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Federer, Djokovic donate sports gear for Pakistan flood affectees

ISLAMABAD: Top international tennis stars Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Ana Ivanovic along with several others have donated their sports gear for generating funds for Pakistan’s flood affected people.

“Aisam-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s tennis star, has collected the sports gear from the players which will be sold during a live telethon,” an official of the Pakistan Tennis Federation shared Aisam’s father Ehtesham-ul-Haq’s email with Dawn.

He said Aisam was also expecting to receive few items from Rafael Nadal and Rohan Bopanna.

“Aisam will also be contributing his own racquet, shoes and playing gear, which he used at the US Open.”

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/17/tennis-stars-donate-sports-gear-for-flood-affectees.html

TenPearls Wins Silver at Nokia-AT&T Contest

Herndon, VA (PRWEB) September 08, 2011: TenPearls, a Pakistani application development company, won 2nd Prize for its mobile app, ANIMAL 101, in the Trivia and Education category of Nokia and AT&T’s “Calling All Innovators 2011” mobile app and games contest. This is the second award TenPearls has received for its mobile apps within a year. The first award was the 1st prize that TenPearls received for the uTrack mobile app earlier in 2011.

ANIMAL 101 is a fun mobile game which provides an engaging way for children to learn about animals. This voice-driven, visually appealing mobile game allows two to seven year old kids to enjoy this learning game.

http://news.yahoo.com/tenpearls-wins-nokia-t-innovators-2011-contest-070438809.html

TenPearls also received 1st prize at the 'Nokia Calling all Innovators Award' earlier this year.

Haseena Mai: A success story in the worst of times

MUZAFFARGARH: One year ago, Haseena Mai was a maid. Today, she has a poultry farm and earns Rs30,000 a month.

Last year’s floods were a blessing in disguise for some people, and Haseena is one of them.

A resident of Muzaffargarh, Haseena has become an inspiration for the men and women in her area, but she is not alone in her success. There are others who did not give up when faced with the disaster and fought for a better life when everything was lost.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/228211/floods-2010-success-stories-in-the-worst-of-times/

Solar panels changing villages in Sindh

An NGO called Connect – Woman and Child Welfare Organisation, has adopted Urs Mohammad Khaskheli as the first of five villages, to have all of its 65 households fitted with solar panels. Each solar panel powers two bulbs and a cell phone charger, according to the president of Connect, Talat Yasmeen.

“I can now study at my own will,” said 18-year-old Bhakhtawar. “I can teach in the morning at the village school and do my own studying at night under a light bulb”. Bakhtawar has completed her Matric and intends to go to Thatta College for Intermediate studies.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/247108/eureka-solar-panels-bring-sea-change-to-villages-surrounded-by-tributary-waters/

Photo shows a rural electrification project in Sindh (Photo: German Missions)

College girl brings laurels to the country

Rawalpindi: Saeeda Mir has won first prize in the International Book-writing Competition organised in the US. She has received a six-year educational scholarship from the Hawaii Institute, USA.

Around 1,900 students from all over the world participated in the competition in which Saeeda Mir, daughter of Mirbaz Khan, won the first prize. She belongs to Danyore Sultanabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and is a student of Bachelor of Arts (BA) at the Federal Government Margalla College for Women, Islamabad.

Talking to ‘The News,’ Saeeda Mir said: “It was a great honour for me to not only representing Pakistan but also winning laurels for the country.”

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=56373&Cat=6

From Mariabad to Harvard *International Literacy Day Special*

KARACHI: Located on the outskirts of Quetta, is the barren valley of Mariabad where the Hazara lead slow-paced lives. These tribal people, living in narrow brick huts speckled along the rugged hillside, typically sell loose cloth, sweaters or tea for their livelihood.

