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Shifa Hospital’s liver transplant programme hailed

ISLAMABAD: College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) President Prof Zafarullah Chaudhry has commended Shifa International Hospital (SIH) for starting the living donor liver transplant programme for the first time in Pakistan.

He congratulated the SIH Chief Executive Dr Manzoor H Qazi and the liver transplant team for performing the first ever living donor paediatric liver transplant of a 12-year-old child at the hospital on April 30 followed by another liver transplant of a 47-year-old person on May 1. He said now the people of Pakistan would not have to go abroad for liver transplant as Shifa had introduced a first class liver transplant programme in the country. He was addressing to the participants of a ceremony arranged at the SIH in collaboration with CPSP in connection with Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the CPSP.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

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Citi Pakistan wins ‘Best CSR Programme’ award

KARACHI: Citi Pakistan has been awarded the ‘Best Community Programme’ award for its pioneering work in microfinance and vocational training at the International CSR Awards 2012. The bank has been focusing its programmes on microentrepreneurship for vulnerable groups, including helping female entrepreneurs set up businesses. This is evidenced through the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards (CMA) programme, which has been run in association with the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) for the past eight years through an annual grant provided by the Citi Foundation.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

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Pakistani doctor inducted into Medical Hall of Fame

WASHINGTON: Illustrious Pakistani doctor S Amjad Hussain, has been inducted into the Medical Mission Hall in Toledo, Ohio.

Amjad Hussain is one of 34 individuals from around the world who are now members of the Medical Mission Hall of Fame. The MMHOF was created in 2004 to honor those individuals and organisations who have made significant and substantial contributions to advancing the medical well-being of people throughout the world.

A native of Peshawar, Dr Hussain has participated in medical and teaching missions for more than 40 years. He has traveled to the Dominican Republic, China, Libya, India and Pakistan, where he has taught a legion of medical students and doctors and has donated tons of supplies and equipment. Professor emeritus of thoracic cardiovascular surgery at the University of Toledo, he is a graduate of Khyber Medical College in Peshawar.

The inventor of two surgical devices – the pleuro-peritoneal shunt and a special endotracheal tube to supply oxygen during fiberoptic broncchoscopy in awake patients – he was recognised by the Khyber Medical College with its first lifetime achievement award during its golden jubilee celebration in 2005.

Dr Hussain is the author of seven Urdu and six English books on diverse subjects including religion, culture, history and international relations.

Illustrious Pakistani doctor inducted into Medical Hall of Fame – The Express Tribune

 

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Big win for Pakistan at Karl Popper Debates

It was a big win for Pakistan when their team were declared winners of the first Asian Karl Popper Debate Championship and all three members of the team emerged the top speaker, runner-up and fifth.

Zainab Shahid, aged 17, leapt out of her seat when Pakistan 2 was declared winner as her teammates Aleena Ali, 17, Murtaza Chaudhry, 18, and their coach Haider Khan cheered. They beat the Nepal 2 team in the grand finals which was held in Pattaya on May 18.

Noel Selegzi, Program Director of OSF Youth Initiatives presented the challenge trophy to teams Pakistan 2 and Nepal 2.

Earlier in his speech, he said: “You come from a wide range of countries – a wide spectrum from closed to open. This forum is to prepare you to discuss critical issues in a responsible manner. We see debate as a means to promote open society.

The top 5 speakers had 4 contestants from Pakistan:

1st Aleena Ali (Pakistan 2) 467 points

2nd Yondeen Sherpa (Nepal 2) 466 points

3rd Zainab Shahid (Pakistan 2) 464 points

4th Isha Raut (Pakistan 2) 459 points

5th Murtaza Chaudhry (Pakistan 2) 459 points

Big win for Pakistan at first Asian KPDC | IDEA Asia Youth Forum 2012

 

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first Asian Karl Popper Debate

This is so gratifying - I would encourage all Pakistanis and Indians, Bangladeshis (always, ALWAYS Pakistanis to me - no offense intended), Lankans and Nepali, and Chinese to read the works of Dr. Sir Karl Popper, a BENEVOLENT scholar

 

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Mehwish Khan​

28th May 2012​

AIESEC lauds Ufone’s project ‘Pakistan Tum He To Ho’​

Pakistan is a beautiful country and we are confident that the project taken forward by Ufone ‘Pakistan Tum He To Ho’ is one of the best projects which will neutralize the false negative impression of Pakistan globally.

