Day: October 7, 2022

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Shariah-compliant business to strengthen economy, speakers

Lahore, October 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):Addressing the two-day international conference held at Punjab University, the speakers have said that various successful business models prove that if business is adapted according to Sharia, the poverty level can be brought down manifold and the economy of the country can be strengthened. The international conference was organized by Punjab University Hailey College of Commerce in collaboration with Sheikh Zayed Islamic Center, Institute of Islamic Studies, private Islamic banks and other institutions.

In the opening session of the conference, eminent religious scholar Allama Dr. Raghib Hussain Naimi, head of Jamia Naimiyya, Dean Faculty of Commerce Professor Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmed Bora, former Chief Manager of State Bank of Pakistan Chaudhry Munir Ahmed, Dr. Umar from Turkey, researchers from various universities, teachers and students participated. Addressing the event, Allama Raghib Hussain Naimi said that the principle of honesty should be observed in any business as Islam forbids cheating in business. He said that Allah has given the tidings of a severe punishment to those who occupy someone’s land through unfair means.

He said that selling a file of a plot whose number and location is not known is haram. He said that any land that is being sold should have its exact whereabouts, possession and other basic information known to the purchaser. He said that if the construction of a house or flat is to be started at a place, that house or flat can be bought in installments, but it is forbidden to sell it on a profit before taking possession of it. He said that until the scholars do not discuss economic issues in their talks, people would not be able to distinguish between halal and haram in business.

Chaudhry Munir Ahmad said that the economic system of Islam dominated the world for 400 years and the Islamic dinar had the same status as the dollar enjoys today. He said that Islam gave system of Zakat, system of free market economics and fair sharing of surplus economic value. He said that communism itself collapsed in the effort of managing the surplus economic value created in the process of production. He said that Madina economics through its faith-based morality does not allow trade/business to convert in theft.

College Principal Professor Dr. Zulfikar Ahmed Bora said that it is important to take guidance from Islam in all aspects of economy because Islam guides us to run businesses/economic affairs with honesty and integrity. He thanked the Institute of Islamic Studies and Sheikh Zayed Islamic Center and said that their research on the most important aspects of economy and businesses has provided comprehensive guidelines.

Ali Ahmed Siddiqui said that Islam has defined what is forbidden and what is allowed in business. He said that ethics were essential part of any business. He said that the awareness of halal and haram should be raised while teaching business studies among students. Mufti Qutbuddin said that Islamic banks have proved that interest-free banking is possible and according to the recent report of State Bank, Islamic banks have achieved 20 percent market share.

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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Punjab University students visit printing press 

Lahore, October 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):Punjab University School of Communication Studies (SCS) students visited PU Printing Press as part of their study tour to get practical knowledge about design, pasting, plate and printing sections. A 30-member student delegation of BS Replica 6th Semester Subediting and Page Designing class headed by PU-SCS Associate Professor Dr Shabbir Sarwar was welcomed by Director Press Ali Ahmad. Press Supervisor Aqeel Shahzad took students to the round of various sections and briefed them about the technology and machines.

He thoroughly explained how the composition of newspapers, magazines and books is done with reference to old as well as the contemporary technology which included CTP, PS plates, Contact frame machine with vacuum, Halogen light effects etc. From pre-press work to offset printing, cutting, folding and binding everything was shown with meticulous details.

Design and Graphic Studio In-charge Muhammad Kamil explained about editing software, 256 million colour variations and four colour separations under CMYK rule. When a student Dawood Naeem asked about the best graphic software being used in the market, Mr Kamil said Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw were professional and demanding software in the designing business.

In the end, Press Director Ali Ahmed had an interactive session with the students and while responding to the queries, he discussed the history of the press as well as the modern trends and machines including digital printing and direct to print (DTP) technology. He also presented PU diaries to the students as souvenir.

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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CM Ch Parvez Elahi issues directions to cabinet standing committee on price-control 

Lahore, October 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has ordered indiscriminate action against those responsible for artificial price-hike in the province. While giving instructions to the cabinet standing committee on price- control from London, the CM noted that inflation is the issue of the common man and added that ease should be created for the impecunious strata through an effective system of price control.

The people couldn’t be left at the mercy of black marketeers; he stressed and asked the political, as well as administrative teams, to play an active role to save the people from artificial inflation. The CM stressed that the government has a full understanding of the difficulties of the common man. The parliamentarians should monitor the prices of essential commodities in their areas; he said and made it clear that the performance of deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners would be gauged through effective price-control measures.

A report on the activities of each district will be prepared and those who would do well would be commended; the CM added and reiterated that there is no room for any negligence in this regard. Those who are negligent in price-control measures must be held accountable; he warned and directed holding price-control committee meetings in DC offices daily. Alongside this, the approved price lists should be displayed at the shops and the prices should be checked as per SOPs, he concluded.