But one student — the son of a trader who sold Quaid-e-Azam style caps in Mariabad for a living — dared to tread a radically different path. Karrar Hussain Jaffar transcended the confines of an obscure town in Balochistan, where people rarely educate themselves beyond matriculation, to study at the prestigious Harvard University. His story — a narrative about the wondrous possibilities of equal educational opportunities — is truly inspirational.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/247117/wondrous-feats-one-students-journey-from-small-town-balochistan-to-harvard-university/

Nestle to double dairy output in Pakistan

Food giant Nestlé has announced plans to double its dairy output in Pakistan, where there is growing consumer demand for branded milk, according to Mintel.

Nestlé said the investment would be used to build new milk factories in the region. It will also help to boost Nestlé’s yoghurt, juice, and noodle businesses, said the firm.

“The opportunity to grow in Pakistan is still enormous,” Ian Donald, managing director at told Bloomberg.

http://www.dairyreporter.com/Markets/Nestle-to-double-dairy-output-in-Pakistan

Taxila boy scores 28 A’s in O levels

A Pakistani student from Beaconhouse has set a new world record by achieving 28 A’s in the University of Cambridge’s O-level examinations.

Nineteen-year-old Syed Zohaib Asad who belongs to Wah Cantonment in Taxilla aced in subjects like world geography and travel tourism in Pakistan.

Zohaib is hopeful and holds a belief that the country can be steered out of crisis through hardwork and honesty.

“I see the problems of Pakistan in line with the political scenario, the economic condition and educational structure. I aspire to contribute in the economic sector and will join the ministry of finance one day.”

http://tribune.com.pk/story/241665/taxila-boy-sets-world-record-scores-28-as-in-o-levels/

IBA wins South Asian Accreditation

KARACHI, Aug 25: The Institute of Business Administration joined the select group of seven other top business schools in South Asia — six from India and one from Pakistan (LUMS) — as it was awarded the coveted accreditation by the South Asian Quality Assurance System.

Commenting on the award of this distinctive honor, IBA dean and director Dr Ishrat Husain said: “This is just the beginning of a long journey upon which we have embarked. The next hurdles i.e. securing the European and American accreditation are more stringent and arduous to cross. But we will continue to do our utmost to move in that direction.”

http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/26/iba-wins-south-asian-accreditation.html

IBA dean and director Dr. Ishrat Husain

Pakistani police officer receives international award

UNITED NATIONS: A Pakistani woman police officer, currently working for a UN peacekeeping operation, has received the 2011 International Female Police Peacekeeper Award in recognition of her outstanding performance.

Shahzadi Gulfam, a deputy superintendent of police, is the first Pakistani woman officer to receive the prestigious award. She is deployed with the United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) as the UN Police (UNPOL) team leader posted in the Timor-Leste National Police Vulnerable Persons Unit in Dili, the capital.

“Shahzadi Gulfam has shown enthusiasm, diligence and zeal in her work with the Vulnerable Persons Unit in Dili,” UNMIT Police Commissioner Luis Carillho said. “Sadly in post-conflict Timor-Leste domestic violence is a common crime and victims often find it difficult to file complaints,” she said.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/24/pakistani-woman-police-officer-bags-international-award.html

For more: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39367&Cr=peacekeeping&Cr1=

UNPOL Officer Shazadi Gulfam (left) with Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro (centre) and UN Police Adviser Ann-Marie Orler

Pakistani scholar among world’s top young innovators

ISLAMABAD –  Associate Professor, School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Dr Umar Saif has been recognized by MIT Technology Review as one of the top 35 innovators (TR35) in the world.

Dr Saif joins an elite group of researchers and entrepreneurs selected over the last decade. Previous winners include Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, Jonathan Ive, the chief designer at Apple, David Karp, founder of Tumbler and Harvard Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik.

“This year’s group of TR35 recipients is driving the next wave of transformative technology and making an impact on the way we live, work and interact”, said Jason Pontin, editor-in-chief and publisher of the MIT Technology Review.

http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/08/pakistani-scholar-named-among-world%E2%80%99s-top-young-innovators-by-mit/

Good Will to All

Kenhorst PA: Since he found his footing running a Dairy Queen ice cream shop in Kenhorst Pennsylvania, Mr. Hamid Chaudhry, a Pakistani by origin, has decided to give back to the local community. He started off with an elementary-school fund-raiser in which he provided the parent-teacher organization with 25 percent of the sales and has not looked back since then.

