Day: November 18, 2022

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Punjab University CEMB organizes International symposium on Health Sciences 

Lahore, November 18, 2022 (PPI-OT):Punjab University Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB) and Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB) jointly organized one-day “International Symposium on Health Sciences” at Riazuddin Auditorium, CEMB. On this occasion, PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi, VC University of Education Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha, former VC University of Health Sciences Prof Dr Javed Akram, Director CEMB Prof Dr Kausar Malik, Director CAMB Prof Dr Rehan Sadiq Shaikh, faculty members and researchers from various institutes were present.

Addressing the conference, the Vice Chancellor appreciated the efforts of the organizers for organizing symposium on modern trends in the relevant fields. Prof Dr Muhammad Zubair Ahmad from University of Maryland USA, Prof Dr Zeliha Selamoglu from Omer Halisdemir University Nigde Turkiye, Prof Dr John Holloway from University of Southampton UK gave their talks on recent advances in research on Health Sciences. A session was also dedicated to a workshop on “Grant Writing” by Prof Dr Tayyab Hussnain. Over 200 researchers participated in the symposium. The event was sponsored by World Wide Scientific, Thermo scientific and PHILCO Pakistan.

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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Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Security/Chairperson BISP Shazia Marri attended the World Food Program Executive Board meeting in Italy

Karachi, November 18, 2022 (PPI-OT):Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Security/Chairperson BISP Benazir Income Support Program is playing an important role in providing target cash relief to 2.8 million flood affected families and the government has distributed an amount of 316 million dollars to these families. He said this while expressing his views during the meeting of the Executive Board of the World Food Program (WFP) in Italy.

He said that Pakistan is facing a big challenge to meet the food security targets by 2030. He told the participants that more than 33 million people have been affected by recent floods in 82 districts of Pakistan. About 650,000 pregnant women in Pakistan’s flood-affected areas face problems accessing maternity services. He added that nearly 4 million children lacked access to health services.

Appreciating the role of the World Food Programme, the Federal Minister said that WFP and BISP have formed a “conditional cash transfer program” in 15 districts to improve the health and nutrition situation in Pakistan.

The program provides a comprehensive package to pregnant and lactating women already enrolled in the BISP sponsorship program that includes awareness sessions on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition and hygiene practices; Provision of special nutritious food to PLW and children under two years of age; Includes antenatal and postnatal care services, routine child development monitoring and a course of immunizations.

The Federal Minister told the participants that WFP and BISP are working on the roll-out of the commercialization strategy. Additionally, WFP is also working on the strategy to exit the Beneficiary Development Program to the beneficiaries, so that even without WFP, Pakistan can work better to prevent stunting within its health system. He said that Pakistan is ready for better strategies for future disasters but the world needs to understand that this time can happen to anyone as climate change is a terrifying reality that affects the most vulnerable population.

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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CM Chaudhry Parvez Elahi chairs provincial cabinet meeting, pays tribute to Dr. Sania Nishter on attaining success in the flood relief programme 

Lahore, November 18, 2022 (PPI-OT):Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi presided over 4th provincial cabinet meeting at his office today. The provincial cabinet paid tributes to Dr. Sania Nishtar for accomplishing years of work in only two months’ time period along with attaining success in the flood relief programme.

The Chief Minister while addressing the cabinet meeting lauded the efforts and paid tributes to Dr. Sania Nishtar, SMBR Zahid Zaman Akhter, DG PDMA Faisal Fareed and the whole team. He stated that the disbursement programme of Rs. 12 billion for more than 5000 flood affectees is an example of its own.

CM highlighted that diseases are spreading in the Sindh province and censured that those people are doing nothing except politics. He disclosed that we have allocated Rs. one billion of flood relief for Sindh but unfortunately a survey has yet not been conducted over there. The provincial cabinet made mandatory on the sugar mills of Punjab to launch crushing from 25th of November.

The provincial cabinet accorded an approval to fix the support price of sugarcane at Rs. 300 per mound. Approval has also been granted to incorporate Bank of Punjab in the Ehsaas Rashan Riyat Programme.

