Day: October 23, 2021

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Free medical camp for DSU faculty and staff

Karachi, October 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):Alumni Relations Office collaborated with its Corporate Partner Advanced Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. to organize a Free Medical Camp for DSU Faculty and Staff in the MI room on Thursday 21st October 2021 from 11:00 am to 03:00 pm.

Advanced Laboratories (Pvt.) Ltd. offered three testing services for free namely BMI (Body Mass Index), BMD (Bone Mineral Density) and Random Blood Sugar. They also provided their other testing services at a 50% discount for the DSU Faculty and Staff members.

More than 50 people including DSU’s Senior Management, Faculty and Staff availed of the free and discounted services offered by Advanced Laboratories.

Among them was our honorable Vice Chancellor Engr. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Haque, Registrar Brig. (Retd). Dr. Muhammad Asif Iqbal SI (M), Dean EAS Engr. Prof. Dr. Johar Khurshid Farooqi, ASO Lt. Col (Retd). Ghulam Dastagir, COE Mr. Umar Sadiq, Medical Officer Lt. Col (Retd). Dr. Muhammad Behzad Ghani, Asst. Prof. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Nauman Qureshi, Asst. Prof. Mr. Twaha Ahmed Minai and Dir. CEID Ms. Eram Abbasi.

For more information, contact:
Manager Marketing,
DHA Suffa University (DSU)
DG-78, Off Khayaban-e-Tufail, Ph-VII (Ext.),
DHA, Karachi-75500, Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-35244871
Email: sabah.baloch@dsu.edu.pk
Website: www.dsu.edu.pk

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Central Board of Management Meeting Held at Alkhidmat Complex

Lahore, October 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Central Board of Management of Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan met today under the Presidency of Muhammad Abdus Shakoor, President AKFP here at Alkhidmat Complex, Lahore. This was the special meeting of the Central Board of Management. Alkhidmat Representatives also took part virtually in the meeting

The Board reviewed the overall performance in the backdrop of global and domestic challenges and various areas of relief operations of Alkhidmat Foundation including different projects and initiatives. The Board discussed the progress of various departments of the organization. It also assessed the element of quality to be maintained in all and sundry projects and operation areas of the organization.

For more information, contact:
Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan
711, Block J-2 Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42 35957260
Fax: +92-42 35957261
Email: info@al-khidmatfoundation.org
Website: http://al-khidmatfoundation.org/

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Pakistan open T20 World Cup campaign on Sunday 

Dubai, October 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):Billions of cricket fans across the globe will be glued to their televisions and nearly 30,000 spectators will be inside the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday to witness Pakistan open their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign against India. The match between the two former champions will commence at 7pm PKT.

India won the inaugural tournament in 2007 at The Wanderers in Johannesburg, beating Pakistan by five runs, before Pakistan lifted the trophy in 2009 at Lord’s, defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets.

Pakistan and India first met in T20 format in the ICC T20 World Cup 2007 in Durban, which India won in Bowl-Out after both the sides ended up on 141 runs each. Since, the two sides have played each other four more times – including the 2007 edition’s final – in the T20 World Cup.

After Sunday’s fixture, Pakistan will play New Zealand on Tuesday, Afghanistan on Friday, while their next week’s matches will be against Namibia on 2 November and Scotland on 7 November.

On the ICC T20I Rankings, India is ranked second and Pakistan third, just five points behind. New Zealand, Pakistan’s opponent on Tuesday, is fourth on 257 points.

Apart from mission of beating India for the first time in the ICC T20 World Cup, the other incentive for Pakistan will be their victory will narrow the gap between the two sides to one point with India dropping to 264 points and Pakistan rising to 263 points. A win on Tuesday over New Zealand will potentially put Pakistan in second place on the ICC T20 Team Rankings.

On the ICC T20I Player Rankings, Pakistan openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan feature inside the top-10 in second and seventh positions, respectively, while India’s Virat Kohli is his side’s highest-ranked batter in fourth spot.

A strong and winning performance by Babar will potentially put him ahead of Dawid Malan of England in number-one position as the Pakistan captain enters the tournament trailing 22 points.

Neither bowler from Pakistan or India feature in the top-10 rankings, but India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar is just outside the top-10 in 11th position, trailing New Zealand’s Tim Southee by 11 points.

The two sides will go toe to toe after competing in cut-throat domestic events. Pakistan’s World Cup-bound players participated in the National T20 after New Zealand and England withdrew their sides from the bilateral series, while the India players were involved in their franchise competition that concluded on 15 October.

From 2009 till 2019, when Test cricket returned to Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates was Pakistan’s home ground. In this period, Pakistan peaked to No.1 in T20I Team Rankings after winning 21 out of 36 T20Is with 13 loses and two tied matches.

For more information, contact:
Media Manager,
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-5717231-4
Fax: +92-42-5711860
Website: www.pcb.com.pk

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Punjab University School of Economics and RS and GISCR Lab sign MoU 

Lahore, October 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):An MoU is signed between Remote Sensing, GIS and Climatic Research Lab (RSGCRL), National Center of GIS and Space Applications, University of the Punjab and School of Economics (SoE), University of the Punjab.

