Daily Archives: March 1st, 2012
LUMS Media & Arts (LMA) Society Organise Some Like it Hot (Date: March 2, 2012) – Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore
LUMS Media & Arts (LMA) Society Organise Some Like it Hot (Date: March 2, 2012) – Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore The LUMS Media & Arts (LMA) Society and the Alpha Society bring a timeless comic gem: SOME LIKE IT HOT introduced by Dr. Lukas Werth Date: March 2, 2012 Time: 7:30 p.m. Venue: SC-1 near Super Store at LUMS
Accelerated Expansion of Universe Under Discussion – Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS
Accelerated Expansion of Universe Under Discussion - Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS School of Science and Engineering (SSE) Physics Department at LUMS brings a talk on: Accelerated Expansion of the Universe: The Discovery that won the 2011 Physics Nobel Speaker: Dr. Babar Qureshi, Assistant Professor Physics Department SSE- LUMS (Babar Ahmed Qureshi received his Masters in Physics from [...]
LUMS Sports Society Brings Athletic Mela 2012 (Date: March 2, 2012)- Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore
LUMS Sports Society Brings Athletic Mela 2012 (Date: March 2, 2012)- Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore LUMS Sports Society SLUMS brings The Athletic Mela 2012 with exciting races, endurance, power, and team events Date: March 2, 2012 Venue: LUMS
LUMS MBA Placement Office to Host Networking Nights (First Networking Night: March 2, 2012) – Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore
LUMS MBA Placement Office to Host Networking Nights (First Networking Night: March 2, 2012) - Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore First Networking Night: March 2, 2012 Second Networking Night: March 30, 2012 Following its two year tradition, the MBA Placement Office will be hosting its annual mega recruitment event, the Networking Nights, on March 2, 2012 and March 30, [...]
Halqa-e Danish – Short Story by Enver Sajjad (Date: Friday, March 2, 2012) – Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore
Halqa-e Danish – Short Story by Enver Sajjad (Date: Friday, March 2, 2012) - Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore Urdu fiction is the theme for the Halqa-e-Danish sessions in spring 2012. Texts from Urdu prose / fiction or an Urdu short story will be read out in each session. The guest speaker will present an [...]
Scientists Discover Off-Switch to Regulate Immune System
Scientists Discover Off-Switch to Regulate Immune System Scientists have discovered a cellular “off-switch” that could allow doctors to control the body’s immune response in a host of diseases, and could boost the efficiency of vaccines against diseases like HIV and malaria. The so-called “off-switch” is a protein called TMED7. Researchers at Ireland’s Trinity College Dublin say [...]
Research Suggests Ovaries Can Produce New Eggs
Research Suggests Ovaries Can Produce New Eggs New research, published online by the journal Nature Medicine, seems to overturn a widely-accepted biological principle governing female fertility, raising hopes for women who have trouble becoming pregnant. For a half-century or so, women were presumed to be born with a supply of eggs that could not be replenished. In [...]
Hepatitis C Kills More Americans Than HIV/AIDS -Virus can be carried for decades before often-fatal liver disease develops
Hepatitis C Kills More Americans Than HIV/AIDS -Virus can be carried for decades before often-fatal liver disease develops The number of deaths from the hepatitis C virus is up while deaths related to HIV/AIDS are down,according to U.S. researchers. As a result, more Americans are now dying from hepatitis C than from HIV/AIDS. Researchers at the [...]
50 IT experts appointed in 8 boards of intermediate and secondary education of Punjab
50 IT experts appointed in 8 boards of intermediate and secondary education of Punjab Punjab government has appointed 50 IT experts in eight education boards to streamline online system. Education Department and Punjab Technology Board have directed fifty newly appointed IT experts to report in eight educational boards of the province. Today was the last [...]
Governor Punjab approves raise in university VCs’ salaries
Governor Punjab approves raise in university VCs’ salaries Punjab Governor Latif Khosa has approved to increase salaries of government universities’ VCs. Now the salaries of Vice Chancellors would be equal to track professors after approval of summary issued by the Punjab government to the Governor. According to new policy, now a VC would get Rs 3,00,000 [...]
Faisalabad: Sports festival at Punjab College
Faisalabad: Sports festival at Punjab College A sport festival was held at the Punjab College where chair leaders performed well. Female students were overjoyed when sports day started. The female students took part every kind of games and showed their enthusiasm and professional skills during competitions. The players tried to overtake each other during games. The performance [...]
Fried food raises stroke risk in older women
Fried food raises stroke risk in older women The data came from the largest study to date of post-menopausal women and their eating habits. Older women who eat high amounts of the kind of fat found in fried foods and baked goods face a greater risk of stroke than women who eat lower fat diets, a [...]
