The Department of Mathematics organized the conference named “International Conference on recent trends in applied mathematics 2023”. The purpose of the conference was to bring together researchers not only from Pakistan but also from China who are working in different areas of Applied Mathematics. The worthy vice-chancellor Prof. Dr. Habib ur Rehman was the chief guest. Deans and Chairpersons of different departments and the registrar attended the opening ceremony. The Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mushtaq, and the Dean, of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Humanities and Islamic Studies, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shahid Rafiq both welcomed the worthy vice-chancellor, deans of other faculties, and all the participants. The following speakers talked about the applications of mathematics in different areas of science and engineering.

National Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Tasawar Hayat, who is a Distinguished Professor from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, has been awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, and Hilal-e-Imtiaz.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sajid from International Islamic University, Islamabad.
Prof. Dr. Nasir Ali from International Islamic University, Islamabad.

International Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Xiangke Wang, China
Prof. Dr. Songyuan Dai, China
The worthy vice-chancellor presented the shields to the speakers, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shahid Rafiq, Dean, Faculty of N.Sc., H.& I.S., Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mushtaq, Chairman, Department of Mathematics, UET, Lahore, Prof. Dr. Qasim Ali Chaudhry, Dr. Samia Riaz, and Dr. Saadia Farid, the organizing team of the conference. The Chairman, Department of Mathematics presented the shield to The Worthy Vice-Chancellor.