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Mother of two enrols in class one

DAUDKHEL: A 25-year-old mother of two enrolled in primary school along with her children on Saturday.

Daud Khel resident 25-year-old Asma enrolled in class 1 with her two children. When the woman was asked by the school teacher about the reason for her enrolment she said that she had always wanted to go to school but her parents had forbidden it.

“…I told my husband how much I regretted never having been to school myself,” she said. “He told me that I should enrol also,” Asma said, adding “I am very lucky, most men would forbid such a thing,” she said.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/104801/back-to-school-special-mother-of-two-enrols-in-class-one/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d3581524493152e%2C0

World’s Youngest ARCast Programmer

Arfa Karim, a promising software programmer from Faisalabad, Pakistan, is believed to be the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world.

The situation illustrates “another side” of Pakistan, said Anand Yang, director of the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies. “That’s another reason to celebrate someone like her.”

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/232514_msftarfa14.html


Pakistani man initiates Christmas supper

Ismail Mohammed, who grew up in Pakistan and now resides in Greenfield Park, is a retired CBC accountant who suggested to sponsor the annual Christmas Eve supper at the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal, Canada.

It was in a spirit of giving that fellow members of his South Shore mosque contributed $2,000 and spent two hours serving Christmas Eve supper to more than 300 people.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Muslims+serve+Christmas+dinner+Brewery+Mission/4026100/story.html

Pakistani scholar wins chemistry award

KARACHI: Pakistani Scholar Dr. Hina Siddiqui won the best “Oral Presentation Award” in the 11th Eurasia conference on Chemical Sciences. The international conference was held in Jordon from Oct.6 to Oct.10, 2010.

Dr. Siddiqui’s presentation was declared as one of the top three oral presentations in the conference where over 200 scientists delivered their presentations from 69 countries.

http://news.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/sci-tech/55-pakistani-scholar-wins-international-chemistry-award-sy-01

Pakistani IT firm tops Blackberry apps

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Photo editing software developed by Pakistani technology firm Five Rivers became the best selling paid-for application for the Blackberry, the firm said Wednesday.

The application “has been in the top five paid applications for quite a while now and on Sunday made its way to the number one spot.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101222/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanitinternettelecomblackberry

 

Engro announces Excellence Awards 2010

The awards aim to recognise the contributions of three meritorious citizens, one each from the fields of social and humanitarian services, literature and physical and applied sciences. The recipients, who could be individuals or institutions, will be selected based on lifetime accomplishment and excellence in their respective fields and will receive a cash prize of Rs5 million each at an award ceremony in January.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/87268/recognise-meritorious-citizens-ishrat-husain/

Ishrat Husain, Chairman of the awards jury

 

Pakistan women win gold at Asian Games

An allround performance from Nida Dar propelled Pakistan to a 10-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the final of the inaugural women’s cricket tournament at the Asian Games in Guangzhou,China.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/487927.html

Pakistani awarded ‘Student of the Year’

In 2009 after an initial evaluation, Sadia Irfan was selected for the YES scholarship —- a one-year programme to live and study in the US for free — as a “cultural and goodwill ambassador.”

While there, she was awarded several awards and certificates while getting recognised by Villa Rica High School (VRHS) Georgia for being “the student of the year,” as she maintained her G.P.A of 3.8 throughout.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/24-10-2010/Islamabad/11763.htm

Pakistan Army Wins Gold Medal

At an event organized by the British Army for world militaries to compete in toughness, with 750 soldiers participating worldwide, Pakistani soldiers bagged the Gold Medal for being the toughest soldiers capable of patrolling in the most difficult conditions.

The Team was so advanced in meeting targets that the organizers requested them to slow down at times so that competing teams could catch up. 

http://www.army.mod.uk/events/events/19821.aspx

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Haroon Khan wins first int’l bout in CWG

Amir Khan’s younger brother Haroon is hoping to make his mark in boxing for Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi after the 19-year-old impressed in a 12-1 third-round stoppage win over Sunday Elias of Tanzania.

