Day: November 1, 2022

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Lake City Holdings and LUMS Strengthen Ties with an MoU 

Lahore, November 01, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Lake City Holdings and LUMS signed a MoU on October 27, 2022 at the Lake City Golf and Country Club to support the University’s National Outreach Programme (NOP). At the ceremony, Dr. Gohar Ejaz, CEO, Lake City – an avid supporter of inclusive education, a prominent entrepreneur and industrialist, and awardee of Sitara-e-Imtiaz and Shaan-e-Pakistan – announced the generous contribution under which NOP scholars will be awarded a 140% scholarship for the current academic year of their undergraduate studies at LUMS. Dr. Ejaz’s contribution to the NOP dates back to 2017. To date, he has upheld the undergraduate education of 23 students. The formal agreement was signed by Dr. Arshad Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, LUMS and Mr. Javaid Iqbal, Chairman, Lake City Holdings.

LUMS senior leadership including, Mr. Shahid Hussain, Rector; Dr. Tariq Jadoon, Vice Provost; Mr. Zunair Zafar, Chief Financial Officer and Ms. Nuzhat Kamran, Director, Office of Advancement attended the event. Also present at the occasion were notable guests like Mr. Sultan Gohar, Director, Lake City Holdings; Mr. Farooq Naseem, Chairman and CEO, DWP Group and Mr. Fawad Mukhtar, CEO, Fatima Group.

Mr. Hussain commended Dr. Ejaz for being a consistent advocate of accessible education through the years. “We are grateful to Lake City Holdings for supporting the NOP scholarship, an initiative that is very important to LUMS. The goal is to ensure that talented and deserving people should not face any disadvantage. This Programme has created examples of success from towns and villages in remote areas. NOP scholars are filled with a passion to give back to the community after they graduate. One-third of our student body is on some form of financial aid and the support of our patrons such as Dr. Gohar Ejaz has been instrumental in helping these students fulfil their dreams.”

During the ceremony, Dr. Ahmad shared an overview of the NOP and key initiatives undertaken by LUMS. Expressing his appreciation, he said “Dr. Ejaz is one of our most generous donors. The spirit with which he supports LUMS deserves to be celebrated. He has consistently contributed towards our common goal of nurturing LUMS students and helping them cross boundaries that have never been crossed before.”

Dr. Ahmad also emphasised areas where LUMS can make a difference through its research centres, “LUMS has dedicated centres working to address today’s most pressing issues, including climate change, energy, water, and gender equity. As a community, we all have to think of the distance between the challenges and the opportunities, and how to reduce this distance. For example, Pakistan’s Electric Vehicle Policy was designed at the LUMS Energy Institute and adopted by the federal government.”

Addressing the gathering, Dr. Ejaz shared how educational opportunities were life-changing for his family and how this deeply motivates him to help talented students achieve their dreams and ambitions. “This is the sixth year of our partnership with LUMS for the National Outreach Programme; a Programme very close to my heart. It is an honour for Lake City Holdings to be associated with this Programme and support talented, meritorious students.”

For more information, contact:
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
D.H.A. Lahore Cantt. 54792
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35608000
Fax: +92-42-35725048
Website: www.lums.edu.pk

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Tuba Hassan ruled out of Ireland series 

Lahore, November 01, 2022 (PPI-OT):Right-arm leg-spinner Tuba Hassan has been ruled out of the Ireland series due to injury in her index finger. The PCB Medical panel after investigating the injury have advised Tuba a four-week rest and therefore she was released from the T20I squad. Tuba – who has featured for Pakistan in 16 T20Is, was part of the T20I squad only. The replacement for Tuba will be made in due course.

Pakistan and Ireland are all set to play six limited-overs matches, three ODIs – part of ICC Women’s Championship followed by three T20Is at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The matches will be played between 4 to 16 November and will be live-streamed on PCB YouTube channel. Pakistan T20I squad: Bismah Maroof (c), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Fatima Sana, Javeria Khan, Kainat Imtiaz, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Nashra Sandhu, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal and Sidra Amin Reserve players: Ghulam Fatima, Sidra Nawaz and Umm-e-Hani

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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Quaid-e-Azam Trophy round seven begins on Wednesday

Lahore, November 01, 2022 (PPI-OT):The sixth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 brought Balochistan their second win in the ongoing edition, thanks to Yasir Shah’s spellbinding display of leg-spin bowling which garnered him his fifth match haul of 10 wickets as title defenders Khyber Pakhtunkhwa crashed to a seven-wicket defeat. This was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s fourth defeat in six matches, meaning their hopes of winning the third title in a row are almost extinguished. They are at the bottom of the points table, as they have been for the majority of the season, and their other two contests have ended in draws.

Fourth-ranked Balochistan, on the other hand, closed the gap with second-placed Sindh. Eleven points separate the two sides with Central Punjab, whose all six matches have ended in draws, placed third. Northern, meanwhile, after being rescued by Rohail Nazir’s superlative 149 are the only team to have gathered more than 100 points and are placed first with 101 points. In their match against Southern Punjab, Northern faced a real possibility of being forced to follow-on, but the former Pakistan U19 captain batted his team out of trouble.

