Daily Archives: December 30th, 2011
Seminar room, orientation classes inaugurated at Main Library – University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan
Seminar room, orientation classes inaugurated at Main Library - University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan LAHORE: (December 30, 2011): Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran inaugurated seminar room and orientation classes at Main Library. Chief Librarian Ch Muhammad Hanif, Principal College of Engineering & Emerging Technologies Prof Dr Rafique Ahmad and other senior administrative officials [...]
Committee discusses arrangements of PU’s 120th Convocation – University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan
Committee discusses arrangements of PU’s 120th Convocation - University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan LAHORE: (December 30, 2011): A meeting of Punjab University Convocation Coordination Committee, headed by Dean Faculty of Science Prof Dr Kh Haris Rashid, held here in the Committee Room of Centre for Undergraduate Studies, New Campus to finalize arrangements for the varsity’s [...]
University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan CMO thanks SKMCH admin for placing test reports on website
University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan CMO thanks SKMCH admin for placing test reports on website LAHORE: (December 30, 2011): Punjab University Health Centre Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Nauman Ahmad has thanked the administration of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) for placing the test reports on hospital website. Now, the patients of Punjab University, [...]
Inauguration of vehicles, scholarship awarding ceremony to outstanding women sports players held – University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan
Inauguration of vehicles, scholarship awarding ceremony to outstanding women sports players held - University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan LAHORE: (December 30, 2011): Punjab University Department of Sports for Women organized a ceremony to inaugurate two vehicles and awarding scholarship to outstanding women sports player, who won All Pakistan Inter-Universities Championships, here in the PU Women [...]
Seminar room inaugurated at University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan
Seminar room inaugurated at University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan December 30, 2011 LAHORE – Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran inaugurated seminar room and orientation classes at Main Library. Chief Librarian Ch Muhammad Hanif, Principal College of Engineering & Emerging Technologies Prof Dr Rafique Ahmad and other senior administrative officials were also present [...]
‘8m drug addicts in Pakistan’
‘8m drug addicts in Pakistan’ December 30, 2011 LAHORE – Over 8 million people across the country are drug addicts as the usage of drugs or narcotics has increased in society alarmingly during the last decade, a report says. According to a special report released by the Chairman Youth Council for Anti-Narcotics (YOCFAN) Syed Zulfiaqar [...]
Parents for prayers as prized girl fights for life
Parents for prayers as prized girl fights for life December 30, 2011 LAHORE – Arfa Karim Randhawa, the Pakistani girl who stunned the world by becoming the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional and was received and awarded by Microsoft owner Bill Gates in 2005, is fighting for life at Combined Medical Hospital (Lahore) for the last [...]
Explosions damage two girls’ schools in Chilas
Explosions damage two girls’ schools in Chilas December 30, 2011 CHILAS: At least two girls schools were partially damaged after two low-intensity explosive devices went off early on Wednesday in Chilas, about 130 kilometres from Gilgit. “The blasts occurred at around 2:30 am but the damage to the school buildings is minor,” said Ali Sher, a [...]
Penalty of 3-year ban suggested on cheating in examination – University of Karachi
Penalty of 3-year ban suggested on cheating in examination – University of Karachi December 30, 2011
Convocation Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology FUUAST Karachi – Science Foundation Pakistan supports research in Pakistan
Convocation Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology FUUAST Karachi – Science Foundation Pakistan supports research in Pakistan December 30, 2011
Two weeks delay in the commencement of new academic year at University of Karachi
Two weeks delay in the commencement of new academic year at University of Karachi December 30, 2011
University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan VC interviews on Jan 2
University of the Punjab PU Lahore Pakistan VC interviews on Jan 2 Friday, December 30, 2011 LAHORE The interview for the post of Punjab University (PU) vice-chancellor is expected to be held on January 2 or 3, 2012, it is learnt. The tenure of Dr Mujahid Kamran as the PU VC will expire on January 2, [...]
‘Chalo Amrika’: Of masked socio-cultural foray and twofold lifestyle
‘Chalo Amrika’: Of masked socio-cultural foray and twofold lifestyle Friday, December 30, 2011 Islamabad Participating in the National Drama Festival 2011, Ajoka presented a thought provoking satirical play ‘Chalo Amrika’ at the National Art Gallery on Wednesday highlighting the debasing aggression and invasion in a masked socio-cultural foray by a super power and the twofold [...]
