Karachi University MBA aptitude test

KU aptitude test for MBA Evening Programme
Karachi, Dec 18: A notification By University of Karachi announced on Thursday that the aptitude test for Master in Business Administration (Evening Programme), whose date was postponed earlier, will now be held on December 20, 2009, at 2:00 pm in the Faculty of Arts. Candidates are advised to report at the centre at least an hour earlier than the given time.

The candidates of BS in Computer Science and BS in Software Engineering, who could not appear in the aptitude test due to confusion of the time on December 16, have also been advised to appear in the test on Sunday December 20, at 10:00 am in the Faculty of Arts. Candidates who have already appeared in test are not eligible, and should not appear in the test.

Director Admissions, KU, Dr Saleem Shahzad announced that the selected candidates for BS (Hons.) First Year, through merit list issued on December 12, 2009, can submit the fee till December 19 otherwise their admissions will be cancelled. It has also been notified that the list of valid claims for BS 3rd Year/Masters will be issued on December 19 at 6:00 pm., whereas list of valid claims for BS (Hons.) first year will be issued on December 22 at 6:00 pm.

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International scientific community
Karachi: Active participation of scientists and young researchers from Pakistan in the international scientific community is the need of the day, University of Karachi (KU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. Pirzada Qasim has said.

He was delviering the presidential address to the National Conference on "Physics and the World of Today" at the KU Department of Physics.

"The promotion of research in the emerging field of physics as per international norms of productivity and originality, and acquisition, generation and transmission of knowledge in the field of physics, should be the aim of our teachers," he said. Prof. Qasim discussed the role of teachers for the development of "scientific culture" and in the motivation of young scientists towards meaningful research.

The two-day conference, in memory of Prof. Dr M. Rafi and Prof. Dr M. Razi Hussain, has been organised by the KU Department of Physics in collaboration with the National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad.

The aim of the conference is to continue research activities at the university and set up a platform for young researchers to exchange their ideas with scientists from all over Pakistan.

In the first half of the session, scientists and professors shared their memories of Prof. Dr Rafi and Prof. Dr Hussain. KU Department of Physics Chairman Prof. Dabir Hasan Rizvi spoke about the contributions of these two great scientists for the development of scientific culture at the department. Former chairman Dr Iqbal A. Khan also shared his experiences with and memories of the two professors.

The guest speakers included Prof. Dr Fayyazuddin from NCP, Islamabad; Prof. Dr Bahria University (Karachi) Department of Computer Science Chairman Khalid Anis; KU Department of Computer Science Chairman Prof. Dr S.M Aqil Burney; Prof. Dr Feroz Ahmed, Prof. Dr Ansar Ahmed Qidwai, and other former chairpersons of the KU Department of Physics.

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CIE issued new schedule for 'O' Level English
Karachi: According to the latest updates on the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) website, the new schedule of the papers that were cancelled due to the GHQ attacks has been announced.

The majority of exams went ahead as scheduled and the results of these exams will be released on January 25, 2010, as planned, the website states. One paper which was rescheduled - the Cambridge 'O' Level English Language (1123) examination - will now take place on the morning of January 27, 2010; results will be released in March 2010, the website adds.

Although a number of components of different subjects, such as Mechanic 1 paper of mathematic, Biology Practical Skills and a section of Accounts, were not examined, these issues will be solved by special considerations, which have not been mentioned yet.

"Special Consideration is an adjustment to the marks or grades of a candidate in special circumstances. Special Consideration procedures are being applied by CIE, where appropriate, for the small number of candidates who missed one or more papers in their exams due to the closure of an exam venue. The British Council will contact all schools and private candidates who are eligible for Special Consideration once CIE confirms individual special consideration cases. On the contrary the candidates who missed one or more papers in their exams due to the closure of an exam venue, but who are not eligible for Special Consideration, will receive a full exam fee refund," the official statement says.

There is, however, confusion amongst students about whether they are eligible for special consideration, or will have to give the papers again.

CIE exams were cancelled for the first time in Pakistan and rescheduling has now become a bigger dilemma for students because the future of all of them relies on there grades; some of them have already missed university admission tests due to these delays. The news

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Sindh university teachers body to boycott exams
Hyderabad: Sindh University Teachers Association decided on Thursday to boycott ongoing semester examinations as well as the convocation scheduled for Dec 22 as a mark of protest against an incident in which a lecturer was subjected to humiliation by an outsider a few days ago.

