Month: February 2022

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Sindh PA leaves entire agenda unaddressed amid opposition’s protest 

Islamabad, February 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Provincial Assembly of Sindh was adjourned on Monday without addressing agenda amid the Opposition’s protest, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during the second sitting of 26th session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for an hour and eight minutes; however, the proceedings remained suspended for 21 minutes due to prayer break.

The sitting started at 04:20 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the entire proceedings.

The deputy speaker was also present.

The leader of the house (chief minister) did not attend the sitting.

The leader of the opposition attended the entire sitting.

As many as 60 MPAs (36 percent) were present at the outset and 63 (38 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, PTI, TLP, MQMP and MMAP attended the proceedings.

Six out of nine minority lawmakers attended the proceedings.

Output

The House did not consider legislative business, a report of standing committee and eight audit reports.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House did not take up seven calling attention notices, an adjournment motion and a privilege motion.

Only one out of five starred questions were taken up while lawmakers asked five supplementary questions as well.

Order and Institutionalization

Six lawmakers spoke on points of order for 12 minutes.

Lawmakers belonging to PTI, GDA and MQMP protested for eight minutes against killings in Nawabshah over property dispute.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 10:00 am.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.

The attendance of lawmakers was not available to the media and observers.

For more information, contact:
Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)
FAFEN Representative
FAFEN Secretariat 224, Margalla Road F-10/3 – Islamabad
Tel: +92-51-2211026
Fax: +92-51-2211047
Cell: +92-321-5017355, +92-301-8549188
Email: media@fafen.org
URL: www.fafen.org

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Roy fined for breach of PSL Code of Conduct 

Lahore, February 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):Quetta Gladiators’ Jason Roy has been fined five percent of his match fee for a Level 1 breach of the PSL Code of Conduct during his side’s eight-wicket defeat against Lahore Qalandars in the 20th match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2022 at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.

Roy was found to have violated Article 2.21 of the PSL Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “conduct that brings the game into disrepute,” following his reaction after he was adjudged caught behind by Asif Yaqoob off Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Roy admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed to be imposed by Roshan Mahanama and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing. The charges were levelled by the on-field umpires Asif Yaqoob and Michael Gough, third umpire Rashid Riaz and fourth umpire Waleed Yaqoob.

All first-time offences of Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official warning and/or imposition of a fine of up to 25 per cent of the applicable match fee.

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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‫سعودی عرب میں 2021 کے دوران گھریلو کارکنان کی بھرتی کے معاہدوں میں ریکارڈ اضافہ دیکھنے میں آیا ہے

کئی نئے ممالک سے بھرتی میں2022 میں اضافہ ہوا ہے

ریاض، سعودی عرب، 12 فروری، 2022/پی آرنیوزوائر/ — سعودی وزارت برائے انسانی وسائل و سماجی ترقی کے پلیٹ فارم “موسانید”، جو خصوصی طور پر گھریلو ملازمین کی بھرتی کے لیے جانا جاتا ہے، کے مطابق مملکت سعودی عرب میں سال 2021 کی چوتھی سہ ماہی کے دوران گھریلو ملازمین کی بھرتی کے معاہدوں میں ریکارڈ اضافہ دیکھنے میں آیا ہے، جس کے مطابق اکتوبر اور دسمبر کے مہینوں کے درمیان اضافے کی شرح 15 فیصد سے زیادہ تک پہنچ گئی تھی۔

سعودی عرب موجودہ سال 2022 میں کارکنوں کی بھرتی کرنے کے لیے کئی نئے ممالک کو شامل کرنے کے لیے “موسانید” پلیٹ فارم کا استعمال کر رہا ہے۔ مملکت نئے ممالک سے منگوائے جانے والے گھریلو ملازمین کو سعودی خاندانوں کی ضروریات کے مطابق بنانے کی بھی خواہش مند ہے، جو متعدد مطالعات اور معیارات پر مبنی ہے، جن میں شامل ہیں: وبائی امراض، جرائم کی شرح، زبان، تعلیمی سطح، متوقع بھرتی کی لاگت، تنخواہیں اور دیگر معیارات۔

