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Dr Anita Zaidi appointed as president Gender Equality at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Pakistani Physician Dr Anita Zaidi has been appointed as the new president Gender Equality at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
In a remarkable feat for Pakistan, Zaidi is now a part of the Executive leadership team (ELT), included among the six other foundation presidents.
Zaidi has also served as the director of the Vaccine Development, Surveillance, and Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases programs at Bill Gates and Melinda Foundation.
"Her team’s work is focused on vaccine development for people in the poorest parts of the world, surveillance to identify and address causes of death in children in the most under-served areas, and significantly reducing the adverse consequences of diarrheal and enteric infections on children’s health in low and middle-income countries," read the text on the official site of Bill Gates and Melinda Foundation.
Anita obtained her medical degree from the Aga Khan University in Karachi, residency training in pediatrics and fellowship training in medical microbiology from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
She undertook further training in pediatric infectious diseases from Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Masters in Tropical Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health.
"In 2013 Anita became the first recipient of the $1 million Caplow Children’s Prize for work in one of Karachi’s poverty-stricken fishing communities to save children’s lives. She was nominated as a notable physician of the year in 2014 by Medscape," read the website.
Dr Anita Zaidi appointed as president Gender Equality at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Pakistani Physician Dr Anita Zaidi has been appointed as the new president Gender Equality at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
In a remarkable feat for Pakistan, Zaidi is now a part of the Executive leadership team (ELT), included among the six other foundation presidents.
Zaidi has also served as the director of the Vaccine Development, Surveillance, and Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases programs at Bill Gates and Melinda Foundation.
"Her team’s work is focused on vaccine development for people in the poorest parts of the world, surveillance to identify and address causes of death in children in the most under-served areas, and significantly reducing the adverse consequences of diarrheal and enteric infections on children’s health in low and middle-income countries," read the text on the official site of Bill Gates and Melinda Foundation.
Anita obtained her medical degree from the Aga Khan University in Karachi, residency training in pediatrics and fellowship training in medical microbiology from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
She undertook further training in pediatric infectious diseases from Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Masters in Tropical Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health.
"In 2013 Anita became the first recipient of the $1 million Caplow Children’s Prize for work in one of Karachi’s poverty-stricken fishing communities to save children’s lives. She was nominated as a notable physician of the year in 2014 by Medscape," read the website.
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12 Pakistani teachers on Stanford University’s top scientist list
US-based university releases list of top 2% of most-cited scientists in multiple disciplines
Social DeskNovember 19, 2020
Twelve teachers from Pakistan made it to a list of the world’s top two per cent scientists compiled by Stanford University. Nine of them are from Punjab University and three from Government College University, Lahore.
The varsity based in the United States recently released a list that represents the top 2% of the most-cited scientists in multiple disciplines. The list comprises around 160,000 persons.
The Punjab University college’s spokesperson said Dr Khalid Mahmood, Dr Mohammad Sharif and Dr Mohammad Akram were selected by Stanford for their lifetime research.
Six more researchers from Punjab University were selected in the category for international examination of one-year research papers, the spokesperson said.
They are Dr Hafiz Azhar, Dr Zeeshan Yousuf, Dr Mohammad Younis, Dr Saima Arshad, Dr Abdur Rehman and Dr Noman Raza.
Dr Mahmood is the only professor in South Asia to have received an award in Information and Library Science.
Over 81 professors were recognized in the lifetime research work list.
Professor Dr Mjuahid Abbas, Professor Dr Zakaullah and Dr Abdul Sattar Nizami were the educationists selected from Government College University, Lahore.
Government College University, Lahore Vice Chancellor Dr Asghar Zaidi congratulated the teachers and said the professors were honoured to be among the world's best researchers.
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Pakistan-born doctor appointed Washington's health minister to lead COVID-19 response
Dr Umair A Shah. Photo: Houston Public Media
WASHINGTON: Pakistan-born Dr Umair A Shah has been appointed secretary of health for the state of Washington in the United States to lead the coronavirus response amid rising number of cases.
"Dr Shah brings an unrivaled expertise, knowledge and passion for public health," said Washington Governor Jay Inslee in a statement. “His leadership will help us lead Washington state through the next crucial phase of this pandemic. He is uniquely suited to continue our nation-leading response."
Currently serving as an executive director and local health authority for Harris County Public Health (HCPH) in Texas, Dr Shah is an immigrant from Pakistan who grew up in Ohio. "Equity is incorporated and considered in every decision as he leads organisations to ensure health and safety of everyone," added the governor.
Dr Shah said he was honoured to serve as the secretary of health. “Without question, the number one priority for me is to work with the team to continue the fight against COVID-19 and help Washingtonians through these challenging times," he added.
The physician reflected that the pandemic highlighted importance of public health and healthcare working together. "I am confident my experience in both will serve the state of Washington well now during these difficult times, and into the future.
"While I’m sad to leave Texas after so many years, all of us – my wife, our three kids and our puppy (Koko) – are excited to move to the Pacific Northwest.”
Read more: Mouthwash can kill coronavirus within 30 seconds, study
Who is Dr Shah?
He graduated from Vanderbilt University and pursued a medical degree at the University of Toledo Health Science Centre. He has a masters in public health with an emphasis in management and policy sciences from The University of Texas Health Science Center.
