PMAS Arid Agriculture University Jobs 2026 — 34 Faculty & Staff Posts, Rawalpindi

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) — Rawalpindi, Punjab

By Muhammad Younus, Editor Posted: 26 Oct 2026 Updated: 28 Oct 2026 14 min read

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi has announced 34 faculty and non-faculty posts in a single Situations Vacant advertisement, numbered IPL-11341, inviting applications from Pakistani nationals for appointment on a regular, contract or lump-sum pay basis. The advertisement spans the full academic ladder, from Professor in BPS-21 down to Lab Attendant in BPS-01, with five Professors, four Associate Professors, six Assistant Professors and five Lecturers on the teaching side, and an Assistant Estate Care and Security Officer, six Computer Assistants, one Photographer and five Lab Attendants on the support side. Applications are made through an online form on the university website, which must then be printed and sent with attested documents and a bank draft to the Registrar's office, and the completed dossiers must reach the university by 25 November 2026. This article gives the post-wise table with subjects, qualifications, experience and publication rules, the fee for every grade, the number of document sets each category must send, and two points on which the reproductions of the advertisement disagree, flagged openly so that applicants check the original before they apply.

About Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR)

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, known as PMAS-AAUR, is a public university whose mandate is the development of rain-fed, or barani, agriculture in Pakistan. Its story begins with the Barani Commission of the 1970s, which examined how the large rain-fed areas of the country, long overshadowed by irrigated agriculture, could be made productive for the farmers who depend on them; on the commission's recommendations the Government of Punjab established Barani Agricultural College at Rawalpindi, and that college was upgraded to university status in 1994 and named after the Chishti Sufi saint Pir Mehr Ali Shah. The university, which describes itself as established in 1994 and dedicated to dryland agriculture through education, research and technology development, sits on Murree Road between Rawalpindi and Islamabad, and it teaches across agriculture and veterinary sciences, natural and social sciences, management and information technology, with faculties for crop and food sciences, sciences, agricultural engineering and technology, veterinary and animal sciences, and forestry, range management and wildlife, together with institutes for management sciences, information technology, education and research, and biochemistry and biotechnology. For an academic, a post here means joining an institution whose research agenda is tied directly to the problems of dryland farming, and for a support applicant it means a public university post in Rawalpindi with the standing and pay structure of a government university.

Vacant Positions — Post-Wise Details

The 34 posts fall into eight titles, and the table below gives the posts, the scale and the subjects for each title; the qualification and experience rules for each title follow in the eligibility section, because the teaching titles are governed by Higher Education Commission criteria that differ sharply from the support titles.

• Professor: One post each in Environmental Sciences, Agri Extension, Soil Science, Zoology/Wildlife and Biochemistry; at least 5 of the 15 publications in the last 5 years.
• Associate Professor: One post each in Anthropology, Animal Nutrition, Soil Science and Zoology; at least 4 of the 10 publications in the last 5 years.
• Assistant Professor: One post each in Anthropology, Food Safety, Soil Science, Horticulture, Biology and Theriogenology.
• Lecturer: One post each in Anatomy, Mechatronics, Animal Breeding and Genetics, and Chemistry, plus one further subject on which the reproductions disagree: Economics in one reproduction, Horticulture in another. Check the original advertisement.
• Assistant Estate Care / Security Officer: Estate care and security duties on the university campus, on the support-staff terms of the advertisement.
• Computer Assistant: Computer and office work across university offices; typing speed and the course certificate are both required, not alternatives.
• Photographer: University photography and developing work; the seven years of relevant experience are a stated requirement, not a preference.
• Lab Attendant: Laboratory support work in university departments; the entry-level post of the advertisement, open to SSC (Science) holders.

Eligibility Criteria — Who Can Apply

• Pakistani nationality, as required by the advertisement.
• Professor: PhD in the relevant field from an HEC-recognised university, 15 years teaching or research experience or 10 years post-PhD experience, and 15 research publications with at least 5 in the last 5 years.
• Associate Professor: PhD in the relevant field from an HEC-recognised university, 10 years teaching or research experience or 5 years post-PhD experience, and 10 research publications with at least 4 in the last 5 years.
• Assistant Professor: PhD in the relevant field from an HEC-recognised university.
• Lecturer: first-class MS or MPhil or equivalent after 18 years of education in the relevant field, with no 3rd division anywhere in the academic career.
• Assistant Estate Care / Security Officer: Intermediate with at least 2nd division, plus Police Sub-Inspector service of 15 years or ex-military rank not below JCO.
• Computer Assistant: Intermediate with 2nd division, typing speed of 40 words per minute, and a computer course certificate.
• Photographer: SSC with Science (2nd division) and 7 years relevant photography and developing experience.
• Lab Attendant: SSC with Science.
• Age 18 to 35 years for the BS-01 to BS-16 posts; the reproduced table states a minimum of 21 years for the faculty posts, with no upper limit printed in the reproductions.
• Registration with the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council or the Pakistan Engineering Council is compulsory for the veterinary and engineering disciplines where it applies.
• Reserved quotas apply: 15% for women, 5% for minorities and 3% for persons with disabilities.

