December 20, 2022

6,000+ Higer Buses Serve Top Football Event in Qatar

SUZHOU, China, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The grand Qatar football event successfully concluded on December 18, 2022 (Doha time). On the Losail International Circuit, Argentine players celebrated their championship in Qatar on an open bus, wielding their national flag and enjoying the cheers from numerous fans. As the champion cruise bus, Higer Bus witnessed the glory and joy of the championship together with fans of the world.

The KLQ6119GS, an open-top double-decker bus, was specially adapted for the event by Higer Bus and Mowasalat, Qatar’s national transport company. Spray-painted with Argentine elements and the word “championship”, the bus carried the players to enjoy the joy of victory and the tsunami-like cheers from fans.

As a passenger bus brand with a market share of more than 80% in Qatar, over 6,000 Higer buses served as the main means of transportation for fans and media journalists around the world to travel to and from the stadium in nearly a month. Among them, 2,000+ buses have provided special line service for the event, and 200+ 12-meter luxury buses have provided shuttle service from Saudi Arabia to Qatar.

According to relevant statistics, from the beginning of the event to the champion cruise, Higer Bus transported about 200,000 passengers per day on average, and nearly 250,000 fans in peak hours, creating a new record of 6 million passengers in the whole process. Cai Tiefeng, Deputy Director of the Overseas Customer Service Department of Higer Bus, said that the service guarantee work of this event has set a new record for Higer overseas service in terms of the vehicle number, service team size and manpower and material resource input.

With reliable quality and efficient service, “Made in China” vehicles represented by Higer Bus have once again been verified on the international arena. The comfortable ride experience and efficient shuttle service have also won many praises from fans and local customers around the world.

“These event buses are in excellent performance and run quietly and smoothly. There are also many Higer buses in our country, and China-made products are very popular, “said a Cameroonian fan.

“I have been driving the Higer bus since the Asian Games Doha 2006. The vehicle is stable, and its user-friendly design delivers a better driving experience, “said a bus driver from Mowasalat.

During the event, Higer buses also served as media commuting and shuttle vehicles, and won recognition from global media with “zero complaints”. If there is a competition for buses, Higer Bus, which has successfully opened high-end markets in the UK, Korea, Israel, Italy, Bulgaria and Ireland in recent years, will be the favorite to win the first tier.

Better Higer, Better Together. Higer Bus is making the world fall in love with “Made in China”. Meanwhile, it is vigorously integrating into the global industrial chain, innovation chain and value chain, embarking on a new journey of Chinese bus enterprises towards global markets.

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December 20, 2022December 21, 2022

Malala and distinguished panel address challenges facing higher education

Lahore, December 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):Nobel’s youngest peace prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, was part of a distinguished panel discussion on Building Higher Education Institutions for the 21st Century. Organised by the Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP) and the Syed Ahsan and Syed Maratib Ali School of Education (SOE) at LUMS, the panel engaged a packed audience in discussing both challenges and opportunities.

Dr. Talha Jamal Pirzada introduced the panel and said, “One of the core aims of the OPP is to increase Pakistani representation at Oxford, and also bring Oxford to Pakistan, and this discussion is a humble effort to do just that.” Much of the discussion focused on access to quality education. Ms. Yousafzai strongly advocated for greater access, particularly for female students. “The future for girls in Pakistan relies on the quality of education they receive. The biggest inspiration for girls is seeing women progressing in their professional careers. Their success stories inspire them.”

Joining Ms. Yousafzai was LUMS Founding Pro Chancellor and visionary, Syed Babar Ali; Professor’s Stephen Blyth, Principal, Lady Margaret Hall and Dr. Nick Brown, Principal, Linacre College from the University of Oxford; and Dr. Faisal Bari, Dean, SOE. The panel discussion was moderated by Professor Dr. Adeel Malik, University of Oxford, and co-founder of OPP.

