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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi  (Pakistan News & Features Services)    Some of the country’s leading drivers will be seen at an action-pack 4th Hub Rally Cross at the newly developed Max Dirt Arena at Hub in the outskirts of Karachi on March 12. The event will also mark the inauguration of 5-kM specially designed Max Dirt arena.  Pakistan’s top driver and international rally driver, Nadir Magsi, the winner of numerous national events, will be star the attraction alongwith brother Zafar Magsi.  Another top rally driver in the fray will be a top foreign racing driver Dr. Hironao Takashi of Japan residing in Karachi. Dr Takashi had featured in the Formula One Race in Japan and other parts of the world. The race will be held at in eight categories in stock and prepared class from 660 cc and above.  Other prominent participants will include Jam Kamal, Asad Khuhro, Sahibzada Sultan Muhammad, Asif Imam, Ronnie Patel his wife Tushna Patel, Sarfraz H...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary clubs across the planet celebrated the International Women's Day 2017 with great fanfare and Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan marked the occasion by holding a gathering at the DA Beach View Club in Karachi on March 8. The day to commemorate the struggle for women's rights and celebrate the political, social, economic and cultural achievements of women throughout history was accorded due deference by the Rotary Club, helping in creating greater awareness.  The International Women's Day witnessed a number of conferences, meetings, rallies, exhibitions and festivals in Pakistan and it was in the fitness of things that the Rotarians were proactive in celebrating the annual event.  Historically, the International Women's Day was observed for the first time in New York in the early 1900s while it was adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 1975.The 2017 theme for International Women’s D...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The visionary as well proactive approach of its promoters, Ahmed E H Jaffer Foundation, is set to make The Hub School, a not-for-profit boys’ boarding school a model educational institution. The school started its operations with 50 boys a few months ago much to the delight of the great Abdul Kader Jaffer, a man with the Midas touch, who is leading the project.  The inaugural batch of 50 students from all over the country set the ball rolling as The Hub School, situated on the outskirts of Karachi in the vicinity of Northern Bypass near Sindh-Balochistan border, aiming to forge a national identity and consciousness by fostering close links and cooperation amongst all students as Pakistanis.  Education is a Jaffer Family legacy to Pakistan. The Islamia School in Pune was founded in 1907 by Ahmed E H Jaffer’s great grand Father Khan Bahadur Haroon Jaffer while Sir Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer organized the...

By Rashid Zia Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) While hailing the decision of initiating Operation Raddul Fasad throughout the country, the representatives of the Pakhtun community in Nawabshah have complained about maltreatment by the area police. In order to highlight the issue, a demonstration under the auspices of the Pakhtun Welfare Society was held in which it was demanded to stop police excesses against their community.  The demonstrators, led by Jan Muhammad Khan, Nazar Pathan and Shafi-ur-Rahman Jadoon, were carrying national flags and banners inscribed with slogans of portraying love with Pakistan and criticism of the police department.  The leaders of the Shehri Tajir Ittehad also took part in the protests. Addressing the demonstrators and later talking to media at the office of Union of Journalists, President Jan Muhammad Khan, Nazar Pathan and Shafi-ur-Rahman condemned the raids at their houses and shops in search of foreigners ...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) Power and Energy Society's Student Branch Chapter Electrical Engineering Department has launched at the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi. The event was organized by Engr Abrar-ul-Huq, Assistant Professor and Faculty Advisor, and the inauguration ceremony was graced, among others, by the SSUET Chancellor, Jawaid Anwar.   The SSUET Registrar, Syed Sarfraz Ali, Saqib Munawwar, former branch representative of Karachi section in IEEE, Chairman Karachi Section, Mohammed Ali Memon, Director ORIC SSUET and the executive committee of IEEE PES NEDUET Chapter were also present on the occasion.  Both Chancellor Jawaid Anwar and Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali besides PES Society members, Faculty Adviser and Departmental Chairman briefly addressed the gathering and appreciated the launch of the PES Chapter at the SSUET....

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The College of American Pathologists (CAP), an internationally recognized standard for clinical laboratories, has accredited the Aga Khan University Hospital’s Clinical Laboratories, the first laboratory in Pakistan. With 3,000 CAP requirements, accreditation is a rigorous process. A team of nine CAP inspectors, practicing professionals qualified through a CAP training programme, visited Pakistan last year to audit the laboratory’s quality records, staff qualifications, validation of tests, equipment, facilities, safety programmes and overall management.  The University Hospital’s CEO, Hans Kedzierski, stressed that clinical laboratory testing is an essential part of a quality healthcare service. “Since most of the decisions regarding a patient’s diagnosis and treatment are usually based on laboratory test results, for patients, this means timely and more accurate diagnosis.”  “Striving to meet pati...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) will extend its full support for engineering programmes organized by the engineering forums like the one held at the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) with the collaboration of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Pakistan (IEEEP). This was announced by Engr I A Usmani, Senior Vice-Chairman, PEC, while speaking as chief guest at the concluding session of 32nd National Engineering Students Competition-2017 at SSUET's campus on February 23.  He said that besides the PEC, the support of the industry will also be sought as it is vital for projects developed by SSUET and other similar forums.  "We need to promote technologies for promoting engineering programmes", Engr Usmani, a gold medallist in Civil Engineering, stated adding that it is a good sign that our engineering forums are growing. The engineers, he pointed...