Islamia University of Bahawalpur launches botanical garden and flower exhibition to boost research and conservation

Bahawalpur, April 08, 2023 (PPI-OT):Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob, Vice-Chancellor the Islamia University of Bahawalpur has said that plots of land have been allocated in Baghdad-ul-Jadeed Campus to make the research activities of the departments active and productive. These departments are using these allocated lands for research purposes. The Vice-Chancellor expressed these views on the occasion of the inauguration of the Botanical Garden in the land allocated for the Department of Botany. On this occasion, Vice Chancellor Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob and Dean Faculty of Chemical and Biological Sciences Prof. Dr. Shazia Anjum planted a sapling.

Chairperson of department, Dr. Nargis Naz, said in her briefing that different types of plants will be planted in the botanical garden. This garden will also work for the identification and conservation of plants. It will also have a seed bank, an herbarium containing native and non-native plants. On this occasion, the Vice-Chancellor also visited the exhibition of flowers planted by the students of the Department of Botany for spring. In the exhibition, plants and flowers were placed in a beautiful arrangement in accordance with spring.

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