This was said by Haider Raza, one of the members of AIESEC International during a press conference held by AIESEC representatives here in Lahore.

AIESEC representatives from foreign countries are currently visiting Pakistan to monitor Ufone’s project ‘Pakistan Tum He To Ho’ and as part of the project they conducted a press conference in which they shared their review of the project with the media.

Haider Raza briefed the media about the salient features of the project carried out by Ufone and AIESEC jointly. He said that the project in mainly initiated to neutralize the negative image of Pakistan. Haider Raza urged the visiting AIESEC to go through the portal ‘Pakistan Tum He To Ho’. It would help them understand the positive side of Pakistan, he added. In the next phase, the AIESEC interns would share the available information about Pakistan on the portal to other websites, blogs and networking communities to create global mass awareness that Pakistan was a progressive and forward looking country, he declared.

Christoph Rauch, another member of AIESEC International visiting Pakistan now a days, shared with the media about his perception of Pakistan before visiting and how his thought process changed after spending a couple of months here. He also pointed out similarities and differences between different cultures and highlighted the importance of exchange programs which gave students an opportunity to visit different countries and learn about their cultures and norms. “All groundwork done by us will be shared with AIESEC members across the globe which will ensure that the Pakistan’s soft image is portrayed all around”, Mr. Rauch maintained.

Ms. Zsophia Antal, another AIESEC member, while sharing her experience of this project said that this project is really an eye opener for the people. She said that Pakistan is really a beautiful country and the people here are very friendly and peace-loving. “To conduct this project with Ufone was a wonderful experience for me and I’m pretty hopeful that ‘Pakistan Tum He To Ho’ will help highlighting the positive side of Pakistan in the international arena.

Other AIESEC members Heer Ayoub and Aneeqa Khan were also present at the press conference.

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Hopefully, this project will turn out to be successful, & the image of Pakistan presented to the world will improve.

 

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Mera Passion Pakistan - Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahi

Mera Passion Pakistan - Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahi - YouTube

 

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Pakistani prodigy sets world record

LAHORE: Pakistani student, Shayan Anique Akhtar, has set a world record in Microsoft Professional Certificate programme by achieving 998 marks out of a total of 1000.

His name has been entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for this accomplishment.

Shayan is also scheduled to meet Bill Gates in July this year on a special invitation of the Microsoft founder.

He is also a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Professional Developer (MPD).

MSN Pakistan | Pakistan News | Pakistani prodigy sets world record

 

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Pakistani prodigy sets world record

LAHORE: Pakistani student, Shayan Anique Akhtar, has set a world record in Microsoft Professional Certificate programme by achieving 998 marks out of a total of 1000.

His name has been entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for this accomplishment.

Shayan is also scheduled to meet Bill Gates in July this year on a special invitation of the Microsoft founder.

He is also a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Professional Developer (MPD).

MSN Pakistan | Pakistan News | Pakistani prodigy sets world record

It is unfortunate to report that Shayan Akhtar, the self proclaimed world record holder for Youngest Microsoft professional, is a fraud told me officials from Microsoft.

Shayan Akhtar, a student from Okara, recently claimed that he has set a new world record by scoring 998 marks out of total 1,000 in a Microsoft Professional Certificate programme.

Furthermore Shayan had claimed that Bill Gates has invited him for one to one meeting in July 2012.

