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May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

Chairperson NCSW attends Session on Rights of Women held at Shariah Academy

Islamabad, May 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):An interactive session regarding constitutional and legal Rights of women and their role in creating peace in the society was held at the Sharia Academy. The session was joined by. Nilofar Bakhtiar, chairperson of National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) who was welcomed by Director General Shariah Academy, Prof. Dr. Farkhanda Zia.

The panellist also included NCSW’s Senior Board members from entire country and other experts from all over Pakistan. On the occasion, Dr. Farkhanda Zia Director General, Shariah Academy, apprised of the objectives of the session. She thanked NCSW officials for joining the in the session. She vowed that such activities would continue in future as well.

For more information, contact:
Public Relations,
International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI)
Room No.118, Admin Block, New Campus,
H-10 Sector, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9019249
Fax: +92-51-9257909
Email: iiuipublicrelations@iiu.edu.pk
Website: www.iiu.edu.pk

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

Notice: Last Chance to Make Course Selection – Spring 2022

Lahore, May 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):

Dear Students,

You are hereby intimated that the course selection due date for add/drop/replace course(s) for the Spring 2022 semester has been extended from May 19, 2022, to Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

2. Who failing to enroll/ select any course(s) within the due date of course selection will be declared as “Inactive Student”. Such students may continue their studies through “Readmission” as per the University rule/policy, upon payment of prescribed Re-Admission Fee in the very next semester.

Note:

Students shall be responsible for late course enrollment, and if any quizzes or assignment(s) have been given or taken

No request for the enrollment of course(s), and semester unfreeze will be considered after the above said due date

Fee voucher once issued will not be adjusted/revised.

1st semester students facing any difficulty email to the respective Department (Contact Us – Academic Department https://www.vu.edu.pk/contact.aspx)

For more information, contact:
Virtual University of Pakistan (VU)
M.A. Jinnah Campus, Defence Road, Off Raiwind Road,
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-111-880-880
Fax: +92-42-99200604, +92-42-99202174
Website: www.vu.edu.pk

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

AKU to launch first Advanced Practice Nursing training in Pakistan

Karachi, May 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):AKU has developed Pakistan’s first Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) training programme, which is endorsed by the Pakistan Nursing Council as a pilot programme for potential scale-up, and is currently being discussed with the regulatory bodies for its formal launch in the country.

This was announced by Dr Rozina Karmaliani, Dean of AKU School of Nursing and Midwifery, at an event celebrating the nurses and midwives. Speakers highlighted various challenges faced by nurses and midwives, their invaluable contribution to the healthcare system and the proposed strategy to improve the working conditions as well as career growth opportunities for them.

“Currently, the burden of healthcare is unevenly distributed with only one nurse supporting two doctors, midwives and Lady Health Workers combined. With APN training and practice, nurse specialists will be able to manage preventive and non-communicable diseases thereby reducing the overall healthcare burden,” Dr Karmaliani pointed out.

“The health care system needs a transformative approach given the growing challenges in terms of the pandemic and climate change and to bridge the gap between what is desired and what is happening on ground,” emphasized Khairunnissa Hooda, Interim Chief Nursing Officer at Aga Khan University Hospital.

“Simultaneously, there’s a paradigm shift in the way patients are consuming healthcare services, they want it to be close to their home and community. We are targeting to launch a general model of APN and gradually progress to sub-speciality model. It would positively impact the patients’ access, their experiences, and clinical outcomes. Hence, we believe this is absolutely the right time to develop APN roles in Pakistan,” she added.

Chief guest on the occasion, AKU President Sulaiman Shahabuddin praised the efforts of nurses and midwives. “We celebrate the countless contributions that nurses and midwives make every day to our health and wellbeing. AKU has been following World Health Organisation guidelines and engaged in promotion of nursing and midwifery for over four decades in education, jobs, leadership and service delivery to meet Universal Health Targets and Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing,” he said.

“Today, we are so proud that AKU has graduated more than 8,000 nurses in Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda,” he added. Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Program Director at Nursing Now Challenge encouraged early career nurses to become a part of Nursing Now Challenge, a global platform that brings together nurses from around the world, supporting them with leadership capacity building, advocacy and clinical skills.

Sandra Oyarzo Torres, VP at International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) highlighted the role of ICM in collaborating with midwives globally. She urged everyone to provide fair working conditions and standardised regulations for midwives. Dr Zeenat S Khan, Regional CEO, Aga Khan Health Services stressed that investing in nursing education and nursing jobs goes hand in hand. “Advanced Nurse Practitioners will be able to work in the communities ensuring equal health access for all.”