For the last seven years, Dr Shah has managed HCPH, leading 700 public health staff in the nation's third largest country of 4.7 million residents.
Before working for the county, he was chief medical officer of Galveston County Health District and has served as an emergency department physician at Houston’s DeBakey VA Hospital for over 20 years.
"Dr Shah comes into the position with extensive experience responding to public health crises. He has helped lead Harris County through novel H1N1, Ebola, Zika and now COVID-19 and has responded to a variety of hurricanes and other emergencies," said the statement.
The physician worked at the World Health Organization (WHO) during his training and was later deployed in Kashmir and Haiti as part of the response team to the devastating earthquakes.
In 2017, Shah served as the president of NACCHO, representing nearly 3,000 local public health departments across the nation, and its Texas affiliate. In 2019, he received the Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work from the American Public Health Association.
Dr Shah will replace John Wiesman who was appointed by the governor in April 2013.
US-based university releases list of top 2% of most-cited scientists in multiple disciplines
Social DeskNovember 19, 2020
Twelve teachers from Pakistan made it to a list of the world’s top two per cent scientists compiled by Stanford University. Nine of them are from Punjab University and three from Government College University, Lahore.
The varsity based in the United States recently released a list that represents the top 2% of the most-cited scientists in multiple disciplines. The list comprises around 160,000 persons.
The Punjab University college’s spokesperson said Dr Khalid Mahmood, Dr Mohammad Sharif and Dr Mohammad Akram were selected by Stanford for their lifetime research.
Six more researchers from Punjab University were selected in the category for international examination of one-year research papers, the spokesperson said.
They are Dr Hafiz Azhar, Dr Zeeshan Yousuf, Dr Mohammad Younis, Dr Saima Arshad, Dr Abdur Rehman and Dr Noman Raza.
Dr Mahmood is the only professor in South Asia to have received an award in Information and Library Science.
Over 81 professors were recognized in the lifetime research work list.
Professor Dr Mjuahid Abbas, Professor Dr Zakaullah and Dr Abdul Sattar Nizami were the educationists selected from Government College University, Lahore.
Government College University, Lahore Vice Chancellor Dr Asghar Zaidi congratulated the teachers and said the professors were honoured to be among the world's best researchers.
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WASHINGTON: Pakistan-born Dr Umair A Shah has been appointed secretary of health for the state of Washington in the United States to lead the coronavirus response amid rising number of cases.
"Dr Shah brings an unrivaled expertise, knowledge and passion for public health," said Washington Governor Jay Inslee in a statement. “His leadership will help us lead Washington state through the next crucial phase of this pandemic. He is uniquely suited to continue our nation-leading response."
Currently serving as an executive director and local health authority for Harris County Public Health (HCPH) in Texas, Dr Shah is an immigrant from Pakistan who grew up in Ohio. "Equity is incorporated and considered in every decision as he leads organisations to ensure health and safety of everyone," added the governor.
Dr Shah said he was honoured to serve as the secretary of health. “Without question, the number one priority for me is to work with the team to continue the fight against COVID-19 and help Washingtonians through these challenging times," he added.
The physician reflected that the pandemic highlighted importance of public health and healthcare working together. "I am confident my experience in both will serve the state of Washington well now during these difficult times, and into the future.
"While I’m sad to leave Texas after so many years, all of us – my wife, our three kids and our puppy (Koko) – are excited to move to the Pacific Northwest.”
Read more: Mouthwash can kill coronavirus within 30 seconds, study
Who is Dr Shah?
He graduated from Vanderbilt University and pursued a medical degree at the University of Toledo Health Science Centre. He has a masters in public health with an emphasis in management and policy sciences from The University of Texas Health Science Center.
For the last seven years, Dr Shah has managed HCPH, leading 700 public health staff in the nation's third largest country of 4.7 million residents.
Before working for the county, he was chief medical officer of Galveston County Health District and has served as an emergency department physician at Houston’s DeBakey VA Hospital for over 20 years.
"Dr Shah comes into the position with extensive experience responding to public health crises. He has helped lead Harris County through novel H1N1, Ebola, Zika and now COVID-19 and has responded to a variety of hurricanes and other emergencies," said the statement.
The physician worked at the World Health Organization (WHO) during his training and was later deployed in Kashmir and Haiti as part of the response team to the devastating earthquakes.
In 2017, Shah served as the president of NACCHO, representing nearly 3,000 local public health departments across the nation, and its Texas affiliate. In 2019, he received the Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work from the American Public Health Association.
Dr Shah will replace John Wiesman who was appointed by the governor in April 2013.
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Pakistan is among a select group of nations where scientists are publishing their work on CRISPR gene editing technology in international journals. Most of the list of gene editing researchers is from countries from North America, Europe, and East Asia.
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8 Pakistani women make it to 100 outstanding nurses and midwives global list
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, they have raised healthcare standards worldwide by displaying immense courage and resilience.
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December 29, 2020
Eight Pakistani women have been named in the global 100 Outstanding Nurse and Midwife Leaders 2020 list to honour their services and contributions to healthcare defying all odds this year.
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, they have raised healthcare standards worldwide by displaying immense courage and resilience.
