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Lahore, March 21, 2022 (PPI-OT): On February 9, 2022, the Pakistan Girls Guide Association (PGGA) and the University of Lahore (UOL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the purpose to provide internship opportunities to the young girls and women, to build their leadership skills and to prepare them for effective and efficient community service providers.

Mrs. Ammara Awais (Director, OSA, UOL) and Mrs. Perveen Sarwar (President, PGGA and Wife of Governor Punjab) signed the alliance in the presence of Mrs. Tarin Fazal (Deputy Provincial Commissioner, Girl Guides Association, Punjab), Mrs. Nighat Arshad (Executive Member, PGGA), Ms. Zandeem Zafar (Senior Trainer Girl Guides Association), Ms. Salma Sajjad (Senior Trainer Girl Guides Association) and Dr. Saeedah Anam (Director Development Coordinator, UOL).

The MoU emphasized on the importance of an individual’s contributions to the community. As per this coalition, free skills and technical training courses including nursing, customer care, social media marketing, and computer and IT training will be offered to the girls.

Mrs. Awais stated, “I believe that through internships and other trainings being offered at UOL, we will be able to empower the women in various fields. This opportunity will encourage them to develop and polish their skills and expertise required for their successful professional careers”.

Mrs. Sarwar said that this collaboration will enhance the abilities of the students and assist them in the realization of their goals. “I am hopeful that this collaboration will enable the young women to acquire varied skills and experiences from people of diverse backgrounds and expertise”, she remarked.

For more information, contact:
The University of Lahore
1 – KM Defence Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-111-865-865, +92-42-35322501 +92-42-35321761
Email: info@uol.edu.pk
Website: www.uol.edu.pk

Lahore, March 21, 2022 (PPI-OT): The School of Integrated Social Sciences (SISS), The University of Lahore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Geneva-based Global Institute for Water, Environment and Health (GIWEH) on February 16, 2022. The agreement will allow both institutes to facilitate exchange programs between students and faculty, organize conferences, and conduct dialogues on issues of mutual interests.

With both sides committed to work on non-traditional security threats, the MoU will enable them to take advantage of each other’s expertise to produce quality, research-laden works on issues like water security. Both organizations will, in 2022, focus on identifying ways to tackle water scarcity in Pakistan given that this would be something that the Government of Pakistan will find useful. Also, the MoU will sharpen the intellectual push needed to develop a discourse on the need for implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

For more information, contact:
The University of Lahore
1 – KM Defence Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-111-865-865, +92-42-35322501 +92-42-35321761
Email: info@uol.edu.pk
Website: www.uol.edu.pk

Lahore, March 21, 2022 (PPI-OT): The Integrated Engineering Centre of Excellence (IECE) has significantly contributed to the report published by the EU SWITCH-Asia Regional Policy Advocacy Component (RPAC) on National Action Plan on SCP (Sustainable Consumption and Production) and Recommendations for SDG 12 Monitoring and Reporting.

This report emerged out of the consultancy provided by IECE for sustainability in development that was released on Pakistan Institute of Development Economics’ (PIDE) website in January, 2022. To generate it, a series of national consultation sessions was conducted by PIDE in all provinces of Pakistan. In this regard, the national consultation session for Punjab region was arranged by team IECE at UOL on December 24, 2020.

The assessment exercise was aimed at providing technical support to the government of Pakistan in strengthening its National Action Plan on SCP. To develop the baseline, 11 priority areas were analyzed and national and provincial policies, documents and communications were reviewed. The highlight of this report was the formulation of nationally relevant indicators for SDG 12 monitoring and reporting in Pakistan.

The national consultation session conducted by IECE as the contribution to the report was presided over by PIDE and Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) Pakistan. The session was hosted by Mr. Muhammad Saad Amjad (Industry 4.0 Lead, IECE, UOL) and Ms. Arooj Mobasher Butt, (Technical Coordinator, IECE).

Dr. Ghulam Samad (Research Economist, PIDE) gave a talk on PIDE overview and conducted a survey filling session from participating delegates for gathering data regarding the National Action Plan on sustainable consumption and production.