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences PIMS Islambad registered 148 new patients of HIV AIDS in 2011 Total number of registered patients reaches 1,167
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences PIMS Islambad registered 148 new patients of HIV AIDS in 2011 Total number of registered patients reaches 1,167 Friday, December 30, 2011 Islamabad The centre for treatment of AIDS at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad has registered another 148 patients suffering from HIV (Human Immune-deficiency Virus) infection and AIDS (Acquired [...]
Aspiring deputationists in Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) under wedlock policy in a fix
Aspiring deputationists in Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) under wedlock policy in a fix Friday, December 30, 2011 Islamabad As many as 250 employees of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) who are in the waiting list for deputation under wedlock policy are perturbed over the current ambiguous situation where the existing employees are not ready [...]
Six killed in botched attempt to recover kidnapped doctor
Six killed in botched attempt to recover kidnapped doctor Friday, December 30, 2011 Rawalpindi Six persons including a sub inspector of Taxila police and two women were killed during an encounter between a joint raiding party of Taxila and Haripur police and gang of captors in Mohallah Palaian located at the Railway Road in Taxila, [...]
Persons with Disabilities -PWD- stages fashion show for handicapped
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) stages fashion show for handicapped ISLAMABAD: Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) presented a colourful fashion show ‘Missing Models of Pakistan’ for the first time in the history of the country. Attired in beautiful traditional costumes, 40 models of Persons With Disabilities performed beautifully on the small ram decorated with white and red flowers. [...]
Singapore’s SPH says Yahoo! plagiarised content
Singapore’s SPH says Yahoo! plagiarised content SINGAPORE: Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), which is suing Yahoo! for copyright infringement, has accused the US Internet giant of plagiarising its works. SPH, which publishes Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper and other dailies, also vowed to fight a counterclaim filed this month by Yahoo! Southeast Asia alleging the media group [...]
Tablets, e-readers closing book on ink-and-paper era
Tablets, e-readers closing book on ink-and-paper era SAN FRANCISCO: Tablet computers and electronic readers promise to close the book on the ink-and-paper era as they transform the way people browse magazines, check news or lose themselves in novels. Online retail giant Amazon has made electronic readers mainstream with Kindle devices, and Apple ignited insatiable demand [...]
China Lays Out Ambitious 5-Year Plan to Explore Space
China Lays Out Ambitious 5-Year Plan to Explore Space China has announced an ambitious five-year plan to explore outer space. The plan includes Beijing’s previously-stated goals of putting a man on the moon and building a space station. In a policy paper released Thursday, the China National Space Administration said Beijing will deploy space laboratories, [...]
Americans Try High-Tech Weight Loss Option -Dieting service allows people to email picture of meal
Americans Try High-Tech Weight Loss Option -Dieting service allows people to email picture of meal We Americans have gone nearly certifiably insane over our weight. It wasn’t enough that the government completely re-designed its “food pyramid” nutrition guide into colored bands – wide ones for recommended good stuff like grains and green veggies, skinny bands [...]
US Sees Growing Problem With Prescription Drug Abuse
US Sees Growing Problem With Prescription Drug Abuse U.S. health officials say drug abuse is a major cause of death in the United States and that prescription drugs are a big part of the problem. Painkillers and mood-altering medications have left many people addicted, with serious results. At the Malibu Beach Recovery Center, outside Los [...]
Dengue resurfaces; takes one more life
Dengue resurfaces; takes one more life LAHORE – Ruthless dengue virus came out of hibernation at peak winter, putting to sword yet another patient on Wednesday and as such taking the overall toll in the City to 342. Death of Talat Munawar, 50, a resident of Ghaas Mandi, due to dengue haemorrhagic fever five days [...]
‘Amreeka Chalo’ resounds with dual standards
‘Amreeka Chalo’ resounds with dual standards ISLAMABAD: Exposing dual standards of Pakistani people against Americans, Ajoka Theatre presented its stage play ‘Amreeka Chalo’ (Destination USA) for the first time in capital making a strong statement about sensitive and serious issues in a satiric way. This stage play – an Ajoka Production, Lahore was the 21st [...]
