Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Islamabad, JUN 15: This marks the sixth iteration of the Huawei ICT Middle EastGlobal Competition in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. The competition is a Huawei annual ICT initiative, designed to nurture global ICT talent. On 23rd, December 2021, winners for the Middle East regional finals were announced and Pakistan’s team one won first prize of 20,000 USD. Not only so, the second prize was also grabbed by Pakistan’s team two. 150,000 students from 2000 universities located in 85 countries/regions have participated in the 6th iteration of thel competition.
The competition, set to be hosted in Shenzhen and conducted online, consists of the opening ceremony, launch conference, closing ceremony, practice competition and the innovation competition. The practice competition focuses on the participants' knowledge and skills. It adopts the written exam and the lab exam, and the ranking is based on the exam score. It is divided into two tracks: network and cloud.
The innovation competition focuses on the participants' comprehensive capabilities. The competition adopts the network evaluation mechanism. Participants are required to design works or solutions with commercial and social benefits by using new ICT such as AI, IoT, big data, and Cloud.
2021-2022 Regional finals winners, Pakistan’s team; Sateesh Kumar, Iqra Fatima, and Bhagchand Meghwar along with their instructor Dr. Faheem Yar Khuhawar and team two; Hafiz Rizwan, Adnan Ali, and Mukhtar Memon along with their instructor will be participating in the practice competition.
These students hail from Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Islamiya University Bahawalpur and, UET Lahore and Virtual University.
In the Innovation Competition, two further teams from Pakistan will be competinghave been nominated this year. Osman Ahsan Sheikh, Muhammad Abdullah Ahsan Sheikh, Aqsa Amir and their instructor Merai Syed represent team ‘Homevism’, comprised of students from National Incubation Center, NUST. The second team from LUMS consist of Umer Farooq, Tabish Rafiq, Areej Ahmed and their instructor Muhammad Saeed from National Incubation Center, LUMS.
The ME Regional Winner team instructor Dr. Faheem Yar Khuhawar statement:”Back in 2017, I attended a short ICT training organized by Huawei to prepare instructors for ICT Academy to be established at various universities of Pakistan. Since then, i have been providing training to undergraduate and graduate student to getpromote Huawei’s Certification in Routing and Switching Track. InSince 2019 and in- 2020, Pakistaniour students came to the levelhave excelled in the of Middle-East and Global Finals and won the competition. This year too, Pakistani studentsthey have secured won Huawei’s ICT Competition 2021—Middle East with first and second positionin the Middle East stage. It is a privilege and honor for Pakistan to earn the place into represent Pakistan in Huawei’s ICT Competition 2021 - Global Final happening in June, 2022.”
The Global Finals set under the theme of ‘I. C. The Future Foreseeable’ and ‘I. C. The Future You at the Center’ is set to take place between the 17th and 19th of June.
The competition has always been well received in Pakistan as it promotes innovation and creativity while serving as a link between the classroom and the professional workplace. By nurturing university students’ talent in Pakistan, it also contributes to increasing national ICT competitiveness while enhancing digital transformation efforts.
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Tuesday, 14 June 2022