The session involved stakeholder mapping and capacity assessment of SDG 12 monitoring and reporting, identification of priority SCP indicators and consultation for developing an action plan through feedback form from government policy makers and engineering sector representatives belonging to thematic areas of water, agriculture, energy, transport, urban planning, land ecosystem, marine ecosystem, gender, population, industries, education and health sectors.

The session was attended by various other professionals including Dr. Aazir Khan, (Director IECE, UOL), Dr. M. Aamir Khan (Lead IECE and HoD Mechanical Engineering), Dr. Nazarullah Raja (Head of Department UIMLT, FAHS, UOL), Mr. Muhammad Irfan (Infrastructure Specialist, The Urban Unit), Mr. Syed Arshad Ilyas (Director, Ministry of Industries and Production), Mr. Mohsin Ali (General Manager, Punjab Rural Support Programme), Mr. Muhammad Mustafa Amjad (Energy Specialist, World Wind Energy Association), Hafiz Qaisar Yasin (Deputy Director, Agriculture Department, Punjab), Mr. Ahmad Ali Malik (Director, S3 Futures) and Prof. Dr. Amin ul Haq (HoD Botany Department, GCU Lahore).

Other participants were: Mr. Ali Hamza (Prevention Advisor, GIZ), Ms. Fatima Zahoor (Assistant Research Officer, Power Energy Cell, GoP), Ms. Noreen Arif (Environmental Expert, Department of Energy, Punjab), Ms. Syeda Hadika Jamshaid (Technical Advisor, Ministry of Climate Change), Dr. Saima Shafique (Programme Director, WASH), Ms. Haneea Isaad (Research Analyst Rural Development Programme Initiative), Dr. Zeeshan Ahmad (Head of Department, Electrical Engineering, UMT Lahore), Mr. Shahbaz Akram (Assistant Manager Business Development, Velosi Safety and Integrity) and Mr. Momin Khan (Business Development Engineer, Velosi Safety and Integrity).

For more information, contact:
The University of Lahore
1 – KM Defence Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-111-865-865, +92-42-35322501 +92-42-35321761
Email: info@uol.edu.pk
Website: www.uol.edu.pk

Lahore, March 21, 2022 (PPI-OT): Prof. Dr. Riaz Ahmed Warraich, one of the most renowned Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in Pakistan has taken the charge of the University College of Dentistry, the University of Lahore as a Principal. Dr. Warraich holds a PhD degree (Comprehensive) from King Edward Medical University and a Fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery (Hannover Medical School Germany). He is also a fellow of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bangladesh.

He has been bestowed the Fellowship of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan and he completed his Masters in Dental Surgery from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. He also completed MCPS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. All these academic achievements add up to 5 Level III and Level IV degrees.

The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) department has been one of the most diverse, complicated and revolutionary departments in Pakistan. Amongst the expansive and varied specialized fields in dentistry, OMFS has been the most developed in Pakistan. This specialty has been directly involved in saving and improving patients’ lives. From surgeries that help in solving life-threatening accidents to treating disfigured facial structures to relieving patients of their aesthetic concerns, this field has impacted the life of millions of people in Pakistan. The OMFS specialists have been hard at work to serve the people of this country.

Dr. Warraich has been one of the most renowned head and neck surgeons in Pakistan. He is credited for having changed the direction of OMFS from the conventional surgical specialty reserved for trauma cases to a modern field encompassing the correction of cancers and fractures to aesthetic procedures and bone augmentation procedures.

He has spent decades in the dental field both as a health professional and as an administrator. He was a pioneer in the establishment of the department of OMFS at the King Edward Medical University/ Mayo Hospital, Lahore in 1998. He was also at the forefront for the Organ Transplant Unit at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Services, Islamabad in 2013. His services to the nation also included extensive upgradation of the intensive care unit, extension of Accident and Emergency department and establishment of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad. Hundreds of patients and even today people are being treated for problems related to Oral and Maxillofacial issues at the department whose base was laid by Prof. Dr. Warraich.

The University of Lahore is privileged to have Prof. Dr. Warraich as the Principal of the University College of Dentistry. The administration, faculty and students are very hopeful and optimistic that a man of Dr. Warraich’s caliber will take the Dental fraternity to new heights of successes.