Fund-raisers for a father of four with cancer; for the Children’s Miracle Network; for soccer teams and Little League teams and the widow of a deputy sheriff recently killed in a shootout — he was a regular customer who liked Blizzards. Sponsorship of car washes and high school homecomings and blood drives four times a year. (Donate a pint of blood and get a $20 frozen cake.) Free parties held at every local elementary school, as well as at a Bible school run by the Mennonite church.

“My customers have made me well-to-do,” Mr. Chaudhry explains. “They patronize me, so why wouldn’t I give back?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/us/17land.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23

Letters, children’s handwritten notes and a quilt of Little League plaques cover nearly every inch of available wall, all praising Hamid.

‘Monkey Car’ selected in My Dream Car Contest

Rawalpindi: Twelve-year-old Fatima Noor, a student of The Foundation School, brought laurels to the nation as her artwork titled ‘Monkey Car’ was the only one from all over Pakistan to be selected in the ‘My Dream Car Drawing Contest’ organised by the Toyota Motor Company, Japan, says a press release.

“We thank Almighty Allah for recognising our aspirations and endeavours and making our dreams come true,” said Madiha Imran, principal of The Foundation School, on this joyous occasion.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=53676&Cat=6

Fatima Noor, 12, took first position with her artwork “Monkey Car.” PHOTO: TOYOTA-GLOBAL.COM

 

Pakistan win SAFF U-16 final

KATHMANDU: India’s under-16 football team stumbled at the final hurdle as they went down to Pakistan 1-2 in the title clash of the SAFF Championship on Wednesday.

Pakistan took the lead when Mohammed Mansoor scored early in the second half, a strike which eventually decided the fate of the match.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Pakistan-beat-India-2-1-in-SAFF-U-16-final/articleshow/9555936.cms

Pakistan’s persisting entrepreneur

Four years ago Rahman, a serial entrepreneur, launched Rozee.pk, now Pakistan’s largest jobs website, with 500,000 unique visitors a month.

“You tend to hear the worst 5% of the Pakistan story 95% of the time,” says Rahman, 41. “There’s a perception arbitrage, and it’s providing a window of opportunity for entrepreneurs.”

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0808/entrepreneurs-monis-rahmann-pakistan-websites-into-fray.html

Saadi Abbas wins gold at Karate Championships

KARACHI: Pakistan ace Saadi Abbas created history when he won gold at the Asian Karate Championships after beating Kim Ju Won of South Korea in the -67kg weight category title showdown in China on Saturday.

Saadi, who belongs to Karachi and represents WAPDA in the national circuit, not only became the first Pakistani but also the first South Asian to have clinched gold in the Asian Championship.

“It is a dream come true,” Saadi told ‘The News’ from China after winning the title.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=59263&Cat=10&dt=7/24/2011

Mobile phone innovation helps TB patients

1 June 2011 – Karachi, Pakistan – The Indus Hospital has been able to increase its case detection of tuberculosis  (TB) following the start of a new programme that uses mobile phone technology and financial incentives to track down people with TB.

Increased case detection is a crucial step towards getting more people treated for TB and preventing further infections. For every 10 additional cases detected, an estimated 5 lives are saved and 100 infections are prevented.

http://www.stoptb.org/news/stories/2011/ns11_039.asp

The incentive system operates using mobile banking facilities that have emerged recently in Karachi.

Pakistan’s fitness industry booming

Pakistan’s fitness industry has boomed in recent years.

It caters to all sections of society from high-flying executives to housewives, and for people in Karachi it is also a retreat away from the violence that has plagued Pakistan’s biggest city.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13918180

Young swimmer honoured

KARACHI: Talented swimmer Hoor Asrar Rauf, the youngest record holder of national breaststroke competition in Pakistan and the recepient of the ‘Best Swimmer of the Year Award’ was recently honoured by the Government of Sindh for her extra-ordinary performance in the sport.

