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Governor okays Mujahid as PU VC
Lahore, Jan 23: Punjab Governor/Chancellor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has approved the
appointment of Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran as vice chancellor of Punjab
University, it is learnt. Dr Kamran's name for the post was recommended
by Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif through a summary moved
to the governor/chancellor a couple of days back. Sources said
on Saturday the Governor's House sent back the summary, approving Dr
Kamran as the PU VC. The Chief Minister's Secretariat will send the
summary to Punjab Higher Education Department to formally issue the
notification for Dr Kamran's appointment. It is important to
mention here that Dr Mujahid Kamran's four-year term as PU VC had
expired on January 2, 2012 and since then he has been serving as acting
VC of the varsity. An official of Governor's House, seeking anonymity, confirmed approval of Dr Kamran's name for the post of PU VC. Meanwhile,
Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has said that the wishful thinking of
some elements will not bring forth the desired results as all the
institutions are working in their respective constitutional ambit. Talking
to media person after addressing a conference here on Saturday, the
governor said the Senate elections would be held on time and all
speculations regarding it would prove wrong. To a query about
PTI chief Imran Khan's demand for declaration of assets, Khosa said
Imran should first bring his own children back to the country. Khosa
also voiced serious concern over deaths of patients in Punjab Institute
of Cardiology and said that he had sought report on the incident.
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PU admission forms
Lahore: Punjab University has issued schedule for submission of admission fee and forms
for BEd (Special Needs), 2nd Annual Exam 2010 (session 2009-10) and
Annual Exam 2011 (session 2010-11). The last date for submission
of admission forms with single fee is January 31, 2012 while the forms
can be submitted with double fee till February 3. The exam will commence
from Feb 15.
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PU results
Lahore: Punjab University Examinations Department on Saturday announced the results of two different examinations. These
exams Postgraduate Diploma in Interior Design, Semester System, Session
2008-09, Postgraduate Diploma in Multimedia Production Arts,
Development Support Communication and Television Communication and
Production, Semester System, Session 2007. The detailed results are available at PU website www.pu.edu.pk.
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GCUF convocation on Feb 11
Faisalabad: The third convocation of the Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) will be held here on Feb 11. GCUF
Registrar Muhammad Akram said here Saturday that degrees would be
awarded to the successful graduates and post graduates of 2009, 2010 and
2011 sessions. He said that successful graduates of Bachelor, Masters,
MPhil and PhD programmes could register them by Jan 27 to ensure their
participation in this convocation. The facility of online registration
was also available, he added. He said that full dress rehearsal for this
convocation would be held on Feb 10. He said that participation in this
rehearsal was compulsory for all recipients of degrees and medals.
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Quid-e-Azam scholarships
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Faisalabad: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Faisalabad (BISEF)
will award Quid-e-Azam scholarships to 98 students. A spokesman
for the board said here Saturday that these students had been picked on
the basis of the result of annual Matriculation examination of 2011. He
said that among these students include 36 boys and 23 girls of science
group while another 12 boys and 27 girls of arts group had also been
declared eligible for the scholarships.
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GCU raises Rs 10m for deserving students
Lahore: The Government College University's Endowment Fund Trust (GCU-EFT), Lahore,
has raised an amount of Rs 10 million for the deserving students to
help them bear their academic charges. The amount was raised at a
fundraiser chaired by the Punjab governor and Old Ravian Sardar
Muhammad Latif Khosa. GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Khaleeq ur
Rahman, EFT President Iqbal Z Ahmad, Secretary Dr Khalid Manzoor Butt
and noted businessmen from all over the country also attended the annual
fundraiser. Speaking on the occasion, the Punjab governor said
that the nations the world over had made progress after developing their
educational institutions but, unfortunately, in Pakistan, education was
not given due priority. He said endowment fund trust of Harvard
University, US alone stood at $ 32 billion, and this was what had made
America a superpower. He said student unions inculcate awareness into students and played effective role in their character building. It
was the Bukhari Auditorium of the GC University which had taught him
the art of public speaking and tolerance to face criticism, he said.