Southern Punjab, placed fifth, had three centurions in the match. While Umer Siddiq and Salman Ali Agha made centuries in the first innings, Usman Salahuddin scored tons in both innings. Their teammate Mohammad Abbas breached the 600-first-class-wicket mark during his first five-wicket haul in the tournament. Aamer Yamin displayed his all-round credentials for Central Punjab against Sindh, as he begun the match with a five-wicket haul and topped it up with four more scalps in the second, scoring a half-century in between.

Sindh’s Saad Khan smashed his first century of the season, making 161. His teammate, Abrar Ahmed, continued to bamboozle the batters with his mystery spin. He took four wickets in the first innings and bowled 10 overs in the second, which lasted 37. In the seventh round, which commences Wednesday, Sindh stay at the Pindi Cricket Stadium to host Southern Punjab at the Pindi Cricket Stadium. The contest will be beamed through PCB’s YouTube channel. Balochistan travel to Abbottabad from Multan to play Northern. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Central Punjab lock horns at the LCCA Ground in Lahore.

Top performers

Experienced Test batter Azhar Ali now has the most runs for the tournament with 580 at a handsome average of 96.67 and is followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Sahibzada Farhan who is second on the list with 558 runs at 50.73 after his second-innings half-century against Balochistan. Southern Punjab’s Usman Salahuddin’s twin hundreds against Northern in Abbottabad has lifted him to third spot with 545 runs at an average of 60.56. The other two batters with more than 500 runs are Abdullah Shafique (537 at 67.13) and Hussain Talat (511 at 51.10).

There are no points for guessing the bowler with most wickets in the tournament as Abrar Ahmed’s sensational run has him 10 wickets clear of the joint second best bowlers on the list. The 24-year-old Sindh bowler has now accumulated 32 wickets at 19.06 despite playing only four matches. He has two four-fers, one of them coming in the last match, and four five-wicket hauls. Central Punjab’s Mohammad Ali and Northern’s Mubasir Khan are locked on the second spot with 22 wickets each. Ali has recorded two five-fers, while Mubasir’s only five-wicket haul of the tournament came against Southern Punjab in the last round. Right-arm medium fast bowlers Muhammad Umar of Sindh and Ihsanullah of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are fourth and fifth on the list with 18 and 17 scalps.

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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Representative from UniLaSalle France visits UVAS

Lahore, November 01, 2022 (PPI-OT):Dr Aamir Shehzad, a representative from the UniLaSalle Agro-Veto University France, paid visit to the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore called on Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad here in City Campus.

Dr Aamir interacted with the UVAS students to open the avenues of higher education in France. He said that UniLasalle is a Polytechnic Institute resulting from the merger of five engineering schools and the creation of a veterinary school. He said this institute is a new generation of Grande Ecole which unites the sciences of Life, Earth, Environment and Energy with industrial sciences and digital technologies. He said this institute is a specialized agriculture and veterinary university. The students ask various questions about the admission procedure and eligibility criteria.

For more information, contact:
Public Relations Officer
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS)
Syed Abdul Qadir Jillani (Out Fall) Road,
Lahore – Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99211374, +92-42-99211449
Email: webmaster@uvas.edu.pk
Website: www.uvas.edu.pk

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UVAS committee to guide students for Fulbright Scholarships 

Lahore, November 01, 2022 (PPI-OT):University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad chaired a meeting with the Awardees of Fulbright Scholarship 2023 at City Campus. Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor announced constituting a committee to guide, inspire and support its graduating students to compete for and win Fulbright Scholarships for Master’s and PhD studies in the United States. He said that the university wants to increase the ratio of its graduating students wining the prestigious Fulbright scholarships.

This year four graduating students of UVAS have won Fulbright Scholarships for postgraduate studies in 2023 in the US. The students who have won scholarships for PhD studies include Dr Muhammad Anas Afzal, Dr Muhammad Awais Ajmal and Ms Adila Khalil while Dr Aqsa Iqbal will pursue her Master’s degree. The awardees also shared their experiences about preparing for GRE and admission procedure.

For more information, contact:
Public Relations Officer
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS)
Syed Abdul Qadir Jillani (Out Fall) Road,
Lahore – Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99211374, +92-42-99211449
Email: webmaster@uvas.edu.pk
Website: www.uvas.edu.pk

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More than one-third of Pakistani’s (37%) report that most of their daily chores require working while sitting. Another one-third (32%) fulfilled their daily chores while standing. Almost a quarter (24%) partake in physical labour as part of their daily chores: Gallup and Gilani Pakistan 

Islamabad, November 01, 2022 (PPI-OT):According to a survey conducted by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, more than one-third of Pakistani’s (37%) report that most of their daily chores require working while sitting. Another one-third (32%) fulfilled their daily chores while standing. Almost a quarter (24%) partake in physical labour as part of their daily chores.

A nationally representative sample of adult men and women from across the country was asked the following question regarding, “Which one of the options matches your exercise and workout during your daily chores?” 37% responded that they work while sitting, 32% said that they work while standing, 24% said they do physical labour, and 6% do very strenuous physical labour.

Question: “Which one of the options matches your exercise and workout during your daily chores?”

For more information, contact:
Head Office,
Gallup Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-8445080
Email: isb@gallup.com.pk, caf@gallup.com.pk
Website: www.gallup.com.pk