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**Pakistan best performing Asian stock market in July
****KARACHI: The Karachi stock market stands out as the best performing Asian stock market in July 2012 as per measured by MSCI Indices despite ongoing political issues and ratings’ downgrade by Moody’s, it was learnt on Wednesday.
**The better foreign flows, improving Pak-US relations and easing inflation helped Pakistan equities in July to outperform Asian Emerging and Frontier markets tracked by MSCI.
With continued headwinds in the Euro zone and uncertain global economic growth, all leading MSCI Indices remained almost flat in the month of July 2012. MSCI World posted 1.2 percent return while MSCI Emerging and MSCI Frontier markets posted a return of 1.6 percent and 0.9 percent.
Pakistan’s market, on the other hand, during the outgoing month outperformed all regional markets. Among 12 Asian countries tracked by MSCI, Pakistan posted highest US dollar return of 5.6 percent beating all other regional markets that posted a return ranging from negative 9.0 percent to 4.0 percent. India and China, the two leading markets posting negative returns of 1.1 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively.
Pakistan’s performance relative to other Asian Frontier Markets was far better with all posting negative returns.
The local benchmark Karachi Stock Exchange 100-share index was up 5.6 percent whereas Sir Lanka, Vietnam and Bangladesh posted a negative returns of 0.4 percent, 2.0 percent and 8.9 percent, respectively.
So far in 2012 Pakistan is the second best performing market in Asia while it is top performing in Asian Frontier Markets. During the year, the benchmark index posted a gain of 22 percent in dollar terms only to be beaten by Philippines that posted a return of 27 percent.
Compared to foreign net selling of $109 million (excluding Hubco deal of $40 million) in the month of June 2012, foreigners in Pakistan turned net buyers of $30 million (gross buy $64 million, gross sell $33 million) in the month of July.
So far in 2012, foreigners have bought $540 million worth of shares while sold $541 million value of shares, thus resulting in net selling of $1 million.
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**Pak surgeon successfully treating athletes at Games
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ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani spinal neurosurgeon has become a doctor of choice for athletes from all over the world who have developed back pain during tough exercises for the London Olympics 2012, said a news report.
Dr Irfan Malik, a consultant for spine and epilepsy surge at the King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust London, has treated more than five athletes since the start of the Olympics and currently three athletes are undergoing treatment at the hospital under his supervision, the report carried in the prominent English language daily The News said.
Most of the patients he has been treating are the ones with severe back pain problems, mainly those from the weightlifting category.
The Nishtar Medical College Multan graduate has become a hit with the Olympians after successfully treating Khadzhimurat Akkayev, a Russian weightlifter of Balkar descent, who is an Olympic, world and European champion.
Akkayev underwent treatment at various hospitals in Europe but his back pain problem only compounded. He arrived fit in London for the Olympics last month, but developed severe pain again. He was then referred by another athlete who was treated by the Pakistani surgeon a day ago to see the Pakistani doctor who has been practicing in the UK for eight years.
Dr Malik operated on the athlete’s slipped disc and it took him only three visits to cure the problems of the patient. The heavyweight lifter is in fit shape now and looks forward to defending his title on 6th of August here.
Dr Malik said he was honoured that he has treated many athletes with back pain and they are now able to compete in their games. “I believe it’s an honour for Pakistan’s excellent medical education system which has enabled so many like myself to make our mark through sheer professionalism. The athletes have been delighted to know that they were being treated by a Pakistani spinal neurosurgeon”.
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Pakistan expected to climb from 47th to 27th place in 2018
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**Pakistan is expected to have second highest increase in research output ranking in the world, increasing from its current position of 43 to 27 in 2018. An encouraging news for higher education sector in Pakistan, the ranking is announced by the Scopus, world’s largest abstract, citation database of research literature and analytical tool similar to Web of Science (Impact Factor).
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The Scopus initiated a forecasting exercise on predicting in April 2011 under the topic, “How World Scientific Output will be in 2018”. According to the results of this mega exercise based on the research output from 2003-2010, Pakistan is expected to have the second highest increase in research output ranking in the world.