The list includes nurses and midwives from 43 countries. They have been acknowledged by recognised by Women in Global Health (WGH) in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Population Fund, Nursing Now, International Council of Nurses and International Confederation of Midwives on the list.
Read more: UNFP urges to prioritize women’s health globally to avoid ‘dire consequences’
WGH acknowledges these extraordinary leaders to encourage WHO members states to include them in significant decisions, establish a safe work place environment and decrease the gender pay gap. It also reiterates the importance of strategic leadership positions for nurses and midwives in healthcare facilities.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs took to Twitter to laud the Pakistani women and their extraordinary contributions to global healthcare.
“We feel immensely proud of & heartily congratulate #Pakistani women named in global 100 Outstanding #Women Nurse and Midwife Leaders 2020 list, for contributing to global healthcare, and #SDGs targets attainment, especially during these trying times of #COVIDー19 pandemic,” the tweet read.
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Read more: Increase in infant health inequality: What is Pakistan doing about it?
“All the 8 Pakistani nurses and midwives honoured in the global 2020 100 Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives are faculty or alumni at AKU’s School of Nursing and Midwifery,” read a tweet by Aga Khan University’s official twitter.
Dr. Rozina Karmalini, SONAM’s Dean was mentioned under the Board and Management category to honour her contributions to adolescent health, improvements in research to incorporated it into education and practice.
Read more: Dr. Sania Nishtar, Mahira Khan among BBC’s 100 Most Influential Women
“It is an honour to be acknowledged by the international public health and nursing fraternity,” Karmaliani stated.
“This year has been particularly challenging for healthcare providers, all of whom have shown incredible commitment in their respective roles in responding to the Covid-19 crisis
“There is no better time than now to acknowledge the critical role of nurses in creating resilient healthcare systems,” she added.
Read more: Dr Sania Nishtar & Dr Zafar Mirza can revolutionize the health care system of Pakistan
SONAM faculty members Yasmin Parpio and Samina Vertejee were honoured under the Community Hero category for their contributions to community health nursing. Saima Sachwani was appreciated under the Human Capital Development category for formulating an effective nursing curriculum.
Under the Innovation, Science and Health category, Marina Baig, a nurse mid-wife was honored for enabling mobile health technology to ameliorate maternal health.
While three SOMAN alumni were honoured under the Community Hero category. Dr. Shela Hirani for her contributions to promote, support and protect breastfeeding amid Covid-19 pandemic, Neelam Punjabi for enabling access to sexual and reproductive health rights and Sadaf Saleem for her work in geriatric nursing.
Read more: In Pakistan, why are women the hardest hit by the pandemic?
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, they have raised healthcare standards worldwide by displaying immense courage and resilience.
News Desk
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December 29, 2020
Eight Pakistani women have been named in the global 100 Outstanding Nurse and Midwife Leaders 2020 list to honour their services and contributions to healthcare defying all odds this year.
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, they have raised healthcare standards worldwide by displaying immense courage and resilience.
The list includes nurses and midwives from 43 countries. They have been acknowledged by recognised by Women in Global Health (WGH) in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Population Fund, Nursing Now, International Council of Nurses and International Confederation of Midwives on the list.
Read more: UNFP urges to prioritize women’s health globally to avoid ‘dire consequences’
WGH acknowledges these extraordinary leaders to encourage WHO members states to include them in significant decisions, establish a safe work place environment and decrease the gender pay gap. It also reiterates the importance of strategic leadership positions for nurses and midwives in healthcare facilities.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs took to Twitter to laud the Pakistani women and their extraordinary contributions to global healthcare.
“We feel immensely proud of & heartily congratulate #Pakistani women named in global 100 Outstanding #Women Nurse and Midwife Leaders 2020 list, for contributing to global healthcare, and #SDGs targets attainment, especially during these trying times of #COVIDー19 pandemic,” the tweet read.
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/?bsa_pro_id=103&bsa_pro_url=1
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/?bsa_pro_id=77&bsa_pro_url=1
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/?bsa_pro_id=97&bsa_pro_url=1
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/?bsa_pro_id=102&bsa_pro_url=1
Read more: Increase in infant health inequality: What is Pakistan doing about it?
“All the 8 Pakistani nurses and midwives honoured in the global 2020 100 Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives are faculty or alumni at AKU’s School of Nursing and Midwifery,” read a tweet by Aga Khan University’s official twitter.
Dr. Rozina Karmalini, SONAM’s Dean was mentioned under the Board and Management category to honour her contributions to adolescent health, improvements in research to incorporated it into education and practice.
Read more: Dr. Sania Nishtar, Mahira Khan among BBC’s 100 Most Influential Women
“It is an honour to be acknowledged by the international public health and nursing fraternity,” Karmaliani stated.
“This year has been particularly challenging for healthcare providers, all of whom have shown incredible commitment in their respective roles in responding to the Covid-19 crisis
“There is no better time than now to acknowledge the critical role of nurses in creating resilient healthcare systems,” she added.
Read more: Dr Sania Nishtar & Dr Zafar Mirza can revolutionize the health care system of Pakistan
SONAM faculty members Yasmin Parpio and Samina Vertejee were honoured under the Community Hero category for their contributions to community health nursing. Saima Sachwani was appreciated under the Human Capital Development category for formulating an effective nursing curriculum.