اسلام آباد: عالمی سطح پر مظلوم طبقات کو درپیش مسائل سے نمٹنے کے لیے تعصب سے بالاتر عالمگیر پالیسی وقت کی اہم ضرورت ہے، ان خیالات کا اظہار بین الاقوامی امور اورانسانی حقوق کے ماہرین نے عالمی اقتصادی فورم کے موقع پر پاکستان پویلین میں پاتھ فائنڈر گروپ آف کمپنیز اور مارٹن ڈاٶ گروپ کے باہمی اشتراک سے منعقدہ ایک مباحثے سے خطاب کرتے ہوٸے کیا۔
پاکستان کی ممتاز ماہر تعلیم اور کراچی کونسل آن فارن ریلیشنز (KCFR) کی سینئر وائس چیئرمین ڈاکٹر ہما بقائی نے مباحثے کی ادارت کی جبکہ سیگل۔ایسوسی ایٹس کے صدر ڈاکٹر مارک سیگل، چیئرمین کانٹینیوٹی گلوبل جان بلیسیو اور میڈی ایٹرز گروپ کی سی ای او ڈاکٹر سمیعہ خان بابر نے اپنے خیالات کا اظہار کیا۔ پاکستان کے ممتاز قانون دان انور منصور خان بعض ناگزیر وجوہات کی بناء پر بحث میں شریک نہیں ہو سکے تاہم ان کی تقریر ڈاکٹر سمیعہ خان بابر نے حاضرین کو پڑھ کر سنائی۔
مباحثے کا آغاز کرتے ہوئے ڈاکٹر ہما بقاٸی نے مظلوم کی اصطلاح کی وضاحت کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ دنیا بھر میں ہر بحران کے متاثرین کو مظلوم سمجھا جاتا ہے اور بلاشبہ ان بحرانوں کی اکثریت کے پیچھے جارحیت ایک بڑی وجہ ہے۔ ڈاکٹر بقاٸی نے غربت کو المی بحرانوں کی بڑی وجہ بھی قرار دیا۔
اس موقع پر ڈاکٹر سمیعہ خان بابر نے انور منصور خان کی تقریر بعنوان ’’ظلم امن و سلامتی کی خلاف ورزی کا باعث بنتا ہے‘‘ پڑھ کر سناٸی جس میں انہوں نے کشمیر اور یوکرین سمیت عالمی بحرانوں کی قانونی حیثیت پر روشنی ڈالی۔
انور منصور کا کہنا تھا کہ "اقوام متحدہ کے قیام کا بنیادی محرکآنے والی نسلوں کو جنگوں سے محفوظ بنانا تھا لیکن ماضی قریب میں ہم نے ویٹو پاور کے حامل مستقل ممبران میں سے ایک کی جانب سے یوکرین کے خلاف جارحیت دیکھی جو اس امر کی غماز ہے کہ اقوام متحدہ اپنے مقاصد کی تکمیل میں ناکام رہاہے"۔
انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ یمن کی جنگ میں چند طاقتوروں کی آشیرباد سے سعودی عرب ظلم۔کا بازار گرم کر رہاہے جبکہ لیبیا، عراق، کویت اور افغانستان میں تباہی اس جارحیت کی کچھ مثالیں ہیں جس سے عالمی امن کو درہم برہم کیا گیا۔ ایسا لگتا ہے کہ اقوام متحدہ کے ارکان نے ایسی جنگوں کو باقاعدہ اپنا لیا ہے۔
انور منصور خان نے تنازعہ کشمیر کا تذکرہ کرتے ہوئے اقوام متحدہ اور اس کے ارکان پرشدید تنقید کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ اقوام متحدہ کا بنیادی مقصد مظلوم اقوام کو ان کے حقوق تک رسائی دینا تھا لیکن یہ خواب کبھی حقیقت نہیں بن سکا۔ منصور کاکہناتھا کہ اقوام متحدہ کی سلامتی کونسل نے 1948 میں ایک قرارداد 47/1948 منظور کی تھی جس میں جموں و کشمیر کو پاکستان اور بھارت کے درمیان متنازعہ علاقہ قرار دیا گیا تھا اور بھارت کو یہ ذمہ داری سونپی گئی تھی کہ وہ اقوام متحدہ کے سیکرٹری جنرل کے نمائندے کو مکمل اختیارات کے تحت رائے شماری کا اہتمام کرنے میں ہرممکن مدد فراہم کرے۔ اس قرارداد میں جموں و کشمیر کے لوگوں کو اپنی قسمت کا فیصلہ خود کرنے کی ضمانت دی گٸی تھی لیکن بھارتی ہٹ دھرمی کے باعث ایسا نہیں ہو سکا۔
انور منصور نے بھارت کی جانب سے قرارداد کی کھلم کھلا خلاف ورزی پر اقوام متحدہ کی خاموشی پر سوال اٹھاتے ہوئے کہا کہ اقوام متحدہ کی سلامتی کونسل کی جانب سے 1948 سے لے کر اب تک متعدد بار قرارداد پر عمل درآمد کی یاد دہانی کرائی گئی لیکن بھارتی ہٹ دھرمی کی وجہ سے اس پر عملدرآمد نہیں ہو سکا۔
انور منصور نے کہا کہ اقوام متحدہ جموں و کشمیر کے لوگوں کے خلاف جاری مظالم کا براہ راست ذمہ دار ہے۔ اقوام متحدہ کے چارٹر کا حوالہ دیتے ہوئے انور منصور نے کہا کہ چارٹر کا ساتواں باب حملہ آور ممالک کے خلاف سخت کارروائی کی نشاندہی کرتا ہے لیکن دیکھا گیا ہے کہ اقوام متحدہ کی سلامتی کونسل کے مستقل ارکان اپنے ویٹو پاور کے ذریعے عالمی ادارے کو بلیک میل کرتے ہیں۔
انور منصور نےمطالبہ کیا کہ اقوام متحدہ فوری طور پر مسئلہ کشمیر کا حل تلاش کرے بصورت دیگر ایٹمی ہتھیاروں سے لیس دونوں پڑوسیوں کے درمیان بڑھتی ہوئی کشیدگی نہ صرف امن کو درہم برہم کر سکتی ہے بلکہ جنگ کے نتیجے میں ایک بڑے بحران کو جنم ے سکتی ہے۔