DG Rescue 1122 Dr. Rizwan Naseer was given Grade 21. DG Rescue 1122 and the whole team were paid rich tributes during the cabinet meeting. CM appreciated that the Rescue 1122 team provided indiscriminate assistance to the flood-affected people during the flood adding that all the provinces are following suit the exemplary institution Rescue 1122 of Punjab.

The provincial cabinet also granted approval to the formulate regulations for the registration of electric vehicles. It was principally decided to run electric rickshaws in Punjab. CM apprised that 50 percent subsidy will be provided to the electric vehicles in respect of taxes. Approval was granted to induct 3000 vacant posts in the Punjab police.

Approval was also granted during the cabinet meeting to purchase drones for the police and to disburse Rs. 350 billion grant for the Bar Association. Approval was granted to extend the contract of Chief Operating Officer Punjab Safe City Authority Kamran Khan for two years. Approval was accorded about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of PSCA with Huawei.

The cabinet granted approval to appoint the President of LDA Tribunal, to declare Sargodha and Bahawalpur city areas of the concerned development authority, amendment in Punjab Drug Rules, revamping of provincial quality control board, annual report on the State of Women Punjab Commission, audit reports about the accounts of Punjab government, audits of the accounts of Public Sector Enterprise Government of Punjab.

Rules and regulations for the appointment of Chairman Zakat and Usher Council, amendment in the Quaid-e-Azam Library schedule regulation 1984, amendment in the Punjab Public Library general regulation 2012, to review the contract of Quaid-e-Azam Business Park and the payment of the three months’ notice period salary to the former Chairman RUDA. Approval was also granted to extend the contract of 11 staff members of the capacity building of P and D for Policy Planning and Monitoring of Development process in Punjab. Provincial Ministers, Advisors, Special Assistants, Chief Secretary and concerned officials attended the meeting.

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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PCB CEO thanks Ireland women and Bangladesh U19

Lahore, November 18, 2022 (PPI-OT):Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Faisal Hasnain has congratulated the Ireland women’s and the Bangladesh U19 teams on their successful tours of Lahore and Multan, respectively. These matches took place concurrently.

In Lahore, the Pakistan women won the ODI series 3-0 to secure second place in the ICC Women’s Championship table, before Ireland women came back strongly to win the T20I series 2-1. The Bangladesh U19 side held the Pakistan U19 team to a draw in the four-day match, before clinching a hard-fought 45-over-a-side three-match series 2-1. The two-match T20 series ended in a 1-all draw.

Faisal Hasnain: “We were delighted to host Ireland women for the first-time ever and the Bangladesh U19 team on their maiden tour since 2007. I hope they enjoyed our hospitality and our playing facilities, and also experienced our rich culture, history and passion for this great game.

I am hoping to see a few Irish girls return to Pakistan in March 2023 for The Women’s League, and I also hope to see talented Bangladesh U19 player’s progress to the senior side in the near future.

“For our own girls and boys, it has been an invaluable playing experience, as they continue to learn and improve as part of their endeavours to improve their overall skills and performances. It is the PCB’s strategic objective to create playing opportunities for our talented and emerging cricketers, and provide them pathways to enable them to achieve their career objectives and goals as professional cricketers.

“The PCB has always enjoyed an excellent and cordial relationship with Cricket Ireland and Bangladesh Cricket Board, and we have collectively worked very closely towards encouraging and assisting in each other’s cricket promotion and development. I remain confident this relationship will continue to strengthen and we will see many more such tours in the future.

“The Ireland women and Bangladesh U19 tours have been part of an incredibly busy 2022, which started on 27 January with the HBL Pakistan Super League 7. To date, we have planned, organised and delivered 725 matches at home in 20 events, including 696 domestic matches and 29 international fixtures.

These matches are in addition to the 37 international matches our men’s and women’s teams have played on their tours of Ireland, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.

“As part of Pakistan’s diamond jubilee year and celebrations, we had planned 2022 as a mouth-watering bumper year of cricket and I am pleased that we have been able to deliver all these cricketing events for our fans, followers, cricketers and other stakeholders.

