By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) A collection on teaching teachers titled Signature Pedagogies of Teacher Education in Pakistan has been launched on World Teachers Day by the Aga Khan Universitys Institute for Educational Development. The teaching…
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AKU, Duke University collaborate to train next generation of leaders in non-communicable disease research
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) To address the critical gap in the response to the non-communicable disease (NCD) epidemic, the Aga Khan University (AKU), in partnership with Duke University, has designed a comprehensive, integrated, multi-disciplinary training…
Khawaja Naveeds reported judgements published in book form
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Having completed about five decades in the legal profession, Barrister Khawaja Naveed Ahmed, an ex-Judge of the High Court of Sindh, has been admired for his judicial acumen and proficiency.. The…
Pakistans most distinct voice of Azeem Sarwar is no more
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Pakistans greatest-ever broadcaster whose voice was admired and recognized globally, Azeem Sarwar, passed away in Karachi, after briefly illness, on September 12. According to the family sources, he was hospitalized for…
NLA delegation calls on KUs LIS chairperson
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) A delegation of the National Library Association (NLA), headed by its President, Muzaffar Ali Shah, called on Prof Dr Farhat Hussain, the newly appointed chairperson of the University of Karachis Department…
NLA honours Ahsan Rafiq
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The National Library Association (NLA) organized a reception in the honour of the California-based eminent scholar and orator, Ahsan Rafiq, in Karachi on August 29. The ceremony, attended by more than…
AKU, GB partner to adopt, scale up innovation digital health app
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government and the Aga Khan University (AKU) have signed a memorandum of understanding that will lead to the formal adoption and deployment of the universitys mobile health application…
Researchers launch pilot study to set up COVID-19 early warning system
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Public health researchers are set to evaluate the feasibility of a faster way to detect new cases of COVID-19 in Karachi. Infectious disease epidemiologists from Aga Khan University, the National Institute…
Crackdown on Railways vendors, restaurants
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Upon the special directives of the Divisional Superintendent, Railways, Karachi, Muhammad Hanif Gul, a crackdown was carried out by the Divisional Commercial Officer (DCO), Nasir Nazeer, on vending stalls, restaurants and…
Railways high-ups meet freight transporters
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Chief Executive Officer and Senior General Manager of Pakistan Railways, Nisar Ahmed Memon, and the Divisional Superintendent, Karachi, Muhammad Hanif Gul, held an important meeting with freight transporters to resolve…
NLA hails election of its advisor as Rotary President
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The National Library Association (NLA), a forum of working librarians in Pakistan, has hailed the election of one of their advisors, Syed Khalid Mahmood, as President of Rotary Club of Karachi…
Syed Khalid Mahmood elected as Rotary President
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…
Mehran Express handed over to private party
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Mehran Express between Karachi and Mirpurkhas was handed over to RASS Logistics, under public-private partnership, on July 5. On this occasion, a grand ceremony was held at Karachi City Railway Station.…
Railways hold safety workshop at Sukkur
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Passenger safety remains the supreme priority of the Pakistan Railways and this was emphasized during recently conducted safety workshops in Karachi Division last month and lately in Sukkur Division during a…
Freight corridor expected to overcome traffic miseries
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Chairman of the Pakistan Railways, Habib-ur-Rehman Gillani has reckoned that the 55-kilometre long dual-track freight corridor from Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to Marshalling Yard Pipri would drastically curtail traffic congestion…
Rotarys year 2021-22 dawns in Pakistan with visit to Quaids Mausoleum
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Rotarians in Pakistan continued the tradition of celebrating new Rotary year by visiting the Mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a formal ceremony was held in Karachi on the…
Chili farming boost country’s agri sector
By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) A pilot project of chili farming spreading over 100 acres is completed while another 3,000 acres of land would be brought under chili cultivation that would ensure enhance production in the…
Chinas big market present huge opportunity for Pakistani cherry
By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) China is a big market of Pakistani Cherry that is grown in abundance at the foothills of the Himalayas and Karakoram mountain ranges in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region. Nourished by fresh…