پلیٹ فارم سے یہ بات سامنے آئی ہے کہ گھریلو ملازمین کی بھرتی کے معاہدوں میں گزشتہ سال کی چوتھی سہ ماہی کے دوران اکتوبر میں 65,000 معاہدوں کا اضافہ دیکھا گیا ہے جو نومبر میں بڑھ کر 69,000 سے زائد معاہدوں تک پہنچ گیا، جبکہ دسمبر میں یہ 76,000 معاہدوں کی حد سے تجاوز کر چکا تھا اور اس طرح 2021 کے اختتام پر بھرتی کے معاہدوں کی تعداد میں مسلسل اضافہ دیکھا گیا ہے۔

“موسانید” پلیٹ فارم پر یہ بھی دیکھا جا سکتا ہے کہ بنگلہ دیش 12 ہزار سے زائد معاہدوں کے ساتھ سال 2021 کے دسمبر کے مہینے کے دوران سب سے زیادہ گھریلو ملازمین کی بھرتی کے معاہدوں والے ممالک کی فہرست میں پہلے نمبر پر رہا ہے، جبکہ پاکستان 11 ہزار سے زائد معاہدوں کے ساتھ دوسرے نمبر پر رہا ہے اور اس کے بعد بھارت سے بھی تقریباً 11 ہزار معاہدے ریکارڈ کیے گئے ہیں۔ مؤخر الذکر نے دسمبر میں اکتوبر اور نومبر کے مہینوں کے مقابلے میں معاہدوں کے اجراء میں نسبتاً زیادہ اضافہ ریکارڈ کیا ہے۔

نومبر کے ریکارڈ کے مطابق، فلپائن سے 13 ہزار بھرتی کے معاہدے ریکارڈ کیے گئے جس کے بعد بنگلہ دیش سے 13 ہزار اور مصر سے 9 ہزار سے زائد معاہدے ریکارڈ کیے گئے ہیں۔ اکتوبر میں فلپائن سے یہی تعداد 13 ہزار معاہدے ریکارڈ کی گئی جبکہ بنگلہ دیش سے یہ تعداد 11 ہزار سے زائد معاہدوں تک پہنچ گئی اور یوگنڈا تقریباً 10 ہزار معاہدوں کے ساتھ تیسرے نمبر پر رہا۔

قابل ذکر بات یہ ہے کہ “موسانید” پلیٹ فارم کا مقصد سعودی بھرتی دفاتر اور برآمد کنندگان ممالک میں گھریلو ملازمین کے دفاتر کے درمیان تعلقات کے انتظام کے علاوہ گھریلو ملازمین کی بھرتی کے طریقہ کار کو منتظم کرنا، خود کار بنانا اور آسان بنانا ہے اور اس کے علاوہ افراد اور بھرتی دفاتر کے درمیان معاہدے کے عمل کا انتظام کر کے تمام فریقین کے حقوق کے تحفظ کی سطح میں اضافہ کرنا ہے۔

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Pakistan’s Cultural Fabric is a Synthesis of Multicultural Infusion

Islamabad, February 13, 2022 (PPI-OT):Culture is human interaction with nature and history; it is an adaptive mechanism, said Prof Emeritus Aslam Syed here on Sunday. Culture is the patterns of learned and shared behaviour and beliefs of a particular social or ethnic group. Humans in turn use culture to adapt and transform the world they live in, he observed while speaking a Webinar on Discourse of History on Indo-Pak History from Antiquity to Modernity XV: Pakistani Culture and Cultural Narrative of Pakistan.

Prof. Emeritus Aslam Syed has been serving the Centre for Religious Studies, Ruhr Universität, Bochum, Germany. He remained Chairman, Department of History, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad and also served the NIHCR as its Director.

Responding to a question, Prof Syed said that the anthropological study of culture can be organized along two persistent and basic themes i.e. diversity and change. An individual’s upbringing, and environment is what makes them diverse from other cultures. People’s need to adapt and transform to physical, biological and cultural forces to survive represents the second theme, change.

The Webinar arranged online by the National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR), Centre of Excellence, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, was attended by over 700 participants ranging from students, teachers and researchers to have greater insights into the valuable views of the guest speaker.

Replying a question, Prof Syed said that cultural evolution occurred faster than biological evolution had significantly modified the effect of natural selection on humans. Over the last several hundred thousand years, we have developed new survival related cultural skills and technologies at a faster rate than natural selection could alter our bodies to adapt to the environmental challenges that confronted us, he said.