Commenting on this development, HEC Executive Director Professor Dr. Sohail H. Naqvi said this ranking recognises the tremendous growth in research in higher education sector of Pakistan over the past ten years and it also predicts the a bright future for research in Pakistan.” The HEC has accomplished more in nine years since its establishment than was achieved in the first 55 years of Pakistan’s existence. Recently, six Pakistani universities have been ranked among the top 300 Asian universities.
Research output has grown eight-folds since 2002 (from 815 in 2002 to 6,200 in 2011). Around 80 per cent of these research publications from Pakistan are coming from higher education institutions. Output has more than doubled just in the last 3 years and is expected to double again in the next 3 years.
More than 5,000 Pakistani scholars have been facilitated to present their research work in leading conferences of the world. The HEC Video Conference Network is established in all public sector universities by covering 31 cities. The network is recognised one of the mega interactive network by having total 79 purpose built e-classroom based videoconference set-up.
Access to 140 plus free software provided to over 1 million students in higher education sector and there has been more than 80,000 downloads from 68 universities during 2011-12. During 2011-12, a total of 447 accredited lectures/ lecture series have been conducted by both Local and Foreign Speakers under the Virtual Education Programme, totalling to 1,043 lectures since commencement of programme.
The academic circles have termed the Scopus ranking as great success and honour for the county in particular and higher education sector in general. They believe that if the continuous support may be given to this sector and the faculty continues their work with same zeal and vigour, Pakistani higher education sector can win more laurels for the country.
Pakistan expected to climb from 47th to 27th place in 2018 - thenews.com.pk
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Talented students earn laurels for Pakistan
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**Talented Pakistani students have won one silver medal, four bronze medals and two Honourable Mentions in International Science Olympiads organised this year in different parts of the world. These unique competitions are held to discover and encourage young talented students from all over the world.
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Four teams of Pakistani students represented Pakistan in the 23rd International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Singapore, 44th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) in United States, 53rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Argentina and 43rd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Estonia.
These young talented Pakistani students were facilitated under Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers Programme, a joint innovative venture of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), for grooming talented students for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
The main objective of this programme is to inspire the Pakistani youth to opt for careers in science, mathematics and engineering and preparing them for participation in the annual International Olympiad in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. The programme also encourages Pakistani students to come up with innovative solutions to problems of national interest. Pakistan has been participating in these international competitions since 2001. So far, more than 150 Pakistani students got opportunity to represent the country in these annual international competitions.
The 23rd International Biology Olympiad (IBO) was hosted by Singapore from July 8 to July 15, 2012. About 236 students from 59 countries participated in the event. Out of total three students who participated from Pakistan, two won bronze medals and one got Honourable Mention.
The bronze medallists include Usama Tahir from Lahore Grammar School, Lahore, Hafsa Shahab from Lahore Grammar School Islamabad, and Hassan Mirza (Honourable Mention) from Lahore Grammar School Lahore. The IBO team was led by Dr Zahid Mukhtar.
The 43rd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) was hosted by Estonia from July 15 to July 24, 2012. Total 400 students from 88 countries participated in the Olympiad. Of the five students who participated from Pakistan in the event, one of them won Bronze Medal. The awards winner is Muhammad Taimoor Iftikhar (Bronze Medal) from Rangers Public School & College Mandi Bahauddin. The IPhO team was led by Dr Shahid Qamar and Dr Aftab Rafiq of PIEAS, Islamabad.
The 44th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) was hosted by United States, from July 21 to July 30, 2012. About 270 students from 70 countries participated in the event. Of the four students who participated from Pakistan in the event, Armughan Ahmad Khan from Lahore Grammar School Lahore won Bronze Medal. The IChO team was led by Prof Dr. Khalid M Khan and Dr Muhammad Raza Shah of HEJ Research Institute, Karachi.
The 53rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) was hosted by Argentina from July 8 to July 16, 2012. About 600 students from 100 countries participated in the event. Waqar Ali Syed of Beacon House School Karachi won Silver Medal while Huma Sibghat from Hamza Army Public School & College Rawalpindi won Honourable Mention. The IMO team was led by Prof Dr Barbu Berceanu and Dr Ahmed Mahmood Qureshi from Government College University Lahore.