Other panellists included Dr Shahid Shafi, Chief Executive Officer, AKUH; Dr Asim Belgaumi, Chief Medical Officer, AKUH; and Dr Adil Haider, Dean. AKU Medical College. Dr Carl Amrhein, Provost and Vice President, Academics also spoke at the event.

For more information, contact:
Media Executive
Department of Public Affairs
Aga Khan University (AKU)
Stadium Road, Karachi
Tel: +92-21-34930051
Fax: +92-21-34934294, +92-21-34932095
Cell: +92-301-8258028
Email: rasool.sarang@aku.edu, public.affairs@aku.edu
Website: www.aku.edu

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

Research Publication Titled “Quantification of Occlusion Handling Capability of a 3D Human Pose Estimation Framework”

Lahore, May 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):Research paper by Mehwish Ghafoor (PhD Fellow at CS Department, ITU) and Dr. Arif Mahmood (Professor – Chairperson CS Department, ITU) has been published at IEEE Transaction on Multimedia 2022. The paper is titled “Quantification of Occlusion Handling Capability of a 3D Human Pose Estimation Framework”.

3D Human Pose Estimation and Action Recognition have been performed using as few as only one random body joint in each video frame.

Here is the Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-R2bJ4zXME

Paper link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732169

For more information, contact:
Information Technology University (ITU)
6th Floor, Arfa Software Technology Park,
346-B, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Pakistan-54000
Tell: +92-42-35880062
Email: queries@itu.edu.pk
Website: www.itu.edu.pk

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

International Islamic Conference on Peace concludes at IIUI

Islamabad, May 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said on Thursday that conflicts hinder progress, while extremism and intolerance lead to the path of destruction. This he said while addressing the concluding ceremony of a two-day International Islamic Conference on Peace jointly organized by International Islamic Institute for Peace and Islamic Research Institute (IRI) of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI).

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said in the conference that demagogues cause conflicts in societies and spoil the process of peace and prosperity. He said the world was facing the menace of intolerance, extremism and radicalization, adding that negative elements take advantage of the situations to create unrest in the societies. He said peaceful coexistence should be our first priority.

He opined that the solution to differences of opinion is not violence but dialogue. The path to peace cannot be found without mutual tolerance and forbearance, he added. Ahsan Iqbal maintained that knowledge, research and curiosity are the attributes that guarantee one’s success.

He said Muslims should seriously address their weaknesses with self-accountability. He added that the Muslim world must work to make the societies peaceful, prudent and knowledgeable. He maintained that Muslims had a legacy of knowledge and now Muslims were left behind in the field of knowledge, the past has to be repeated.

The Minister for Planning said that every Pakistani believes in supremacy of law and knows that the constitution has sanctity. We must meaningfully implement the constitution, he added. Addressing the youth, he said that the development and stability of the country depends on the youth. He furthered that Pakistan youth has potential to make the country a place of peace, prosperity and tolerance.

“Let’s discourage polarization and keep our youth away from narrow mindedness and prejudice” said Ahsan Iqbal. The Federal Minister said that scholars and researchers can work together with policy makers to come up with the best solution to curb extremism and conflicts. He said the mandate of this Islamic Conference for Peace was also to promote peace through research and scholars. He also lauded the leadership of the International Islamic University and the efforts of the Islamic Research Institute in promoting peace.

Addressing the conference on the occasion, Rector of Islamic University Dr Masoom Yasinzai said that it was the time that universities must come forward to play their role and involve students in constructive activities. He said that universities have to come up with solutions to the problems by adapting themselves to the needs of the society. He said that researchers and scholars from all over Pakistan participated in the conference which is a positive development.

Expressing his gratitude on the occasion, Dr. Zia-ul-Haq, DG Islamic Research Institute, said that the purpose of the conference was to defeat hatred and establish peace. He said that the message of Paigham e Pakistan is all about promoting peace. He thanked Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif for supervising the conference and also thanked the Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal for his cooperation in organizing it.

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

MoU with the University of Turbat

Islamabad, May 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between IPS and the University of Turbat (UoT) on May 17, 2022 in a bid to promote and facilitate mutual cooperation fostering dialogue among scholars and policymakers.

The agreement was signed by Khalid Rahman, chairman, IPS and Dr Ghulam Jan, director, ORIC (Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization), University of Turbat, whereas Prof Dr Jan Mohammad, vice chancellor, University of Turbat, Dr Abdul Saboor Baloch, dean, Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, UoT, Changiz Baloch, Assistant Professor, UoT, Chakar Hyder, PSO to VC-UoT and Muhammad Wali Farooqi, research officer at IPS were also present on the occasion.

For more information, contact:
Outreach and Publications,
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)
1, Street 8, F-6/3, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-8438391-3 (Ext: 122)
Fax: +92-51-8438390
Website: www.ips.org.pk