World Earth Day Celebrated At UOG

We must leave no stone unturned in keeping our environment green. It is an age old tradition of the East to live in peace and conformity with our environment. Unfortunately certain evil practices in the present age are responsible for the degradation of our environment. We must struggle against these evil practices and work tooth and nail to save our environment. These ideas were expressed by Prof Dr. Muhammad Faheem Malik Director faculty of Sciences who was the Chief guest at a one day Symposium on ‘World Earth Day’ at University of Gujrat (UOG) Hafiz Hayat.

This symposium was organized by the UOG Green Society of the Department of Environmental Sciences. The theme of Year 2012 ‘Mobilize the Earth’ was the focus of the symposium. In her welcome address to the first session of the symposium Miss SairaMunawar Coordinator Dept. of Environmental Sciences welcomed all and sundry and intimated an overview of the program. Students Mr. AdilSikandar and Mr. Sheikh SiddiqueShahid from BS 4^th Semester discussed general problems affecting Earth. Miss Ayesha Siddiqua Lecturer Department of Environmental Sciences made a very effective prersentation on ‘Environmental Issues and their Impact on Planet Earth.’ . Documentaries were screened to mobilize the youth. Mr. Ali Shan BS 6^th Semester and Nauman Ashraf (BS 4^th Semester) presented their research on disadvantages of plastic bags and the introduction of Reusable Eco bags. At the end the panelists Prof Dr.Faheem Malik, Dr. Muhammad Danish, Dr. Khizar Hayat, Dr. Abdul MajidSandhu, Miss Ayesha Siddiqua and Mr. Raza – e Mustafa answered different questions of the audience. The second session was focused on the subtheme ‘Get rid of Plastic Bags’. Dr. Freshullah Director Social Sciences was the Chief Guest. Ms. KholaSikandar Lecturer Department of Environmental Sciences presented authentic solution of plastic bags in her “Alternates of polythene Bags”. Dr. UmerRasheed Assistant Professor Department of Biotechnology made a very interesting lecture on ‘Biodegradation of Polythen Bags’. Besides a large number of students, and faculty, Dr. Iftikhar Head Department of Mathematics, Dr. Omer Rasheed (Department of Biochemistry) Miss SairaMunawar and Miss KhoulaSikandar from Department of Environmental Sciences participated in the seminar.