For more information, contact:
Mediacell, Pakistan Muslim League
30-C, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi Road,
Gulberg-II, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35878428
Fax: +92-42-35877329
Website: www.pmlmediacell.com

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After meeting SACM for Human Rights, IGP Sindh orders arrests of all absconders involved in HR abuses in Sindh province

Karachi, October 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):Inspector General of Police, Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon has ordered arrests of all the absconders involved in the cases of human rights violations including gang-rape, rage, abuses of women, children and transgenders in the province. The IGP passed these directives in writing to all the DIGPs and SSPs of Sindh following a meeting with Surendar Valasai, Special Assistant to Chief Minister for Human Rights at Central Police Office here on Friday.

During the meeting, Surendar Valasai raised the issue of non-arrests of culprits involved in cases of gang-rapes, rapes and abuses of women, children and transgenders in some districts, which is causing frustrations and fear among the victims and their families as well as the civil society.

He stressed that those who are nominated in such FIRs and are absconding should be arrested and proceeded against as per law without any delays adding that police officers who are found ignoring the complaints about human rights abuses may also be replaced and punished. He emphasized that service to human rights may be added as a new criteria in the ACRs of the police officers to encourage them to give more importance to the issue.

The Special Assistant to Chief Minister for Human Rights further said that promotions and postings of police officers may be considered on the basis of their proven record of respecting and protecting human rights during their previous service cycles. He said that Chairman PPP and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has always given human rights top priority and exhorted everyone under his leadership to work for promotion and protection of human rights without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, ethnicity, religion, gender etc.

He also appreciated Sindh Police for taking prompt actions in many cases of human rights where the culprits were caught without loss of time and produced before courts of law. Surendar Valasai also invited the IGP to attend a seminar “Bridging Barriers and Ensuring Access to Justice: A dialogue for Provincial Human Rights Vigilance Committee” being organized by Human Rights Department of October 11.

Earlier, the IGP Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon said that Sindh Police is fully committed to policy of Sindh government for zero tolerance to human rights violations. He said that respecting human rights is the responsibility of every progressive society and assured that police command system has been instilled with the conviction that rights of every individual as enshrined in the Constitution and the laws will be protected.

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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Vihaan strikes century as Singapore emerge champions 

Dubai, October 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):Big win for Oman as hosts finish third

Vihaan Maheswari struck a century and Aaryan Modi’s half-century powered Singapore to a five-wicket win over Hong Kong to emerge champions of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup (CWC) Division – 2 Asia Qualifier at the Oman Cricket Academy (OCA) grounds on Friday.

Hosts Oman defeated Bahrain by 187 runs to finish third in the other match of the day at the OCA 2 ground.

Both the finalists, Singapore and Hong Kong, had already secured a berth in the ICC U19 Men’s CWC Div.1 Asia Qualifier, on Thursday.

An unbeaten Singapore stamped their authority in the tournament with five victories on the trot and yet another all-round team efforts in the final at the OCA 1 ground.

Chasing 202 to win, Singapore struggled early on as they lost the opening pair for just seven runs in the third over. A lot rested upon the shoulders of Sidhant Srikanth and Vihan Maheswari and the duo counter-attacked.

Srikanth, who had hit the only century (122 vs Qatar in group stage) of the tournament ahead of the final, was dismissed in the 12th over by Ahan Trivedi to apply brakes on the run-chase.

Aaryan Modi joined Vihaan and took the attack to the rival camp with a range of strokes around the park. Both dominated the Hong Kong bowlers for the next 18 overs with Vihaan showcasing his strokepaly with some lusty hits as he reached his century with two successive fours and a six. His 100 came off 90 balls and was studded with eight boundaries and three maximums.

However, Vihaan returned to the pavilion in the same over he reached his landmark. Aryan Chandiramani broke the partnership in the 31st over with Singapore on course of a well-deserve win, requiring just 21 off 19 overs.

Modi went on to reach his personal milestone with a half-century in the 35th over. He along with his skipper, Jeevan Santhanam, led the team to victory in 37.2 overs with the captain reaching the victory with a six.

Player of the tournament and Singapore skipper Jeevan Santhanam said: “For me and my team, the tournament was fantastic. We got to know our strengths and weaknesses and really enjoyed the atmosphere while playing here.

“In Division -1, we hope to see a similar level of our competitiveness if not even more. If all goes well, we will reach the World Cup.”

Player of the match Vihaan Maheshwari said: “When I came in to bat, the team was struggling with two early wickets and didn’t have too many runs on the board. It was important to build a partnership and I and Sid [Sidhant Srikanth] did manage but unfortunately, he got out. After that it was important not to lose focus in these hot conditions. But Modi [Aaryan] and I came up with a very good stand as we started with singles and doubles. Once those came easily we accelerated and the momentum shifted into our hands and we took it.”

Singapore’s Sidhant Srikanth emerged as the tournament’s highest run-getter with 261 runs while Santhanam was the highest wicket-taker with 15 wickets.

