MIT, and MS (CS) displayed their variety of unique and innovative projects related to various fields of information technology and applications of IT in agriculture...
RAWALPINDI: More than 341 students of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi on Saturday received laptops under Prime Minister Laptop Scheme and Punjab Education Endowment Fund (PEEF) Scholarship...
Arid university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof...
The Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi is running without a vice chancellor, in violation of the varsity’s own act, which may be due to negligence or in efforts to appoint a favoured candidate on the seat...
The last VC of the university, Prof Dr Ria Niaz retired on Monday, Jan 23...
Arid lands cover more than one-fifth of the earth’s surface and are found on every continent...
Nonetheless, it is generally recognised that arid lands have a great potential for development...
RAWALPINDI: To facilitate the fresh graduates and entrepreneurs with brilliant business ideas, Qamaruz Zaman Incubation Centre was established at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi here on Thursday...
The representatives of Punjab IT Board, who are the collaborators of the university, were also present on the occasion...
Karachi University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mohammad Ajmal said that the university administration cannot eliminate terrorism and extremism from the society on its own, as the entire country — not just the university — has been facing security-related issues...
The vice chancellor denied the presence of organised militant groups on the university campus, saying that unfortunately, the affairs of KU were being "exaggerated in media",...
A gunman shot to death a student and his friend early on Wednesday on a university campus in Louisiana, and then fled, officials said...
The shooting took place around midnight outside a dormitory at Grambling State University, a historically black public institution in the northern part of the state...
ISLAMABAD: A brawl between two groups of students at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), on Tuesday, left almost a dozen students injured...
Following the incident, the FUUAST administration closed the university until June 12...
KARACHI: Defending champions University of Central Punjab produced a power-packed performance in the semifinal to send University of Peshawar packing from the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2017 while Jinnah Degree College from Karachi recorded a resounding victory over Emerson College in the tournament’s second semi-final to set up a grand final, to be played at the DHA Sports Club (Moin Khan Academy) on Saturday...
Red Bull Campus Cricket...
KHAIRPUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that a campus of the under-construction Sufi University, Bhitshah, will be opened at Daraza Sharif...
Mr Shah announced that a campus of under-construction Sufi University, Bhitshah, would be opened at Daraza Sharif and agreed to approve the suggestions presented by Khairpur deputy commissioner for further development of Sachal’s shrine...
KARACHI: University of Central Punjab, after being crowned as the Red Bull Campus Cricket National Champions 2016, is now all set for the fifth edition of the World Finals that will take place in Sri Lanka from Sept 5-11, 2016...
College teams from eight countries including Sri Lanka, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates have qualified through their own national competitions with...
SHANGLA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that people have great expectations from the newly-established campus of Swat University in Shangla district and that he is confident that the institution would contribute significantly to the development of the region...
He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of Shangla campus of Swat University at Alpuri here on Sunday...
AUSTIN: Concealed handguns will be allowed in University of Texas classrooms but generally banned from dorms under rules begrudgingly approved Wednesday by the school's president, whose hand was forced by a new state law...
Like many who study or work at the school in liberal Austin, President Greg Fenves opposes allowing guns on the roughly 50,000-student campus...