he University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has launched E-filing system at the campus in order to make administrative system the most vibrant and efficient that will avoid undue delay.

This was stated by UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf while administrating the oath to the newly elected Academic Staff Association(ASA) UAF. Dr Muhammad Issa Khan was elected as President of ASA, Dr Muhammad Sagheer Vice President, Dr Muhammad Anjum Zia Secretary ASA, Dr Abdul Ghafoor Treasurer, and Dr Sajid Aqeel as Joint Secretary. Dr Aman Ullah Malik was the Election Commissioner of the ASA polls. Outgoing President of ASA Dr Amer Jamil and outgoing Secretary Dr Aamer Maqsood also spoke on the occasion. Talking to the participant, Dr Muhammad Ashraf said university was making headway to find its space in top 500 universities in the world acclaimed rankings. He said that in the last eight months, the university had promoted 457 employees. He said that all-out efforts were being made to address problems and issues of campus community at the earliest. He said that a permanent office of ASA with state-of-the-art facilities to be provided soon. He said that the university had taken up the matter of BPS and TTS staff to resolve as soon as soon under the merit and transparency policy. He said that the University has become the most attractive green campus in the country due to handwork of PO Estate Management Dr Qamar Bilal and his team. He said for the clean campus, the community participation was vital for which teaching community must develop the sense of responsibility among the students. He said that the university has decided to initiate one window operation for addressing research projects’ account matters. Dr Muhammad Issa Khan said that ASA is working as liaison between the faculty and administration to redress their problems and to uplift the university at par with international standards. He said that the employees longstanding problems including promotions and other matters were being addressed by the Vice Chancellor without any discrimination. He hoped that the university pace of uplift will not only ensure quality education, but also produce skilled manpower and tangible research work. Dr Amir Jamil said that outgoing ASA had rendered a tremendous service for the institution. He said that promotion matters, MPhil Allowance, cat eye replacement, synopsis number of copies, fee concession for university employees, pension of TTS faculty, UAF online attendance system, leave rules, HEC grievances committee, think tank and time scale promotions had been resolved due to proactive approach of administration.