Lok Virsa hosts inter-varsity quiz competition
Lok Virsa hosts inter-varsity quiz competition ISLAMABAD: Inter University Quiz Competition was held at Lok Virsa Auditorium here on Thursday. The topic of the competition was ‘Constitutionalism and Federalism’. The students belonging to four higher educational institutions of the twin cities of Rawalpindi Islamabad participated in the competition. Each team was comprised of two students. [...]
Inter-University debate contest at IIUI – Islamic International University Islamabad IIUI Pakistan
Inter-University debate contest at IIUI - Islamic International University Islamabad IIUI Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) in collaboration with Higher Education Commission (HEC) organised 14th All Pakistan Inter-University debate contest for award of Allama Iqbal shield at regional level here on Wednesday. Professor Fateh Muhammad Malik, Rector IIU was the chief guest at [...]
Panic after body found outside private university
Panic after body found outside private university LAHORE: Panic among students, parents and teachers of elite educational institutions in the city increased on Thursday, when a dead body was recovered outside a private university. The body of an unidentified 20-year-old girl was found near Beaconhouse National University (BNU) City Campus located at Zafar Ali Road. [...]
Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) Lahore scholar awarded US patent
Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) Lahore scholar awarded US patent LAHORE: A patent submitted by Dr. Naila Yaqoob, a PhD student of Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), has been issued by the United States Patent Office. According to details provided by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Naila has been awarded US Patent entitled ‘Environmentally [...]
80,000 youths to be given technical training: CM Punjab Shahbaz
80,000 youths to be given technical training: Shahbaz LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan should renounce conditional aid that compromises the interests of the country. He said that the youth were being equipped with vocational education, which would help them become independent. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of a three-day Hunarmand [...]
Lahore has second highest drug addict population
Lahore has second highest drug addict population LAHORE: The number of drug addicts across the country has doubled from four million to eight million over the past decade, while Lahore has the second largest number of street level drug addicts after Karachi. The disclosure was made in a report presented by the Anti Narcotics Campaign [...]
Sindh government imposes ban on Gutka, Mainpuri
Sindh government imposes ban on Gutka, Mainpuri KARACHI: Home Department of the Sindh government under Section 144 CrPC has imposed ban on the preparation, manufacturing, selling of Gutka and Mainpuri throughout the province immediately and until further orders. Moreover, police officers up to the rank of assistant sub-inspector of concerned police stations have been [...]
‘No bird flu in city’: People advised to use properly cooked poultry items
‘No bird flu in city’: People advised to use properly cooked poultry items KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corpora-tion (KMC) Muhammad Hussain Syed has said that all sorts of preventive measures are being taken to prevent bird flu in the city and there is no immediate threat of bird flu spread in the city. He was addressing [...]
Safety first: Doctors fear more targeted killings
Safety first: Doctors fear more targeted killings KARACHI: The medical fraternity fears another doctor killing spree, especially after Dr Mehboob, a dermatologist, was killed on Friday. The Pakistan Medical Association expressed deep concern over the recurring wave of attacks. “These incidents create a lot of anxiety amongst the health professionals and their families,” said PMA Karachi [...]
Doctors protest delay in colleague’s recovery
Doctors protest delay in colleague’s recovery December 30, 2011 HARIPUR: Doctors on Wednesday held a rally against the delay in their missing colleague’s recovery and threatened to rally across the province. Doctors and paramedics, on the call of Doctors’ Association Haripur (DAH), boycotted their duties and held a demonstration outside Women and Children Hospital, demanding Dr [...]
Positive Pakistani: Call of duty
Positive Pakistani: Call of duty Think of an ambulance and the first image that comes to mind is a white Suzuki Bolan painted with a red cross. No wonder then that the Aman Foundation’s sleek, bright yellow ambulances stand out among the fume-spewing buses, noisy rickshaws, and death-defying motorcyclists on Karachi’s chaotic roads. You must [...]
Ajoka Theatre presents hilarious ‘Amreeka Chalo’
Ajoka Theatre presents hilarious ‘Amreeka Chalo’ ISLAMABAD - Many Pakistani believe that American love towards Pakistan is just like a date-palm tree. When we need its fruit – it’s too high to be accessed while when we want its shadow in the sizzling heat, it denies that to us. But it is ironic to see that many [...]
