VC opens World Space Week at UAF

Faisalabad, University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice-Chancellor Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan has insisted the new generation to set their targets high and pursue them with hard work and commitment.

Inaugurating the World Space Week here on Thursday, he termed the information technology and emerging of media as an effective tool of communication in the national and international affairs. He lauded Suparco Chairman Ahmad Bilal for extending the support for holding a show at the UAF.

Speaking on the occasion, Suparco Director Abdul Ghafoor said that celebration of the World Space Day was an annual event, aiming at spreading awareness among the masses and inspiring them to become the member of space arena. He said that this year the theme of the world space week was ‘Space for human safety and security.

He said that the agriculture was an important segment of the country as it largely depended on Indus Basin and canal irrigation system. He said that amazing changes were being taking place in the space and his organization was helping the agriculture system by satellite remote sensing, GIS and land surveying for weather forecasting.

He further said that the UAF had provided a exciting platform to the school children for sharing the science knowledge. During the event, students of the Laboratory Girls High School presented skits related to space technology. It is the first time that the Suparco is celebrating the World Space Week at the UAF along with the Rabi Festival and the Youth Festival of the Punjab government.

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