Under the Innovation, Science and Health category, Marina Baig, a nurse mid-wife was honored for enabling mobile health technology to ameliorate maternal health.
While three SOMAN alumni were honoured under the Community Hero category. Dr. Shela Hirani for her contributions to promote, support and protect breastfeeding amid Covid-19 pandemic, Neelam Punjabi for enabling access to sexual and reproductive health rights and Sadaf Saleem for her work in geriatric nursing.
Read more: In Pakistan, why are women the hardest hit by the pandemic?
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5 Pakistanis who made a name in sci-tech in 2020
These Pakistanis excelled in their fields, ranging from gaming to cell-biology
Tech DeskDecember 26, 2020
PHOTO: FILE
Tech has gradually become one of life's necessities, be it for businesses, industries, offices or the home.This year science, technology, and innovation played an even more important role as governments raced to find a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19. Individuals and organisations came forward to find innovative solutions. We bring to you a list of Pakistani scientist and researchers from around the world that pulled off an impressive performance in 2020.
Shazia Sadiq
Professor Shazia Sadiq has been selected by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) to be a part of its advanced STEM research team.
A data engineer by profession, Sadiq developed an effective solution for Business Information Systems to process information that would help in business process management, governance, risk, and compliance data.
She is currently working in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Sadiq is also is part of the Data and Knowledge Engineering Research Group.
"I am passionate about the positive impact emerging technologies from data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence can have on our future. I advocate responsible and ethical technology developments and believe strongly that these developments require trans-disciplinary collaborations between research, industry, government, and community," says Sadiq.
In 1989, she completed her MSc in computer science from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and was amongst the few women to undertake studies in a computer science program in the late 80s. Sadiq has partaken in educational activities to support women in computer science and technology for over two decades.
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She is a recipient of a number of awards including 10 Year Test of Time influential research award, 2017; Premier's Award for best use of open data (Team Award), 2014; Women in Technology Distinguished Research Award, 2013; UQ Award for Teaching Excellence, 2013 and several best paper awards at international conferences.
Asifa Akhtar
Pakistan-born scientist Dr Asifa Akhtar has been selected as a recipient for the prestigious 2021 Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for her outstanding work in cell-biology on mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation.
Along with being recognized on the international platform, she will be receiving a research prize of 2.5 million Euros.
"Science is a beautiful example of integration because you have people from all over the world exchanging knowledge beyond boundaries, cultures, or prejudice," says Akthar.
Born in Karachi, Akhtar obtained her doctorate at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, UK, in 1997 before moving to Germany where she was a Postdoctoral fellow at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Adolf-Butenandt-Institute in Munich from 1998 to 2001.
She was awarded the Early Career European Life Science Organisation Award in 2008, EMBO membership in 2013, and the Feldberg Prize in 2017. She was also elected as a member of the National Academy of Science Leopoldina in 2019.
Dr Naqeeb Khalid
Dr Naqeeb Khalid is a Toronto-based Pakistani doctor who has introduced an instant Covid-19 diagnostic test using a smartphone, according to Radio Pakistan.
In 1983, Khalid graduated from King Edward Medical University, he later went on to specialise in the invention of medical devices and systems.
In a conversation with High Commissioner for Pakistan to Canada Raza Bashir Tarar, Khalid explained that his innovation is based on a digital platform that displays the result instantly on any smartphone and can also communicate or store the results along with time and GPS information.
"Together with vaccines, we can control the Covid-19 outbreak and return our lives and economies to normal," says Khalid.
The main goal is to create an easy, affordable, and accessible invention that would benefit humanity in overcoming the current pandemic and in the future fight viruses causing tropical diseases such as dengue.
PTA issues notices to Google, Wikipedia over sacrilegious content
A smartphone application would soon be available to download from the AppStore.
Sanaa Khan
The 29-year-old is a programme manager at Google, where she supervises the market strategy and hardware planning for the company's gaming service Stadia.
Khan also made it to the Forbes 30 under 30 list under the category for games. She led initiatives such as 'Stadia's Free Play' Days, enacted during the pandemic for financially constrained gamers, and drives a scholarship programme for women developers.
Sumail Hassan Syed
In February, 20-year-old Sumail Hassan Syed was listed as one of the top-earning esports players with around $3.6 million earnings to date.
Hassan made history in 2015 when he helped his team, Evil Geniuses’, claim the Defense of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2) Asian championship in China.
“The gaming industry was very big and my individual performance was very good so I knew I could do it. I just needed a boost in the form of a team picking me up and once that happened it was all good,” Syed told VPEsports.
Sumail first started playing Dota when he was eight years old. When his family moved from Pakistan to Rosemont, Illinois in 2012 he began playing in the North American Elite League. It is there where he was picked up by one of the biggest e-sports team, the Evil Geniuses.
He is also the youngest gamer to surpass the $1 million (£769,000) in earnings, Hassan is one of the most sought after players on the gaming block with been featured in Time Magazine’s top 30 influential teenagers of 2016.
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These Pakistanis excelled in their fields, ranging from gaming to cell-biology
Tech DeskDecember 26, 2020
PHOTO: FILE
Tech has gradually become one of life's necessities, be it for businesses, industries, offices or the home.This year science, technology, and innovation played an even more important role as governments raced to find a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19. Individuals and organisations came forward to find innovative solutions. We bring to you a list of Pakistani scientist and researchers from around the world that pulled off an impressive performance in 2020.