For more information, contact:
The University of Lahore
1 – KM Defence Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-111-865-865, +92-42-35322501 +92-42-35321761
Email: info@uol.edu.pk
Website: www.uol.edu.pk

Lahore, March 21, 2022 (PPI-OT): Dr. Rabia Akhtar (Director, Center for Security, Strategy and Policy Research (CSSPR)) on January 11, 2022, gave a talk at the Pak-Afghan Youth Forum, Islamabad. In her talk, she looked at the intellectual landscape that shapes the knowledge on, and narrative about, Afghanistan and Pak-Afghan relations.

She lamented the lack of knowledge-production on Afghanistan and Pakistan, something that is a major cause of the ever-widening misperceptions between the two countries. She argued that efforts need to be made to create a Pak-Afghan intelligentsia that is open, willing to acknowledge past mistakes, and keen to explore opportunities in the future. Apropos of the youth, Dr. Akhtar said the shared future of the two countries depends on how much the youth is empowered, equipped, and facilitated. She further stated that disengagement is not an option, simply because there are forces out there to exploit this divide and apathy.

Appreciating the Government of Pakistan for taking initiatives like the Allama Iqbal Education Scholarship, Dr. Akhtar said education is the most powerful way through which Pak-Afghan relations could be recalibrated, with a view to taking advantage of the forces of connectivity and integration.

Further, while discussing some of the challenges to Pak-Afghan relations, Dr. Akhtar highlighted the need for effectively communicating red lines. With reference to Pakistan, she said the presence of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan and that country’s refusal to recognize the Pak-Afghan border are veritable irritants. Moreover, she stressed that false expectations were created about the Taliban both inside and outside of Pakistan.

On the Taliban, Dr. Akhtar asserted that they have to show the world their changed version. Absent that, she argued, Taliban and Afghanistan will stand to lose immensely. As for Pakistan, she argued that it stands to lose if Afghanistan remains unstable.

In addition, she talked about the brewing rivalry between China and the United States. In that regard, she said Pakistan will not be asked to join a particular camp, primarily because it does not have the capacity to do so. Last but not least, she contended that because their destinies are tied together, Pakistanis and Afghans must become each other’s ambassadors.

For more information, contact:
The University of Lahore
1 – KM Defence Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-111-865-865, +92-42-35322501 +92-42-35321761
Email: info@uol.edu.pk
Website: www.uol.edu.pk

Lahore, March 21, 2022 (PPI-OT): In the year 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) archived Dr. Muhammad Farman’s (Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics) eight research papers based on Novel Corona Virus in “Global Literature on COVID-19” disease. WHO is bringing the world’s scientists and global health professionals together to accelerate the research and development process and develop new norms and standards to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and help for those affected by the disease.

Dr. Farman has also published 18 research papers in 2021 having a total Impact Factor of 37.89 with 168 citations. Most of the papers lie in the W-Category journal in HEC (HJRS) system. This work is a contribution to the field of applied Mathematics and Mathematical Epidemiology. This volume of research is very informative for scientists, medical specialists and researchers to design the control strategy for infected diseases, etc.

Dr. Farman is also a reviewer of several Web of Science Journals (Scientific Reports, IEEE Access Journal, Chines Journal of Physics, AIP Advances, Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series S, (IJAAC)), Numerical Method in Partial differential equation and Mathematical Method in applied sciences.

He also participated as a guest speaker in an Academia International Conference on Mathematics and Mathematics Education held in Turkey. The event attracted more than 100 participants and 50+ speakers from all over the world. Dr. Farman presented on “Application of Fractional Order Techniques on Diabetes Model” and discussed the impact of fractional operator to control the diabetes without defining any other parameters and the link between glucose insulin system at different fractional values.

Dr. Farman was also a Guest Editor for the Symmetry Journal’s special issue on “Symmetry Analysis of Fractional Differential Equations with New Kernels”. The goal of the issue was to publish papers on the symmetry analysis of fractional differential equations using power-law, exponential-decay, Mittag–Leffler and hybrid kernels. The symmetry plays an essential role in computational science and its analysis is a powerful tool that enables the user to construct exact solutions of a given differential equation in a fairly systematic way. This special issue addressed many subjects, ranging from new kernels to applications of symmetry.

For more information, contact:
The University of Lahore
1 – KM Defence Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-111-865-865, +92-42-35322501 +92-42-35321761
Email: info@uol.edu.pk
Website: www.uol.edu.pk