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UOP BECOMES MEMBER OF SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIAN UNIVERSITIES NETWORK, YUNNAN UNIVERSITY, CHINA 9-11 DECEMBER 2018
The inaugural meeting of the South and Southeast Asian Universities Network and the second South and Southeast Asian Universities Rectors forum was organized in Yunnan University, Kunming China from 9-11 December 2018. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abid Pro-Vice-Chancellor University of Peshawar participated in the two events. Every founding member participating University planted a tree with its name tag. It was a historic moment when the University of Peshawar`s delegate planted Cedrus Deodara at the beautiful campus of Yunnan University. Apart from UOP, the National University of Science and Technology ( NUST), Quaid-e-Azam University , Comsats, Baluchistan University, IIU Islamabad, Aga Khan University Karachi, Karakoram International University and University of the Punjab also participated in the conference. Furthermore much progress has taken place regarding MOU between the Yunnan University and University of Peshawar through efforts of China Study Centre. Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province of China is a tourist attraction the world over for its renowned stone forest and Yunnan University has a beautiful campus which is located in the region of perennial spring. After the conference the delegates from many South and South East Asian Universities were taken to the world renowned stone forest near Kunming in Yunnan province. In the end Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abid thanked Prof. Dr. Lin Wenxun, Prof. Dr. Yang Wei Prof. Dr. Shen Bin and other organizers` of the conference for their hospitality and earnest efforts regarding academic collaboration.