اس موقع پرکشمیر کی صورتحال پر روشنی ڈالتے ہوئے ڈاکٹر ہما بقائی کاکہنا تھا کہ کشمیر دو ایٹمی ریاستوں کے درمیان ایک اہم تنازعہ ہے اور خطے میں شدید کشیدگی کے پیش نظر اس کا حل انتہائی ضروری ہے۔ ڈاکٹر ہما نے کہا کہ آرٹیکل 370 کے تحت جموں و کشمیر کو ہندوستانی علاقہ قرار دینے کے بعد وہاں کی آبادی کے تناسب کو تبدیل کرنے کی کوششیں کی جارہی ہیں اور ہندوؤں کو وادی میں آباد کیا جارہا ہے جو کہ بین الاقوامی قوانین کی سنگین خلاف ورزی ہے۔ ہما بقائی نے کہا کہ تنازعہ کشمیر کا حل پاکستان اور بھارت دونوں کے بہترین مفاد میں ہے کیونکہ دونوں ممالک اس سلسلے میں اپنی استطاعت سے زیادہ فوجی طاقت پر خرچ کر رہے ہیں۔ بقائی نے اپنے اختتامی بیان میں کہا، ’’جیسا کہ معروف ہندوستانی مصنفہ اروندھتی رائے نے کہا تھا کہ کشمیریوں کو ہندوستان سے آزادی کی ضرورت نہیں بلکہ ہندوستان کو کشمیر سے آزادی کی ضرورت ہے۔‘‘
ڈاکٹر ہما بقائی نے روس یوکرین جنگ کا ذکر کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ پاکستانی یوکرین کے عوام کی حالت زار کو بہتر طور پر سمجھ سکتے ہیں کیونکہ وہ گزشتہ 40 سالوں سے اپنے پڑوس میں افغان بحران کی عملی مثال دیکھ رہے ہیں۔
اس موقع پر بین الاقوامی شہرت یافتہ ماہر انسانی حقوق ڈاکٹر مارک سیگل کاکہناتھا کہ مظلوم طبقات کی آزادی کا خواب حقیقت پر مبنی نظر نہیں آتا۔ مارک سیگل نے حال ہی میں مالڈووا میں یوکرین کے متاثرین اور اس سے قبل افغان مہاجرین کے لیے اپنی خدمات کا حوالہ دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ "ان بحرانوں کے درمیان ہم اپنے تعصبات کو نظر انداز نہیں کرتے۔" سیگل نے کہا کہ دنیا یوکرین کے لوگوں کی حمایت میں سامنے آئی اور انہیں مظلوم قرار دیا لیکن ان مغربی لوگوں نے کبھی چیچنیا، جارجیا میں کیے گٸے مظالم پر یوں آواز نہیں اٹھاٸی۔ انسانی حقوق سے متعلق ایک کمیٹی کی کارروائی کا حوالہ دیتے ہوئے، سیگل نے انکشاف کیا کہ جب اس نے کمیٹی کی طرف سے کی جانے والی ترامیم کو اسلامی عقائد سے متصادم قرار دیتے ہوئے اعتراض کیا تو اسے فاشسٹ کے طور پر لیا گیا۔ انہوں نے دنیا بھر کے مظلوم لوگوں پر غلبہ پانے کے لیے مغربی طاقتوں کے رویے پر اپنے تحفظات کا اظہار کیا۔
اس موقع پر ڈاکٹر جان ڈی بلاسیو نے کہا کہ مظلوم عوام کی آزادی کا تصور بہت خوش کن ہے لیکن اسکی کامل تکمیل پریقین نہیں کیاجا سکتا ۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ دنیا تیزی سے بدل رہی ہے اور تنازعات کے حل میں بڑی کامیابیاں حاصل کی گئی ہیں۔
مباحثے کے اختتام پر ڈاکٹر ہما بقائی اور دیگر شرکا نے چیئرمین پاتھ فائنڈر گروپ آف کمپنیز اور کراچی کونسل آن فارن ریلیشنز اکرام سہگل اور ان کی ٹیم کو ایسے مکالموں کی مسلسل ترویج پر خراجبتحسین پیش کیا۔
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Islamabad, JUN 14: A global policy beyond prejudice to deal with the issues being faced by the oppressed people is the need of the hour, stated international affairs experts during a panel discussion.
The panel discussion ‘Freedom of the Oppressed Classes was hosted by Pathfinder Group of Companies in collaboration with Martin Dow Group at Pakistan Pavilion on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The session was presided over and moderated by Dr. Huma Baqai, Pakistan's eminent educationist and senior vice chairman of the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) while Dr Marc H. Siegel, President & CEO Siegel Associates, and Mr John DeBlasio, Chairman Continuity Global Solutions shared their views on this occasion. Prominent Pakistani lawyer Anwar Mansoor Khan could not attend the discussion due to some unavoidable reasons, however, his speech was read out to the audience by Dr. Samia Khan Babar.
Initiating the discussion, Dr. Huma elaborated on the term oppressed saying that victims of each crisis around the globe were considered oppressed and undoubtedly, aggression was one of the major reasons behind a majority of these crises. She also described poverty not only as a major source of oppression but also as a crisis itself.
On this occasion, Dr. Samia Khan Babar read out the speech of Anwar Mansoor Khan titled ‘Oppression Leads to Breach of Peace and Security’ in which he shed light on the legal status of global humanitarian crises including Kashmir and Ukraine.
“To save a succeeding generation from the wars was the main motivation for the creation of United Nations but in the recent past we witnessed one of the permanent members having veto power launch aggression against Ukraine,” Mansoor said.