Dr. Arshad Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, LUMS, emphasised the role of exceptional learning in addressing grand challenges facing Pakistan and shared how the University’s Learning Without Borders perspective has led to a number of national high-impact interventions. “At the heart of Learning Without Borders are systems designed to put learning first in not only governance and decision making, but also in LUMS shared ethos.” He added, “Three indicators of exceptional learning and its impact can be seen in addressing issues about access, relevance and collaboration, all of which are grounded in LUMS values”.

Sharing his experiences from Oxford, Professor Blyth said, “Oxford and Lady Margaret Hall have done tremendous work to reduce barriers so that education is accessible to the most talented scholars regardless of their background.” Dr. Brown shared that Pakistani students are the least well-represented at Oxford, and OPP created by Pakistani academics aims to try and solve this problem. He added, “At Oxford, the debate has two pillars – access to quality education which is a basic human right, and access to talent.” Dr. Bari shared his views on the importance of infusing quality in education. “The challenge is not only to improve access to higher education in terms of statistics but by providing good quality education to yield the intended results.”

The discussion paved the way for a question-and-answer session during which the audience expressed their concerns about the higher education system in Pakistan and made suggestions for its improvement. The event concluded with remarks from Syed Babar Ali, “My hope is that universities including LUMS will produce future leaders, who are tolerant, liberal, open-minded and respect merit, and will think about Pakistan first and provide educational opportunities for all.”

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

December 20, 2022December 21, 2022

Prime Minister’s Youth Talent Hunt National Wrestling and Weightlifting League concludes at UVAS

Lahore, December 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):Concluding ceremony of Wrestling national leagues under the auspices of Prime Minister’s Youth Programme held at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore (UVAS) on Tuesday. Chairman Higher Education Commission Prof Dr Mukhtar Ahmed (SI) presided over the concluding ceremony and distributed trophies among the winning teams. Meanwhile Chairman HEC lays foundation stone of swimming pool to be establish at UVAS and Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad gave detailed briefing regarding this project.

UVAS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad, Director General Sports Higher Education Commission Javed Ali Memon, UVAS Chairman Sports Board Prof Dr Rana Ayub, UVAS Director Sports Rana Amjad Iqbal and 20 team players from all provinces of Pakistan were present along with their coach and officials.

While addressing the audience, Prof Dr Mukhtar Ahmed (SI) said that I am delighted to witness that today youth is positively engaged in a physical sport of wrestling as well as involved in Kabaddi. He advised students to spare your time in healthy activities of sports and prepare yourself as a productive resource to play lead role for the development of Pakistan. He said that HEC has well established sports division that is providing facilitation to youngsters to participate in various sports activities along with getting high quality education.

Provision of high quality education in our society is improving gradually whereas there are lack opportunities in sports for young generation. Education improving day by day in our society but unfortunately our focus on providing youth a conducive environment to enjoy sports activities which is gradually have been eliminated from our society and it is our utmost responsibility to revert the unhealthy trend he emphasized. He mentioned that Pakistani students living behind many other progressive countries students through their outstanding performance in getting European Union merit-based scholarships. He also said that our youth is very talented and it is direly needed to provide them opportunities to participate in healthy activities.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad (SI) said that through the Talent Hunt Youth Sports League, revival of sports activities and strengthening of sports culture in Pakistan. He said is we provide such platform to our young generation so these players would enlighten Pakistan name in all over the world. Punjab wrestlers won the 1st position, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team got 2nd while the team of Baluchistan stood on 3rd position.

The national league of weightlifting and wrestling is part of Talent Hunt Youth Sports League, a first of its kind project in which trials for 12 selected sports are to be conducted in 25 locations across the country followed by provincial and national leagues. The purpose of such activities was to provide an opportunity to the youth of our country on the grass root level to showcase their talent in sports at national level and prepare them for international level.

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

December 20, 2022December 21, 2022

1st PAK TESOL ICT Regional Conference on Changing Approaches and Expanding Directions in ELT

Rawalpindi, December 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):PAK TESOL ICT Chapter Team in collaboration with the Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, is proud to announce the 1st PAK TESOL ICT Regional Conference on Changing Approaches and Expanding Directions in ELT.