Shazia Sadiq
Professor Shazia Sadiq has been selected by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) to be a part of its advanced STEM research team.
A data engineer by profession, Sadiq developed an effective solution for Business Information Systems to process information that would help in business process management, governance, risk, and compliance data.
She is currently working in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Sadiq is also is part of the Data and Knowledge Engineering Research Group.
"I am passionate about the positive impact emerging technologies from data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence can have on our future. I advocate responsible and ethical technology developments and believe strongly that these developments require trans-disciplinary collaborations between research, industry, government, and community," says Sadiq.
In 1989, she completed her MSc in computer science from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and was amongst the few women to undertake studies in a computer science program in the late 80s. Sadiq has partaken in educational activities to support women in computer science and technology for over two decades.
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She is a recipient of a number of awards including 10 Year Test of Time influential research award, 2017; Premier's Award for best use of open data (Team Award), 2014; Women in Technology Distinguished Research Award, 2013; UQ Award for Teaching Excellence, 2013 and several best paper awards at international conferences.
Asifa Akhtar
Pakistan-born scientist Dr Asifa Akhtar has been selected as a recipient for the prestigious 2021 Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for her outstanding work in cell-biology on mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation.
Along with being recognized on the international platform, she will be receiving a research prize of 2.5 million Euros.
"Science is a beautiful example of integration because you have people from all over the world exchanging knowledge beyond boundaries, cultures, or prejudice," says Akthar.
Born in Karachi, Akhtar obtained her doctorate at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, UK, in 1997 before moving to Germany where she was a Postdoctoral fellow at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Adolf-Butenandt-Institute in Munich from 1998 to 2001.
She was awarded the Early Career European Life Science Organisation Award in 2008, EMBO membership in 2013, and the Feldberg Prize in 2017. She was also elected as a member of the National Academy of Science Leopoldina in 2019.
Dr Naqeeb Khalid
Dr Naqeeb Khalid is a Toronto-based Pakistani doctor who has introduced an instant Covid-19 diagnostic test using a smartphone, according to Radio Pakistan.
In 1983, Khalid graduated from King Edward Medical University, he later went on to specialise in the invention of medical devices and systems.
In a conversation with High Commissioner for Pakistan to Canada Raza Bashir Tarar, Khalid explained that his innovation is based on a digital platform that displays the result instantly on any smartphone and can also communicate or store the results along with time and GPS information.
"Together with vaccines, we can control the Covid-19 outbreak and return our lives and economies to normal," says Khalid.
The main goal is to create an easy, affordable, and accessible invention that would benefit humanity in overcoming the current pandemic and in the future fight viruses causing tropical diseases such as dengue.
PTA issues notices to Google, Wikipedia over sacrilegious content
A smartphone application would soon be available to download from the AppStore.
Sanaa Khan
The 29-year-old is a programme manager at Google, where she supervises the market strategy and hardware planning for the company's gaming service Stadia.
Khan also made it to the Forbes 30 under 30 list under the category for games. She led initiatives such as 'Stadia's Free Play' Days, enacted during the pandemic for financially constrained gamers, and drives a scholarship programme for women developers.
Sumail Hassan Syed
In February, 20-year-old Sumail Hassan Syed was listed as one of the top-earning esports players with around $3.6 million earnings to date.
Hassan made history in 2015 when he helped his team, Evil Geniuses’, claim the Defense of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2) Asian championship in China.
“The gaming industry was very big and my individual performance was very good so I knew I could do it. I just needed a boost in the form of a team picking me up and once that happened it was all good,” Syed told VPEsports.
Sumail first started playing Dota when he was eight years old. When his family moved from Pakistan to Rosemont, Illinois in 2012 he began playing in the North American Elite League. It is there where he was picked up by one of the biggest e-sports team, the Evil Geniuses.
He is also the youngest gamer to surpass the $1 million (£769,000) in earnings, Hassan is one of the most sought after players on the gaming block with been featured in Time Magazine’s top 30 influential teenagers of 2016.
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Pakistani girl wins global memory competition
Emma Alam and Syeda Kisa Zehra break multiple world records during the championship
Arif AnisDecember 31, 2020
Emma Alam is a dedicated young girl from Pakistan and has competed in various memory championships. PHOTO: EXPRESS
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A young girl from Pakistan has won the 29th World Memory Championships global finals, beating more than 300 competitors from all over the world.
Emma Alam competed in over 10 disciplines in three-day competition which included participants from China, Canada, United Kingdom, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Algeria, United States, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Libya, Qatar and Iraq.
Emma Alam and Syeda Kisa Zehra from Team Pakistan also broke multiple world records in this year’s championship.
The World Memory Championships was founded in 1991 by world-renowned Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene with the aim to shine a global spotlight on the incredible power of human memory.
Emma Alam is a dedicated young girl from Pakistan and has competed in various memory championships. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The late Tony Buzan was the world’s top five speakers reported by Forbes Magazine. He was the one who popularised the idea of mental literacy as well as being the author/co-author of more than 80 books. Raymond Keene is Grandmaster of Chess and an appointed officer of the order of the British Empire by her majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Since 1991, the championship has travelled to various high profile international venues, including The Kingdom of Bahrain, Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University, Imperial College London, The Royal Festival Hall, Olympia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hainan and Wuhan (in 2019).