It was the 34th consecutive session on the Discourse of History, a brainchild of the NIHCR Director Dr Sajid Mahmood Awan. This activity inculcates interest to learn more and more about history not only among students, scholars and historians as well as among ordinary people belonging to any field of life to know about nations’ ways of running their States in a journey from antiquity to modernity.

Responding to a question, Prof Syed said that Pakistan has multi ethnicities and diversified culture. The area which now forms Pakistan attracted people from different parts of the world; these people came here and made this land their permanent homeland. The social system has emerged as a synthesis of Arab, Iranian, Greek, British and a number of other cultural impacts.

Replying a question on cultural narrative of the State, Prof Syed stressed that the inclusive cultural narrative would help reshape our society as a peaceful place for all segments. The valuable heritage of Pakistan should be our identity, he said, adding that the cultural narrative should be based on our rich cultural heritage.

The NIHCR Director Dr Awan conducted the Webinar by triggering a dialogue with Dr Syed for substantiating this discourse. This inclusive activity has been taken up every week for the benefit of students in general and capacity-building of the teachers and researchers in particular, he said.

For more information, contact:
National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR)
Quaid-e-Azam University, New Campus, Shadara Road,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-2896153-54/102
Fax: +92-51-2896152
Email: dirnihcr@gmail.com, nihcr@yahoo.com
Website: www.nihcr.edu.pk

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MoU signed between IoBM and PIAIC 

Karachi, February 13, 2022 (PPI-OT):A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between IoBM and the Presidential Initiative for Artificial Intelligence and Computing (PIAIC) on Saturday. As an academic partner, IoBM will provide logistics support including its auditorium to PIAIC that will offer courses related to AI and computing.

The MoU was signed by Mr. Talib S. Karim, President IoBM, and on behalf of PIAIC, the signatory was Maulana Bashir Farooqui, Chairman, Saylani Welfare International Trust (SWIT). Present on this occasion were Mr. Zia Khan, COO PIAIC and Mr. Muhammad Ghazzal, COO SWIT. IoBM’s Ms. Sabina Mohsin, Executive Director; Dr. Tariq Rahim Soomro, Acting Rector; and Dr. Shujaat Mubarik, Dean CBM also graced this occasion with their presence.

For more information, contact:
Institute of Business Management (IoBM)
Korangi Creek, Karachi, Pakistan
UAN: +92-21-111-002-004
Tel: +92-21-35090961-67
Fax: +92-21-35090968
Email: omer.iftikhar@iobm.edu.pk, mec@iobm.edu.pk
Website: https://www.iobm.edu.pk/

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A seminar on Teaching and Research of Urdu Language in Turkey held 

Islamabad, February 13, 2022 (PPI-OT):A one-day International Seminar on “Teaching and Research of Urdu Language and Literature in Turkey: Trends and Prospects” was held here at library of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), which was chaired by Prof. Dr. Asman Belen Oz Jan, President of the Department of Urdu, Ankara University, Turkey. Mr. Olash Artash, Director, Younis Emre Institute, Lahore, participated as a special guest through video call.

Dr. Saira Batool while performing the duties of the moderator introduced the guests from the brotherly Islamic country of Turkey and explained the aims and objectives of the seminar. Other guests from Turkey, Ms. Elf and Ms. Emil, Lecturer, Department of Urdu, Ankara University, spoke on the promotion of Urdu language in Turkey. They provided information about the Department of Urdu at Ankara University and also introduced articles, scholarly research activities and faculty on Urdu literature at Ankara University.

Dr. Humaira Ashfaq, Chairperson, Department of Urdu, Faculty of Languages and Literature (FLL), International Islamic University, Islamabad, welcomed the distinguished guests and participants on this occasion. Dr. Humaira introduced the Urdu department of the university and highlighted the scientific and literary activities taking place in the department. She also appreciated the services of the Urdu department of Ankara University in the promotion of Urdu language and literature.

Dr. Najiba Arif (Dean Faculty of Language and Literature) in her concluding remarks appreciated the trend of Urdu language and literature in Turkey and stressed on the importance and necessity of scientific and literary cooperation between the two brotherly Islamic countries and shared useful suggestions in this regard.

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