VC AIOU promotes extra curricular activities – Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Islamabad
VC AIOU promotes extra curricular activities - Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Islamabad ISLAMABAD - In addition to expanding facilities for the students of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) across the country, Prof Dr Nazir Ahmed Sangi, Vice-Chancellor of the university is taking keen interest in promoting extra-curriculum activities. This was stated by Dr Attaullah Shah while [...]
Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education FBISE Islamabad fails to form body to correct certificates
Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education FBISE Islamabad fails to form body to correct certificates ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) has failed to form a five-member committee to correct students’ result cards despite its decision announced on November 16. Earlier, students used to go to courts to get their documents corrected. [...]
Art exhibition at NUML – National University of Modern Languages NUML Islamabad
Art exhibition at NUML - National University of Modern Languages NUML Islamabad ISLAMABAD - An exhibition on the theme ‘Afro-American Art Movement’ was organised on Thursday by the M.Phil (Literature) students of the Faculty of Advanced Integrated Studies and Research (AIS&R) at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML). “The pieces depict a century-long journey from slavery to [...]
6 new polio cases unravel govt’s hollow claims
6 new polio cases unravel govt’s hollow claims ISLAMABAD - Clearly reflecting the ineffective government measures to control polio, six new cases of this fatal disease have been reported across the country during the current week, causing fears and concerns among the parents about the health of their children. The emergence of six new cases of polio [...]
‘What are you distributing the laptops for?’
‘What are you distributing the laptops for?’ LAHORE - The Foundation for Rehabilitation and Education of Slow Children (FRESH) General Secretary Ashba Kamran criticised the distribution of laptops among students and advised the Punjab chief minister to focus on improving the education system rather than on political point-scoring. She said: “The Punjab government will spend Rs5 billion [...]
Supplementary exams of BIEK start today (Friday 30, 2011) – Board of Intermediate Education BIEK Karachi Sindh
Supplementary exams of BIEK start today (Friday 30, 2011) - Board of Intermediate Education BIEK Karachi Sindh KARACHI - The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK)’s annual supplementary examinations 2011 are scheduled to start from today (Friday). The board has established 28 examination centres for a total of 34,871 candidates, who would appear in the papers. At least 18, [...]
If you see how tobacco is prepared, you’ll quit now!
If you see how tobacco is prepared, you’ll quit now! KARACHI - The responsibility of the media lies in propagating messages against tobacco consumption in every form, and about the obligation that falls on political and religious leaders for spreading the public service message. This was stated at a consultation meeting titled ‘Impact of devolution on tobacco [...]
‘No immediate threat of bird flu’
‘No immediate threat of bird flu’ KARACHI - All preventive measures are being taken to prevent ‘bird flu’ in the city and there is no immediate threat of the virus spreading in the city, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed said on Thursday. He was addressing a meeting regarding avian influenza held with Medical Services [...]
What good’s a gold medal with no jobs? – Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology FUUAST Karachi
What good’s a gold medal with no jobs? - Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology FUUAST Karachi KARACHI - The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) conferred gold medals on 113 of its students during the 3rd annual convocation on Thursday, but many of them were dejected due to the situation of jobs [...]
World’s youngest MCP Aarifa Karim in critical condition
World’s youngest MCP Aarifa Karim in critical condition LAHORE - Aarifa Karim, a Pakistani girl from Faisalabad who became the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2004 at the age of nine, is in a critical condition in a hospital in Lahore. Karim’s father told a private channel that she had an epileptic attack on December [...]
PU awards PhD degree to Attiq ur Rehman
PU awards PhD degree to Attiq ur Rehman LAHORE: (December 30, 2011): Punjab University has awarded PhD degrees to Attiq ur Rehman S/o Muhammad Hanif in the subject of Islamic Studies after approval of his research thesis entitled “Rights of Prisoners of War: Geneva Convention and Islamic Teachings.” He has completed his thesis under the [...]
Scholarships awarding ceremony for outstanding sports women at PU on Dec 29
Scholarships awarding ceremony for outstanding sports women at PU on Dec 29 LAHORE: (December 30, 2011): Punjab University Department of Sports for Women will organize inaugural ceremony of vehicles and scholarship awarding ceremony for outstanding sports women on Thursday, December 29 at 3:00pm at PU Women Sports Complex, Crust Road, Old Campus. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr [...]
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