Microsoft officials from Pakistan as well as United States, who wanted to remain unnamed, confirmed ProPakistani that Shayan is fabricating facts and communication records to gain popularity for reasons not known to them.

Shayan Akhtar was never invited by Bill Gates, commented company officials.

Microsoft officials also maintained that Microsoft doesn’t keep track of age for its certified professionals anymore. Hence there’s no point of claiming being youngest or oldest certified professional.

When we asked from Shayan about the same, he said that Microsoft could be lying to ProPakistani, and that he was indeed invited by Bill Gates for which he is visiting US in December 2012. He said he could show us the email invitation as well. (We will update this post, when and if we get the scan of invitation)

He also claimed that his name will appear in next publication of Guinness Book of World Record, for his extraordinary achievement. He was of the view that his certification (in November 2011) was a recent record that is why his name isn’t appearing in online search for world records on Guinness website.

Shayan’s father didn’t take our call.

Microsoft didn’t comment when we asked if company is considering any legal action against Shayan for the propaganda.

It merits mentioning here that Punjab government was considering to honor Shayan by throwing a ceremony which of course isn’t happening now.

It maybe recalled that Ammar Afzal, a student from Okara too, was involved in such kind of fraud as well. He had claimed similar kind of records in various certifications, which were later found out to be fake.

Update:

Shayan has tried to fabricate emails, exactly like what Microsoft officials claimed earlier. Just five minutes ago, I received an email from “Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation”. Here is what the email reads:

We’ve just contacted Shayan Anique to confirm his Bill Gates Invitation. He is invited by Mr Gates to visit Microsoft Corporation in November because of the work he had done in the field of Microsoft Technologies like ASP.NET, MVC, .NET FRAMEWORK and WINDOWS PHONE.

He is also a youngest MCPD in Windows Phone and Web Development 4. Although we have sent his world Records Documents for Verification to Guinness. We have also verified his MCP Transcript from Microsoft. It is totally valid.

We will inform you as soon as we receive reply from Guinness.

Your’s Sincerely,

-
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Main Office
PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 98102

Interestingly, the header of email suggest that this email was sent to us using a proxy email sender.

Check below screen shot of email header:

 

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It is unfortunate to report that Shayan Akhtar, the self proclaimed world record holder for Youngest Microsoft professional, is a fraud told me officials from Microsoft.

Shayan Akhtar, a student from Okara, recently claimed that he has set a new world record by scoring 998 marks out of total 1,000 in a Microsoft Professional Certificate programme.

Furthermore Shayan had claimed that Bill Gates has invited him for one to one meeting in July 2012.

Microsoft officials from Pakistan as well as United States, who wanted to remain unnamed, confirmed ProPakistani that Shayan is fabricating facts and communication records to gain popularity for reasons not known to them.

Shayan Akhtar was never invited by Bill Gates, commented company officials.

Microsoft officials also maintained that Microsoft doesn’t keep track of age for its certified professionals anymore. Hence there’s no point of claiming being youngest or oldest certified professional.

When we asked from Shayan about the same, he said that Microsoft could be lying to ProPakistani, and that he was indeed invited by Bill Gates for which he is visiting US in December 2012. He said he could show us the email invitation as well. (We will update this post, when and if we get the scan of invitation)

He also claimed that his name will appear in next publication of Guinness Book of World Record, for his extraordinary achievement. He was of the view that his certification (in November 2011) was a recent record that is why his name isn’t appearing in online search for world records on Guinness website.

Shayan’s father didn’t take our call.

Microsoft didn’t comment when we asked if company is considering any legal action against Shayan for the propaganda.

It merits mentioning here that Punjab government was considering to honor Shayan by throwing a ceremony which of course isn’t happening now.

It maybe recalled that Ammar Afzal, a student from Okara too, was involved in such kind of fraud as well. He had claimed similar kind of records in various certifications, which were later found out to be fake.