“I’ve wanted to box for Britain at the Olympics ever since Amir won silver in Athens,” he said recently.

“When I went over to Pakistan, they were offering me a house and a car with a driver if I wanted to stay there.”

http://supersport.com/boxing/amateur/news/101005/Amirs_brother_wins_at_Games

Former footballers kick off relief efforts in Thatta, Badin

Former footballers from Germany, New Zealand and America are joining in the relief efforts already being carried out by The Gift of the Givers Foundation (GOTG) in Pakistan.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/50825/former-footballers-kick-off-relief-efforts-in-thatta-badin/

Over Rs.1bn collected in Pukar Telethon

 

RAWALPINDI:Rs1,104,000,000 have so far been collected for the flood-affected people by the three Geo TV telethons organised by the Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Foundation (MKRF) and Imran Khan’s “Pukar”.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/14-09-2010/Top-Story/547.htm

Fishermen Rejoice

THATTA, Pakistan — Despite being flooded out of their homes and forced to camp on embankments, there is one community that is happy about Pakistan’s worst floods in living memory. They are the fishermen of the Indus River delta, whose livelihoods have diminished over the years from a lack of water, and who welcome the sudden abundance.

Aisam makes finals of two US Open events

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi advanced to both the mixed doubles final and Friday’s men’s doubles final. Imagine the significance of running through the draws to make the finals of two separate events at the US Open.

http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2010-09-09/201009091284071229131.html

Billionaire pledges his fortune for aid

Malik Riaz Hussain, a billionaire Pakistani developer, has responded to the misery of millions of his flood-stricken compatriots by pledging to spend 75 per cent of his fortune on rebuilding their lives.

Mr Hussain is the chairman of Bahria Town, a US$6 billion (Dh22bn) urban development enterprise that has built gated communities for a million people in the central cities of Lahore and Rawalpindi.

http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100822/FOREIGN/708219908/1135

Innovation shines in Pakistan

A handheld power backup device, “UJALA”, invented by NED university students receieved a cash award of Rs.5 lakhs after students across Pakistan presented commercial projects based on research, development and market needs.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/sci-tech/55-innovation-shines-in-pakistans-first-entrepreneurial-challenge-sy-01

Cleaner wins acclaim

A Pakistani hotel employee has won acclaim after handing in over $50,000 (£33,000) in cash that had been left behind by a guest.

Essa Khan, 51, discovered the money in $100 notes left in the room of a Japanese worker at the Serena Hotel in Gilgit. Mr Khan, who earns about 21,000 rupees ($235; £153) a month, says he never considered keeping the money. He has been invited to receive an award from a state governor for his honesty.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10603417.stm

Low-cost community housing in Pakistan

Jawad Aslam moved back from a high paying job in the States to build low-cost community housing in Pakistan. Khuda ki Basti serves a demographic that could have never dreamed of owning their own homes and mitigates fundamental social ills which are very difficult to eradicate through other means.

92 year old British teacher in Chitral

Major Geoffrey Langlands was present at the birth of Pakistan in 1947 and has spent more than half a century teaching there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8664333.stm

Best Bank in Asia 2008 – Muslim Commercial Bank

http://www.euromoney.com/Article/1968302/Asian-regional-Awards-for-Excellence.html

Guinness World Record with 21 A-Level A’s

Photovoltaics Cottage Industry in Karachi

Pakistan’s First Winter Olympian

Muhammad Abbas led Pakistan into its first Winter Games and proved Pakistanis could challenge the best. Now Pakistan hopes to send six athletes, including women, to Sochi, Russia in 1014.

http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/772306–pakistan-s-first-winter-olympian-conquers-slopes-of-whistler

Amir Khan interview by Altamish Jiwa

World’s Youngest MCTS

ICC Umpire of the Year

Pakistan Science Club