University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF)

Events at UAF

Like other parts of the country and organizations a mass tree plantation campaign has been kicked off at University of Agriculture Faisalabad in collaboration with Serena Hotel Faisalabad where saplings were planted at Laboratory Higher Secondary School for Boys. Senior Professor of the varsity Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Randhawa and General Manager Serena Hotel Faisalabad Mr Saqib Ahmad along with School alumni planted threes.

Addressing the participants, Senior Professor Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Randhawa said that being an old and largest university of South Asia, UAF will assist the government organizations in a way to make the country greener place of the globe. He said that UAF is a vibrant community of 40 thousands young students, faculty and staff that will make a big difference in planting thousands of saplings on the canal banks throughout the county. He told that during the recent months, UAF experts have successfully planted one million moringa trees across the country.

Dr. Randhawa described 2.5 percent forest net of the country a negligible figure and vowed to raise the forest net upto global level in order to fight the global warming and other challenges posed by climate change. He said that Billion Tree Tsunami of KP was a successful story recognized at national and international level. He emphasized that monitoring of plants is very important with plantation. He urged the youth and University community to collectively plant trees for creating awareness about benefits of forests and to increase forest cover in big cities of the country. The focus would be to plant species according to area and weather conditions. He said that in a bid to commemorate the sacrifices of the brave solders who laid down their lives to the country, on the eve of 6th September, the varsity will plant saplings on their names in the university.

Global Champion of Moringa, Prof. Dr. Shahzad Maqsood Basra said that his team has distributed 1.0 million moringa trees across the country and vowed to gear up the government campaign with the help of thousands of volunteers. He told that his team is in close collaboration with Sitara Chemical and would be able to use its network in planting thousands moringa saplings.

Principal Officer Schools Prof. Dr. Khalil ur Rehman, PO Public Relations Prof. Dr. Jalal Arif, Manager Marketing Serena Hotel Faisalabad Mr. Muhammad Yaseen, School Principal Saifullah Saif were also present on the occasion.