Dr. Asad Ali, Chairman Department of Agriculture met the honorable Vice Prof. Dr. Ahsan Ali (S.I) on Wednesday June 29, 2016 at the vice chancellor secretariat and discussed his upcoming projects viz., Establishment of Insect Museum and Pest Informatics Centre which will serve as a resource center for both research students of AWKUM and farming community of the province in general and specifically for District Mardan. The Insect Museum will help in identifying different variety of pests for various crops and Entomology Section will advise for effective control accordingly. Furthermore, graduate student will also do their research activities on systematics of insect fauna of the province and will eventually publish their findings in form of research articles.

Similarly another project is about the Butterfly Sanctuary at Zoological Garden on the Garden campus AWKUM. This Project will highlight the aesthetic values of butterflies and will work for conservation of local butterflies' fauna. It will serve as a unique recreational center of its kind in the province for visitors and also a place of research and development on insect biology and physiology.

Worthy Vice Chancellor appreciated the efforts of Agriculture Department and forward full support in implementation of the ongoing projects. They vice chancellor also advised that work on the landscape project must be speedup so that the garden campus gains its natural beauty and predominant landscape features as soon as possible.

Dr. Asad Ali thanked worthy vice Chancellor for his full support and assured that his team will work efficiently to achieve the targets of landscape project well in time. At the end Dr. Asad presented a butterfly's display box "Butterflies of district Mardan" to the worthy Vice Chancellor extending the efforts of students in exploring the butterfly's diversity in Mardan region.