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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The process for admissions in Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, continues and, as announced earlier, the aptitude test will be held at the Karachi Expo Centre on October 2. In view of the large turnouts of admission seekers, the university administration has extended the date for submission of forms to September 28.  Earlier the forms submission date was scheduled to close on September 23. However, the date for aptitude test will remain unchanged.  The SSUET, a centre of excellence since 1994, offers admissions in 11 disciplines which include electronic, computer, civil, bio-medical, telecommunication, electrical engineering and architecture besides computer science, software engineering, bio-infomatics and information technology.  As per required criteria the eligibility for admission in first seven disciplines is minimum 60 percent marks in HSC and ...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Chancellor of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, Jawaid Anwar, held a series of meetings with the faculty members to have a closer interaction with them, particularly on academic affairs.  The departmental meetings with the Chancellor continued throughout the week, starting from September 23, a thorough exercise during which the helmsman met each faculty member individually.  Each faculty member introduced themselves, explained their workload and discussed with the Chancellor the progress in their respective department. In every meeting Chancellor Jawaid Anwar thanked the faculty members highlighted the importance of close communication between university administration and faculty and assured that hurdles and barriers, if any, thereof were being overcome and he himself, Vice-Chancellor, Dean Engineering and Registrar were making every effort in this ...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi  (Pakistan News & Features Services)  The Governor of Sindh, Dr Ishrat ul Ebad Khan, has reckoned that five most challenging factors for doing business in Pakistan doing last year were corruption, tax rates, inflation, access to financing and insufficient government bureaucracy from which corruption was cited as the most problematic.  He made the observation while addressing the presentation of Transparency International Pakistan Integrity Award to Director General, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Sindh, Lt. Col. Retd. Siraj ul Naeem, at the Governor House in Karachi. The Provincial Ombudsman, Asad Ashraf Malik, and retired judges of the Sindh High Court were also present on the occasion.  “It’s an established fact that effective accountability mechanism is essential for economic growth, investment and stability of social sector in any society. It is also a recognized fact that the intervention by NAB has acted as a ca...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Global Burden of Disease Study, the first global analysis that assesses the United Nations’ health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 188 countries, has ranked Pakistan at 149. Launched at a special event at the UN General Assembly in New York and published in The Lancet, the analysis assesses countries by creating an overall index score on a scale of zero to 100.  Pakistan shares the score of 38 with Bangladesh and Mauritania, six places behind India and way behind Iran.  “These analyses are critically important for Pakistan, where limited data make the transition from MDGs to the SDGs even more challenging. These data allow the country to set a baseline based on recent performance and also set a trajectory for achieving the health and health-related SDGs,” Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta, Founding Director of the Aga Khan University’s Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The process for admissions in Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) and as per schedule announced October 2 has been fixed for aptitude test to be held at the Karachi Expo Centre.  The SSUET, an institution of excellence since 1994, gives admissions in eleven disciplines which include electronic, computer, civil, bio-medical, telecommunication, electrical engineering and architecture besides computer science, software engineering, bio-infomatics and information technology.  As per required criteria the eligibility for admission in first seven disciplines is minimum 60 percent marks in HSC and 55 percent for rest four disciplines.  The eligibility for admission in all programmes will be on combination of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, combination of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science for Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering and Informat...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi  (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Alpha opening in the basement of Ocean Mall, Clifton, on September 10 was quite a memorable event.  It was an evening to remember as Karachi finally had the presence of Tesco, a reputed British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer.  As anticipated the launch of Alpha turned out to be a phenomenal success with the large turnout, a clear indication of the project generating immediate attention to the extent of creating waves among the potential customers.  It’s the fulfillment of yet other cherished dream of Nadeem Hussain, Founder and Coach at Planet N Group of Companies, having earned accolades in the financial services industry of Pakistan through his impossibly gifted talents. Living to the reputation of being very passionate about whatever he ventures into, the former Citi Group country chief in Pakistan has now got his Planet N Group off to a flying s...