PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engineer Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said on Monday that agriculture is the backbone of economy of Pakistan and it can play a pivotal role in boosting up socio economic scenario of the country. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the Agriculture University and other relevant institutions to introduce scientific advancements which can further ameliorate research based activities in agriculture sector, the Governor said while presiding over the Senate meeting of the University of Agriculture Peshawar at Governor House while lengthy agenda of further streamlining and working of the organization was discussed. The meeting beside others was attended by the MPA Shaukat Yousafzai, Vice Chancellor Agriculture University Prof Dr Zahoor Swati, secretary Higher Education, secretary Agriculture, principal secretary to governor, representatives of Higher Education Commission and members of the senate of the university. The Senate also approved budget for the year, 2015-16 with the instruction that the budget should be presented for approval to the senate with in stipulated time. Decision was taken in the senate meeting to formulate three members committee for the further improvement of budget making. Governor Iqbal Jhagra said knowledge and research are the main steps for the peace and development of any nation while Agriculture University can play a vital role in the development of agriculture sector of the province. He appreciated the University of Agriculture, Peshawar for conducting broad based research and emphasised to bring more improvement. The governor urged the University administration to ensure utilisation of funds with transparency and in accordance with financial action plan. Earlier, vice chancellor of the university briefed the meeting regarding administrative, research, curriculum activities and procedure about new appointment in the university.