PESHAWAR: The US Embassy and the United States Education Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) encourages Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) to expand academic collaboration with the American universities.

Catherine Fischer, deputy cultural attache at the US embassy, Islamabad, said this in the closing ceremony in Islamabad under the US-Pakistan University Partnership Grants Programme (UPGP).

She said that the faculty from the Mardan varsity highly contributed to expanding American studies under the UPGP in the university. She stated that the US embassy and USEFP were looking forward to future collaboration with the AWKUM.

In his closing remarks, Shahram Niazi, programme officer UPGP, said that it was a good experience with the faculty from AWKUM to introduce and expand American studies in the university. He said USEFP would facilitate and fund the faculty and students from AWKUM to get education from US universities under different scholarship programmes.

Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, head of UPGP, QAU Islamabad, thanked AWKUM vice-chancellor Prof Dr Zahoorul Haq to nominate the most relevant and committed faculty to contribute to UPGP.

Dr Hussain Ali, head of sociology department; Dr Abdul Shakoor, head of international relations; Azmat Ali Khan, assistant professor of political science; and Sanan Ahmad, lecturer PCA, participated in the programme.

At the end of the ceremony, certificate and shields were presented to Dr Hussain Ali and Azmat Ali Khan.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2022