Update:

Shayan has tried to fabricate emails, exactly like what Microsoft officials claimed earlier. Just five minutes ago, I received an email from “Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation”. Here is what the email reads:

We’ve just contacted Shayan Anique to confirm his Bill Gates Invitation. He is invited by Mr Gates to visit Microsoft Corporation in November because of the work he had done in the field of Microsoft Technologies like ASP.NET, MVC, .NET FRAMEWORK and WINDOWS PHONE.

He is also a youngest MCPD in Windows Phone and Web Development 4. Although we have sent his world Records Documents for Verification to Guinness. We have also verified his MCP Transcript from Microsoft. It is totally valid.

We will inform you as soon as we receive reply from Guinness.

Your’s Sincerely,

-
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Main Office
PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 98102

Interestingly, the header of email suggest that this email was sent to us using a proxy email sender.

Check below screen shot of email header:

Really unfortunate if ture. And if that is the case I am sorry to have posted it in the first place.

 

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TCF student wins USA Art Competition

The TCF Family is proud of young Shahid Wajid Ali who is among the winners of 2012 Space Foundation Student Art Contest. TCF Student Shahid is one of the 36 winners (in different categories) out of more than 1,500 global entries! Because the winners are from all over the world, instead of having a ceremony, the space foundation made a video featuring astronauts who announced names of the young winners.

Based in USA, The Space Foundation, sponsor of the 2012 Space Foundation Student Art Contest, is a global, nonprofit leader in space awareness, educational programs that bring space into the classroom and major industry events, including the National Space Symposium. The winning entries of this competition were displayed in the Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center Pavilion at the Space Foundation's 28th National Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (April 16-19). Furthermore, all the winning entries were also displayed on Space Foundation Student Art Contest, an online museum of exceptional student artwork.

VI grade student, Shahid goes to TCF Secondary School – Javaid Ikram campus, Gulshan-e-Zia, Karachi. This school is in his neighbourhood. This area is one of the many urban slums sprawled across Karachi. TCF, as per its mission, has taken its purpose-built campuses to such urban slums so that young ones like Shahid can have easy access to quality education. Thousands of children like him are discovering exciting horizons just in their very own neighborhoods when they enter TCF Campuses encompassing a world of opportunities. It was one such opportunity that took Shahid’s work and name across the globe.

To financially support his family, he has been working at a small embroidery setup in his street. Since the tender age of nine he has been working there learning the art of threadwork (zari ka kaam) his tender fingers have been bruised hundreds of times in the process of learning this art but Shahid has never given up.

Complete story at TCF - Story Detail

 

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Tere Bin by Uzair JAswal

loved it...

Tere Bin - Uzair Jaswal [Official Music Video] - YouTube

 

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Jun 14, 2012

Pakistanis to have special UAE training

Pakistanis hoping to work in the UAE could soon benefit from specialist training to boost their job prospects.

The Pakistan Embassy wants to provide employers with trained staff in jobs ranging from labouring to low-level management.

"We are looking at ways to work with employers, the Government and other agencies to find out what they require from their employees," said Jamil Ahmed Khan, the Pakistani ambassador.

"This will help Pakistanis looking for work and businesses looking for staff because they will get a workforce that fits their needs."

Mr Khan said the embassy was in the process of putting together the details of the programme.

Mobisher Rabbani, the philanthropist head of the Rabbani Foundation, said: "This kind of pre-departure training the embassy is looking into is common in other countries and is much needed."

The proposals are similar to the system used in the 1970s when specific gaps in the UAE jobs market were filled by skilled workers from Pakistan.

Mr Rabbani and other Pakistani businessmen said the programme should also include education on the type of life workers could expect in the Emirates.

Munir Mahmood, chairman of the Pakistan Professional Forum said people needed to be made aware of issues such as the cost of living, rent, and the realities of shared accommodation.

Pakistanis to have special UAE training - The National

 

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Gawadar Coast Line