Change at the top: Archaeology dept director appointed

From Jungle Khel area of Kohat, the new director is a DAAD scholar.


Our Correspondent June 27, 2014

PESHAWAR: Dr Abdul Samad was appointed director at the Directorate of Archaeology and Museum by the establishment department on Friday.

Previously, Dr Samad was a BPS-19 assistant professor and the head at the Department of Archaeology in the School of Cultural Heritage and Creative Technologies at Hazara University in Mansehra.

From Jungle Khel area of Kohat, the new director is a DAAD scholar and did his PhD in ‘Archaeology, Gandhara art, numismatics and South Asian languages and cultures’ from Freie University, Germany in 2011.

The same university also published his book Emergence of Hinduism in Gandhara: Analyses of Material Culture in 2012. Dozens of his research papers have been published nationally as well as internationally.

Samad also studied Sanskrit at Freie University as well as world heritage studies and cultural management from the Technical University of Cottbus, Germany.

Samad will be the youngest director of the Archaeology and Museum department. He told The Express Tribune, “I have taken charge as the director of the K-P archaeology and museum department.” He added they will work for the protection and preservation of the rich heritage of K-P.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2014.

COMMENTS (1)

Kashif alam | 9 years ago | Reply

Very Good Step Taken by PTI Government . we want young people

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