The Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture (MNSUAM) ( ur, ) is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...

located in

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the old ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. It was established in 2012 on the initiative of

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. The university is named after

Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pak ...

. The Act of Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture was approved in 2013.

History

The university was founded in 2012. It has a total area of 680 acres located at two places. A piece of land comprising 180 acres is allocated at mouza rangeel pur, old shujabad road, Multan, where upon the main campus of the university is located and another piece comprising 500 acres is allotted at Jalalpur pirwala for agriculture farm.

External links

MNSUAM Official Website

PFNO Official Website
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