"This is where I am hooted and appreciated." GCU VC Prof Khaleeq
said the university Endowment Fund had swelled to Rs 128 million with
the efforts of Old Ravians. He said he wanted to provide free education
to all GCU students but, unfortunately, resources did not allow him.
However, he added, despite all the budgetary deficits, he had slashed
the university fee by 35 percent and hostels charges by almost 50
percent. He said the university was also giving financial aid to
students from its own budget. The GCU-EFT would also give away 11
golden and 15 silver scholarships to students this year, he said and
added that each golden scholarship covers the hostels and university fee
of a student. GCU EFT Secretary Prof Khalid Butt said the
Endowment Trust Fund never spent the principal amount but the profit
they earned from the amount. Iqbal Z. Ahmad announced a donation of Rs 2
million to the GCU Endowment Fund for initiating two life-time golden
scholarships for deserving students, saying that new initiatives were
being taken to further strengthen this trust. The new initiatives
included a plan to involve foreign NGOs and embassies in their donor
network, he said. The GCU-EFT, he added, was also planning to hold
fundraisers in Karachi, the UAE and the UK.
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'Nanotechnology can help boost economy'
Lahore: Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology Pro-Rector
(Academic) Dr Fazal Ahmad Khalid said Nanotechnology was an emerging
field and Pakistan should also focus on it for economic uplift of the
country. He was delivering a lecture on "Nanotechnology and
Progress in Development of Nano-materials," organised by Pakistan
Engineering Congress here Saturday. PEC President Engineer Riaz Ahmad Khan and Wapda member water Syed Raghib Abbas Shah also spoke. Dr
Fazal said, "Unfortunately in Pakistan, our government is not focusing
on the technology and the commission which was made on Nanotechnology in
2002 was dissolved and in the same way a commission on bio-technology
was also dissolved." He said developed countries had invested
more then $40 billion for research and development in Nanotechnology and
the US would spend $3.8 billion till 2015 for research in
Nanotechnology. Talking about the application of the technology,
he said it was used in energy storage, engineering, electronics,
bio-medics and pharmaceuticals. "The technology will be helpful in
increasing the efficiency of solar cells and turbines," he added. Wapda
Member Water Syed Raghib Shah said the technology would be helpful for
Wapda in water purification as well as increasing the efficiency of
turbines. He stressed creating awareness about the technology in the
country. PEC President Engineer Riaz Ahmad Khan said that
nanotechnology could intensify social and economic inequity, therefore,
civil society groups called on governments and industry to apply
precautionary principles throughout the life cycle of manufactured
nano-materials. Riaz said there was a huge uncertainty regarding health
impacts of nano-particles. "The toxicity of nanoparticles is affected by
a range of factors including size and shape, chemical composition, and
surface properties such as charge, area, reactivity and coating.
Different forms of nanoparticles of the same chemical composition can
have very different toxicities. The uncertainty is made worse by
industry's frequent failure to share information," he added. He
also said that without mandatory labeling and registration of
Nano-products, no one, not even governments, knew which products
contained nano-particles. "Surveys show that many companies do not
conduct risk assessment. There is also great uncertainty about
social, economic, and legal issues including: liability, intellectual
property, countries' right to reject Nano-applications, the capacity to
control Nano-risks," he added.
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Distinction
Saman Bur Aftab has passed MA International Relations, Session 2009-2011, from Punjab
University's Department of Political Science with a distinction.
According to a press release, she secured 720 marks out of total 1,000
marks under the annual system of examination and clinched first position
in the examination. The news
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UHS conference dedicated to Arfa Karim
Lahore: The 3rd International eHealth Conference, which began at the
University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Saturday, was dedicated to the
memory of Arfa Karim Randhawa. President eHealth Association of
Pakistan (eHAP) Dr Haroon Roedad Khan said that the conference would
honour Arfa's exceptional work in the field of information and
communication technology. He announced that the "Arfa Karim Gold Medal"
would be awarded every year to the best paper on eHealth. Experts
at the two-day conference called for a fundamental shift in the way
information is accessed and shared across the health system in Pakistan. Speaking
at the inaugural ceremony, Punjab Education Minister Mian Mujtaba
Shuja-ur-Rehman said the government was taking all necessary measures
for the administration, promotion, development and use of information
technology in the province. Daily times
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