Month: May 2022

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230 ambulances integrated into Rescue Services 1122 in Sindh

Karachi, May 31, 2022 (PPI-OT):Establishing Rescue Services in Sindh, the Government of Sindh in collaboration with World Bank, in its first phase has handed over 50 ambulances to the Sindh Health Department. There are 230 ambulances in total that will be catering to the entire province and all phases of this ambulance integration will be complete by October of this year.

Minister for Health and Population Welfare, Sindh, Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho attended the inauguration ceremony as chief guest along with Chief Minister, Sindh, Murad Ali Shah. Sindh is one of the most vulnerable regions in terms of climate change and natural disasters, there are also high incidences of road traffic accidents and that is why it is integral that there be rescue services available in the province.

Speaking at the event, Minister for Health and Population Welfare, Sindh, Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, said that there are already 85 ambulances available in Thatta, Sujawal and Karachi. However, 50 more ambulances being integrated into the system will have advanced trauma, cardiac and obstetric life support facilities available inside the ambulances.

She added that the ambulances will have trained personnel including drivers and paramedics that are both trained in first aid at least. In addition to fire department and police services will also be merged into the rescue services so that all emergencies can be catered to when 1122 is dialed and emergencies responded to.

Dr. Azra further stated that aside from the ambulance services there will also be rapid response centers starting from Mirpur Mathelo and going on till Gambat, Moro, Hyderabad, Nooriabad and Malir Karachi. These rapid response centers will be satellites of the Shaheed Benazirabad Trauma Center. There will also be a rescue center every 50km along the highway so as to respond as quickly as possible to any road side emergencies.

The inauguration ceremony was also attended by Adviser to Chief Minister of Sindh, Mr. Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary, Mr. Sohail Rajput, Parliamentary Secretary Health, Mr. Qasim Soomro, Secretary Health, Mr. Zulfiqar Shah, DG Health, Dr. Juman Bahoto and Country Director World Bank, Mr. Najy Benhassine.

For more information, contact:

PPP Media Cell (Sindh)

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)

Peoples Secretariat Shikarpur Colony,

Behind Mazar-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Karachi, Pakistan

Cell: +92-305-3370383

Email: contact@ppp-tu.com

Website: https://www.ppp.org.pk

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Meeting with the President KCCI

Karachi, May 31, 2022 (PPI-OT):Director Professional Development Centre met Muhammad Idrees President KCCI and Qazi Zahid Hussain Vice President for a meeting at the Karachi Chambers of Commerce KCCI along with the team of National youth assembly. A lengthy discussion regarding the youth development was done. A need for the Universities to conduct teacher training workshops, seminars and conferences was proposed. Help and facilitation was promised to the Universities for the growth and development of the youth.

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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One Day Workshop on Knowing and Managing Procrastination – Initiative by NUMS Centre for Lifelong Learning

Rawalpindi, May 31, 2022 (PPI-OT):Procrastination is one of the soft issues which today’s professionals cannot turn a blind eye to. It is the tendency to avoid unpleasant or stressful tasks that are often unavoidable and to replace them with trivial activities. Procrastination is the habit of delaying an important task, usually by focusing on less urgent, more enjoyable, and easier activities instead. However, it is different from ‘laziness’ which is the unwillingness to act altogether.

In simple words, procrastination has the potential of restricting potential and undermining careers. Studies show that individuals who procrastinate experience higher levels of frustration, guilt, stress, and anxiety often leading to serious issues like low self-esteem and depression. Over time, chronic procrastination results into high productivity costs in addition to destructive effects on employees’ mental and physical health.

Although NUMS Centre for Lifelong Learning is a budding department, established in 2021, it is actively on the lookout for best of initiatives and methodologies to train and develop its learned workforce in all areas.

In an effort to shed light on effective procrastination management on worthy VC’s suggestion, NCL organized a one-day workshop on ‘Knowing and Managing Procrastination’ on 20th May 2022 facilitated by Ms. Saira Javed (Lecturer Clinical Psychology, NUMS Department of Psychology). The workshop was a success and enthusiastically attended by administrative staff and university faculty members at the NUMS PWD Campus.

The resource person imparted her helpful knowledge of procrastination to workshop participants in two major steps. In the first step, she gave an insight into why people procrastinate and what are the driving forces behind it. She highlighted the importance of understanding the root of the problem in order to handle it effectively. In figuring out how to stop procrastinating, she talked about following eight chief reasons behind why people resort to procrastination in the first place, along with the mental health issues (e.g. depression, anxiety, and ADHD) which might also contribute to this habit:

a. Abstract goals

b. Fear of failure or rejection

c. Fear of success

d. Fear of separation

e. Fear of attachment

f. Low motivation

g. Outcomes that are far in the future

h. Feeling overwhelmed

In the second step, Ms. Saira emphasized the importance of identifying irrational beliefs and thoughts that force people to procrastinate. She also shared practical ways to evaluate and dissolve such thoughts and beliefs. The entire workshop was seasoned with self-assessment exercises and interactive activities which made the whole session quite palatable. Lastly, the expert engaged the participants by suggesting ways to productively manage procrastination and prioritizing their tasks into high, medium, and low priority categories.