This conference and its accompanied post-conference workshops are fully sponsored by The Regional Language Office (RELO) in Pakistan which is part of the Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy, Islamabad.

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For more information, contact:
Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU)
Old Presidency,
The Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51 9270050 – 54
Fax: +92-51 9271168
Email: publicadmin@fjwu.edu.pk
Website: www.fjwu.edu.pk

December 20, 2022December 21, 2022

Award of Scholarships to the Students from Gwadar

Rawalpindi, December 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):Applications are invited by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan from the outstanding students of Gwadar pursuing undergraduate studies (BS-4/5 years Program) from HEC- recognized public sector Universities /Degree Awarding Institutions (DAIs) of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh. The Scholarships are being offered for the academic year 2022-23 in all areas of studies/disciplines under the project titled “Award of Scholarships to Students from Gwadar”.

The prospect students may apply through an online application from: https://eportal.hec.gov.pk/ The last date for submission of application is December 26, 2022.

For further details and eligibility, please visit HEC website or the below mentioned link:

https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/scholarshipsgrants/GUSP/Pages/default.aspx

December 20, 2022December 21, 2022

Inaugural of the 2nd International Conference on Strengthening Teaching and Research Capacity: Collaborative Partnership in Social Sciences

Rawalpindi, December 20, 2022 (PPI-OT):Fatima Jinnah Women University held the inaugural session of the 2nd International Conference on Strengthening Teaching and Research Capacity: Collaborative Partnership in Social Sciences. The conference is funded by United States Government under its U.S-Pakistan University Partnerships Grants program administered by United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan.

On the occasion of the opening ceremony of the conference, Dr Saima Hamid, Vice Chancellor Fatima Jinnah Women University and Conference Patron, acknowledged the role of the United States Government for maintaining bilateral relationships in education and research at higher education level through University Partnerships Grants Program.

The collaborative stance of United States Education Foundation in Pakistan is highly beneficial and plays a pivotal role in enhancing the research capacity building of Universities in Pakistan. Mr. Sharam Niazi, Program Officer, University Partnerships Grants Program elaborated on contribution of the program in training university faculty across Pakistan.

Dr Aneela Maqsood, conference chief organizer briefed the audience about the thematic focus of the conference including teaching and research pedagogy, cross-border collaborative research, action research models, quantitative and qualitative applied research in Social Sciences, teaching and assessment methodologies, classroom management strategies, integrating technology in classrooms, social connectedness through media, mental health in academic institutions, and many others. The conference has called multidisciplinary research papers that have broadened the scope of the conference.

The conference themes will not only capture attendees’ attention and keep them engaged and energized but also meet expectations to learn something new, different and have unique and beneficial conference experience.

Prof. Mike Hirsch, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Huston-Tillotson University, USA, delivered his key note address on engaging undergraduate students in research as part of innovative teaching pedagogy. The ceremony was attended by Prof. Dr Shahana Urooj Kazmi (Vice Chancellor, Women University Swabi), Prof. Dr Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan (Vice Chancellor FATA University), Prof. Dr. Anila Kamal (Vice Chancellor Rawalpindi Women University), Prof. Dr Muhammad Idrees (Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University), Dr Farooq Anwar (Director ORIC, University of Sargodha), Dr. Muhammad Ilyas Khan / Chairperson Dept of Education, Hazara University, Mansehra. A large number of audience, focal persons of the project including Prof. Dr. Rubina Hanif (Director National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-e-Azam University), Prof. Dr. Farhana Kazmi (Chairperson Dept of Psychology, Hazara University Mansehra), Dr. Najma Iqbal Malik (Chairperson Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha), Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad (Chairperson and Incharge Faculty of Social Sciences, Women University Swabi), and various eminent psychologists from Pakistan Armed Forces including Brig Dr. Shoaib Kiyani, Col. Dr. Syed Sajjad Hussain, Brig Rtd. Prof. Dr. Tanvir Akhtar, and various social scientists of neighbour universities and different cities of Pakistan attended the ceremony.