These annual International Olympiads provide an opportunity to pre-university science students from around the world to compete in solving challenging theoretical and experimental science problems that only the most talented youth can answer.
It is worth mentioning that students selected and groomed under the programme have also been successful to secure admissions with scholarships for their higher studies in top world universities including Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Caltech, Mc Gill, University of Toronto and Oxford etc.
Expressing his views over this achievement, HEC Executive Director Professor Dr. Sohail H. Naqvi said that the success of the Pakistani contingent at the science Olympiads demonstrates that the innate genius of the Pakistani youth.
“When properly identified on merit and nurtured in an environment where it can grow and prosper, under the guidance of able teachers, is capable of excelling on the world stage,” he said. He has also extended congratulations to all the medallists and winners of the honourable mentions and their proud parents for winning laurels to their country and their respective institutions.
Talented students earn laurels for Pakistan - thenews.com.pk
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**How an ex-Karachi cop turned a down-and-out Houston community into his beat after 9/11
HOUSTON: From his days as an inspector in the Sindh Police’s Eagle Squad to a top cop at the Houston Police Department, Officer Muzaffar Siddiqi has come a long way.
**Today he works as part of the Houston Police Department’s Chief Command, and a liaison to the Pakistani and Muslim community. Siddiqi is an imposing figure – underneath his friendly demeanour one senses a core of steel.
He joined the force in 1996, after moving from Karachi where he worked as an officer. But his rise to prominence came after 9/11, when he worked with the Pakistanis and Muslims. As we chat, a photograph of him meeting President Obama looks over us, framed prominently in the room.
“The people here had no clue about Pakistanis. After 9/11, the Pakistani community and the Muslim community had become isolated,” says Siddiqi. “But we worked here, and told local Americans about who we were. There are 100,000 Pakistanis in Houston, and nearly a quarter of a million Muslims. We have a very good, strong position. We have doctors, engineers, businessmen. In fact, Pakistanis own 80% to 90% of the gas stations in Houston.”
But recently, there has been intensive reporting by the Associated Press about the NYPD spying on the Muslim community in the aftermath of 9/11. Has the Houston Police Department been affected by such stories? “I don’t know about the NYPD, but here, the community trusts us a lot. Even before 9/11, the community’s bonding with the police was very strong, and this made a lot of difference,” says Siddiqi. He cites that as part of the reason why there weren’t as many hate crimes against Muslims in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks as there were in other parts of the country, and says that the Muslims have never had questions about spying. He adds that there has been research done here that shows that the Houston Police Department’s ties with the Muslim community are the strongest as compared to other police departments.
Houston has a sizeable Pakistani population, and along with it come the same kind of problems and crimes that others face. It used to just be white-collar crime, but as trust in the police went up, more and more people felt comfortable reporting a crime whether murder, shoplifting, family violence.
Siddiqi’s family too has been the victim of crime. In 2010, his brother-in-law was shot dead at his convenience store.
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Siddiqi was the only Pakistani when he was part of the Houston Police Department. Now, seeing him as a role model, more Muslims and Pakistanis have joined the force.**
“**Our parents should understand that they shouldn’t just make their children choose [medicine] or engineer[ing] as a career. Because I always say that kids should go into journalism, or law enforcement – and now we see, slowly, that some are entering the law-enforcement area. The kids do want to come in [but] the parents don’t want [it].”
Even when he was joining the force in Houston his mother was worried and indeed, her concerns stay. But he firmly believes that if a community wants to be included in mainstream society it has to join every profession.
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Officer Siddiqi also trains Pakistani police officers who come to Houston, and visits his hometown regularly. “The biggest change I noticed that the police in Pakistan is not independent. Perhaps
they’re a weapon of the politicians,” he says. Houston’s police is independent; they’re from the community and the community is the one supervising them.
“Our [Pakistani] police officers aren’t bad, they’re the best – but the system is broken,” he remarks. He understands that when your salary is low, you are tempted to accept bribes. A constable in Karachi, for example, earns Rs18,000 or about $180 a month. The difference is that in Houston, police can work extra jobs after their shift is over. It also helps that the Houston Police Department arrests its own men if they break the law.
