Tag: Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan

Mardan, April 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):Department of Environmental Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan with the financial support from Water Aid Pakistan has started a week-long awareness campaign in Schools and Colleges in District Mardan to commemorate and contribute the global movement for accelerating changes to achieve SDG 6 – clean water and sanitation for all. The awareness campaign will continue till March 20, followed by a seminar on March 21, 2023. AWKUM teams conducting comprehensive awareness sessions covering the role of students in awareness raising around the theme; like, clean drinking water, adequate sanitation facilities and hygienic behaviour in approving the overall health and hygiene conditions of the society.

Overwhelmingly responses were received from the students and they took keen interest to interlink the poor WASH services with poor health and adequate WASH services with improved health and hygiene conditions’ conceptual model. Water Aid Pakistan and the Department of Environmental Sciences will continue to play their due roles in accelerating awareness among different stakeholders to put on track the SDG 6: clean water and sanitation for all.

For more information, contact:
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan
University Mardan
Tel: +92-937-9230801-4
Email: webadmin@awkum.edu,pk
Website: https://awkum.edu.pk/

Mardan, April 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):In the Department of Islamic Studies and English today, on March 22, 2023, a prestigious ceremony was organized under the title of welcoming Ramadan 2023 and our preparations in the light of the Prophet’s biography, under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Ayaz Ahmed, Chairman of the English Department. Dr. Sohail Anwar Coordinator MPhil Program, Dr. Muhammad Zakaria Coordinator BS Program, Dr. Liaquat Iqbal Coordinator BS English Program, Dr. Irfanullah Assistant Professor, Dr. Abzahar Khan Associate Professor, other faculty members, assisting staff and students have participated in many Number attended.

Chairman Department of Islamic Studies Abdulwali Khan University Mardan Professor Dr. Hafiz Salehuddin performed his duties as a resource person. Introductory remarks were given by Dr. Liaquat Iqbal while the introduction was presented by Dr. Sohail Anwar. In his lecture, Professor Dr. Salehuddin stressed on preparing ourselves spiritually for Ramadan, how can we make this Ramadan better and more effective than the previous Ramadan? In his address, he said that the blessed month of Ramadan is about to start from tomorrow and every Muslim should plan in advance to get happiness in this world and in the hereafter.

In order to reap maximum benefits from this holy month, we must first hold ourselves accountable. Self-accountability is very important, along with taking necessary steps for the betterment of our family members, our workplace. One has to present oneself as an honest teacher, a student, a responsible citizen and an excellent Muslim and at the same time fulfill one’s responsibility as an Ummah of the Prophet (P.B.U.H). He said that we must avoid unnecessary activities, gluttony, wasteful spending, and other bad deeds in Ramadan, and along with this, we should perform our duties, recite the Holy Qur’an, do dhikr and azkar, perform posthumous worship, tahajjud and charity.

For more information, contact:
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan
University Mardan
Tel: +92-937-9230801-4
Email: webadmin@awkum.edu,pk
Website: https://awkum.edu.pk/

Mardan, April 01, 2023 (PPI-OT):Department of Environmental Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan with the financial support from WaterAid Pakistan organized one-day seminar after concluding a week-long awareness campaign in Schools and Colleges in District Mardan to commemorate and contribute the global movement for accelerating change to achieve SDG 6 – clean water and sanitation for all. This was a part of the series of events organized by WaterAid Pakistan across the country to celebrate and contribute toward the global observance to raise awareness about the importance of fresh water and issues around poor WASH services. Participants from academia, civil society organizations, NGOs, water and sanitation service providers, practitioners and government line department officials attended the event.

Dr. Dilawar Farhan Shams, Chairman Department of the Environmental Sciences, AWKUM welcomed the participants and discuss the aims and objectives of the seminar. It was revealed that globally over 3.6 billion people, almost half of the world population, do not have access to safely managed sanitation at their home. Similarly, in Pakistan 4.5 million population don’t have access to drinking water along with 141 million to safe drinking water and 70 million people have limited access to sanitation facilities. Dr. Shams Ali Baig delivered a keynote talk on the theme of accelerating change to achieve the SDG targets. He highlighted the reason of the off track in achieving SDG 6 and linked with the climate change induced disasters.

The importance of adequate WASH services in adhering good hygiene practices to improve the overall quality of life were briefly discussed by the panellists including, Dr. Wali Ullah Khan, Department of Chemistry, Dr. Dilawar Farhan Shams, Department of Environmental Sciences, and Mr. Rahat Ullah, Customer Service Manager WSSCM Mardan in the panel discussion. At the end, Dr. Muhammad Idris, Director Administration, AWKUM in his closing remarks reiterated the importance of clean drinking water and thanked WaterAid Pakistan for the financial support and choosing AWKUM for this event. He also distributed certificates of appreciation and shield among the participants and organizer. The event ended with a walk within the campus to raise awareness on the World Water Day.

For more information, contact:
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan
University Mardan
Tel: +92-937-9230801-4
Email: webadmin@awkum.edu,pk
Website: https://awkum.edu.pk/

Mardan, April 01, 2023 (PPI-OT):A flag hoisting ceremony was held on March 23 at SRH Campus Pabbi Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan in which all the staff as well as Coordinator participated. On this occasion, the Coordinator SRH Campus Pabbi Mr. Adil Khan prayed for the security of the country including the Campus and the University.

For more information, contact:
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Garden Campus, Abdul Wali Khan
University Mardan
Tel: +92-937-9230801-4
Email: webadmin@awkum.edu,pk
Website: https://awkum.edu.pk/