Eligibility in this advertisement splits cleanly into two worlds, and applicants should judge themselves against the right one. The teaching world is governed by Higher Education Commission criteria: a Professor needs a doctorate plus a long teaching or research record and a publication record measured not only in total but in recency, with at least five of the fifteen publications in the last five years, and an Associate Professor needs the same structure at a lower threshold, ten publications with four recent; an Assistant Professor needs the doctorate itself, and a Lecturer needs a first-class MS or MPhil after eighteen years of education with no third division anywhere in the academic career, which is a stricter career rule than a single degree result, because a single third division at any stage disqualifies the lecturer applicant even with a strong final degree. The support world is simpler but no less exact: the Computer Assistant must hold both the typing speed of forty words per minute and a computer course certificate, the Photographer must show seven years of relevant photography and developing experience rather than a general interest in photography, and the Security Officer route runs through police or military service rather than through academic qualifications alone. Two honesty flags belong here. First, the reproductions disagree on the press date and paper, with one citing Daily Jang of 25 October 2026 and another citing The News of 26 October 2026, so this article dates the advertisement to 25 to 26 October and applicants should treat the university's own notice as final. Second, the reproductions disagree on the fifth Lecturer subject, Economics in one and Horticulture in another, so a candidate for that seat must check the original advertisement before choosing a subject. On age, the reproduced table gives 18 to 35 years for the support grades and a minimum of 21 years for the faculty posts, with no upper limit for faculty printed in the reproductions, and applicants for faculty posts should confirm the upper age rule from the original advertisement rather than assuming the support-grade limit applies to them.

Salary & Benefits

The advertisement gives the pay scales from BPS-01 to BPS-21 and prints no monthly rupee figure for any post, so this article gives no salary amount and no estimate for any title. The scale itself is the meaningful information: a Professor at BPS-21 and an Associate Professor at BPS-20 sit at the top of the university teaching structure, an Assistant Professor at BPS-19 and a Lecturer at BPS-18 form the main teaching body, and the support posts run from BPS-16 for the Security Officer through BPS-14 for the Computer Assistant and BS-11 for the Photographer down to BPS-01 for the Lab Attendant. Within each scale, pay moves by annual increments and carries the allowances notified for university employees of that grade, and the advertisement adds that appointment may be on a regular, contract or lump-sum pay basis by post, which matters because a lump-sum appointment does not carry the same increment and allowance structure as a regular scale appointment; applicants should therefore confirm the basis of their own post from the appointment letter rather than assuming the full scale package. Any website or agent quoting an exact monthly salary for these posts is adding information the advertisement does not contain.

Selection Process

Selection follows the university's advertised route rather than a testing-agency test. The candidate completes the online application form on the university website, prints it, and sends the printed form with attested documents and the bank draft to the Registrar's office, and the dossier must reach the university by 25 November 2026; a form completed online but never posted, or posted without the draft, is not a complete application. The number of document sets differs by category, four sets for Professor and Associate Professor, three sets for Assistant Professor and Lecturer, and one set for the BS-01 to BS-16 posts, which reflects the scrutiny teaching dossiers receive, including verification of degrees, experience and publications against Higher Education Commission criteria. Shortlisted candidates are then considered by the university's selection process, which for teaching posts weighs qualifications, teaching and research experience and publications, and for support posts weighs the stated qualifications, typing or trade requirements and experience. Registration with the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council or the Pakistan Engineering Council is checked where it applies, and the reserved quotas for women, minorities and persons with disabilities are applied in the selection. The university's contact for the process is the Registrar's office, telephone 051-9292122, and applicants should confirm any point of doubt there rather than through an agent.

Documents Required

• Printed copy of the online application form from the university website.
• Bank draft for the prescribed fee, in favour of the Treasurer, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi.
• Attested copies of educational certificates and degrees, with transcripts and mark sheets.
• Attested copies of experience certificates for the posts that require experience.
• Publication list with copies, for Professor and Associate Professor applicants.
• Valid CNIC and domicile certificate.
• Recent passport-size photographs.
• Typing speed and computer course certificates, for Computer Assistant applicants.
• Police or military service record, for Security Officer applicants.
• Photography and developing experience certificates, for the Photographer post.
• Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council or Pakistan Engineering Council registration, where it applies.
• Four document sets for Professor and Associate Professor, three sets for Assistant Professor and Lecturer, one set for BS-01 to BS-16 posts.

Terms & Conditions

The advertisement invites applications from Pakistani nationals for appointment on a regular, contract or lump-sum pay basis, and the basis differs by post, so applicants should read the appointment terms for their own title rather than assuming regular status. Reserved quotas of 15% for women, 5% for minorities and 3% for persons with disabilities apply across the advertisement, and registration with the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council or the Pakistan Engineering Council is compulsory for the veterinary and engineering disciplines where it applies. Incomplete dossiers, dossiers without the prescribed bank draft, and dossiers reaching the Registrar after 25 November 2026 are not entertained under the usual terms of such advertisements, and the university reserves the right to accept or reject any application and to cancel the process in whole or in part. The reproductions of this advertisement disagree on the newspaper and date and on one Lecturer subject, as flagged in this article, and the university's own advertisement and notice on uaar.edu.pk are the final authority where any summary differs from them.

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