Students of All Pakistan Orakzai Students Welfare Society seek halt to Orakzai mly operation
Students of All Pakistan Orakzai Students Welfare Society seek halt to Orakzai mly operation PESHAWAR – All Pakistan Orakzai Students Welfare Society here on Wednesday urged the government to halt the ongoing military operation in Orakzai Agency, warning that they otherwise would launch a “Jag Orakzai Jag” movement. Speaking at a news conference, APOSWS President Amjad [...]
Razmak Cadet College to be shifted from Waziristan
Razmak Cadet College to be shifted from Waziristan MIRANSHAH – The only source of imparting quality education to the tribal youth in North Waziristan Agency, Razmak Cadet College, is likely to be shifted from Razmak to Charsadda district, sources said on condition of anonymity. It was revealed that Razmak Cadet College in North Waziristan Agency [...]
Government College University GCU Lahore celebrates Culture Day
Government College University GCU Lahore celebrates Culture Day LAHORE – The Oval ground at Government College University was filled with a hoard of colours on Wednesday for the Culture Day celebrations on Wedneday. The event was organised by Dr. Ajmal Psychological Society to increase social and cultural integration among students. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman [...]
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences UVAS Lahore at 3rd in HEC ranking
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences UVAS Lahore at 3rd in HEC ranking LAHORE – The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences has been ranked third best university in agriculture/veterinary category. The Higher Education Commission has ranked the UVAS on quality education and research. This was stated by HEC Chairperson Dr Javaid R Laghari in a [...]
City schools writing new record books, DCO told
City schools writing new record books, DCO told LAHORE – The District Coordination Officer was told on Wednesday that the school attendance ratio during the current year (till January 2012) had remained 87 per cent against the target of 88 per cent. Similarly, the attendance ratio of non-teaching staff in schools was 90 per cent [...]
Court moved against University of the Punjab PU Lahore VC
Court moved against University of the Punjab PU Lahore VC LAHORE – Following a ruling by the Lahore High Court the other day that CV of University of Health Sciences’ appointment is illegal, the same court on Wednesday admitted for hearing another petition of the similar nature – this time against the appointment of Punjab University [...]
Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore Law Faculty to Deliver Talk at CSDS, India
Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS Lahore Law Faculty to Deliver Talk at CSDS, India Dr. Osama Siddique, Associate Professor, Department of Law & Policy, LUMS SHSSL has been invited to deliver a talk at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in New Delhi on March 6, 2012. The title of his talk is ‘Judicial [...]
British High Commission in Pakistan officer meets University of the Punjab PU Lahore Vice Chancellor VC
British High Commission in Pakistan officer meets University of the Punjab PU Lahore Vice Chancellor VC LAHORE: (March 01, 2012): British High Commission’s Immigration Liaison Officer Ms Sally Morriss on Wednesday visited Punjab University and met Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran. Registrar Punjab University Prof Dr Khan Raas Masood Khan, Controller Examinations Prof Dr Liaqat [...]
Chairman Higher Education Commission HEC lauds University of the Punjab PU Lahore VC on 1st position in general
Chairman Higher Education Commission HEC lauds University of the Punjab PU Lahore VC on 1st position in general LAHORE: (March 01, 2012): Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Javaid Laghari has congratulated PU VC Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran for being ranked as the Best University in the General Universities (Large) category and 5th best in the overall top [...]
Punjab University Lahore Asst Prof Umar Farooq of Electrical Engineering’s gets honour
Punjab University Lahore Asst Prof Umar Farooq of Electrical Engineering’s gets honour LAHORE: (March 01, 2012): PU Asst Prof Umar Farooq of Electrical Engineering’s thesis titled “Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Controller for Wheeled Mobile Robots” has been accepted for publication in the form of book by Lambert Academic Publishing. PU VC Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran [...]
Natia Mushaira & Mili Naghma Competition at University of the Punjab PU Lahore
Natia Mushaira & Mili Naghma Competition at University of the Punjab PU Lahore LAHORE: (March 01, 2012): Punjab University Oriental College will organize Natia Mushaira on March 1st, 2012, at 10:30a.m, Sherani Hall (Old Campus) and Directorat of Student Affairs will organize a competition “Mili-Naghma” on March 1st, 2012, at 09:30a.m, in connection with “Pakistan Day”, at [...]
Punjab medical students take to the streets against ‘strict marking’
Punjab medical students take to the streets against ‘strict marking’ LAHORE: Dozens of medical students in Punjab blocked the road outside the University of Health Sciences in Lahore on Tuesday, to protest what they called was ‘strict marking’. Sajjad Haider, an MBBS student at Faisalabad’s Punjab Medical College, told The Express Tribune that the reason for the huge [...]
Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore: Doctors launch pre-emptive strike against pay cuts
Shaikh Zayed Hospital Lahore: Doctors launch pre-emptive strike against pay cuts LAHORE: Doctors at Shaikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) went on strike for 90 minutes on Wednesday denouncing a decision by the Punjab government to cut their salaries, though the government denied such a decision had been made. The hospital was recently transferred from federal government to [...]
Pakistan Intensive Care Unit for Thalassemia and cancer patients launched at the Children’s Cancer Hospital
Pakistan Intensive Care Unit for Thalassemia and cancer patients launched at the Children’s Cancer Hospital KARACHI: The country’s first Intensive Care Unit for Thalassemia and cancer patients was launched at a modest ceremony at the Children’s Cancer Hospital on Wednesday. It is a project of the Afzaal Memorial Thalassemia Foundation and was sponsored by the government [...]
HEC’s top universities: After KU, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) too lashes out at the HEC for low ranking
HEC’s top universities: After KU, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) too lashes out at the HEC for low ranking KARACHI: Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) rejected the ranking of Pakistan’s business schools, released by Higher Education Commission (HEC) last week. The reason they gave was that it [...]
Aplastic anaemia is not incurable, but for 12-year-old Muhammad Usman it might as well be
Aplastic anaemia is not incurable, but for 12-year-old Muhammad Usman it might as well be RAWALPINDI: As he sits on a bed playing a game on a cellphone at the high dependency unit of Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Usman’s mother narrates their ordeal. For the past four months, Usman’s family has been struggling to arrange Rs2 million [...]
The Reality of Private Academies and Tuition Center – An Ali Moeen Nawazish’s point of view
The Reality of Private Academies and Tuition Center – An Ali Moeen Nawazish’s point of view March 01, 2012 Courtesy: Daily Jang, March 01, 2012 Ali Moeen Nawazish is a Pakistani student notable for passing 23 A-levels, a world record.He got 21 As, a B, and a C. Nawazish has graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Nawazish was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and lived most [...]
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)holds a national seminar on ‘The Standardisation of University Journals and their Role in Promotion of Quality Research’
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)holds a national seminar on ‘The Standardisation of University Journals and their Role in Promotion of Quality Research’ ISLAMABAD - The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Islamic Thought, History and Culture, Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies Department will hold a national seminar on ‘The Standardisation of University Journals and their Role in [...]
Gilgit Baltistan students protest sectarian killings
Gilgit Baltistan students protest sectarian killings STAFF REPORT - Students from Gilgit-Baltistan residing in the twin cities protested on Wednesday against the killing of 18 people in Kohistan. The rally started from Aabpara chowk and culminated in front of the Parliament House. The protestors were holding placards and banners inscribed with slogans against the government for its [...]
‘Biotechnology must, to overcome food crisis’
‘Biotechnology must, to overcome food crisis’ ISLAMABAD - Atomic Energy Commission Director General Dr Yousuf Zafar has said that despite the late start, the country has achieved a substantial economic gain through the application of biotechnology (cotton). Using Pakistan as a model country, he urged the other OIC nations to move forward in bringing forth biotechnology for [...]
Allergy patients of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad advised to remain cautious with the advent of spring season
Allergy patients of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad advised to remain cautious with the advent of spring season ISLAMABAD - Allergy patients of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been advised to remain cautious with the advent of spring season and pursue all remedial measures to avoid any complication. As there is an atmospheric change, [...]
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report highlights urbanization creating opportunities for children
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report highlights urbanization creating opportunities for children ISLAMABAD - A new global United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report highlights the challenges that many children face while living in the cities and towns around the world. The UNICEF report titled ‘State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in the Urban World’, notes that [...]
Deputy Commissioner appeals to the parents to get their children vaccinated against polio
Deputy Commissioner appeals to the parents to get their children vaccinated against polio ISLAMABAD - Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmed has appealed to the parents to get their children vaccinated against polio and extend their full cooperation to the mobile teams during the upcoming four-day anti-polio drive starting from March 12 in the rural and urban areas [...]
Court declares Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education FBISE Islamabad chief’s re-appointment illegal
Court declares Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education FBISE Islamabad chief’s re-appointment illegal ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday declared the reappointment of Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) Chairperson Shaheen Khan illegal after a petition filed in the court. It is contended in the petition that the post of the FBISE [...]
Pakistan Medical Association (PMA)- Shaikh Zayed’s doctors agitated over pay cut
Pakistan Medical Association (PMA)- Shaikh Zayed’s doctors agitated over pay cut LAHORE - Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) office bearers Dr M Tanveer Anwar, Dr Izhar Ahmed Chaudhry, Professor Dr M Ashraf Nizami, Dr Shahid Malik, Dr Ihsan ur Rehman, Dr Yasmin Ihsan, Dr Kamran, Dr Sabahat Habib Khan, Dr Salman Kazmi in a joint press statement have strongly [...]