As a solution, he suggests that Pakistani Americans should adopt police stations back home, and help them improve their facilities. “Our police morale is down. Our police officers, who are martyred, I don’t think their families are treated well.” Siddiqi wants to give back to the police in Pakistan would like to offer a scholarship to the children of any martyred police officer’s son or daughter.
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*He was inspired by Peshawar police officer, Commandant FC Sifwat Gayyur Khan, who was killed by a suicide bomber on August 4, 2010. “I was very impressed when I read his story. I want to name this scholarship after him.”
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Tandoor boy tops in graduation exam - geo.tv
**LAHORE: Muhammad Mohsin, son of a labourer of Hafizabad, has topped the list by obtaining 688 numbers in Punjab University (PU) graduation (B.A/B.Sc) exam, Geo News.
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Talking to ‘Geo News’, Muhammad Mohsin said he is son of a labourer and works at Tandoor to help his father. ‘I could not afford college fees due to this I appeared in private exams’, he said and added ‘I want to get masters (M.Sc) but cannot pay the fee’
He requested Punjab the Punjab government to provide give him scholarship so that he could continue his education.
Parents of Muhammad Mohsin are very happy on this great achievement of their son.
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KU, NED students prepare 146-meter flag
**KARACHI: The students of NED and Karachi universities have prepared a national flag measuring 146 meters in length.
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Today, thousands of students came out from their varsities and gathered at the University road. Singing the national anthem, they held the massive flag from both sides as part of the Independence Day celebrations.
Chanting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, the male and female students representing NED and Karachi universities marched from KU’s Administration block to University Road with their hands holding the national flag from four sides.
The students said they wanted the whole world to know that Pakistan is a peaceful country and its nation is strongly united.
“The youth of Pakistan are capable enough to take the helm of the country,” they expressed their confidence.
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**Ufone, Plan International to conduct pre-floods awareness drive
KARACHI: In the wake of possible floods, Ufone has decided to come up with an early flood warning service, which is a part of a comprehensive flood awareness campaign that was launched in collaboration with the Plan International Pakistan, a statement said.
Ufone is also supporting Plan’s ongoing early warning systems by disseminating information to communities at risk and responsible organisations, including the local governments, it said.These awareness drives will be compatible with preparedness initiatives once the response is officially triggered in the backdrop of heavy rains. The campaign contains messages on health and hygiene, child protection, evacuations to safe places and linkages with key stakeholders such as district government functionaries, humanitarian organisations, local philanthropists, etc.
**During the floods of 2010 and 2011, Ufone has provided relief items and survival kits to the flood victims in abundance. This time around, by launching the early flood warning service, the company will venture into a first of its kind awareness drive that will help save millions of lives, according to the statement.
Expressing his views, Abdul Aziz, president and CEO of Ufone said, “As a socially responsible organisation Ufone worked hand in hand with government and non-government authorities in 2010 and 2011 in the aftermath of torrential rains and this time around,” he said.
“We have proactively engaged our resources for dissemination of flood awareness messages.”He expressed the hope that the awareness drive launched by Ufone will bridge the information gap between government departments and the flood victims by raising their awareness and saving precious lives.
Ufone, Plan International to conduct pre-floods awareness drive - thenews.com.pk
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Pakistani student proves research, wins $250k scholarship in US - geo.tv
Pakistani student proves research, wins $250k scholarship in US - geo.tvKHAIRPUR: Shadab Rasool Abro, a student of matriculation and a resident of Khairpur, was given an award as well as a scholarship worth 250,000 dollars by the US State University of New York for presenting his research in the field of Bio Chemical.
The student of Pak-Turk School, talking to Geo New said he had conducted a modern research in the field of Bio Chemical and also worked on a project with an amazing result. Through this project the industrial world can be made virus-free and the industrial effluent recycled, he explained.
On an invitation from the US State University of News York, Shadab Rasool Abro visited the varsity and performed a successful experiment on the basis of his research. This won him an award and a scholarship worth 250,000 dollars in the US.
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Blogger sets out to change image of Pakistanis
" We are such a diverse group of people with a rich culture and heritage. How can we be reduced to just being extremists and not raise our voice?," Mehreen Kasana.
