Islamabad : Newly elected members of the Academic Staff Association (ASA) at the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) were sworn in on Wednesday.
An oath taking ceremony in this regard was held at male campus of university on Wednesdaywhere IIUI President Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh administrated the oath to the newly elected ASA members.
Prof DrHafiz Muhamamd Bashir took oath as ASA’s new president, while the ceremony was also attended by Vice Presidents, Deans, DGs, officers and former office bearers of the ASA as well.
Dr. SaeedBadshah joined the ASA as its General Secretary, Syed Afzal Ahmed Kaka Khel as Vice President (male), Dr. Rukhsana Tariq as Vice President-Female, DrTaimiyaSabiha as Joint Secretary-Female, Akhlaq Ahmed as Joint Secretary male, Dr. Hafiz Ahmed Hammad as Finance Secretary, Dr. Muhammad Arshad Malikas information secretary and Dr. FoziaSaeedjoined as Information Secretary-Female.
Dr. Al-Draiweeshemphasized that teachers had a vital role in disseminating and spreading knowledge in the society. IIUI President told on the occasion that IIUI has top agenda for promoting those Teaching Research Associates (TRAs) and lecturers in as AssistantProfessors who had completed PhDs. He also mentioned that a dedicated and expanded day-care center will be built in IIUI female campus soon.
In his speech, President IIUI vowed thatefforts for the development of the faculty and university’s academic progress. He also urged the faculty members to take forward the mission of university and work hard day and night to bring the university in front line amongst the international institutions. He emphasized on improvement of individual’s performance to fill the research gap and deliver to the society. Dr. Al-Draiweesh offered his full support and resources to academia.
Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Bashir said in his speech on the occasion that new elected ASA body would keep IIUI’s progress as top priority. He vowed on the occasion the newly elected members would be proved as hands and arms of IIUI administration. He hailed IIUI President while saying that he had always provided maximum cooperation to academic fraternity.
Earlier, Dr. Abdul Jalil , former President ASA also spoke on the occasion and apprised about the developments in previous years. On theoccasion, shields were given to former ASA office bearers and a souvenir was also presented to IIUI President by Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Bashir.
On the occasion, President IIUI took oath from the newly elected panel which included Prof. Dr. ZafarIqbal (President), Dr. Faiz Ur Rahim (V.P), Dr. AmnaMehmood (V.P), Shahzad Ashraf Chaudhry (General Secretary), Ahsan Bashir (Joint Secretary), Mrs. TaimaSabeeha (Joint Secretary female), Engr. Sakhi Jan Khalil (Information Secretary), Dr. Rukhsana Tariq (Information Secretary female) and ZaheerUd Din Behram (Finance Secretary).