The award was specially recommended by a panel of renowned sportsmen and dignitaries. Hoor, a student of Karachi Grammar School, is currently undergoing training with world champion American swimmer Michael Phelps in his celebrated Club, NBAC at Baltimore, USA.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/04/young-swimmer-hoor-gets-another-award.html

Hoor, a student of Karachi Grammar School, is currently undergoing training with world champion American swimmer Michael Phelps. -AP Photo

Pakistan Navy aids rescue of hostages

Six Indians, besides 11 Egyptians, four Pakistanis and one Sri Lankan, that formed the Egyptian-owned MV Suez’s crew were rescued from Somali pirates on June 13, 2011.

The Pakistani Navy warship PNS Babur, on patrol in the pirate-infested area, escorted a rescue ship amid renewed attacks by pirates to safe waters. Another Pakistan Navy ship, the PNS Zulfiqar took the 22-member crew onboard as the MV Suez, its condition dilapidated after ten months in captivity, began to sink due to technical difficulties. The warship with the vastly relieved, rescued sailors finally reached Pakistan on June 23.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=54985&Cat=14&dt=6/29/2011

Pakistani warship, PNS Babar is escorting MV-Suez to port Salalah in Oman. PHOTO: FILE/APP

Special Olympics 2011: Pakistan come home bearing 56 medals!

KARACHI: The Pakistan squad comes bearing 56 medals as they return to the country today after a successful run at the recently-concluded Special Olympics Summer Games 2011 in Athens, Greece. Pakistan bagged 17 gold medals, 25 silver and 14 bronze medals while competing in a week-long event that featured 7,500 athletes from 180 countries around the world.

The 82-member contingent participated in eight sports including athletics, aquatics, badminton, basketball, bocce, cycling, football and table tennis.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/202262/special-olympics-summer-games-2011-pakistan-come-back-bearing-56-medals/

Karachi freelance designer’s among top 28 in the world

KARACHI: Freelance designer Vakas Siddiqui’s work has laid to rest the myth that Pakistani students are limited to excellence in science and the humanities. Siddiqui’s design has been selected among the top 28 entries from the world on communication design. His work, and the other selections, will be displayed from October 21 to 30 at the National Taiwan University of Arts in Taipei.

Siddiqui’s artwork is a pair of footprints made up entirely of Urdu calligraphy – his mother tongue. The footsteps represent imprints left by his mother. “A mother is the only one people follow since childhood,” he told The Express Tribune. “Basically, we all follow footsteps.”

http://tribune.com.pk/story/198135/footprints-in-history-karachi-freelance-designers-work-among-top-28-in-the-world/

Vakas Siddiqui

Pakistani scientists succeed in mapping genome

Pakistani scientists have mapped genome of the first Pakistani, while with this historical achievement, Pakistan joins the ranks of the few countries – the US, UK, China, Japan and India – which have successfully sequenced the human genome.

The PCMD, working under the umbrella ICCBS, had reported mapping of the entire genome of a Pakistani male in just 10 months. The individual who has been genetically mapped is a resident of Karachi.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=54776&Cat=4&dt=6/28/2011

Photo shows a staff member at Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine & Drug Research (PCMD)

UN praises Pakistani peacekeepers in Liberia

ISLAMABAD –  Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia Ellen Margrethe Loj has praised the Pakistan’s peacekeeping contingent for its significant role in maintaining peace and for training paramedics in Liberia.
Around 3,000 peacekeeping troops from Pakistan have been deployed under the United Nations flag in different parts of the West African country since 2003.

Lotte makes largest foreign direct investment

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Lotte Pakistan PTA (Lotte PPTA) plans to triple its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) nameplate capacity to 1.5m tonnes/year by late 2014 to meet the growing domestic and regional demand, a company executive said on Thursday.

