Speakers at seminar have said that one in two Pakistanis is at risk of under-nutrition with an estimation of 36% lives below the poverty line and stressed on the proper policy making for healthy & nutrient foods which should be cheaper than the mal-nutrient ones. They stated this while addressing a seminar held at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi ) PMA .... read more

The Quality Assurance Agency (CAA) of Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC) has approved 54 degrees including 3 MS, 1 MSC, 9 MSc (Hons), 18 MPhil and 23 PhD degrees of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR). The decision has been taken in the light of the extensive review of the PMAS-AAUR Post Graduate Program conducted on 17-19 February 2020, d .... read more

Institute of Food and Nutritional Sciences (IF&NS) organized a seminar on "Global Trends for Food Professionals" at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR),on October 8, 2020. Prof. Dr. Qamar uz Zaman Vice chancellor of the university participated as a chief guest while Nasir Hameed, Senior Corporate Director, Acadian Seaplants ltd (ASL) Canada as a g .... read more

Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Hussain Jahanian Gardezi has said that agriculture is an important sector of Pakistan which contributes 20 percent to GDP and it has the potential to increase by 40 percent with the use of modern agricultural technology and hard work. He stated this while addressing on Kissan Mela organized by Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpind .... read more

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) organized an awareness seminar on Dengue Prevention and Control, on September 24, 2020, with an aim to raise awareness about the dengue and its prevention from this disease. The seminar was organized by the Department of Entomology, PMAS-AAUR and was attended by academic heads, faculty members, staff and st .... read more

A two days (22-23 September 2020) training workshop on "Experimental Design, Data Analysis and Report Writing" for MSC students organized by Directorate of Advanced Studies (DAS) held at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR). The main objective of the training workshop was to aware and train the students about the research topic selection, methods used .... read more

A tree plantation campaign and a project on "Evaluation and Introduction of some Exotic Kiwi Cultivars" was inaugurated by the vice chancellor of the Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) Prof. Dr Qamar Zaman on its Koont Research Farm, On August 20. 2020, which is being funded by Punjab Agriculture Research Board under the vision of Prime Minister Clean .... read more

Dr. Bushra Allah Rakha, Assistant Professor, Department of Wildlife Management has been awarded a highly competitive "Dayong Gao Young Investigator Award-2020" along with honorarium of USD 5000/- from the Society for Cryobiology (International Society for low temperature Biology and Medicine) and delivered a special lecture entitled "Effect of glutathione on lipid peroxidation, mitoc .... read more

A ceremony was held at the Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) on Friday morning to commemorate the country's Independence Day especially with Solidarity of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). The programme started with the recitation of the Holy Quran and flag hoisting ceremony with the tune of the national anthem of Pakistan. In the flag hoisting ceremony, t .... read more

Member Planning S&T, Dr. Hussein Abidi said that universities should focus on promotion of research and development for innovation and commercialization and keeping abreast with latest trends not only in the field of agriculture but also new advancements in science & technology. He stated this while visiting the Institute of Hydroponics Agriculture of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agricul .... read more