All in all, the learned resource person made the participants realize that sheer appreciation and acknowledgement from the superiors can make procrastinating individuals get out of their shell and shine. She concluded her session by emphasizing that we need to finish our unfinished business to get out of the vicious cycle of procrastination and utilize our maximum potential in future.

For more information, contact:

National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS)

The Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Tel: +92-51-9270677

Email: info@numspak.edu.pk

Website: http://numspak.edu.pk

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PEF to provide scholarships to FCIT students

Lahore, May 31, 2022 (PPI-OT):Punjab University Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (FCIT) and Professional Education Foundation (PEF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the award of scholarships. Punjab University Pro Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar and Jawaid Faruqui from PEF signed this agreement in the presence of Dean FCIT Prof Dr Shahzad Sarwar and others. The MoU will serve the purpose to offer scholarships to the students at FCIT who belong to a relatively low-income background. PEF has offered scholarships in terms of full tuition fee waiver to 50 students every year starting from Fall 2021.

Each selected student of FCIT will get a scholarship amount 60,000 PKR per year for a period of four years. In the steady state, 200 students would be receiving scholarships worth of Rs 12 million every year. It is the first time that PEF has offered scholarships to the students of computing disciplines, in Pakistan. The organization is already providing financial support to the students of medical and engineering programs.

Up till now, PEF have become a source of smile and future success of more than 2,000 students across Pakistan. MoU has been signed between the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology FCIT and Professional Education Foundation (PEF) for a student struggling through the dark clouds of financial struggles. Dr Sarwar thanked PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar for his guidance and support in materializing this initiative.

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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A three days event (23-25 May 2022) organized by ORIC at the University of Haripur

Haripur, May 31, 2022 (PPI-OT):A three days event has ended at The University of Haripur supported by the Accountability Lab Pakistan and Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC). The talented students from various departments of the University have to participate in the first, second and third day of event, in the first day of event the theme for the art and poster competition was diversity and inclusion and the theme for the poetry competition (Aman Mushaira) was held in Iqbal and Jinnah Hall of the University of Haripur.

Second day of the event was the themes for speech competition, the role of youth in promoting a peaceful, just and inclusive society and seminar. In Second day of the event several students from the Punjab Group of Collages Haripur participated under the supervision of Principal Mr. Majid Khan. The third event was a business management seminar and social linkage among students and a networking event.

The third day of event was held in Iqbal and Jinnah Hall of the University of Haripur. in this event various businessman and abundant participants from the university as well as from the local community of Haripur participated. At the start of the program, welcome address by Dr. Waseem Ahmed, Additional Director, ORIC, he said that to conduct a successful three days event will help Haripur university in the development of soft skill approach for university students and the community of Haripur which will help them in their future carrier goals.

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Haripur, Prof. Dr. Ayub Khan in his address said that the management of the University of Haripur is making every effort to provide all the facilities for the students. He said that students should take full part in extracurricular activities so that the students can play their role in the betterment of society. The DPO of Haripur was the Chief Guest on the last day of the seminar event with the President of the chamber of commerce Haripur, Vice-president of Chamber commence, Senior Vice President and Regional Head of SME Assan Finance Islamabad/Hazera Region, The Bank of Khyber, Head SME Assan Finance, The Bank Of Khyber, Vice Present BOK, Agriculture Credit Officer BOK Haripur, media teams and students in this event.

For more information, contact:

The University of Haripur

Hattar Road near Swat Chowk, Haripur,

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Tel: +92-995-615384

Fax: +92-0995615384

Email: registrar@uoh.edu.pk

Website: http://www.uoh.edu.pk

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Anam, Nida moves up in MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings

Dubai, May 31, 2022 (PPI-OT):Pakistan spinners Anam Amin and Nida Dar have made notable gains in the latest weekly update to the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings after some fine performances in their three-match home series against Sri Lanka.

Left-arm spinner Amin, who grabbed three for 21 in the first match and finished with four wickets in the series, has moved up two places to fourth position, just one off her career-best ranking of third attained in 2016 and 2018. Nida, who has also had a career-best third position in the past, is up four places to 10th.

Medium-pacer Fatima Sana is another one to progress in the bowlers’ rankings, moving up seven positions to 73rd while Nida is also up two places to seventh among all-rounders.

Sri Lanka medium-pacer Oshadi Ranasinghe’s haul of six wickets in the series has lifted her 18 places to a career-best 38th position. Sugandika Kumari (up 19 places to 46th) and Kavisha Dilhari (up 13 places to 59th) have also gained in the latest update.

Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof, who was named Player of the Match in the final T20I, has returned to the ranking for batters in 24th position with an aggregate of 60 runs. Ayesha Naseem’s Player of the Match effort of 45 not out off 31 balls in the second match has helped her move up 16 places to 64th.

The Sri Lanka batters to advance include left-hander Harshitha Madavi (up two places to 74th), Hasini Perera (up 18 places to 87th) and Nilakshi de Silva (up 22 places to joint-92nd).

The upcoming ODI series between the two teams starting Wednesday kicks off the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) and provides players a chance to move up the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings.

Maroof goes into the series ranked 26th and is one of five Pakistan players in the top 50 for batters, while spinner Nashra Sundhu (14th) is among four Pakistan bowlers in the top 50.

A preview of the IWC series, including quotes from the two captains, is available in the ICC Online Media Zone while all the matchups of the IWC are available on the website here.

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