According to the website, Lotte PPTA has made the single largest foreign direct investment to date of $490m in Pakistan’s petrochemical industry.

http://www.icis.com/Articles/2011/06/16/9469970/lotte-pakistan-pta-mulls-1m-tonnes-new-capacity-by-2014.html

Lotte CEO, M. Asif Saad pictured at a CSR related event

Pak judge to head Rwanda tribunal

ARUSHA, Tanzania (APP) – Judges on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda have chosen the Pakistani Khalida Rashid Khan as the court’s next president. Khalida Rashid Khan 61, will assume her new duties Friday (tomorrow), replacing Dennis Byron, who will finish his second two-year term as president of the Tanzania-based tribunal.

Khalida, who joined the court in August 2003 and has served as Vice President since May 2007, is the second woman appointed to the President’s chair.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/26-May-2011/Pak-judge-to-head-Rwanda-tribunal

Pakistan’s first astronaut

ISLAMABAD: Namira Salim’s star is about to launch as she is set to become Pakistan’s first astronaut. Her maiden voyage will be in 2012. Sir Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, officially launched Salim as a Virgin Galactic Founder Astronaut in Dubai in March 2006.

She is also the First Asian to skydive from an altitude higher than the peak of Mount Everest, at 29,480 feet. Salim also hoisted the national flags of Pakistan, the UAE, Monaco, the EU and a universal peace flag at the North Pole on April 21, 2007 and at the South Pole on January 10, 2008.  She is the first Pakistani to trek to both the North and South Poles.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/183864/a-star-is-launched/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4dedde781d63510a%2C0

GSK to invest Rs2 billion in Pakistan

Karachi: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare is set to increase its investment in high growth markets and Pakistan falls in this category, according to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare Middle East and Near East – Head of Finance Paul Marson. GSK consumer healthcare has decided to invest at least Rs2 billion in Pakistan over the next five years, Marson said.

“GSK’s new strategy is to increase its investments in Pakistan. Pakistan is one of the countries where we want to aggressively invest in the near future.”

http://tribune.com.pk/story/173473/gsk-to-implement-new-strategy-in-pakistan/

Head of Finance Middle East and Near East – Paul Marson

Skardu climber conquers Everest

GILGIT: Hassan Sadpara, who hails from Skardu which is home to the world’s second-highest peak K2, scaled the world’s highest peak on Thursday, becoming the second Pakistani to achieve the feat.

He made it without any oxygen supply, which makes his achievement even more courageous than that of Nazir Sabir, the first Pakistani who climbed the 29,028 ft (8,840 m) tall Mount Everest in 2000.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/167134/gb-mountaineer-becomes-second-pakistani-to-climb-everest/

 

Pakistani students shine at international event

KARACHI: Two Pakistani students have won third position after competing with more than 1,500 students from 52 nations at the world’s largest pre-college scientific research event.

Mehwish Ghafoor and Ambreen Bibi won third place in the field of environmental sciences at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair which concluded in Los Angeles on Thursday. The research project titled “Degradation of Environment Pollutant with Nano-composites” talks about a method to make polluted water drinkable.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/168768/worlds-largest-pre-college-scientific-competition-pakistani-students-shine-at-international-event/

Pakistani creates A-Eye vision system

Tariq Mahmood of the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan has created a system called A-Eye to automate run-out decisions in the game of cricket. A-Eye combines a low-cost video camera sitting at ground level with open-source software called AForge.NET that scans a video feed for moving objects.

The system is due to be presented at the International Conference on Information Science and Applications on Jeju Island, South Korea, this week.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028106.500-automated-umpire-keeps-cricket-matches-moving.html

Mouch Goth Replication School

The Mouch Goth school was started by Humairah Bachal when she was only in Class 6 and realized that providing a good education was not as complicated as some people made it out to be. With the support of her friends, she started off by collecting discarded paper, erasers, sharpners and pencils in bins and by paying forward their daily knowledge to younger children:

Umar Cheema gets journalism award in NY

NEW YORK: The News’ investigative journalist, Umar Cheema, the winner of 2011 Free Speech Award, has formally received this honour in a ceremony organised at Syracuse University by The Tully Free Speech Centre that each year selects a journalist, from a pool of nominees, who would have bravely faced threats to free speech.