He added, “The war of Yemen where Saudi Arabia with the blessings of powerful caused miseries and the destruction in Libya, Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan were some examples of the aggression causing a breach of the world peace while it seemed that the members of the UN subscribed to such wars.”
Referring to the Kashmir dispute, Anwar Mansoor Khan slammed the United Nations and its members, saying that the main purpose of the United Nations was to give the oppressed nations access to their rights but it turned out to be a distant dream.
Mansoor said that the UN Security Council in 1948 passed a resolution 47/1948 declaring Jammu & Kashmir as a disputed territory between Pakistan and India and the responsibility was given to India to arrange the plebiscite under a representative of the UN Secretary-General with full authority enabling the people of Jammu & Kashmir to decide their fate.
Anwar Mansoor questioned the silence of the United Nations on the flagrant violation of the resolution by India, saying that the UN Security Council had been reminded of the implementation of the resolution several times since 1948, but it could not be implemented due to Indian bigotry.
Anwar Mansoor said that the UN was directly responsible for the ongoing atrocities against the people of Jammu & Kashmir. Referring to the UN Charter, Anwar Mansoor said that Chapter VII of the Charter indicates strict action against the invading countries but it has been observed that the permanent members of the UN Security Council blackmail the world body through their veto power.
He said that the United Nations should immediately find a solution to the Kashmir issue, otherwise the escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors could lead not only to a breach of peace but also to a major crisis in the wake of the war.
While shedding the light on the situation in Kashmir, Dr. Huma Baqai said that Kashmir was a key dispute between the two nuclear states and its resolution was crucial given severe tensions in the region. Dr. Huma said that after the declaration of Jammu and Kashmir as an Indian territory under Article 370, efforts were being made to change the proportion of the population there and Hindus were being resettled in the valley which was a serious violation of international law.
Huma Baqai said that resolution to the Kashmir dispute was in the best interest of both Pakistan and India as both the countries were spending more on military powers than they could afford in this regard. “As well-known Indian writer Arundhati Roy said, it’s not the Kashmiris who need freedom from India, it's India that needs freedom from Kashmir,” Baqai said in her closing statement.
Referring to the Russia-Ukraine war, Dr. Huma Baqai said that the Pakistanis could better understand the plight of the people of Ukraine because they had been seeing a practical example of the Afghan crisis in our neighborhood for the last 40 years.
On this occasion, Dr. Marc Siegel, an internationally renowned human rights activist, said that the dream of emancipation of the oppressed classes did not seem to be based on reality. Mark Siegel recently referred to his services to Ukrainian victims in Moldova and earlier to Afghan refugees, saying “in the midst of these crises we do not ignore our prejudices.”
Siegel said that the world came out in support of Ukrainian people calling them oppressed, but these western people never saw it happening in Chechnya, Georgia, and other places. While referring to the proceedings of a committee on human rights, Siegel revealed that he was taken as a fascist when he when he objected the amendments made by the committee as contradictory to Islamic beliefs. He shared his reservations over the attitude of western powers for being dominant to oppressed people around the globe.
On this occasion, Dr. John DeBlasio said that the idea of freedom for the oppressed people was very pleasing. He said that the world was changing rapidly and huge successes had been made in conflict resolutions. While concluding the session, Dr. Huma Baqai and other panelists paid their homage to Ikram Sehgal, Chairman Pathfinder Group of Companies and Karachi Council on Foreign Relations, and his team for their continued efforts to bring up such dialogues.
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Monday, 13 June 2022
Islamabad, JUN 13: Huawei Middle East Partner Summit is an annual event which focusses on celebrating the success of the partners across the Region. Huawei has always valued and appreciated the work our esteemed partners put into conducting business and focused on giving the credit where it’s due, when it comes to acknowledging the trust, effort and sheer hard work of our business partners and their resources. Partners are the extended arms for Huawei and have brought quality in the business they conduct and will be an epitome of pride for Huawei.
Steven Yi, President Huawei Middle East and Africa Area stated on the occasion that;“2022 is a critical time in Enterprise Networking. Cloud-network Synergy is becoming essential for providing ubiquitous intelligence for every enterprise”.
Alaa Elshimy, Managing Director and Senior Vice President Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Middle East stated on the occasion that;
“Huawei hopes to grow the whole pie with its partner, enabling them to reap the most benefits from the new value chain. For this reason, our goal goes beyond winning alone: We aim to win together, with our partners and our customers”.
Outstanding partners from Pakistan were invited to the Middle East Partner summit including AppInSnap, CMC, Hew Horizon, Wateen solutions, Ptcl, Transworld to appreciate and celebrate their success of the past and to motivate them to keep up with amazing work to unlock new potentials and reach new heights of success.
Speaking of Success, AppinSnap has been the Excellent Huawei partner this year by unlocking Silver Partner status in just 5 months and Gold partner status in just 8 months. AppinSnap team have showed great support in Huawei and have complete trust in Huawei Products & Solution and their abilities to solve organizational tech challenges. AppinSnap has managed to secure some fascinating deals in the FSI sector of Pakistan. The journey to emerge from an ISV to a competent SI for Huawei in financial services industry and commercial market and developing partner lead pipeline and with a very high conversion ratio is just amazing. Hence, winning themselves the “Pakistan Partner of the Year Award”.