The association held a general body meeting at the university's Jamshoro campus took the decision with majority votes after failure of talks with a 10-member committee headed by pro-vice chancellor Dr Rafia Ahmed Shaikh.

The secretary of the association Prof Badar Soomro said that the outsider who insulted teacher of political science Naseem Abbas Abbasi during the ongoing examinations, was moving about freely and police had not arrested him yet although he had been nominated in an FIR.

He said that two murders had taken place in the hostels and some students had been subjected to sexual assault over the last eight years because of inefficiency of the administration.

Even jirgas had been held in the university to settle such grave issues, said Prof Soomro, adding that good governance had become a misnomer on the campus.

Nobody's life, property or self respect were safe and armed robberies, purse and motorcycle snatching and exhibition of arms had become order of the day, he said.

He said the police and Rangers on whom the university was spending millions of rupees had failed to maintain law and order.

These circumstances forced the university teachers to go public, he said. He appealed to the president, prime minister and governor of Sindh to provide protection to university teachers.

Meanwhile, the vice-chancellor of the university Mazharul Haq Siddiqui urged the teachers not to boycott examination because it was no solution to the problem.

Addressing a meeting of deans of faculties, directors and chairpersons of teaching centres, institutions and departments on Thursday, he said that the boycott of examinations was affecting a large number of students and urged protesting teachers to return to their duties. Dawn

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Education department resolution
Karachi: The City Council on Thursday passed a resolution by majority vote stating there must be uniforms in schools and colleges in order to remove class differences among the students.

The resolution, proposed by Imran Ahmed Khan of the treasury benches, and seconded by Shamim Akhter, said that there was information that the provincial education minister was adamant on abolishing uniforms in schools and colleges but the House was of the view that if the idea was given a practical shape, it would accentuate class differences.

The resolution said that uniforms removed the distinction between the rich and the poor when children come to educational institutions in uniform and thus the House was opposed to any move aimed at abolition of uniforms. It further said that the city Nazim had established model English medium schools in the city and the move to abolish uniforms was tantamount to sabotaging that move.

Imran Ahmed Khan of the treasury benches said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was opposed to the class system in society and uniforms in schools were necessary to remove the class divide in educational institutions. Dr. Ziauddin of opposition benches said that there should be uniforms in all schools whether they were English-medium or Urdu-medium. He pointed out that the state of schools run by the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) was pathetic and many schools didn't even have teachers and furniture. He said the CDGK should adopt measures to improve the lot of public schools.

The city council passed another resolution through majority vote to hand over a portion of plot 9 RC-II, Ranchore Lines Quarters, to the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) for constructing a hospital in view of the yeoman's service rendered by Prof. Adib-ul-Hasan Rizvi and the SIUT in the field of health. The above-mentioned plot at the moment is under the jurisdiction of the Works and Services Department of the CDGK.

The House also welcomed undoing of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) by the Supreme Court Wednesday night.

Yet another resolution passed by majority vote urged the Sindh government to adopt measures to give relief to the common man regarding skyrocketing prices of sugar and other commodities. The resolution said that the new produce of sugar mills should be immediately brought into the market and action should continue against hoarders and profiteers. It also said that appropriate steps should be taken against smuggling of sugar and in order to overcome the artificial crisis, steps should be taken to import sugar in accordance with the demand.

In another resolution, the City Council demanded that 134 union council secretaries should be restored immediately so that the public-private partnership committee could function smoothly.

The House also passed a resolution with a majority vote for payment of salaries to the Christian employees of CDGK ahead of Christmas to facilitate their celebrations.

Jumman Darwan of the opposition benches said that two people were killed and 10 injured when the CDGK employees demolished a Goth in Gadap Town. He said a First Information Report (FIR) had been registered in this regard.

City Naib-Nazim Nasreen Jalil asked Darwan whether the matter was pending in a court of law upon which Darwan said an FIR had been registered. Darwan said the ethnic communities of the city were moving forward towards reconciliation but the high-handedness of the police and Rangers would have a negative impact..

However, Masood Mehmood of the benches rebutted Darwan and said the said land was private property and was encroached upon by the land mafia and it was strange that Darwan was supporting it. Darwan retorted by sternly asserting that he never supported the land mafia. The news

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