Lahore
March 6, 2021
LAHORE:Speakers at a seminar have called upon the need to create awareness among the public at large and enforcement of relevant laws in the country for elimination of gender-based violence to help build a strong and healthy society.
They were addressing the seminar titled “Gender-Based Violence: A Public Health Challenge” organised by Punjab University Institute of Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS) in collaboration with the Punjab Women Protection Authority (PWPA) to mark International Women’s Day. Punjab Women Protection Authority Chairperson Kaneez Fatima, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Studies Dean Prof Dr Umbreen Javed, ISCS Director Prof Dr Rubeena Zakar, PWPA Director General Irshad Waheed, senior journalist Xari Jalil, faculty members and students participated in the event. Ms Kaneez Fatma said that the most important task to address gender-based violence was to change the mindset and behaviour of th
PU announces scholarships for Tajik students
National
March 4, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad has announced scholarships for the students of Tajikistan who would seek admissions at PU from fall 2021 as a part of efforts to bring two nations together.
He was talking to Tajikistan’s Ambassador Ismatullo Nasredin at the VC office here on Wednesday. Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar, Regional Integration Centre Director Dr Fauzia Hadi Ali, Centre for Global and Strategic Studies Executive Director Khalid Taimur and others were present. Nasredin said both the countries were historically and culturally connected.
National
February 3, 2021
LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, stressed the need to engage educated women in Pakistanâs economic development.
Speaking at the first international conference on social work âContemporary Social Work Education & Practices: Challenges & Prospectsâ organised by Punjab University Department of Social Work here Tuesday, Dr Firdous Ashiq stressed the need to engage educated women in Pakistanâs economic development through their empowerment, arguing that half of the educated persons were sitting at home and no state could afford wastage of such a great human resource.
Punjab Minister for Human Rights Ejaz Alam Augustine, PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar, Social Work Department Chairperson Dr Syeda Mahnaz Hasan and teachers participated in the event. Scientists from the United States, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Bangladesh and other countries participa
Lahore
December 18, 2020
LAHORE:Punjab Governor/Chancellor Punjab University Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has vowed to make campuses free of hepatitis and drugs.
Addressing the launching ceremony of hepatitis and drug-free universities programme at Punjab University’s Al Raazi Hall here Thursday, he said it was a matter of serious nature that without knowing the exact statistics, it could not be possible to develop a comprehensive plan or strategy to cope with the issue.
The ceremony was organised by PU Department of Social Work in collaboration with Sarwar Foundation in which Mrs Parveen Sarwar, MPA Massarat Jamshed Cheema, PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhter, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar, Government College University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi, Lahore College for Women University’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Bushra Mirza, DSW Chairperson Prof Dr Syeda Mahnaz Hasan, Hepatitis Control Programme Manager Dr Khalid Mahmood, Dr Zeeshan Danish, faculty m