22 May 2017

Transparent polls alone to
wipe out corruption: Siraj
Bureau
I S L A M A B A D :
Faculty of Education,
Allama Iqbal Open
University (AIOU)
achieved the distinction of
wining over Higher
Education Commission
(HEC) special grants
against its five researchbased
projects.
This was in addition to
HEC’s thematic research
grant against the Faculty's
two others programs. The
achievement was the result
of hectic research-based
activities, pursued by the
University during the last
two and half years, in
accordance with futuristic
vision of the University’s
Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr.
Shahid Siddiqui.
According to the Dean,
Faculty of Education Dr.
Nasir Mahmood, the
department was also having
funding from a NGO,
PARWAN for development
of postgraduate
diploma programs in the
area of Early Childhood
Care and Education.
The Faculty is also
engaged with UNICEF,
UNESCO and JICA to
develop postgraduate and
certificate courses and
material to cater the
requirement of trained
teachers in the area of
Non-Formal Basic
Education (NFBE). They
are providing financial
support for carrying out
the program.
LAHORE: Ameer
Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul
Haq, has said that transparent
and completely impartial
elections were the only
way to wipe out corruption
and to help solve the
numerous problems facing
the country.
Talking to newsmen
here, the JI chief said masses
were losing confidence
in the elections and the
present rulers had totally
disappointed them. He said
that if the corrupt rulers
managed to escape even
after the JIT investigation,
the masses would take the
plunderers to account on
roads and streets.
He said that the JI was
trying to bring the political
parties on one page regarding
electoral reforms. He
said that a party lobby was
controlling the country’s
politics and institutions.
This lobby purchased the
mandate by spending billions
in elections. These
people were the root cause
of all the problems in the
country, he added.
The JI chief said that the
resources of the Punjab
The main focus of the
all research-based activities
was to address the
socio-economic issues of
the society, besides promoting
quality education
through non-formal mood
of learning.
The University has also
submitted a number of
research proposals to
HEC for the next year
under National Research
Program for the
Universities (NRP). There
has been upward trend of
winning research grants
from national and international
institutions in the
recent years.
This helped the AIOU
to improve its academic
ranking and to maintain
were being spent on a limited
area due to which there
was much disappointment
and even hatred in the
Southern Punjab. He said
the problems of the
AIOU wins HEC’s research grants
HYDERABAD: Mothers day at National Public School Latifabad.
Govt spending over Rs3b on
promotion of education in FATA
ISLAMABAD: The
federal government is
spending three and half billion
rupees on promotion of
education in FATA.
According to a report
quoting sources of FATA
Secretariat, the government
has initiated fifty-nine projects
in education sector out
of which thirty five projects
have been completed.
The projects include
provision of missing facilities,
clean drinking water,
furniture, overcoming
shortage of teaching staff
and security, improvement
of infrastructure, boundary
walls and up-gradation of
schools.
its learning standard in
term of quality and productive.
In order to develop
research culture, and fulfill
its main academic
responsibility, creating
and disseminating knowledge,
the Vice Chancellor
has taken a number of initiatives
that include special
incentives to the
Faculty and non-faculty
members for doing
research, relating to the
community’s welfare.
The University held a
number of national and
international conferences
in the recent years to share
and disseminate research
in various disciplines for
the benefit of the society.
Pakistan embassy in
Washington hosts
Sufi musical concert
ISLAMABAD:
Embassy of Pakistan celebrating
70 years of friendship
between Pakistan and
the United States hosted a
Sufi Musical Concert in
Washington.
Ustad Dilshad Hussain
Khan, a composer and
musicologist enthralled the
audience with his performance
on instruments, interspersed
with recitation of
Sufi poetry.
The Ambassador Aizaz
Ahmed Chaudhry in his
remarks said Pakistani
musicians like Ustad
Dilshad, continue to inspire
and entertain people with
their talent and finesse.
First convocation of the Muhammad
Madical College Mirpurkhas held
MA Rehmani
MIRPURKHAS : May
21 Around 320 graduates
of the Muhammad Medical
College Mirpurkhas (first
batch) received their
degrees at the first convocation
of the Muhammad
Madical College
Mirpurkhas.
Prof Dr Fateh Burfat ,
the first vice chancellor of
the university of Sindh, was
the chief guest at the convocation.