In addition to Syracuse University, Cheema will also travel to Columbia University, Harvard University, Missouri University, and Florida University for delivering lectures on journalism and political situation in Pakistan.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=41897&Cat=2

Pakistani students shine at Global Islamic Conference

LAHORE – A paper titled ‘Barriers to Islamic Banking in Pakistan’ presented by 5 undergraduate students Hassan Ahmed, Nausherwan Saleem, Khawaja Jaffer Abbas, Muzammil Altaf Barkhurdaria and Jawad Mehmood from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) received the best student paper award at the Global Islamic Marketing Conference held in Dubai, UAE in March, 2011.

“[Our paper] can enable Islamic banks to develop marketing and operational strategies to specifically address those barriers which consumers actually face”, said one of the authors.

http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/pakistani-students-shine-at-global-islamic-marketing-conference/

Thriving street schools in Lyari

Since 2006, ARM, through the street school replication project, has been introducing their street school concept in slums of Karachi. There are 60 street schools in the Lyari area operating on the “Each One, Teach One” model.

In addition to running street schools, ARM has also educated 5,362 female students in 282 home schools run by women and aimed at the women of the community.

http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2010/08/armed-to-educate/

Szabist students bag best institution award

KARACHI: A group of students of the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Szabist) has returned victorious from China, where they bagged several awards.

The eight-member team participated in the Asian International Model United Nations Conference (Aimun) 2011 and returned with awards for Best Institution, Best Delegation in Futuristic Security Council, Outstanding Delegation in General Assembly and Security Council and the Best Position Paper Award in the Futuristic Security Council.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/141792/victorious-szabist-students-bag-best-institution-award/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d997c3fd55f536d%2C0

Youngsters make world’s largest cricket ball

Lahore: While the Pakistani cricket team were defeating the West Indies to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, Qamar Siddique and Muhammad Azeem were making the world’s largest cricket ball.

The ball was made with the same material that is used in professional cricket. It took material equivalent to 300 balls to make the world’s largest ball.

http://www.dunyanews.tv/index.php?key=Q2F0SUQ9NCNOaWQ9MjI3MTE=


Thalassemia patient gets her wish

PESHAWAR: It was like a dream come true for 12-year old Naima Gul, resident of Mingora, Swat, when she became the first female pilot of the Pakistan Army Aviation, after her wish was granted by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Tuesday.

“I don’t know how long I will live, but today my dream has come true,” Naima said, speaking at her induction ceremony.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/136620/pilot-for-a-day-thalassemia-patient-gets-her-wish/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d8a1d280d339140%2C0

Pakistan’s ground-breaking female cabbie *Women’s Week Special*

Zahida Kazmi has been hailed as Pakistan’s first female taxi driver. She has driven from the crowded markets of Islamabad to the remote tribal country in the north. The Pathans of the tribal north-west, despite a reputation for fierce male pride and inflexibility, treat her with immense courtesy on her journeys. She eventually became the chairperson of Pakistan’s yellow cab association through which she offered to teach young women how to drive taxis

Despite her travails, she is clearly a respected presence on the streets of Islamabad.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12680075

Pakistani women strive to combat hunger *Women’s Week Special*

Karachi – Sadia Agha and her team in Karachi have established a tandoor (food bank) in Qayumabad on private funds which provides an entire meal for Rs. 5 ($0.06) to the poor and destitute. Witnesses estimate that around 20,000 people eat at the Sasta Tandoor a month.

It is a lesser known fact that insha Allah in a month’s time the team shall be establishing another of these tandoors.

Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIJ_mkDDyH4

Congo’s Children With Pakistan’s Founder

KINSHASA, Congo – Jinnah Public School is commonly known as the Jinnah School in this central African country. The Congolese students honor Pakistan once every year at the annual function by reciting the Pakistani national anthem. Some 4000 Pakistani civilians and soldiers are helping Congo-Kinshasa stand on its feet.