With the efforts of World Memory Sports Council, Asia Pacific Memory Sports Council, National Memory Sports Council of Pakistan and the Global Chief Arbiter Lester, the World Memory Championships 2020 had adopted online and synchronous mode, where the global memory athlete community competed synchronously in 16 countries and regions.
The candidates with the best, fastest and sharpest memory skills competed to demonstrate their intellectual power and to set new heights of what the human memory can truly achieve.
"The one shining exception was the 29th World Memory Championship, which by a miracle of organisation and global coordination, was successfully put together by our dedicated team, with the Chinese City of SANYA as its base," Raymond Keene, global president of the World Memory Sports Council, said in his official statement.
He added that the field consisted of an impressive 300 competitors from 16 countries and from this extensive field the winner, world champion from the 29th World Memory Championship, emerged from the Pakistan team, so excellently and expertly trained by Sania Alam.
Raymond Keene congratulated Emma Alam and said that she is "one of the great sporting achievers for Pakistan, a unique heroine in pandemic stricken 2020, and supreme grand world memory champion for 2020".
Emma Alam was thrilled to win the prestigious global event. "I had aimed to give my best in WMC 2020, backed by a lot of daily practice for the past two years with my coach and the institute. It still astonishes me how powerful the mechanism of human memory is and the brain’s infinite information storage system."
She said that she planned on competing again next year with even better performance. "I congratulate all those amazing competitors who competed from across the globe."
Emma is a dedicated young girl from Pakistan and has competed in various memory championships including the 3rd Asia Pacific Memory Championship in Malaysia, and the 28th World Memory Championship in China, having won countless medals and trophies through her splendid performance. She is currently completing her studies through homeschooling.
Abeerah Ather, who is another member of Team Pakistan, achieved 7th position in the 2020 global rankings.
Emma and Team Pakistan were trained under the Institute of Human Memory Development International (IHMD).
The World Memory Championships is an esteemed tournament of mind sports, where skills of intellectual ability are measured as opposed to physical sports.
Mind Sports are a unique form of games compared to the Olympic Games where one celebrates excellence in athletic performance and the other celebrates the fittest brains on earth. Mind Sports are some of the most elite and prestigious sports being practised around the world today.
Only WMSC organised championships are recognised and accepted by the Guinness World Records. Emma Alam and Syeda Kisa Zehra from Team Pakistan also broke multiple world records in this year’s championship.
Last year’s 28th World Memory Championship took place in China and the overall champion was Ryu Song, a young girl from North Korea.
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Emma Alam and Syeda Kisa Zehra break multiple world records during the championship
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Emma Alam is a dedicated young girl from Pakistan and has competed in various memory championships. PHOTO: EXPRESS
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A young girl from Pakistan has won the 29th World Memory Championships global finals, beating more than 300 competitors from all over the world.
Emma Alam competed in over 10 disciplines in three-day competition which included participants from China, Canada, United Kingdom, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Algeria, United States, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Libya, Qatar and Iraq.
Emma Alam and Syeda Kisa Zehra from Team Pakistan also broke multiple world records in this year’s championship.
The World Memory Championships was founded in 1991 by world-renowned Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene with the aim to shine a global spotlight on the incredible power of human memory.
The late Tony Buzan was the world’s top five speakers reported by Forbes Magazine. He was the one who popularised the idea of mental literacy as well as being the author/co-author of more than 80 books. Raymond Keene is Grandmaster of Chess and an appointed officer of the order of the British Empire by her majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Since 1991, the championship has travelled to various high profile international venues, including The Kingdom of Bahrain, Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University, Imperial College London, The Royal Festival Hall, Olympia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hainan and Wuhan (in 2019).
With the efforts of World Memory Sports Council, Asia Pacific Memory Sports Council, National Memory Sports Council of Pakistan and the Global Chief Arbiter Lester, the World Memory Championships 2020 had adopted online and synchronous mode, where the global memory athlete community competed synchronously in 16 countries and regions.
The candidates with the best, fastest and sharpest memory skills competed to demonstrate their intellectual power and to set new heights of what the human memory can truly achieve.
"The one shining exception was the 29th World Memory Championship, which by a miracle of organisation and global coordination, was successfully put together by our dedicated team, with the Chinese City of SANYA as its base," Raymond Keene, global president of the World Memory Sports Council, said in his official statement.
He added that the field consisted of an impressive 300 competitors from 16 countries and from this extensive field the winner, world champion from the 29th World Memory Championship, emerged from the Pakistan team, so excellently and expertly trained by Sania Alam.
Raymond Keene congratulated Emma Alam and said that she is "one of the great sporting achievers for Pakistan, a unique heroine in pandemic stricken 2020, and supreme grand world memory champion for 2020".
Emma Alam was thrilled to win the prestigious global event. "I had aimed to give my best in WMC 2020, backed by a lot of daily practice for the past two years with my coach and the institute. It still astonishes me how powerful the mechanism of human memory is and the brain’s infinite information storage system."
She said that she planned on competing again next year with even better performance. "I congratulate all those amazing competitors who competed from across the globe."