Address to the convocation
ceremony the voice
chancellor congratulating
the fresh graduates told
them to work hard for
achieving excellence in
higher and specialised
fields in the medical science
and conduct research. He
said the aim should be to
serve the ailing humanity.
He appreciated the team
(MMC) Mirpurkhas for
putting in all out efforts to
see the campus grow fast.
Dr, Professor Syed
Muhammad Razi Managing
Trusty of Muhammad
Madical College
Mirpurkhas address to the
convocation.
We have succeeded in
acquiring new buildings for
the university which have
been constructed at the site
and this reflects our commitment
with the medical
education, He observed that
the ( MMC) Mirpurkhas
was placed at good position
by the Higher Education
Commission in the ranking
of the country’s universities.
, he added.
Appreciating new graduates,
he called upon them to
concentrate on serving ailing
humanity and continue
studies for specialisation.
They should discharge their
duties to prove themselves
beneficial to the society, he
said.
Out of 14 batches graduatses
position holders
were awarded gold medals
and a large no of best students
silver medals
received silver medals.and
also address to the
Convocation prof Dr
Ghlum Ali Memon principal
(MMC ) Mirpurkhas ,
Prof Shams ul Arfain ,Dr
Habib ur Rehman
Parents of graduates
Doctors, students ,senior
Generalists Ashiq Ali
,Saleem shiekh wahid
pehlwani however, attended
the event.
Southern Punjab could be
solved only by making it a
separate province.
To a question about the
next budget, Sirajul Haq
said that the people considered
the budget as a drone
attack by the Finance
Minister Ishaq Dar as it
would be nothing budget
except some more taxes.
He said that even after the
annual budget, there would
be many mini budgets that
would add to the worries of
the people and enhance
price hike.
The JI chief said that he
had already met PPP chief
Asif Ali Zardari on the
issue of electoral reforms
and would soon meet the
heads of other parties in
this respect.
Two youngsters
booked for
impersonation
ISLAMABAD: A student
was arrested for
allegedly impersonating a
candidate in examination
within jurisdiction of
Industrial Area Police.
Hassan Javed was caught
while appearing for his
friend during verification of
the candidate’s admit card
and other documents in the
exam hall. M Nawaz, a resident
of Industrial Area,
lodged a complaint with the
local police that he was duty
invigilator in an education
institution located in I-8
when he caught Hassan
Javed attempting first year
paper instead of Idrees
Ahmed. Police have arrested
Hassan and Idrees after registering
a case.
Man booked for hurling
life threats at woman
RAWALPINDI: New
The Town Police have booked
a man for allegedly hurling
life threats at a woman.
Najma Bibi lodged a
complaint with the local
police that Usman Tedha
threatened her of dire consequences
over the phone
and asked her to withdraw
the complaint lodged
against him.
Report
HYDERBABAD: A
resident of Qalanderabad
Kotri, Allahdino Mallah
has complained that on
31st March 2017 at 9.30 in threatened
night, more than 50 personals
wearing masks of
CTD, ATF, FIA and other
agencies personals who
were wearing civil and
commando dresses and
were drunken intruded
into his house forcefully
as if they were terrorist.
They pointed arms and
rifles at his family and
tortured them. They also
used vulgar language and
torture against his family
members. They searched
all his house & during this
process they damaged the
furniture and fixtures of
the house. During this they
threatened them that they
will kill them if thye did
not keep quiet. They
Monday, May 22, 2017
National
wrapped eyes of his two
sons Jawed Ali and Sajid
Ali started torturing them
and took them along with
them. While going they
of dire consequences
if I tell any one
they will kill my sons and
show it as Police encounter
and also will kill you. He
said “Apart from kidnapping
my sons they took
away 20 lacs worth of Gold
Jewelry, 7 Lac rupees cash,
Mobile phone sets of all
family members, All
Licensed arms and ammunition
including Rifle,
Shotgun and Repeater, One
laptop computer, Property
papers of Home, Car papers
and other office letters.
After they left when I came
out of my house my neighbors
informed me that they
had cordoned off the area
and closed all the neighboring
houses from outside.”
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State agencies pick up 2 from
Kotri: No response to SHC orders
He said he reached local
Police Station along with
relatives to lodge FIR but
SHO Qurban Aaqilani did
not lodged/ file the FIR and
told us to come in the
morning.
