To commemorate the martyrs of Army Public School Peshawar (APS), the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore, in collaboration with the Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) and Inter-University Consortium for the Promotion of Social Sciences (IUCPSS), organised the concluding ceremony of a week-long awareness campaign here on Friday at UVAS city campus Lahore. “PHEC is actively promoting the message of peace and tolerance in the society, especially in universities and higher education institutions of Punjab through its various initiatives,” he added. UVAS VC Professor Dr Talat Naseer Pasha said that in order to counter the threat of terrorism, it is direly needed to bring the level of pauperisation down in the society. UoE VC Dr Rauf-e-Azam, while addressing the ceremony, emphasised on the collaborative efforts towards peaceful and tolerant university campuses. The aim of the weeklong activities was to create awareness among the youth to promote peace and tolerance in the Pakistani society.

Source: Pakistan Today December 29, 2017 17:26 UTC