Emma is a dedicated young girl from Pakistan and has competed in various memory championships including the 3rd Asia Pacific Memory Championship in Malaysia, and the 28th World Memory Championship in China, having won countless medals and trophies through her splendid performance. She is currently completing her studies through homeschooling.
Abeerah Ather, who is another member of Team Pakistan, achieved 7th position in the 2020 global rankings.
Emma and Team Pakistan were trained under the Institute of Human Memory Development International (IHMD).
The World Memory Championships is an esteemed tournament of mind sports, where skills of intellectual ability are measured as opposed to physical sports.
Mind Sports are a unique form of games compared to the Olympic Games where one celebrates excellence in athletic performance and the other celebrates the fittest brains on earth. Mind Sports are some of the most elite and prestigious sports being practised around the world today.
Only WMSC organised championships are recognised and accepted by the Guinness World Records. Emma Alam and Syeda Kisa Zehra from Team Pakistan also broke multiple world records in this year’s championship.
Last year’s 28th World Memory Championship took place in China and the overall champion was Ryu Song, a young girl from North Korea.
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Pride for Pakistan as Karachi-born Sajjad Khan leads Mercedes-Benz's transition to Electric Vehicle arena
12:17 AM | 10 Jan, 2021
KARACHI – German auto giant, Mercedes-Benz, is all set to make entry into the electric vehicles market and the firm's whole transition to near arena is being led by a Pakistan-German expert.
Under the leadership of Sajjad Khan, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG and Chief Technical Officer, the top rated carmaker will launch six new all-electric EQ models.
The all-electric EQS sedan will join the current gasoline-engine S500 and S580 models as the third member of the flagship S-class lineup, said Forbes in an article. The new models will be manufactured in Germany at Factory 56.
The EQS is the first to get the latest electric architecture designed for luxury and executive EV models.
Sajjad, who was born in Pakistan’s Karachi, also rolled out the MUBX Hyperscreen for the EQS sedan that has been termed as the brain and the nervous system of the four-wheeler.
He said, “With its unique electro-aesthetics and high user-friendliness, it represents the entire character of the EQS – avant-garde, cool, personal, and useful.”
Who is Sajjad Khan?
He has been appointed as ,member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG. CASE until October 22.
Sajjad Khan was born on October 30, 1973, in Karachi, Pakistan. Having completed a master’s degree in Information & Communication Technology, specializing in product engineering and following first international projects in the industry, Sajjad Khan joined DaimlerChrysler AG in 2001. There he worked on various projects in the field of infotainment before transferring to the materials purchasing department in 2004, where he procured electronic components for cars.
Sajjad Khan moved to Magna in 2007, where he was responsible as director for the e-car and electronics unit as well as for cross-section functions in global procurement.
From 2011 to 2015, he worked for BMW Group AG, where he ultimately became Vice President, responsible for the Connected Drive system worldwide.
Sajjad Khan took over the responsibility for Digital Vehicle & Mobility as Vice President at Daimler AG in spring 2015. Since June 2017, he has also been working as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of CASE. Since October 2018, Sajjad Khan leads the whole CASE organization (Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Services, Electric).
12:17 AM | 10 Jan, 2021
KARACHI – German auto giant, Mercedes-Benz, is all set to make entry into the electric vehicles market and the firm's whole transition to near arena is being led by a Pakistan-German expert.
Under the leadership of Sajjad Khan, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG and Chief Technical Officer, the top rated carmaker will launch six new all-electric EQ models.
The all-electric EQS sedan will join the current gasoline-engine S500 and S580 models as the third member of the flagship S-class lineup, said Forbes in an article. The new models will be manufactured in Germany at Factory 56.
The EQS is the first to get the latest electric architecture designed for luxury and executive EV models.
Sajjad, who was born in Pakistan’s Karachi, also rolled out the MUBX Hyperscreen for the EQS sedan that has been termed as the brain and the nervous system of the four-wheeler.
He said, “With its unique electro-aesthetics and high user-friendliness, it represents the entire character of the EQS – avant-garde, cool, personal, and useful.”
Who is Sajjad Khan?
He has been appointed as ,member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG. CASE until October 22.
Sajjad Khan was born on October 30, 1973, in Karachi, Pakistan. Having completed a master’s degree in Information & Communication Technology, specializing in product engineering and following first international projects in the industry, Sajjad Khan joined DaimlerChrysler AG in 2001. There he worked on various projects in the field of infotainment before transferring to the materials purchasing department in 2004, where he procured electronic components for cars.
Sajjad Khan moved to Magna in 2007, where he was responsible as director for the e-car and electronics unit as well as for cross-section functions in global procurement.
From 2011 to 2015, he worked for BMW Group AG, where he ultimately became Vice President, responsible for the Connected Drive system worldwide.
Sajjad Khan took over the responsibility for Digital Vehicle & Mobility as Vice President at Daimler AG in spring 2015. Since June 2017, he has also been working as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of CASE. Since October 2018, Sajjad Khan leads the whole CASE organization (Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Services, Electric).
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Pakistani twin sisters become the youngest Microsoft Power Platform Certified professionals at age 10
Written by Talha IkramJan 9 · 46 sec read
The Power Platform certification is meant for individuals that want to build solutions for their organizations using the Microsoft Power Platform. It enables individuals to automate business processes, perform data analytics, and integrate artificial intelligence to build new solutions.
