Message to the Gomal Family!
Taking the charge of Gomal
University is a pleasant experience. This strategically
unique – comprehensive university of KP (with all faculties
– Science, Arts, Engineering, Pharmacy, Veterinary,
Agriculture etc.) has enormous potentials including but not
limited to hundreds of thousands of alumni all across the
globe, diverse student population from all the provinces of
Pakistan, highest student body from the former FATA region
and the highest number of international students in any in
land public sector university. The commitment of faculty
members and students for attaining high standards of
instructional environment is pleasantly amazing.
I am writing to express my grave
concern over the sudden and deadly outbreak of corona
pandemic – COVID-19 and resultant disturbance, thereby
caused, of all planned academic activities. Corona pandemic
has not only affected Gomal University and our motherland
but has also touched the whole humanity across the globe.
This is, no doubt, a hard time and Gomal family does feel
the intense pain and is hopeful that this nightmare will be
over soon. The lockdowns and restrictions will be lifted and
once people will be free to lead a normal routine life of
their own. However, during these testing and demanding
times, lives of many low paid/ daily wage-workers are in
distress and they are hardly able to earn bread and butter.
All such deserving and needy people need our special
attention. We shall donate generously according to our
religious teachings and Sunnah. So, please come forward and
play your part selflessly, actively and vigorously; donate
Zakat, Sadqaat and any other possible charity (ies) at this
critical juncture. Moreover, the real motive and spirit
shall be to serve our brethren and humanity without any
ostentation. Allah, the Almighty will reward us all for
this.
In these threatening and
challenging days, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the
frontline heroes (health professionals, army personnel and
policemen) for their consistent, selfless and tireless
efforts to save the lives of Corona infected patients, to
control the spread of the disease by risking their own
precious lives. It’s a great and matchless service. We also
have heroes amongst us too. It is indeed a moment of immense
pleasure and pride for the Gomal Family, amid this crisis,
that Dr. Muzammil (Faculty GCBB) and his team has
successfully acquired the ability and conducted COVID-19
tests at Mufti Mehmood Hospital. Dr. Muhammad Badar
(Director GCBB) and Dr. Muzzamil deserve our applause as
they are in the process to uplift this capacity from 14
tests in a single day to 96 test samples at one go through
our sophisticated research machine that will bring our D.I.
Khan testing capacity at par with the best labs of the
country. By taking the opportunity, I also want to
acknowledge the role of Pakistan Army and Health Department,
KP for their overwhelming support and keen interest in this
project. I must acknowledge the role, contribution and
services of another Gomalian hero, Dr. Numan (Faculty
Pharmacy), who has been advocating passive immunization for
the treatment of COVID-19.
Due to aforementioned prevailing
circumstances, Pandemic and declared Health emergency, March
16 to May 31 is integrated within the spring semester as
vacations. However, to convert this challenge into
opportunity, faculty members and students are fully engaged
for new experience of online courses. It is pertinent to
mention here that Gomal is among the leading universities of
the nation establishing trends in online instructions. The
efforts of all Deans, Directors, Heads of Departments,
faculty members and students especially Dr. Niamatullah
Babar (Director Graduate Studies), Dr. Ijaz (Director IT)
and Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, Dean (Incharge) Faculty of
Engineering and Technology (FET) are hereby acknowledged for
taking keen interest in this project and to place Gomal
University, Dera Ismail Khan in the leading universities of
the Country.
The university is open to all,
for suggestions and ideas to uplift the academic and
research standards. We, all the stakeholders, envision
bringing its level at par with the leading universities of
the World within three year (In Sha’Allah).
Iftikhar
Ahmand
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
Vice-Chancellor
Gomal University, Dera Ismail
Khan