Oman’s Aryan Bisht was the second highest-run scorer with 248 and also claimed seven wickets.

Oman finish in style with big win

At the OCA 2 ground, hosts Oman signed off the tournament with an emphatic 187-run win against Bahrain to finish third in the eight-nation Qualifier.

Disappointed on missing the berth for Division -1 Asia Qualifier after their defeat to Hong Kong on Thursday, Oman boys bounced back to register a consolation win for the third-place playoff.

A stellar 145-run fifth wicket partnership between in-form Aryan Bisht and Siddh Mehta guided Oman to a strong total of 258/4 in the stipulated 50 overs.

Bisht hammered his second half-century of the tournament with an unbeaten 78 off 82 while Mehta scored run-a-ball 64 that included seven boundaries. The partnership came in 22.5 overs and consolidated the strong start by the opening batting pair.

Electing to bat first, Oman tried out a new opening pair – Ashish Valappil replacing Devansh Loya – with Lakshmi Satish. The duo put on a strong 57-run first-wicket partnership. Valappil departed for 21 and Satish followed soon as Oman’s score read 66/2 in 16th over. Satish’s contribution was 32 off 38 deliveries.

Aditya Gurumukhi and skipper Arjun Dhiman took the score to the century-mark but Bahrain claimed another two wickets in quick succession with Oman 113/4.

It was then a Bisht-Mehta show after the exit of skipper Dhiman, who became the second victim of Nadith Tennakoon, off the first ball of 28th over.

Bisht and Mehta ensured Oman ended with their highest score in the tournament, surpassing the 255 the hosts had made in the opening group stage against Bhutan.

The total was a challenging task for Bahrain, and the dismissal of three batters in just two overs took the match away from them.

Mohammed Arafat’s pace troubled the Bahraini batters and his double-strike in a space of two balls in the second over did the damage.

Skipper Aryan Ashwin and Muhamad Adil Khan tried to rebuild their innings with a 40-run stand but Ashwin suffered injury on his chin in the tenth over off Arafat’s bouncer.

Forced to retire hurt for 26 off 34, Ashwin’s departure was soon followed by Khan for 13. The middle and lower order then caved in as they were bowled out for 71 in 19.5 overs.

Siddh Mehta, who was adjudged the man of the match, and Aryan Bisht, after their heroics, with the bat also picked wickets with Mehta’s off-spin getting him two wickets for just eight runs. Bisht had figures of 1/7 while Mohammed Arafat was the best of the lot with 3/16. Chaitra Thanki and Dhiman were also among the wickets.

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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Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and National Center of Physics Islamabad 

Bahawalpur, October 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):A Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and National Center of Physics Islamabad was held at Director General NCP Conference Hall. The Islamia University delegation was headed by Vice Chancellor Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob.

Focal person of the event was Prof. Dr Saeed Ahmad Buzdar, Dean Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Director Institute of physics (IOP) along with faculty members of Institute of physics Dr Faisal Iqbal and Dr Muhammad Shoaib Baloch.

The NCP delegation was headed by DG NCP Dr Mansoor Hameed Inayat along with Dr Ishaq Ahmad CEO Physics, Dr Ashfaq Ahmad Director High Energy Physics Division, Dr Muhammad Aslam Baig (S.I) and GM CAAD Ms Rabia Rasheed. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur is one the leading general discipline University of Pakistan with more than 130 department, around 1500 faculty members (more than 650 PhD’s) and around 70 thousand enrolments.

The National Centre for Physics has been established to promote research in emerging fields of Physics and allied disciplines as per international norms of productivity and originality. NCP is providing excellent research facilities in the field of experimental high energy physics, Nano science, ion-beam applications, theoretical physics, atomic and laser physics, vacuum sciences, earthquake studies, and computing resources for the entire physicists’ community of Pakistan.

NCP has very unique facilities installed, like first ever X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS) of Pakistan, 5 MV Ion Beam Tandem Accelerator, Probe Station, Wire bonding machine, Pulsed Laser Deposition System, Thermal Evaporation System with Glove Box, Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Laser Ablation Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (LA-TOF-MS).

Institute of Physics under the leadership of Dr Saeed Ahmad Buzdar is the emerging institute in the region with 11 disciplines of physics and enriched with young faculty members and high rate of enrolment in all programs, BS, MPhil and PhD. This MoU will provide opportunity to our students, researchers, and faculty members to participate in state of art research facilities. This MoU will help our researchers to present their scientific work in national and international conferences happening at NCP very frequently. This will be very beneficial to IUB in promoting its science culture and recognition.

For more information, contact:
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB)
University Chowk, Gulshan Colony, Bahawalpur,
Punjab – 63100, Pakistan
Tel: +92-62-9250235
Fax: +92-62-9250335
E-mail: info@iub.edu.pk
Website: https://www.iub.edu.pk/