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**LAHORE: ** **A blogger for the last two years on topics ranging from international relations to social issues, Mehreen Kasana got sick of comments posted on her blog asking whether all Pakistanis were extremists.
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“When it comes to international media and reporting, a stereotype has been established of Pakistanis as people full of hate,” said the 23-year-old student of FC College, where she studies media and political science. “People would post on my blog asking whether Pakistanis were really how they were shown in the media.”
So on August 8, Kasana set out to make a statement against this stereotyping. She advertised heavily on social media, inviting people to contribute to her project by taking a picture of themselves holding a piece of paper with the Pakistan flag on it and a message declaring: “I am a Pakistani and I refuse to be stereotyped.”
“The idea was to encourage Pakistanis to speak out and tell the world that we are a lot more than what people see on the television,” Kasana said.
Within an hour her appeal for entries, Kasana’s project ‘Pakistanis against Stereotyping‘ received close to a hundred photographs. And much to her amazement, she received contributions not just from Pakistanis across the world, but people of other nationalities too.
“I got mails from people saying even though we are not Pakistanis, we want to send in a picture speaking out against the stereotyping of Pakistanis,” she said. Pictures were sent by Britons, Americans, Canadians, Afghans, Palestinians and Indians. “**An Indian sent in a picture saying I am an Indian and I am against the stereotyping of Pakistanis,” **she said.
In all, she received over 200 pictures, many carrying serious or sometimes humorous statements condemning stereotyping.
She put up a collage of the entries on her Tumblr blog on August 14. “A collage is just a fun way to engage with people and make their contributions visible,” she said.
Not all the response to the project was positive. Several posters criticised it as a waste of time. She shrugs off the criticism. “You should expect to be criticised for everything,” she said.
The aim of the project, she said, was to open a dialogue to help better understand Pakistanis and their diversity. She said that “constant negativity” results in people believing in lies about themselves and their country. “We ar**e such a diverse group of people with a rich culture and heritage. How can we be reduced to being just extremists and not raise our voice against it?”
Blogger sets out to change image of Pakistanis – The Express Tribune**
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**Khairpur student wins prize for using tea to clean wastewater
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**Shadab Rasool Buriro won silver at the GENIUS (Global Environmental Issues-US) Olympiad organised by the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego and the Terra Science and Education Foundation
KHAIRPUR / KARACHI: ** **A hot sweet cup of tea will solve most problems. But it appears that more and more research is proving that tea can help clean water for human consumption.
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For one, Shadab Rasool Buriro, a tenth grade student of the Pak-Turk International School in Khairpur, won silver at the GENIUS (Global Environmental Issues-US) Olympiad, for his project: The removal of harmful pollutants from industrial waste water by the use of tea waste. He defended it in front of seven impartial judges at the international competition that was jointly organised by the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego and the Terra Science and Education Foundation. Buriro collected used tea, washed it with boiled water till it had lost all its colour, and then dried it. He then made mixtures of substances commonly found in industrial waste, like cadmium, lead, nickel and phenol, and then mixed them with the dried tea. “After waiting for 60 minutes, I analysed different filtrates obtained by a spectrophotometer and recorded the concentration of each pollutant separately,” he told The Express Tribune. “The results proved that used tea waste can remove [pollutants].”
Buriro’s project was initially sent to the Pak-Turk School’s head office in Islamabad, from where it was forwarded to the US. “I read about the kinds of pollutants that affect our agriculture sector, and decided to work on this particular project,” he said. “I was not expecting to get any position as other students were so confident and well-prepared.”
The Turkish government has recognised Buriro’s achievement and sponsored him for a 15-day visit to Turkey, where he was officially introduced as the boy who competed against students from 50 countries.
His father, Ghulam Rasool Buriro, is a retired deputy district officer (education), while his mother, Kaneez Panjtan, was the district officer (education) elementary. “My parents encouraged me. They helped me wherever it was possible for them to,” he said.