Mr. Farhan, the CIO of AppInSnap stated on the occasion that;“I, being the CIO of AppinSnap, always believe that small opportunities are always the beginning of great achievements. Like our trusted Supplier, Huawei; we strive to be undeniably good”.
Ziad Aslam CEO NERA Telecommunications stated on the occasion that; "It is really appreciable how Huawei invests time in their partners and how hospitable their management is. We had very productive networking at the event and especially the meeting with Mr. Gao will definitely help propel our business cooperation with Huawei”
Mehboob Ahmed Khawaja CFO CMC Pakistan attended and stated on the behalf of CMC that;
“Excellent and well organized event. Presentations covered a wide range of topics and yet were all connected by our common business interests. We as CMC are so glad to associate with Huawei”.
NewHorizon’s COO, Qaiser Sarwar stated on the occasion that; “It was nice to be part of two insightful events hosted by Huawei, IP carnival was thoroughly exciting and the information regarding new products and fast delivery was the highlight of it. In CXO forum, it was interesting to know Huawei's deep reach for partner eco system growth.
New Horizon is excited to take the part in growth of business with Huawei as integral part of our business plan”.
Huawei has the privilege to work with some great distributors as well and relies on the solid support they have always provided. At the Middle East Partner summit, EZY technologies won the Pakistan Distributor of the year award and Mindware won the Emerging Distributor of the year Award.Both these organizations have played a key role in making the deals come to life with our partners and have always worked side by side with Huawei in achieving the business goals.
Lastly, 2021 Tiger program winners Kashif Ali (HCIE), Techaccess Pakistan and Firdous Khan, CMC represented at the HC certification experience sharing session.
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ISLAMABAD, JUN 13: In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), representatives of civil society at a consultation session have called for accelerated efforts to meet these goals within the stipulated timeframe as it would ensure sustainable progress.
They highlighted and discussed the bottlenecks, lacunas and challenges in the budgets, policies and strategies towards achieving the SDGs.
Purpose of the consultation, organized jointly by Awaz CDS and UGOOD in Islamabad, was to review the progress on government’s official Voluntary National Review (VNR) through Peoples Scorecard and collect input from the civil society organizations on the subject.
The event was part of the series of consultations which will be organized countrywide to gather information from informed civil society about the government’s performance on achieving the SDGs.
Around 35 members from civil society organizations (CSOs) participated in the consultation, mostly from organizations led by women, youth, transgender, people living with disabilities and minority groups. The consultation was supported by Sightsavers Pakistan, VSO and A4SD.
In his opening remarks, CEO UGOOD Syed Ishtiaq Gilani appreciated the participants for attending the consultation and hoped their valuable findings would help in shaping the accurate data base on SDGs.
Participating in the consultations, Country Director Sightsavers Munazza Gillani praised Awaz CDS-PDA and UGOOD for arranging such an inclusive event representing all, PLWDs, trans genders, youth and men and women.
She shared Sightsavers’ initiatives and collaborations with both CSOs and government to make the entire SDGs process inclusive. She emphasized on inclusion as well as availability of PLWDs disaggregated data for all goals.
Chief Executive Awaz CDS Pakistan Zia ur Rehman gave a detailed orientation about the event’s objectives and deliberations. He informed the participants about AwazCDS and Pakistan Development Alliance (PDA), on behalf of civil society, are in the process of developing a spotlight report on SDGs parallel to government’s official VNR report which it intends to present in the UN.
Similarly, the spotlight report which will be developed through gathering information from people and depicting real, on ground situation with regard to performance and progress of Pakistan on SDGs at the same forum, he said.
Zia ur Rehman also apprised the audience that the process of data collection was a two-pronged activity, an online survey which has been uploaded on PDA website and a series of consultations in provincial capitals and regions i.e. AJK and GB.
He shared that AwazCDS is engaging with civil society through people’s scorecard to reach out to informed citizens who are unable to contribute to national or official VNR report process. The spotlight report will collect voices of citizens to achieving SDGs whereas the official process relies on secondary data.
He expressed concern over the delay by the government in making the VNR public and called for speedy completion of this process.
He gave a quick rundown of the online survey and the indicators which would be used to assess specific goals CSOs are working on. He shared the link and urged the audience to fill up the online survey as well.
An hour-long group work was also conducted where findings, views and assessment of the discussants were presented. Overall they depicted dismal picture of performance of the government on SDGs they are working on. The information gathered in this consultation will be combined with the findings of planned consultations and consolidated spotlight report will be developed.
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Multan, JUN 13: Allrounder Shadab Khan hit a fighting half-century before taking four wickets to anchor Pakistan’s 53-run win over the West Indies in the third and final day-night international in Multan which was interrupted by a dust storm.
Shadab hit 86 to lift Pakistan to 269-9 after unlikely West Indian hero Nicholas Pooran grabbed four wickets to leave the home team struggling at 117-5.
