Iqbaliyat Scholar Gets Rare Malaysian Fellowship
Shakir Ashraf
SRINAGAR: Dr Ajaz Ahmad Lone, hailing from north Kashmir’s Baramulla has become the first person from Jammu and Kashmir to bag the prestigious post-doctoral research fellowship in the Department of Social Foundations and Educational Leadership, Kulliyyah of Education at the International Islamic University Malaysia.
Dr Ajaz Ahmad Lone
Currently posted as a contractual lecturer in Sociology Department at Boys Degree College Sopore, Dr Ajaz said he was “overwhelmed” and “surprised” when he received the confirmation letter of his fellowship from the Islamic University of Malaysia.
Terming it his most festive moment, Dr Ajaz said, “I am ecstatic that I received this fellowship.”
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has appointed a woman as the new state Attorney General to replace Datuk Brenndon Keith Soh, who resigned on Nov 23 just four months after his appointment in July.
Current deputy state Attorney General Datuk Nor Asiah Mohd Yusof officially received her letter of appointment as the new state AG on Monday (Dec 28) from Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
Nor Asiah, a 50-year-old lawyer and graduate of the International Islamic University Malaysia, will be the fourth woman to be made state AG.
The other women AGs were Datuk Kinnie Li Yun Ken (1968-1972), Datuk Mariati Robert (2013-2017) and Datuk Rose Zaleha Pandin (2017-July 2020).
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December 23, 2020
MANSEHRA: A former chairman of journalism departments of two public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Professor Syed Shaukat Ali, died of a novel coronavirus here on Tuesday.
He was hospitalised at the Combined Military Hospital Abbottabad last week after contracting the Covid-19 where he breathed his last.
The funeral prayer would be offered at his native Paras area of Kaghan valley at 1030 am today.
Colonel Syed Mohsin confirmed to the mediamen the death of his father.
Syed Shaukat Ali had laid the foundation for the journalism department at the Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan in 1974 and became its first chairman.
KUALA LUMPUR: The opposition may get a last shot at “derailing” Budget 2021 before it is finally passed in the Dewan Rakyat today. But their chances of stopping it now may be slim, say several political analysts.
International Islamic University Malaysia legal adviser Prof Dr Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmod said the repeated failures by the opposition to garner support to derail the budget during bloc voting indicate that Budget 2021 will be passed.
“All the bloc votes were won by the government side. The hype about opposition MPs acting in concert has not materialised.
“This shows that the opposition parties are somewhat divided on fundamental issues, ” he said when contacted yesterday.
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