The school was established by Pakistan Army officers and soldiers as a gift to the people of Congo.

http://www.ahmedquraishi.com/2011/02/17/congo’s-children-with-pakistan’s-founder/

Pakistani engineer shines in China

BEIJING: A leading global telecommunications equipment and network solution provider in China has picked up a Pakistani Engineer for award on his excellent performance.

“I am the only non-Chinese engineer out of my company’s global 80,000 employees to receive this award, I dedicate this medal to the entire Pakistani nation and to my late parents,” said Zeshan talking to the Chinese media on Tuesday.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/08/zte-picks-up-pakistani-engineer-from-its-80000-employees-for-medal.html

Pakistan’s blind cricketers sweep up T20 series *World Cup Week*

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s blind cricket team completed a comprehensive whitewash over Australia when they won the third Twenty20 match by 89 runs on Thursday.

Pakistan wrapped up the Twenty20 series 3-0 and will play their first one-day international against the hosts on February at the same venue.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/24/pakistan%E2%80%99s-blind-cricketers-thrash-australia-in-t20-series.html

Mindstorm develops official game for ICC World Cup *World Cup Week*

LAHORE: A Pakistani IT company has achieved the rare honour of designing the ‘official game’ for the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup that gets underway today (Saturday). The game, that was unveiled at a local hotel, has been developed by the Mindstorm Studios, a local IT firm that specialises in games development.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C02%5C19%5Cstory_19-2-2011_pg7_17

Mehar Khalil: A hero across borders *World Cup Week*

LAHORE: Mehar Mohammad Khalil’s job was to drive buses but in March 2009 he was hailed as a lifesaver after he drove the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricketers to safety, through a hail of gunfire.

Khalil, the bus driver who saved the lives of the Sri Lankan cricket team during the terror attack is considered a big hero in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Khalil kept a cool head and drove the bus to safety when it came under gunfire, grenade and rocket attack from terrorists.

http://sundaytimes.lk/090308/News/sundaytimesnews_13.html

Mehar Mohammad Khalil

Karachi University students win international competition

KARACHI: Second-year architecture students of the University of Karachi’s Department of Visual Studies (DOVS) won the jury prize for the Chicken Coop Competition 2010, conducted by the Poultry Project, USA. They beat 62 entries which were received from all over the world for designing a project for the Aids-affected orphans in the conflict-ridden Ugandan state.

The life-sized chicken coop will be manufactured and commercially distributed in Uganda or be modified for use by The Poultry Project participants of the country.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/108609/chicken-coop-design-four-ku-students-win-international-competition/

The winning group standing next to their chicken coop

Pakistani teen breaks O Level world record

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani school boy has smashed a world record by getting 23 A grades in his O Levels.

Ibrahim Shahid, 17, the son of a university professor of electrical engineering and educated at the private Beacon House School in Islamabad, set the record last month by achieving 23 As in 24 subjects in the Cambridge exam.

“It’s a recognition for my country. This has never been done at O Level,” he told AFP, dutifully thanking his parents and teachers.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/01/pakistani-teen-breaks-o-level-world-record.html

Ibrahim Shahid interviewing with Express 24/7 News

Pakistan VVIP at POW WOW

KARACHI  (January 13, 2011) : To promote bilateral travel relations and highlight attractions such as K2 Mountain and Kalam, the Department of US Commercial Service will organise a trade show under the name of  ‘International Pow Wow” at the Moscone Convention Centre, San Francisco, from May 21 to 25.

The Chairman of TAAP appreciated efforts of the US Consulate allowing the Pakistani delegation an opportunity to clear misgivings about Pakistan.

US officials stated that the status of Pakistani delegation during the show would be VVIP.

http://www.brecorder.com/news/business-and-economy/pakistan/1143179:pakistani-team-invited-to-international-pow-wow-show-in-san-francisco.html

Moscone Convention Centre, San Fransisco