Sheikh Zayed Hospital SZH Lahore Transition Committee to settle scores today
Sheikh Zayed Hospital SZH Lahore Transition Committee to settle scores today The Transition Committee formed for the transfer of Sheikh Zayed Hospital under Senator Ishaq Dar will meet up today (Thursday) to finalise the release of funds, Pakistan Today has learnt. Per details, SZH administration had given a presentation to the health secretary about the [...]
Imamia students launch protest against Shia deaths
Imamia students launch protest against Shia deaths LAHORE - Imamia Student Organisation staged a protest demonstration in front of Lahore Press Club on Wednesday to mourn the death of 18 Shias in Kohistan firing spree. Dozens of ISO activist chanted slogans against government inefficiency to provide security to minority sects of Islam. They demanded government to punish [...]
Innocent students suffer – Punjab Sports Festival 2012 – Controversy at large – wasting tax-payers’ money
Innocent students suffer – Punjab Sports Festival 2012 – Controversy at large – wasting tax-payers’ money LAHORE - Who would want to point out gaps in an event that was attended by over 75,000 sportsmen and women, 35,000 spectators and was worth over Rs 2 billion of the tax-payers’ money? Not unless the problem was as glaringly [...]
Punjab University (PU), Tanzeem-e-Asatazahas been defeated by the Teachers Front (TF)
Punjab University (PU), Tanzeem-e-Asatazahas been defeated by the Teachers Front (TF) LAHORE - In what is being described as a beginning of a new ear for the historic Punjab University (PU), Tanzeem-e-Asataza, a pro- Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) teachers’ group, has been defeated by a group of neutral teachers, the Teachers Front (TF). “This is a lesson that the [...]
Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF) organised the 12th Children’s Benefit Concert
Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF) organised the 12th Children’s Benefit Concert KARACHI - The Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF) organised the 12th Children’s Benefit Concert on Wednesday at the PAF Museum, where 4,500 underprivileged and special children from 60 institutions and schools of Karachi were the guests. The goal of the annual event is to provide a [...]
A new comprehensive policy for special education in Sindh
A new comprehensive policy for special education in Sindh’ KARACHI - A new comprehensive policy for special education in Sindh is being framed with the consultation of the stakeholders concerned and it would be implemented after the provincial cabinet approves it, said Chief Minister’s Special Education Adviser Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh. He said all aspects related to special [...]
Rs3mn grant for Peshawar Public School
Rs3mn grant for Peshawar Public School PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti has approved Rs3 million as one time grant for Peshawar Public School and College, Girls wing. It merit a mention here that girls wing of the institute was deeply entrenched in financial crisis due to its dissociation from Peshawar Public [...]
Militants damage two educational institutions
Militants damage two educational institutions Thursday, March 01, 2012 CHARSADDA: Suspected militants caused damage to two educational institutions in the district on Wednesday as they used explosives to blow up the campus of a university and a school. The police sources said the administration block of the Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKU) campus in Palosa [...]
Culture Day at Government College University GCU Lahore
Culture Day at Government College University GCU Lahore Thursday, March 01, 2012 LAHORE - OVAL Ground at the Government College University (GCU) here on Wednesday wore a festive look as the GCU Dr Ajmal Psychological Society organized a Culture Day to increase social and cultural integration among students. A press release said GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr [...]
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre’s (SKMCH&RC) science fair ‘Eureka 2012’ concluded
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre’s (SKMCH&RC) science fair ‘Eureka 2012’ concluded LAHORE - SHAUKAT Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre’s (SKMCH&RC) science fair ‘Eureka 2012’ concluded here on Wednesday. It was aimed to provide opportunities to young scientists all over Pakistan to share ideas, showcase innovative science projects and promote creativity among [...]
Experts for centre of excellence to combat dengue
Experts for centre of excellence to combat dengue Thursday, March 01, 2012 LAHORE - THE national and international experts at a three-day International Conference on Dengue, jointly organised by World Health Organization (WHO) and Punjab government, on Wednesday recommended establishment of a centre of excellence in Lahore with a view to effectively combat dengue in Pakistan. [...]
Karachi University KU warns of action over disturbance of campus peace
Karachi University KU warns of action over disturbance of campus peace Thursday, March 01, 2012 Karachi - The Karachi University administration has decided to closely monitor students’ activities and take stern action against those found involved in disturbing peace on the campus. The decision was taken at a meeting held at the university between Vice Chancellor Prof [...]
Professor Aleemudin retires
Professor Aleemudin retires Thursday, March 01, 2012 Rawalpindi: Professor Aleemudin, who started his career as a Lecturer in Chemistry by joining G.C Murree in 1976 after doing MPhil from Quaid-I-Azam has retired as the Principal Govt Postgraduate College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi, says a press release issued here Wednesday. During his almost 35 years service, he [...]
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