Having a background in the tech industry, their father stimulated their interest in software as he was forced to work from home during the COVID-19 lockdown. They started learning about software from there and learned basic programming by themselves. Even after their schooling resumed they continued to build on their interest in programming and started replicating applications gaining experience from the web in their free time and build expense management solutions for their father.
That is when they decided to give the Power Platform certification. After preparing for six months using the material available online, the girls gave the test and passed, making the youngest Power Platform certified professionals despite not having access to mobile devices or laptops till the age of 8.
Written by Talha IkramJan 9 · 46 sec read
The Power Platform certification is meant for individuals that want to build solutions for their organizations using the Microsoft Power Platform. It enables individuals to automate business processes, perform data analytics, and integrate artificial intelligence to build new solutions.
Having a background in the tech industry, their father stimulated their interest in software as he was forced to work from home during the COVID-19 lockdown. They started learning about software from there and learned basic programming by themselves. Even after their schooling resumed they continued to build on their interest in programming and started replicating applications gaining experience from the web in their free time and build expense management solutions for their father.
That is when they decided to give the Power Platform certification. After preparing for six months using the material available online, the girls gave the test and passed, making the youngest Power Platform certified professionals despite not having access to mobile devices or laptops till the age of 8.
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امریکہ میں مقیم پاکستانی ڈاکٹر ڈاکٹر عمر عتیق نے کینسر کے 200 ایسے مریضوں کا قرض معاف کر دیا ہے جو یہ ادا کرنے کی سکت نہیں رکھتے۔ اس قرضے کی مجموعی تقریباً رقم ساڑھے چھ لاکھ امریکی ڈالر ہے۔
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Pakistani student appointed as UN Youth Envoy for sustainable development goals
06:21 PM | 2 Feb, 2021
A proud moment for Pakistan as Aliza Ayaz is selected as a United Nations Youth Ambassador for SDGs.
The second student to hold this prestige after Malala Yousafzai, Ayaz is also the first-ever international representative at the UK House of Lords.
The 22-year-old climate activist is invested in building relationships to comprehend client-specific issues and works closely with the UK Government to provide optimal solutions for environmental and cultural diversity.
At McKinsey & Company, she developed analytical tools to provide insights and evidence that will insist on decision-making for health and environment subjects.
Taking to her LinkedIn profile to express gratitude, she said, "I. CAN'T. BELIEVE. IT. I have been appointed as the United Nations youth ambassador to help promote their SDG's! Turning twenty-two has been characterised by perpetually asking myself if there is anything significant about this age other than a tired association with graduating, but that is perhaps a very shallow reflection of what will InshAllah be a transformative year."
Back in February 2020, BPF proudly sponsored Aliza’s trip to the United Nations World Urban Forum where she delivered the keynote address on inclusive and diverse climate action.
Developing a keen interest in socioeconomic risk forecasting and capacity modelling for an energy retrofit, Aliza is an active contributor in supporting the UK Government’s Kickstart and Green Homes Grant Scheme.
Alongside, she works with NHS CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups) to create sustainable change across the hospital pathway through data-driven insights and on-the-ground implementation of solutions to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare.
Born in Dubai, Aliz has lived most of her life around the Middle East. Before moving to London, she lived in Karachi and studied at Karachi Grammar School. Currently, she is enrolled in University College London for her bachelor's degree.
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06:21 PM | 2 Feb, 2021
A proud moment for Pakistan as Aliza Ayaz is selected as a United Nations Youth Ambassador for SDGs.
The second student to hold this prestige after Malala Yousafzai, Ayaz is also the first-ever international representative at the UK House of Lords.
The 22-year-old climate activist is invested in building relationships to comprehend client-specific issues and works closely with the UK Government to provide optimal solutions for environmental and cultural diversity.
At McKinsey & Company, she developed analytical tools to provide insights and evidence that will insist on decision-making for health and environment subjects.
Taking to her LinkedIn profile to express gratitude, she said, "I. CAN'T. BELIEVE. IT. I have been appointed as the United Nations youth ambassador to help promote their SDG's! Turning twenty-two has been characterised by perpetually asking myself if there is anything significant about this age other than a tired association with graduating, but that is perhaps a very shallow reflection of what will InshAllah be a transformative year."
Back in February 2020, BPF proudly sponsored Aliza’s trip to the United Nations World Urban Forum where she delivered the keynote address on inclusive and diverse climate action.
Developing a keen interest in socioeconomic risk forecasting and capacity modelling for an energy retrofit, Aliza is an active contributor in supporting the UK Government’s Kickstart and Green Homes Grant Scheme.
Alongside, she works with NHS CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups) to create sustainable change across the hospital pathway through data-driven insights and on-the-ground implementation of solutions to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare.
Born in Dubai, Aliz has lived most of her life around the Middle East. Before moving to London, she lived in Karachi and studied at Karachi Grammar School. Currently, she is enrolled in University College London for her bachelor's degree.
Pakistani student wins big for pain-free invisible needle
KARACHI – A student of Agha Khan University (AKU) did Pakistani nation proud by bagging the Global Pediatric Research Investigator Award by the Nature
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