Opener Imamul Haq scored a brilliant 68-ball 62 but there was a rare failure for world number one ODI batsman Babar Azam who fell for one off three balls.
Shadab’s leg-spin then fetched 4-62 to dismiss the visitors for 216 in 37.2 overs, giving Pakistan 30 invaluable points in the ODI Super League, a qualification round for next year’s World Cup in India.
The 3-0 clean-sweep lifted Pakistan to 90 points, fourth in the 13-team ODI League table while the West Indies are fifth with 80.
A dust storm during Pakistan’s innings reduced the match to 48 overs-a-side but that could not stop Pakistan from taking a tenth consecutive ODI series win over the West Indies.
Pakistan won the first match by five wickets and the second by 120 runs, also played in Multan.
Shadab dismissed Keacy Carty (33), Rovman Powell (ten) and top-scorer Akeal Hosein who made a career-best 37-ball 60 with six sixes and two boundaries.
When Hosein and Romario Shepherd added 49 for the eighth wicket the visitors threatened a comeback but both fell within 12 runs to end a miserable series.
Opener Shai Hope (21), Shamarh Brooks (18), Pooran (11) and Powell got good starts but fell to rash shots.
Left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz had Brooks and Keemo Paul (21) to finish with 2-56.
Earlier, it was part-time bowler Pooran who hit Pakistan hard.
Pooran turned his arm over only for the second time in his 43-match ODI career to take 4-48 after Pakistan slumped from 85 without loss to 117-5, having won the toss and opted to bat.
The innings seemed to have fallen apart with Babar Azam’s rare failure for one but Shadab wielded his bat to the best effect.
Shadab hit three sixes and four boundaries off 78 balls before being bowled in the last over.
He improved upon his 54 against New Zealand in Wellington in 2018.
Sensing the Multan stadium pitch helping spin, Pooran brought himself up after Fakhar Zaman (35) and Haq gave Pakistan a solid start.
Pooran chipped in with the wickets of Zaman, Haq, Mohammad Rizwan (11) and Mohammad Haris (nought) off just 25 balls, having never taken more than one wicket in his first-class career.
Haq smashed seven boundaries and a six off 68 balls for his 14th ODI half-century. He became only the second batter to score seven or more fifties in successive ODIs.
Former Pakistan great Javed Miandad, celebrating his 65th birthday on Sunday, set the record for most fifties in successive ODIs with nine, scored in 1987.
In between Pooran’s destruction, Azam fell leg-before to spinner Hayden Walsh, having hit a century and 77 in the first two matches.
Shadab added 84 with Khushdil Shah (34) for the sixth wicket and 40 for the eighth with Mohammad Wasim who made six.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Hasan Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani
West Indies: Nicholas Pooran (capt), Shai Hope, Shamarh Brooks, Akeal Hosein, Kyle Mayers, Rovman Powell, Keacy Carty, Jayden Seales, Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Hayden Walsh Junior
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Sunday, 12 June 2022
NEW DELHI, JUN 12: Indian police cracked down on protests on Sunday that erupted across the country over derogatory remarks against Holy Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) by members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Muslims have taken to the streets to protest against anti-Islamic comments made by two members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recent week.
Earlier this month, the BJP suspended its spokeswoman Nupur Sharma and expelled another leader, Naveen Kumar Jindal, for their controversial comments about the Prophet (P.B.U.H) that also angered several Muslim countries, causing a massive diplomatic challenge for the Modi government.
Police cases have been filed against the two former BJP officials.
Countries such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, and Iran, which are key trade partners for India, lodged protests through diplomatic channels and used social media to demand an apology from the government.
India’s foreign ministry said last week that the tweets and comments do not reflect the views of the government.
Clashes over the remarks simmered across the country, as some in the minority Muslim community see them as the latest instance of pressure and humiliation under BJP rule on issues ranging from freedom of worship to the wearing of hijab head scarves.
Two teenagers were killed when police opened fire on protesters in the eastern city of Ranchi last week.
Sporadic riots in northern Uttar Pradesh state led to the arrests of over 300 people.
In the eastern state of West Bengal, authorities enforced an emergency law prohibiting public gatherings in the industrial district of Howrah until June 16. At least 70 people were arrested on charges of rioting and disturbing public order, with Internet services suspended for over 48 hours after the latest communal violence.
In occupied Kashmir, police arrested a youth for posting a video against Nupur Sharma, a former spokesperson of India’s ruling party who had made derogatory remarks about the Prophet (P.B.U.H), officials said on Sunday.
The video, circulated on YouTube, has been withdrawn by authorities as part of a wider attempt to curb religious unrest that has spread across the country.
BJP leaders have issued instructions to several senior members to be “extremely cautious” when talking about religion on public platforms and the government continues to tighten public security. The report also said police raided the home of student leader Afreen Fatima, arresting her father Mohammad Javed, mother and sister. They have accused her father, who is diabetic and needs insulin daily , of “masterminding the protests”.
“First a police party came at around 8:30pm and took away my father and then they came at 11:30pm and detained my mother and sister. Third time they came at 2:30am to detain me but we resisted and since then the policemen have cordoned off our house,” Fatima told.