After about 02 hours
after the event I received a
call from cell phone number
0305-3008441. The
calling person identified
himself as a NAB personal
and threatened me that I
have earlier told you earlier
to keep quite. He further
threatened that if the lifes
of your sons are dear to you
otherwise we can do anything
including killing you
and your sons. Later on it
came to my knowledge that
the calling person was
Shahid Khan Ghori living
in Pacca Qila area and identified
himself as agency
personals. The caller identified
him as Shahid Ghori.
HYDERABAD: Chairman Mutehda Qumi Movement Pakistan Dr. Farooq Sattar addressing
to workers before start “Huqooq Rally” from City gate to Koh-e-Noor chowk.
Patients suffer as main AC
plant goes out of order at PIMS
ISLAMABAD: Patients
at Pakistan Institute of
Medical Sciences (PIMS)
these days are suffering
severe complications as the
main AC plants went out of
order.
The largest hospital of
the Federal Capital is on
fire now days. Even the
fans have gone dysfunctional;
the shoddier situation
has compelled the
patients to carry hand cooling
fans in all the day.
According to administration
the PC one of Rs
ISLAMABAD: Annual
Visakh Mela will start in
Pakistan today (Monday)
to celebrate Lord Buddha's
Birthday.
Delegations from Sri
Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, and
other parts of the world
will participate in the festivities.
A 34-member Buddhist
delegation, comprising
senior monks, religious
scholars, government officials
and pilgrims left
Colombo for Islamabad on
Sunday to attend the
Festival.
500 million has been sent
for approval a year back,
all in vain as no approval
could have been made yet.
The administration enjoys
air-conditioned rooms
round the clock, whereas
the patients are under hell
like circumstances.
The hospital, largest in
the federal capital, with a
total of 1,400 beds is witnessing
huge rush of outdoor
and indoor patients
these days and this has
compounded the seething
predicament.
The delegates are visiting
Islamabad on the invitation
of the government of
Pakistan. They will visit
different sites of Buddhist
spiritual and religious significance
in Taxila and
Takht-i-Bahi.
Pakistan has been the
“Cooling is integral to
early healing of wounds
and to keep infections at
bay,” said a senior surgeon,
When the vice chancellor
of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali
Bhutto University
Professor Javead Akram
was asked about the miserable
condition of the
patients he cited that the
CP one has been approved
but the final approval has
to be made by Economic
Affairs Division. The fans
will be made functional till
Monday.
Annual Visakh Mela starts in Pakistan today
I S L A M A B A D :
Though you had had a full
night sleep still the yawning
does not stop. Many of
us rush to have our coffee
cup in this situation but
there are some foods that
are better and more efficient
than the cup of coffee.
Here are the foods
that prevent lethargy
Chia seeds (tukhume
balanga)
Chia seeds are rich
source of Omega-3 fatty
acids, which are considered
as brain boosters. It
shuns weariness and
keeps you more alert.
These seeds are amazing
as they absorb 10 times
their weight in water,
accelerating digestion
while making it sure that
you are hydrated and
energized. So, add it to
your drinks which you are
going to consume feverishly
in the coming days.
Chilled water
Water has the ability to
rejuvenate you. It awakens
your senses. It keeps
our body cells hydrated
and active. Long dry
spells take a toll on your
ability to remain alert and
active. So, if you feel
sluggish during your day,
just rush to the water
cooler.
Leafy greens
Vegetables such as
spinach, lettuce, and kale
can get you rid of that
feeling of lethargy. These
greens are rich in Vitamin
B, with the help of which
your body converts food
into energy. So, include
them in your salad, it will
keep you alive.
Eggs
Eggs are one of the
best breakfast choices. Do
cradle of Buddhist and
Gandhara Civilization for
well over 22 centuries.
Despite being a predominantly
Muslim country,
Pakistan is celebrating the
Vesak Festival and many
countries are being invited
for the festival.
Tukhume balanga, Leafy greens, Eggs,
Chocolate milk prevent lethargy
not miss the yolk as it
contains protein and thus
keeps your body charged
for a long time.
Chocolate milk
Chocolate is a mood
enhancer itself and when
combined with milk it is
magical. Milk gives you
calcium and with chocolate
it becomes a powerhouse
of energy.