MPA Nusrat Sehar Abbasi of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional told Sindh Express at an event to honour Buriro that she would bring it up at the next session and recommend his achievement be acknowledged. Buriro is not the only person to have used this particular method to clean water. In the Journal of International Environmental Application & Science published a paper on how used tea waste helped remove phenol from industrial waste water in Kosovo. In 2010, a group of researchers in South Africa developed a high-tech tea bag filter filled with active carbon molecules that can be fitted on top of a bottle to purify water as it is poured on a cup. Closer to home, chemical engineers at the Mehran University of Engineering and technology, Jamshoro published a paper last year in the Sindh University Research Journal on how they used tea waste to remove arsenic from aqueous solutions. They referenced similar work done by four researchers who published their findings in the Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering in 2007.
A cursory search with the terms ‘adsorption of heavy metals with tea waste’ on Google Scholar revealed 10 hits per page.
Khairpur student wins prize for using tea to clean wastewater – The Express Tribune
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**TEAM NUST PNEC at Shell Eco Marathon 2012
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**Whenever I talk to non-Engineering people, I feel they find me bragging and exaggerating about my field. I feel they believe I am a big show-off or maybe they actually find me cool. Well, whatever it is, I, myself, find engineering an amazing thing. In fact, for me, this is definitely the best career that I could have ever chosen and PNEC-NUST is the best place to live my dreams and bring them into a reality.
Considering the fulfillment of dreams, I’d like to mention Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2012. Have you heard of this new kind of marathon? It is not a new one for engineers but the rest of the readers might need a little introduction. It is an event hosted by Shell annually in three parts of the world and this includes the Americas, Asia and Africa. Shell Eco-marathon, as the name suggests, is a long-distance race (Marathon) between the fuel-efficient vehicles. The vehicle that covers the longest distance with the least amount of fuel wins. The extraordinary thing about these vehicles is that they are designed, built and run by students only. I am fortunate to become a part of this international Mega-event by being one of the members of the two teams from PNEC-NUST.
We, PNECIANS, are participating in two of the categories which include Urban-concept and Prototype. The vehicle made for the former category is named BOLT and the latter is BALLISTA. I know the names are quite intimidating and I assure that our vehicles are far more intimidating than their names. We are glad to announce that we have almost completed BOLT and it is just the final touch that is remaining. And as far as BALLISTA is concerned, we are working on it at a higher pace too. Doesn’t making fuel-efficient cars sound great? Of course, it really does. Pakistan surely does not lack intelligentsia. It is only about exploiting the available resources and availing the opportunities to the maximum.
And who says we, Engineering-background people, lack Marketing skills? We really don’t. Believe me. We are fortunate enough to have HEC Stem and DJUICE as our sponsors. Furthermore, DHL GLOBAL FORWARDING is our Lead sponsor. We are extremely grateful to these wonderful organizations for supporting and giving us an opportunity to showcase our hard work on an international forum.
It won’t be fair if I would forget to acknowledge my seniors who were actually the pioneers of Shell Eco-marathon in 2009, from Pakistan. They have been a great example for all of us and hence, following their footsteps, this year, the TEAM-PNEC is all set to run its vehicles, with Pakistani flags, on the Malaysian tracks.
All the readers are requested to pray for our success and the accomplishment of our aims. May we bring laurels to Pakistan,PNEC and NUST as a whole. Inshaa-Allah
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Out of 800 delegates from 199 countries,
Karachi Grammar School from Pakistan ****won the best delegation award at the Harvard Model United Nations (MUN) conference
KGS wins best delegation award at Harvard MUN – The Express Tribune
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**Mariam Bibi **couldn’t continue her studies after her father passed away, but that didn’t stop her from working hard and eventually forming her own company by the name of Karakoram Handicrafts, and thus bringing a difference in the lives of many women in the northern regions of Pakistan.
Crafting the Pakistani woman’s destiny | Think Twice Pakistan
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Pakistani student wins kudos
ISLAMABAD: Discipline of science is not the only road to academic excellence and students of humanities can do equally well provided their potential is effectively harnessed, says Pakistani student Aleenah Masood who has proven her assertion by being selected for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2012 by the European Union.
The student has been awarded this scholarship in the field of social sciences and humanities to study at Lund University in Sweden which is one of Europe’s most prestigious universities and Scandinavia’s largest institution for education and research, consistently ranked among the world’s top 100 universities.