“We are only women and children at home. We feel cornered and traumatised. The police have asked us to leave the house locked.
“I have no idea where my father, mother and sister are. I am worried about their safety. My father is a diabetic and he needs insulin injection every night.”
Pakistan condemns ‘brutal treatment’ of Muslims protesting in India
Meanwhile, Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned the “heavy-handed treatment by the Indian authorities of Muslim who were registering a peaceful protest after Friday prayers”.
In a statement issued on June 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the “indiscriminate and widespread” use of brute force by the Indian authorities across various states in India had resulted in killing of two innocent Muslim protesters and critically injured thirteen others in Ranchi city.
“The footage of Indian forces unabashedly opening fire on unarmed protesters in Ranchi city is horrific beyond belief. This is a new low in the Indian government’s repressive ‘Hindutva’ inspired majoritarian policy aimed at demonizing and persecuting minorities, especially Muslims,” it said.
“Pakistan denounces this shameful treatment of Indian Muslim citizens by the Indian government and expresses its solidarity with the Muslims of India in these testing times.”
The ministry called the situation in the neighbouring country alarming, continuing that despite the global condemnation of the BJP officials’ sacrilegious remarks, the Indian government’s reaction had been muted, while on the other hand the BJP-RSS regime had persisted in its Islamophobic actions and had shamefully chosen to handle public protest with brutal and indiscriminate use of force.
“The Indian Government’s apathy to the grievous situation and the vicious cycle of communal violence may lead to further marginalization of the Indian Muslims,” it warned, urging the international community to take immediate cognisance of the grievously aggravating situation of Islamophobia in India.
India must be held accountable for stifling the rights of the minorities, especially Muslims, and ensure that Muslims living in India are not victimized for practicing their faith and religious beliefs, the ministry added.
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COURTESY DAWN NEWS
Saturday, 11 June 2022
National Electronic Health Record System Technology exported from Pakistan to US
• Tech advancement may lead to efficient healthcare services
Islamabad, JUN 11: Pakistan’s healthcare system by adopting modern-day techniques and innovative technology, may serve the masses in a much more efficient manner, said healthcare and technology experts while sharing their views during a panel discussion on “Evolution of Healthcare & Education in Pakistan.”
Experts at the panel discussion organized by the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) in collaboration with the Swiss Asian Chamber of Commerce (SACC) at Pakistan’s Pavilion of World Economic Forum in Davos urged the authorities to establish a National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) to provide medical officials access to patients’ medical history whenever they seek medical assistance.
Eminent healthcare and education experts including Dr. Linda Zangwill, Professor at University of California, Ali Shah Asani, CEO iPath, Dr. Huma Baqai, renowned educationist & Senior Vice Chairperson KCFR, along with Marc Siegel, world’s leading supply-chain expert discussed basic facilities in the healthcare and education sectors of Pakistan.
Expressing his views on the use of modern technology in the public health sector, iPath CEO, Ali Shah, said that using innovative information technology could improve the performance of health sector manifold.
He briefed the audience about projects led by his team including the United States. Ali shared some interesting facts and their impact on patients’ care by saying that the lack of Healthcare Data Interoperability and Interchange on sharing patients’ medical records across other caregivers not only increases costs but prolongs their miseries as well as risks their lives.
He said that it had been very difficult for patients in the United States to get access to their medical records from their doctors, and even healthcare networks lacked sufficient means to share medical records of patients with other healthcare facilities. The problem is amplified if a patient is attended by different healthcare providers across various sites as per specialty.
In such a situation, Ali Shah said that his team launched a Patient Health Record Integration Platform enabling Healthcare Data Interoperability and integration of medical records in a centralized view stored across various Healthcare touch points during patients’ lifetime. Since the doctor has access to complete medical history of patients, it helps them in accurate diagnosis, saves decision time in critical situations and saves costs. The patient might save money by avoiding the repetition of same tests on instructions of his/her new doctor due to unavailability of previous record, while having a detailed and ready-to-observe medical history also saves time.
Ali Shah urged the authorities in Pakistan to establish a NEHR for efficient healthcare services. He said that such systems can link healthcare records to the CNIC of every citizen and be made accessible to healthcare providers so that every citizen of Pakistan might avail the benefits across the country.
Dr. Linda Zangwill shared her valuable thoughts on this occasion by saying that modern day technologies might become a savior to humanity.
She said that developing countries by using technologies like Artificial Intelligence were improving their healthcare systems and huge investments were being made in such areas.
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Friday, 10 June 2022
• Federal Minister’s talks on women’s suffering during pandemic
Islamabad, JUN 10: The global pandemic was an existential crisis for all, indeed, but during such a turmoil and conflict, women were at the epicentre of all intersects, stated federal minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman while shedding light on the atrocities faced by women during the pandemic.
Federal Minister shared her thoughts while speaking at an exclusive Power Talk session titled ‘Women, Power and the Ghost of the Pandemic, hosted by Pathfinder Group of Companies in collaboration with Martin Dow Group at Pakistan Pavilion during the World Economic Forum in Davos last week.
