Sindh University bachelors degree entry test
Sindh University announced bachelors degree test date
Hyderabad, Nov 6: The entry test for admissions to bachelors
degree programme in all disciplines of the University of Sindh will be conducted
on Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 at the Allama II Kazi Campus, Jamshoro. The university
authorities on Thursday reviewed the arrangements for the entry test, which
includes security arrangements at the campus. The meeting decided that security
gates would be installed at entry points and admission cards issued by director
admissions would also be checked at entry points. No mobile phone, handbag,
purse or books will be allowed. The candidates have been advised to collect
their admit cards from the Sindh University Model School, Hyderabad, by Nov 7,
2009. The news
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Clash of students, BIEK employee wounded
Karachi: An employee of the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi
(BIEK) received a bullet wound and two students received minor injuries when two
groups clashed over wall chalking on Thursday, police and witnesses said.They
said the clash initially started near a CNG filling station located in the
vicinity of the board office. They said that when a group of students
resorted to indiscriminate firing, activists of the rival students organisation
ran into the BIEK office to take refuge. However, they were chased by
their rivals and in the process an employee of the BIEK, Noman-ul-Haq, was shot
in his armpit. Noman was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he
was admitted. Sources said that some activists belonging to a student
organisation took away weapons from two guards deputed at the board office.
Meanwhile, the Shahrah-i-Noorjahan police on the complaint of the BIEK
secretary, Professor Naveen Haider, registered an FIR (No.540/209) against
unidentified culprits under Sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting,
armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of
offence committed in prosecution of common object), 324 (attempt to commit
qatl-i-amd), 392 (punishment for robbery) and 427 (mischief causing damage to
the amount of fifty rupees) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
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NAPA students won hearts in India
Karachi: A team of National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) graduates
returned to Karachi last week from Amritsar, India, after a successful show at
the South Asia Foundation Festival for Peace-2009. They had performed an
experimental play, titled "Jaaney Pehchaney Ajnabi", under the direction of Zain
Ahmed. The efforts of the troupe were largely appreciated. "We received a
brilliant response and the crowd was overwhelmed by such an experimental
theatrical performance by a troupe from Pakistan," Zeeshan Haider, a member of
team said. He added that the unique thing about the performance was
that there were no inanimate props; the performers were themselves converting
into chairs and other required props. Other members of the group were Ali
Rizvi, Paras Masroor, Aiman Tariq, Kashif Farhad, Farhan Saqib Khan, Maria Rabab
and Mohsin Ali. They were lead by NAPA faculty member, Zain
Ahmed. Members of the group said that this was the first time that NAPA
students received international experience, which has proved to be very helpful.
They said that they "learnt a lot" from actors "from the other side of the
border." N.K Raina, a well-known theater artist from India, was so
pleased with the performance that he expressed his intentions to have a
cross-border collaboration of theater artists. The South Asia Foundation
Festival for Peace was a 15-day festival which included people from India,
Pakistan and Bangladesh. NAPA and Ajoka were the only two Pakistan-based theater
groups that were invited to perform in the festival. Individual Pakistan-based
performers who were part of the festival include Sheema Kirmani, Sania Saeed,
and Tina Sani. The news
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Iqbal Day holiday
Karachi: The University of Karachi and all colleges affiliated to it will
remain closed on Monday (November 9) on account of Iqbal Day. This was announced
by a KU spokesman here on Thursday. Meanwhile, Sindh Minister for
Education and Literacy Pir Mazharul Haq said on Thursday that every district of
Sindh will be provided Rs100 million during the current financial year for
repairs of schools in their respective jurisdiction. He said that the
funds were being allocated from the Rs8 billion given by the World Bank to the
provincial government for the purpose. The funds would be spent annually for a
period of four years. Dawn
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15 more education centres soon
Karachi: Education development centres, established by the city government in order to improve the
standard of education, have started working in Landhi, Jamshed and Liaquatabad
towns, Acting City Nazim Nasreen Jalil said on Thursday. She was addressing the
'All Karachi Debate Competition 2009', which was organised jointly by the Dhaka
Group of Educational Institutions and Daaira-Adab-o-Saqafat. Jalil, who was the
chief guest at the event, said that education development centres will soon be
set up in every town under the jurisdiction of the city government.
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'High blood pressure leading cause
Karachi: Researchers at the Aga Khan University on Thursday said that high
blood pressure (HBP) is the leading cause of death in high and low income
countries. Quoting a research conducted from 1990 to 1994 by the National Health
Survey of Pakistan, one in every three people over the age of 45 suffers from
high blood pressure. The doctors said that despite convincing evidence,
low blood pressure reduces the chances of death, heart problems, strokes and
kidney disease. Blood pressure control rates remain poor in most developing
countries. In Pakistan, poor health literacy, unhealthy lifestyles and a lack of
awareness contribute to the high blood pressure problem, which is further
compounded by a poorly regulated and disorganised health care system.
"The strategy proposed by our trial is simple and can easily be
integrated into the existing health care system of Pakistan and many other
developing countries: one general practitioner training session per year coupled
with health education at home by trained community health visitors," said Dr
Tazeen Jafar, Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, AKU, the
leading investigator on the study. "This is encouraging because it
provides hope of success if similar strategies are implemented in other
countries facing the pandemic of high blood pressure and associated morbidity
and mortality." The study, launched in 2003 and funded by the Wellcome Trust,
UK, is based on a two-pronged approach. Community health workers were trained to
provide knowledge on the harmful effects of hypertension and to share options
for non-medical interventions to prevent and control blood pressure and heart
diseases. "We talked to families about weight loss strategies, the need
to exercise, how to quit smoking, how to reduce salt and saturated fat intake,
and to increase the amount of fruit and vegetables in their diet. In some cases,
this was quite new for certain communities. "We saw that patients in groups
receiving both health worker care, as well as updated physician care, had the
greatest improvement in blood pressure," said Dr Jafar. "These results can help
develop a cost-effective strategy to prepare a sustainable and implementable
nation-wide blood pressure control programme."
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Khuhro met schoolchildren
Karachi: Private schools should also be brought in the ambit of national
curriculum of the National Education Policy, said Sindh Assembly Speaker, Nisar
Khuhro, while addressing members of the Children's Association which is a part
of AGHS Child Rights Unit (CRU). One of the integral points in the National
Education Policy calls for a uniform system of education in all the
public-sector schools of the country, and Khuhro said that it would be highly
discriminatory if the policy of national curriculum was limited to government
schools. Talking to various school children who had come to share their
agenda of discussion and implementation of the Child Rights Commission (CRC) at
the Sindh Assembly, the speaker promised to work for the promotion of child
rights. Meanwhile, students raised different questions regarding
education, child labour, and other issues pertaining to children. Mehreen, a
student of City Cambridge School questioned about the formation of Child
Protection Bureau in Sindh, which is already active in the Punjab and looks
after child beggars. At the end of the one hour meeting, students were optimistic. A student
of SOS school said, "We are hopeful, and are great looking forward towards the
implementation of the CRC". The news
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