The focal persons of the MoU are Dr. Salman Tariq from RSGCRL and Dr. Bilal Mehmood from SoE. The two institutes will collaborate in developing joint research proposals and data sharing, organizing conferences, seminars and workshops, providing mentorship and learning opportunities to the students and young professionals and their involvement through internships and research theses in the fields of Socioeconomics of Climate Change, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Applications for Economic and Sustainable Development of Pakistan, Modelling of Economic and Climate Variables, Economic Growth and Air Quality and other fields of mutual interest.

The signature target of the MoU is to develop linkages that will serve as a continuous and consistent support in the execution of all other activities. Prof. Dr. Mumtaz Anwar Chaudhry, Head SoE and Dr. Zia ul Haq, Director/Principal Investigator RSGCRL singed the MoU.

For more information, contact:
Registrar,
University of the Punjab
Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99231102
Fax: +92-42-99231103
E-Mail: registrar@pu.edu.pk
Website: http://pu.edu.pk/

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Bangladesh, Namibia, Scotland and Sri Lanka qualify for Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 

Dubai, October 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):Bangladesh, Namibia, Scotland and Sri Lanka have confirmed their place at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 to be held in Australia, after the four teams progressed to the Super 12 stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in Oman and the UAE.

Namibia, the story of Round 1 have qualified for the Super 12s in their first ever T20 World Cup and will now return for the Australia event in 12 months time. They are joined by Bangladesh, Scotland and Sri Lanka confirming 12 out of the 16 spots for the World Cup.

Afghanistan, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies and hosts Australia, had already qualified for the 2022 showpiece, gaining direct entry to the Super 12 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 by virtue of being inside the top eight on the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20 International Rankings at the cut-off prior to the postponed 2020 event.

The four remaining spots will be filled via the ongoing qualification pathway taking place across the five regions, culminating in two global qualifying tournaments in early 2022. For more information click here.

ICC Head of Events, Chris Tetley said: “We have already seen some incredibly competitive cricket in round one of the Men’s T20 World Cup culminating in Bangladesh, Namibia, Scotland and Sri Lanka taking their positions in the Super 12s and therefore qualifying for Australia 2022.

“Namibia and Scotland in particular have provided us with some great stories over the past two weeks reinforcing T20 cricket as the global growth vehicle of the sport. We look forward to seeing which four teams will secure the remaining spots for Australia 2022 through the two global qualifiers next year.”

For the 12 automatic qualifiers there is still plenty to play for in this tournament in terms of Australia 2022. Teams can secure their spot in the Australia 2022 Super 12s, by finishing as either winner or runner up of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 or as one of the next six highest ranked teams (as of November 15, 2021).

For more information, contact:
Headquarters,
International Cricket Council (ICC)
Street 69, Dubai Sports City,
Sh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
Phone: +97-143828800
Fax: +97-143828600
E-mail: enquiry@icc-cricket.com
Website: www.icc-cricket.com

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Pakistan Red Crescent-Sindh celebrated Global Climate Change Week 

Karachi, October 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):To raise awareness about climate change among the general public, the Sindh Branch of the Pakistan Red Crescent (PRC) celebrated Global Climate Change Week from October 18 to October 22, 2021.

According to a press release issued by the Media and Communication Department of PRC-Sindh, the Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Section organized an orientation session on the “role of women in climate change” on October 22 at Emergency Operation Centre, Teen Talwar, Karachi. More than 25 women representatives from various women’s organizations attended.

Addressing the participants at the inaugural ceremony, PRC Sindh Provincial Secretary Kanwar Waseem said that climate is connected to everyone and everyone has to play a positive role and responsibility in climate change. The provincial secretary said that the mother is the first school of the child and the mother as a woman can play an important role in climate change by adopting a healthy lifestyle. “Tree planting or effective waste management are just a few of the ingredients that can help prevent the effects of climate change,” he added.

However, everyone has to take the initiative and change their thinking, adopt good habits and then good effects can come. In his concluding remarks, Kanwar Waseem said that Pakistan Red Crescent, in collaboration with the German Red Cross (GRC), was implementing a climate change adaptation program in Karachi and other districts of Sindh Province. “If anyone wants to learn about climate change or work with us on this significant subject, our doors are always open,” said the PRC Sindh provincial secretary.

On October 20, PRC-Sindh also organized inter-school debate competitions between eight schools of Baldia Town and Orangi Town. “The aim of this activity was to create awareness among our youth and teachers about climate change,” said Iram Ayaz, CCA’s program officer.

Earlier on October 18, the Chairman PRC-Sindh Mrs. Shahnaz S. Hamid appeared on a talk show on a private television channel to discuss Global Climate Change Week, during which she stated that climate change has now become a giant global issue, and Pakistan, particularly in Karachi each of us has a responsibility to do our part to mitigate the effects of climate change for our future generations.

For more information, contact:
Sindh Provincial Branch,
Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS)
Hilal-e Ahmar House, G 2 Khayaban-e-Iqbal, Zone A Block 7,
Teen Talwar, Main Clifton Road, Karachi, Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-35306227, 35306228, 35306229
Fax: +92-21-35830376
E-mail: phq@prcsindh.org.pk
Website: http://www.prcsindh.org.pk/