Renowned educationist and Senior Vice Chairman Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) Dr. Huma Baqai moderated the session. Huma commented that while she considered girls dropping out of school a tragedy the minister informed her it was the domestic violence during covid. Senator Sherry Rehman stated that during the pandemic, women found their homes, a place that is supposed to protect you, to be a place of violence and fear instead.
She said, “We are taught in schools about public policy and liberal democracy but what we are not taught is that it isn’t about seeking redistributive justice. It is about levelling the social pyramids and that includes patriarchy as well.”
She continued, “In our carelessness towards women, we are creating an Armageddon in our everyday lives. Our patriarchal society strips women of the autonomy to make decisions about their lives, bodies, future, access to education, and opportunities.”
While talking about the rights for women and how they have been terribly exploited by the structure of our society, Sherry said, “The right to education is seen as a privilege for girls, while for boys, it is considered a necessity.” She further added that women need to step out of their comfort zones to change that narrative.
The income gap between women and men is still huge in workplaces. The stats show that only 20% of our total population make up the women in workplace while the fact that they work in fields, fisheries, factories, garment sweat shops and other such places is totally overlooked, she said Though women in Pakistan even in the remote areas are empowering the economy yet they are not provided the autonomy and recognition they deserve, she added
While replying to a question on rising divorce rate, Sherry Rehman mentioned a bill she was trying to get passed with the Federation allowing the women to choose who they marry or at least banning the marriages of minors. However the said bill has only been approved in Sindh so far, she said.
“Young women, when coerced into a marriage, are not empowered enough or informed enough, (or both), to make health choices. If you do not have the basic information on when to space your pregnancies, you will have high mortality rate, which is extremely high in Pakistan already,” said Sherry.
While concluding her talk, federal minister said that our entire culture is built around putting the women into child bearing process, whether they are willing or not. That is a basic right that needs to be provided to our women.
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- Company discloses progress in IP, innovation at themed event
ISLAMABAD, JUN 9: Huawei announced a batch of key inventions as part of its biennial "Top Ten Inventions" Awards at the "Broadening the Innovation Landscape 2022" forum held at its Shenzhen headquarters.
The award is designed to recognize inventions that could create new series of products, become important commercial features of existing products, or that generate considerable value for the company and the industry.
The awarded inventions range from an adder neural network that significantly reduces power consumption and circuit area to a game-changing "optical iris" that provides a unique identifier for optical fibers. It is designed to help carriers manage their network resources, cutting time and costs associated with broadband deployment.
The announcement came in the context of intellectual property rights, the protection and sharing of which Huawei believes is critical to the tech ecosystem.
"Protecting IP is key to protecting innovation," said Huawei’s Chief Legal Officer, Song Liuping. "We are eager to license our patents and technologies to share our innovations with the world. This will help broaden the innovation landscape, drive our industry forward, and advance technology for everyone," he added.
"Huawei is constantly changing itself, and constantly showcasing to the world the value of IP from China," said Tian Lipu, President of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property’s China Chapter.
By the end of 2021, Huawei held more than 110,000 active patents across over 45,000 patent families. It has more granted patents than any other Chinese company, has filed the most patent applications with the EU Patent Office, and ranked fifth in terms of new patents granted in the United States. For five straight years, Huawei has ranked No. 1 worldwide in terms of Patent Cooperation Treaty applications.
Alan Fan, Head of Huawei’s IPR Department, said the value of Huawei patents has seen wide recognition in the industry, especially in mainstream standards such as cellular technology, Wi-Fi, and audio/video codecs.
"In the past five years, more than two billion smartphones have been licensed to Huawei's 4G/5G patents. And for cars, about eight million connected vehicles licensed to Huawei patents are being delivered to the consumers every year," Fan said.
Huawei is also working actively with patent license administration companies in offering "one-stop" licenses for mainstream standards.
"Over 260 companies—accounting for one billion devices—have obtained Huawei's HEVC patent licenses through a patent pool," Fan said. He added that the company is in discussions to establish a new patent pool to give the industry “quick access” to Huawei’s patents for Wi-Fi devices worldwide.
Huawei is also discussing joint licensing programs for 5G patents with licensing experts and other leading industry patentees.
Liu Hua, Director of World Intellectual Property Organization Office in China, praised Huawei’s sustained focus on innovation, saying: "We look forward to seeing Huawei continue to take part in high-level global competition with innovation at its core."
For Manuel Desantes, former Vice President of European Patent Office, given the vast number of changes in the world these days, what matters most is no longer the number of registered patents or inventions. "The IP system should assure that the creations that merit protection are those that bring actual value," he said.
This marked the third innovation and IP-themed event Huawei has hosted on its innovation practices. Every year, Huawei invests over 10% of its sales revenue into R&D.
In terms of R&D expenditure, Huawei ranked second in the 2021 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. In 2021, the company increased its R&D investment to CNY142.7 billion, representing 22.4% of our total revenue. Over the past decade, Huawei’s total R&D investment surpassed CNY845 billion.
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