This has been a major task and I am extremely thankful to the entire PCB staff for working flat-out to ensure a high quality and smooth delivery of these many number of domestic and international matches.

“We are now working round-the-clock to host England for December’s three-Test series, which will be their first Test matches in Pakistan in 17 years. And before the turn of the year, New Zealand would have played their first Test in Karachi in 20 years.

“I remain confident that through our professional and administrative abilities, and with the continued support of the local governments, security agencies and various other stakeholders, we will fulfil our commitments for the year to our fans and followers, and enhance Pakistan’s reputation and credibility as a sports loving people and a wonderful country that welcomes overseas sports teams and visitors with open arms, and delivers high quality events to world-class standards.

“Finally, I again reiterate my thanks to various sectors of the local governments and security agencies for their continued encouragement and support of our endeavours.”

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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Higer Bus Fully Prepared for Global Football Feast

SUZHOU, China, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, the most heated topic must be the world’s top football competition which takes place every four years. To provide convenient and free services for football fans from ten days before the event to five days after the event, Qatar has arranged direct bus lines from five key areas of Doha and the main accommodations of fans to stadiums and express bus services from subway stations to stadiums for fans with tickets.

Notably, these buses mainly come from a Chinese brand Higer Bus. With buses offered, more than 9,000 drivers, 2,000 ground service providers and over 3,000 business personnel from Mowasalat, a national transportation enterprise of Qatar, will provide efficient picking up of fans.

Higer Bus once provided services for the Asian Games and the AFC Asian Cup in Doha. To better handle the great flow of people and intense traffic of the event, Higer Bus has developed an exclusive service plan and practiced repeatedly to ensure a smooth operation. Meanwhile, the G-BOS smart fleet management platform, a unique system of Higer Bus, is adopted to deal with vehicle maintenance, fault alarms and other vital information to offer accurate services and improve operational efficiency by more than 10%.

Higer Bus has a strong service team that can offer timely responses around the clock to fulfill every need of the event. Team members will stick to their positions at 6:40 am each day. They work at service stations and parking lots to inspect every vehicle before it is put into operation and after it comes back according to the PDI process of new vehicles to make sure the security and smooth operation of over 6,000 Higer buses in Qatar.

To date, fans have gathered in Qatar from around the globe. Some fans have already enjoyed the express bus services in Doha and traveling from four stadiums in a day has become easy for them. Besides, fans were impressed by the comfort and quietness of their trip when taking buses of Higer Bus. “Buses will be the best choice for traveling during the event. We would like to give Doha and Chinese buses thumbs up,” said some fans.

The service staff of Higer Bus said, “It is a great honor to participate in the first global football event held in the Middle East. We will bring all our energies to bear upon the task, provide comfortable and convenient transportation services for global fans and demonstrate Higer Bus’s style and the excellence of a Chinese brand.”

The internationally renowned football event is not just for its fans but also for the enterprises devoted to their missions and goals. With excellent quality, safety, comfortableness and great services, Higer Bus shoulders the responsibility again to support top events and shows the world Chinese strengths in manufacturing.

Better Higer, Better Together! Higer Bus fully backs up the global football event.

Video – https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1950242/20221117Final8.mp4

 

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ROSEN, A GLOBAL AND LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages Voyager Digital Holdings Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action – VGX

NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of Voyager Earn Accounts and VGX tokens (“Voyager Investment Products”) between January 1, 2020 and November 9, 2022, inclusive (the “Class Period”), against Stephen Ehrlich, Gerard Hanshe, David Brosgol, Janice Barrilleaux, Philip Eytan, Jarrett Lilien, and Brian Brooks (together, “Defendants”). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than January 10, 2023.

SO WHAT: If you purchased Voyager Earn Accounts and/or VGX tokens during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Voyager class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9827 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than January 10, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, Defendants violated provisions of the Securities Act by selling non-exempt securities without registering them. The complaint alleges that Defendants participated in Voyager’s failure to register the Voyager Financial Products. After plaintiffs and class members purchased Voyager Financial Products, the complaint alleges that Voyager suspended withdrawals from its platform.

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