MARDAN: Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) vice-chancellor Prof Dr Zahoorul Haq said here on Saturday that he was committed to maintaining the top ranking of his varsity in coming years.

Talking to this correspondent, he said that his varsity had recently clinched the top position among the Pakistani universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings-2021.

Prof Haq said that 17 universities of Pakistan were examined and ranked by the world body and the AWKUM was declared top in terms of research and citation among them.

He said that AWKUM was ranked 510th on the world level in terms of quality and research.

Prof Haq said that the faculty and administrative staff of the university had worked hard to achieve this position and honour. He said that it was a teamwork and collective achievement.

The VC said that AWKUM was established in 2009 during the previous Awami National Party provincial government. He said that it was an honour that the university had 300 PhDs in the faculty which was the largest number of the doctorate degree-holders in the province.

Prof Haq said that the varsity also remained on top in KP in terms of funds allocated for research.

He asked the PhDs of the university to play their role in improving the quality of education. He said that it was a challenge now for them to maintain the varsity’s top position in coming days.

Published in Dawn, September 13th, 2020