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DCET students protested against the forced sacking of college principal
Karachi, Mar 17: Hundreds of students and non-teaching staff from the Dawood
College of Engineering and Technology (DCET), on the call of the Talba Action
Committee, staged a protest demonstration on Monday against the forced sacking
of college principal Dr M Naseem. The students boycotted classes and
ongoing midterm examinations and staged a sit-in at M.A Jinnah Road. They
chanted slogans against the federal education minister and for the reinstatement
of the principal. They also set fire to the suspension
notification. Talba Action Committee leaders rejected the suspension of
the college principal and termed it illegal. They asserted that DCET was a
federal institution and only the President of Pakistan had the power to suspend
the principal, while the notification was issued by the federal education
department. They also rejected the proposed appointment of grade-18 engineer as
the principal and said that the decision was taken by neglecting many senior
teachers of the college, adding the federal minister wanted to appoint a
principal on the basis of favouritism. They demanded the immediate withdrawal of
the suspension notification of DCET Principal.
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KU Campus Radio to start morning transmission today
Karachi: The University of Karachi (KU) Campus Radio will launch its
morning transmission today, a press release issued here on Monday
said. KU Vice Chancellor Pirzada Qasim will inaugurate the service, which
is being launched on the occasion of the first anniversary of KU Radio. The
morning service would be from 11 am to 12 am every day, while the afternoon
broadcast from 3 pm to 4 pm would continue as per routine. Students of
Mass Communication Department, under the supervision of Dr Mehmood Ghaznavi,
have finalised a five-hour radio programme to be transmitted on the occasion of
the first anniversary of the KU Radio. The programme contains interviews,
general knowledge and entertainment programmes. The KU Radio has also
inked an agreement with German Radio to broadcast its programmes. According to
Dr Ghaznavi, 80 per cent of Campus Radio programmes will be prepared by students
of the department, while remaining 20 per cent would be arranged by foreign
radio stations.
City School students take their bows amidst fanfare
Karachi: The City School Senior Girls Branch, Gulshan-e-Iqbal held their
annual function 2009 titled 'Budding Knack' on March 5. During the function,
members of the English Literary Association along with their teachers acted out
various English plays and skits. 'Holka Polka', a 50-minute-long play,
revolved around the fight between the good and the evil. The script included
unconventional characters, such as helpful witches, friendly wolf and ever
generous wizards on one hand, and a cunning fairy godmother, plotting fairy
godfather and wicked fairies on the other. The show also featured
English satires and Urdu literature, featuring the English play 'The General
Hospital' performed by the students of Sr-II-N and Sr-I-S, and 'Dastak' by Mirza
Adeeb which was presented by the students of Sr-I under the guidance of Tanveer
Misbah. A ten-minute skit titled 'Cinderella' showed the character in a
mean and selfish light. Meanwhile, students from Sr-I and II performed 'Talash'
and 'Devdas' – two light hearted Urdu skits under the guidance of Shaiza Amir.
The function also featured songs, which the audience appreciated. The News
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SALU to award MPhil, PhD degrees
Khairpur: The 9th meeting of academic council of the Shah Abdul Latif
University presided over by Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Nilofer Shaikh was held here
on Monday. The meeting decided to award nine MPhil and nine PhD degrees to
students. MPhil and PhD courses were also presented before the Academic Council.
UK researcher keen to work with SU scholars
Hyderabad: A UK toxicologist has shown keen interest in providing
relief to the people of backward areas from snake bite cases. Prof Ian
D. Simpson, working as an adviser to the Pakistan Medical Research Council and
technical adviser to the Sindh government on anti-snake vaccine, is desirous of
working jointly with scholars of departments of zoology, physiology,
biochemistry and biochemistry of the University of Sindh. He expressed
these feeling during a meeting with the SU Vice Chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui
on Monday. He said that his visit was aimed at initiating research work on
snakes and their identification as there was a great scope of snake
identification for which a laboratory would also be established.
Mazharul Haq Siddiqui briefed him about the research facilities and
contribution of researchers. He offered to provide some basic research papers
conducted by a physiology academic. He said that the initiative taken by
the UK researchers would benefit the people of Sindh. Dr Naeemullah
Qureshi Project Director of Serology Laboratories in Sindh, and Dr M. Suleman
Shaikh Advisor Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) University of Sindh also attended
the meeting. Dawn
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