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The Pakistan Education Endowment Fund (PEEF) held a distinguished cheque distribution ceremony at the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) in Karachi, honoring exceptional students in Nursing and Arts & Culture. The event was graced by Syeda Hajra Sohail, CEO of PEEF, Vice Chancellors from partner institutions, esteemed academic personnel, students, and Dr. Khalid Maqbool…
The Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) of Sindh Madressatul Islam University organized a workshop on Practices of Post Graduate Program Reviews in HEIs on June 16, 2023. Dr. Jawaid Akram, Director of QEC at the University of Karachi was the keynote speaker. The workshop aimed at to share the essential knowledge and insights with the faculty…
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah paid a surprise visit to the city to ensure the removal of billboards, neon signs, traffic sign boards, and other loose installations to avert damage or any untoward incidents during the cyclonic winds which are expected to lash the city on June 15. Mr. Shah without protocol, accompanied…
Chairman NDMA, Lt. General Inam Haider Malik presided National Coordination Conference to review the development of Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (ESCS) BIPARJOY over Arabian Sea in PDMA Sindh Headquarter, Karachi. Representatives of relevant stakeholders including PMD, PDMAs Sindh & Balochistan, K-electric, PMSA HQ, DDMAs, Radio Pakistan and APP participated in session. PMD briefed that BIPARJOY…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Syed Khalid Mahmood, a famous journalist and author, has been elected as President of Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, a chapter of Rotary International, District 3271, covering Pakistans provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. Alongwith other elected and nominated office-bearers of 13 zones, he was formally inducted…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Pakistans legendary playwright and dramatist, Haseena Moin, who passed away recently, had lavishly praised Jumbo Karachi Guide, the first-ever travel guide of its kind launched by Jumbo Infomedia in 2011. Any effort aimed at promoting Karachi has to be appreciated and its very thoughtful of those…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The 12th edition of the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), having the theme of Imagining New Frontier, has got underway digitally on March 26. It began with a documentary, showcasing highlights of the previous edition of the event founded by the Oxford University Press (OUP) in 2010….
Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Laeeq Ahmed, while responding to the hardships being faced by displaced shopkeepers whose business premises were razed in the anti-encroachment drive, announced to form a committee comprising KMC and KCCI representatives so that the issues pertaining to relocation of businesses at irrelevant markets, delays in handing over possessions, notices by…
Commandant Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Brig. Syed Waqar Haider Rizvi has said that ANFs examination procedure can be expedited if it was given access to WEBOC system which was being demanded since last three years but unfortunately Customs authorities were reluctant to give WEBOC access.If we get access to WEBOC, it would make things easier for…
The majority of child abuse cases in Pakistan go unreported, according to child protection experts speaking at a seminar Safeguarding Children: Communities, Schools and Online organised by Aga Khan Universitys Institute for Educational Development, IED. Even though Pakistan has a range of laws to protect children, poor implementation of regulations alongside a low conviction rate…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The English Speaking Union of Pakistan (ESUP), headed by Aziz Memon, organized a hybrid meeting for the first time on March 11 as besides hosting a function at the Beach Luxury Hotel in Karachi, it also allowed participation via Zoom. It was also for the first…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD), having a large number of women members in its folds, organized a ceremony to celebrate International Womens Day in Karachi on March 8. Engr Asim Murtaza Khan, President, RCKD, in his welcome address, acknowledged the role of the women members…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The widely respected figure of Aziz Memon, an eminent entrepreneur and philanthropist, earned another singular honour as he has been elected as Vice President of the English Speaking Union (ESU) International for a term of next couple of years. According to the results of recent election,…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal (PLISJ), a quarterly publication of the Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), arrived in time once more even though life and businesses were affected due to the second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19). The PLISJs April-June 2020 issue (Volume 52, Number 1)…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) As the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are being eased by the authorities in Pakistan, the National Library Association (NLA) has chalked out major events which it has planned to hold during the ongoing calendar year of 2021. A meeting of the core committee of the NLA was…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the Jinnah University for Women (JUW) in Karachi will be organizing an event by the name of JTECH at their campus, located at Nazimabad, on February 26 and 27 with its timings being 10 am to 2…
Managing Director of State Bank of Pakistans Banking Services Corporation Muhammad Ashraf Khan has said that digitalization of foreign exchange, which started in March 2020, has been expanded from 8 to 13 banks and majority of the banks will be processing 88 percent of foreign exchange digitally by the end of February 2021 and 98…
Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M. Zubair Motiwala, while expressing sheer dissatisfaction over the arrangements made to secure the National Stadium during PSL6, stated that the return of cricket in metropolis has become the biggest source of nuisance for Karachiites nowadays as more than half of…