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Association of Consulting Engineers Pakistan (ACEP), a representative body of consulting engineers, which also represents the country at international level as being a member of International Federation of National Association of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), has extended its profound felicitations to Engr Syed Murad Ali Shah for having taken over the office of Chief Minister of Sindh.  In a letter of felicitation, the ACEP said that it’s a matter of pride for all of us, structural engineers in particular, that he, being a from engineers' community, an NEDIAN, having done Masters in Structural Engineering, has been inducted into the coveted office of Chief Minister of the province of Sindh.  "We firmly believe that you being an NEDIAN will fully demonstrate your capabilities and exploit the Allah-given opportunity to serve Sindh and its people".  The ACEP wished him a successful tenur...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi  (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Governor of Sindh, Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan has reckoned that peace has been fast restored in Pakistan particularly in Karachi due to Zarb-e-Azb and the Sindh government was endeavoring to further strengthen the law and order situation and the forces and political leadership were acting under short middle term and long term plans in this regard. He said that foreign investors can take full benefit of restoration of law and order and in order to eliminate poverty and elimination of factors through which crimes come up.  "A strong Pakistan is inevitable for maintenance of peace and development in the area. He said that restoration of law and order and development in Pakistan is dependent on peace, tranquility and development in Karachi", the Governor said in a meeting with newly posted US Counsel General, Grace Shelton, and the outgoing CG Brian Heath who called on him at the Governor House....

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Azadi Train after travelling through all the four provinces of the country reached Karachi on September 4. The Sindh Governor, Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan, and a large number of people warmly welcomed the train which culminated its 4,000-kilometers journey at the Cantonment Station in Karachi. The Director General, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Sindh, Lt-Col (retd) Siraj-ul-Naeem, and the Divisional Superintendent of Pakistan Railways, Sindh, Engr Nisar Ahmed Memon, were also present on the occasion. An impressive fireworks demonstration was organized upon the arrival of the train, which contained the coaches representing the culture and traditions of all the four provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.The Sindh Governor visited different bogies of the train and took keen interest in the exhibits. Speaking on the occasion as a chief guest, Dr Ishrat-ul- Ebad observed that the Azadi...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) A delegation of 10 students of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, participated first time in an event organized by the alumni of the University of Karachi University.  Maria from Bio-Medical Engineering got Senior Mention and Momin Naqvi from Computer Engineering got Honorary Mention titles.  The SSUET Registrar, Syed Sarfraz Ali, alongwith Advisor to Chancellor, Siraj Khilji, with his team, visited the event on its second day at Hotel Regent Plaza where they interacted with the various delegations and the organizers who were appreciated for their efforts in holding such an event.  "The Sir Syed University will extend full support for organizing such events in future,” Sarfraz Ali assured while Siraj Khilji invited the KUMUN organizers to visit the university and make collaborative efforts in establishing the MUN SSUET Chapter. In Model UN, students step i...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has granted permission to the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, for organizing a zonal football tournament as well as the final round of All Pakistan Tug of War. The decision was taken at a recent meeting of HEC held in Islamabad to review sports activities at universities level.  The meeting, held annually, was attended by the Director Sports of all the universities. The SSUET was represented by its Director Sports Mubashir Mukhtar.  The HEC agreed to the SSUET proposal of holding the zonal football round and the final round of Tug of War. On the occasion the Mubashir Mukhtar also presented annual report of the university’s sports activities, informing the meeting about a number of inter-departmental tournaments in cricket, hockey, football, badminton, volleyball, table tennis and an All Karachi Inter-Varsities Jashn-e-Azadi cr...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Aga Khan University (AKU) will work to prevent deaths of mothers and children in Pakistan under a five-year, US$ 25 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, testing a variety of approaches in an effort to develop insights and evidence that can influence policy across the country and beyond its borders. An estimated 440,000 mothers and children under the age of five died in Pakistan in 2015, more than in all but two other countries.  Because the risks mothers and children face in rural areas are especially high, AKU researchers will focus on 14 mainly rural districts in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan as well as urban slums in Karachi.  In Balochistan, for example, the rate at which women die from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth is more than four times higher than in urban areas of Pakistan, and in some areas fewer than one in six women give birth with a health work...