FAISALABAD - The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) is ranked among the best world universities and top 10 universities of the country as per QS Ranking.
This was stated by Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Anas Sarwar Qureshi while chairing a meeting of the Academic Staff Association (ASA) delegation. He said that solution-oriented research was dire need of the hour and the UAF was going to establish a liaison office in that regard to facilitate the industrial sector and other stakeholders for collaborative efforts to make strong academia-industrial linkages.
The different issues of the faculty were discussed and the vice chancellor promised full cooperation to address the problems and move the university towards new heights. Prof Qureshi said that the ASA should help and point out the issues so the university could be able to resolve them.
Registrar Tariq Mehmood Gill assured the ASA delegation to resolve their issues with full concentration and support. ASA thanked the VC and supported his clear and kind vision. The meeting was attended by Dr Anjum Zia, Dr Muhammad Sagheer, Dr Sajid Aqeel, Dr Abdul Ghafoor, Dr Farooq Khalid, Dr Safdar Bashir and others notables.
4 more die of coronavirus
in Faisalabad
Another four patients died of COVID-19 while 11 tested positive during the last 24 hours in Faisalabad. A spokesperson for the Health Department said on Saturday that 367 coronavirus tests had been conducted in public and private sector labs during this period. He said that total active cases in Faisalabad had been reduced to 336, while 20,068 patients had so far recovered from the disease.
He told that 339 beds had been allocated at the Allied Hospital, 133 at the DHQ Hospital and 150 at Government General Hospital Ghulam Muhammad Abad for COVID-19 patients.
At present, 101 patients were under treatment at the Allied Hospital, 30 at DHQ Hospital and 11 were admitted to General Hospital. He said that 180 confirmed patients were isolated at their homes in the district.