Science festival at FAST-NU
Science festival ended
Karachi, April 17: More than 600 students from over 30 educational institutes participated in a
three-day science festival organised by the National University of Computer and
Emerging Sciences (FAST-NU), city campus.
The competition which was divided into broadly six sections - software,
networking design, gaming, short film, hardware and mobile application - closed
on Sunday.
Nisar Memon, former federal minister for information and Member Board of
Governors of FAST, was the chief guest during the closing ceremony. Memon
emphasised that the efforts of Pakistani youth should lead towards national
security and territorial integrity. He advised the participants in particular
and Pakistani youth in general that self-reliance in every aspect of life was
the need of the hour. The winning institutes were the IBA, FAST-NU, KU, SSUET,
NED, PAF-KIET and the City School. The news
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FUUAST to get pharmacy institute, hospital soon
Karachi: Vice Chancellor Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science
and Technology (FUUAST) Prof Dr Muhammad Qaiser laid the foundation stone of a
modern institute of pharmacy here on Monday and said that a full-fledged
hospital would also be built soon. The Jamlana Institute of Pharmacy would be
built with a cost of Rs 400million and it would house research facilities for
MPhil and PhD students. Moreover, a modern hospital would also be set up on
build, operate, transfer (BOT) basis, which would also provide free of cost
medical facilities to university staff and their families. Dean Faculty of
Pharmacy Dr Ali Akbar Siyal said pharmacy was now a thriving industry and
university would ensure high standard of education and research at the Jamlana
Institute of Pharmacy. ppi
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47 schools found using illegal power connections
Karachi: A task force of the Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) on Monday
raided public schools in different localities of the city and found that 47 of
them had illegal power connections.On account of unpaid bills, power had
recently been disconnected to some 400 public schools. "These schools are
defaulters of Rs115 million in total, and despite that, the KESC had exempted 55
percent of these schools from loadshedding during the ongoing matriculation
exams," a power utility representative said. He said the illegal connections
were severed again and offenders were warned of strict action if found involved
in the illegal activity in the future.
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IJT students protest
Lahore: Dozens of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) activists on Monday displaying a long
banner at The Mall protested against alleged changes in the subject of Islamiat.
The banner carried signatures of hundreds of people from different walks of life
especially students as a mark of resentment against the alleged move. IJT
claimed the banner was 2km long. There, IJT Pakistan Nazim Zubair Safdar
criticized the rulers saying they had gone so far in obeying their foreign
masters that they had lost the power of thinking independently. He warned the
government to distance itself from introducing any changes in the subject of
Islamiat and withdraw any such proposal.
PU results:
Punjab University (PU) on Monday announced the results of various
examinations. These exams included PGD in Dietetics, Annual Examination 2011,
held in December 2011/January 2012, MBBS, Final Prof A/2011, M Ed (General and
Science) S/2010 & A/2011 and BSc (Engg) Metallurgy and Materials
Engineering, semester system, session 2007-2011.
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VCs to take up varsities problems with governor
Peshawar: The vice-chancellors of the public sector universities on Monday
discussed the issues being faced by their institutions and decided to raise them
in a meeting with Governor Masood Kausar, who is also the chancellor.The meeting
was presided over by University of Engineering and Technology Vice-Chancellor
Syed Imtiaz Gilani who is convener for the vice-chancellors' central and
provincial committee. The vice-chancellors reiterated the stance to resolve the issues of the
release of universities' funds and arrears and financial regulations. They also
discussed the proposed Higher Education Amendment Bill, 2012 and issues
pertaining to the universities' autonomous stature. The meeting was attended by
all vice-chancellors and representatives of public sector universities and
senior officials. The news
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