The EU-sponsored scholarship is aimed at selecting and educating brilliant students from all over the world who do not have enough resources to get quality higher education abroad. Aleenah Masood, studying in BS Social Sciences at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Islamabad Campus is one of the only two Pakistani students picked under this scholarship out of the huge number of applicants from different public and private sector universities.
She has been selected on the basis of her deep interest and excellent academic record in the subjects of arts. Aleenah who always found science subjects hard to study says parents should not force their children to study in this discipline, as science may not be every student’s cup of tea. Even the students of arts can win kudos and our country needs professionals other than scientists, doctors and engineers too, she believes.
What is important, according to Aleenah, is that students should have dedication and they should work hard to achieve excellence no matter whichever discipline they opt for.
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"She’s a mechanic, a rickshaw driver, a hawker and Pakistani… she’s amazing! "
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High achievers: Students win medals in international math competition
**KARACHI: ** Four students of the Dawood Public School, Karachi were declared high achievers in the International Kangaroo Mathematics Competition.
Ayesha Rizwan secured first position in level seven and was awarded a gold medal along with a cash prize of Rs10,000. Javeria Jawaid won a silver medal in level nine and Rayal Ramesh and Manal Farruk each won a bronze medal in level four. Students from across the country participated in the competition, said the school’s management. The competition is held around the world and gives students a chance to test their mathematical skills. It was first organised in 1991 in France and has been held in Pakistan since 2005 by the Pakistan Kangaroo Commission.
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**‘Pakistan among topmost in biometric registration’
KARACHI: Pakistan has emerged as one of the few countries in the world where 96 percent of the adult population has been registered through the most secure biometric technology, introduced by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), the authority said on Friday.**
NADR**A spokeswoman said that the registration level in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was 99.9 percent, followed by Punjab, 99 percent, Gilgit-Baltistan 89 percent, Sindh and FATA, 88 percent, and Balochistan, 76 percent, against the projected population.
“Our focus is now Sindh and Balochistan and we are moving ahead in FATA despite severe law and order situation,” the spokeswoman said, adding that the task would be achieved within this year.
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“On the chairman’s directives, the authority has embarked upon a crash drive to reach out to the citizens of Pakistan for CNICs on war footing. It is making all-out efforts to register the adult population in Pakistan, especially the women, in a minimum possible time to facilitate them in getting voting rights, education, health, employment and other facilities. Out of the total 92 million CNIC holders, females are 40 million in number,” the spokeswoman said.
“Four years ago, less than 50 percent of women were registered. The total number of women included in the national database is 39.77 million. Out of these, 5.29 million are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 594,514 in FATA, 22 million in Punjab, 8.6 million in Sindh, 1.45 million in Balochistan, 356,151 in Islamabad Capital Territory, 270,132 in Giglit-Baltistan and 1.12 million in Azad Kashmir. NADRA is also reaching out to NGOs to help facilitate women in obtaining CNICs and achieve 100 percent registration of women across the country,” she added.
“So far, NADRA has registered over 86 percent of women in the country, which is quite significant in the enhancement of female voter lists. NADRA is making all-out efforts to extend its Data Acquisition Units (DAUs) to the doorsteps of citizens and perform registration operations through numerous mobile units. NADRA has 452 National Registration Centers, 252 Mobile Registration Vans and 70 Semi Mobile Units. Countrywide registration centres are registering adults in far-flung areas. To encourage women, Friday has been reserved only for women at all NADRA centres throughout the country. Women-only NADRA centres with female-only staff have also been facilitating women in acquiring CNICs. NADRA has increased its infrastructure by 83% by adding more static offices, Mobile Registration Vans and Semi Mobile Registration Units. NADRA is also reaching out to NGOs to help facilitate women in obtaining the CNICs and achieve 100 percent registration of women across the country,” the spokeswoman said.
She also highlighted the role of NGOs in raising public awareness and said that UN was supporting NADRA by providing technical advice about gender equality and empowerment of women.
Non-governmental organisation Aurat Foundation was helping the authority in running public awareness programmes, she added.