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Quetta (Muhammad Yasir) Commitment from media is critical for mobilizing and garnering affirmative action to defeat malnutrition menace in Pakistan. This was discussed in a meeting organized by Scaling Up Civil Society Alliance Pakistan (SUNCSA, Pak) in collaboration with Nutrition International and Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), member and Chair of the SUNCSA Executive Council. The participants from media pledged to actively play their role for prioritizing nutrition agenda at the policy and programme levels in Balochistan as well as raise public awareness on the adverse effect of malnutrition to bring about behavior change. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ali…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir)  Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has welcomed the 4th batch of its Summit Programme 2018 acquiring 100 top talented young engineers and business graduates from various institutions at a special ceremony organized in their honour at the PTCL Headquarters in Islamabad. This year over 50,000 applications were registered online. The candidates went through a digital assessment center, followed by competency-based interviews. Finally, 100 most talented youngsters have been selected. The 4th Batch of PTCL Summit Programme 2018 will attend a four-week long rigorous classroom training and development programme at Telecom Staff College in Haripur. After this training, the…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir)  PTCL, in collaboration with WWF-Pakistan, conducted a Spellathon for 1,000 primary school students from Mashal Model School and Pehli Kiran School, located on the outskirts of Islamabad. A total of 50 students were selected from the spelling competition and were awarded with High Achievers awards. The prize distribution ceremony was attended by Imran Sardar, GM Organizational Development PTCL and Raza Sarwar, GM Talent Acquisition PTCL, along with Rab Nawaz, Senior Director Programmes, WWF-Pakistan. The students were recognized at school-level ceremonies, whereby gifts and certificates were distributed for their encouragement and confidence-building. They appreciated the activity and participated…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir)  Pakistan is ranked second in terms of children that are currently out of school with an estimated 23 million children out of 51 million currently out of school. In addition, it stands at an abysmally low global rank of 168 out of 188 countries in low primary and secondary school enrolment. The wrong with the present schooling system is that the system is centralized and bureaucratic burdened with extremely low quality teachers, use of the teachers for political purpose, nepotism, and no monitoring or accountability. Out of 150,000 government schools in the country, 45% lack basic facilities…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir)  Citi in partnership with The Citizens Foundation (TCF) hosted a graduation ceremony for the first higher secondary Intermediate students of the TCF College. In 2017, TCF and the Citi Foundation launched the ‘Critical Employability Skills’ programme, with a $200,000 grant under the bank’s ‘Pathways to Progress’ initiative, with the objective to prepare and groom college-level students for tertiary education and the job market. The program has 400 students enrolled, and was ranked number four in the Karachi Intermediate Board in 2017-18. The TCF College emphasizes confidence building, extracurricular activities and coaching to build employability skills such as…

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir)  Ufone’s flagship Summer Internship Program for 2018, that on-boarded 40 interns from 15 universities across Pakistan and had commenced on June 18th, successfully concluded on August 15th. The internship program is launched once every year, through which a limited number of students are placed within the organization for 6-8 weeks after undergoing a competitive and merit-based selection process. For their exceptional performance, interns received awards and giveaways. The Ufone leadership team acknowledged academia partners’ contribution in building the leaders of tomorrow. Commandant Brigadier Tariq and Dr. Mohsin Tiwana from College of EME NUST, Dr. Ashfaque Hasan Khan,…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Sukoon Handyman and Errands Pvt. Ltd., ‘Sukoon’ has entered into a strategic alliance with The Citizens Foundation. “We are pleased to announce our work with The Citizens Foundation (TCF) to fulfill our part as a socially responsible organization. Contributing towards the betterment of society through education fulfills our company’s values and purpose. We aim to educate 100,000 TCF students who would otherwise not have access to quality education,” said Omer Ehtisham, Chief Executive Officer, Sukoon. “We truly respect Sukoon’s brand philosophy of creating a more inclusive society and their belief that quality education forms building blocks of…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir)  Dettol, one of the leading brands of Reckitt Benckiser Pakistan Limited (“RBPL”), is giving a chance to win scholarships, subject to terms, to school going students across the country. This scholarship will cover the tuition fee for a period of 12 months for participants who qualify and meet all the terms. To participate in this campaign, an individual must buy any variant of Dettol Soap and give a missed call on 0306-3Dettol (0306-3338865). They will then receive a call back and SMS explaining the entire procedure. Entries for the campaign will close on August 31, 2018. Talking…

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir)   A new group of talented youth joined Pakistan’s No.1 Data Network Company, Zong 4G, under the umbrella of its Graduate Trainee Program -2018. Through its talent development initiative for fresh graduates, a total of 50 new graduates have entered into the corporate world. The company shortlisted graduates from various universities of Pakistan, to encourage and provide them with an opportunity to grow as the Leaders of tomorrow by allowing the trainees to experience the practical world and gain experience in the diverse fields of Engineering, Information Technology, Sales and Marketing etc. Zong 4G’s, Leaders of Tomorrow-Graduate…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Arshad Ahmad, Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning and Professor of Finance and Business Economics at McMaster University, Canada, as the 5th Vice Chancellor of LUMS. Dr. Ahmad will assume his Office at the University in end-August, 2018. Sharing his thoughts on his role at LUMS, Dr. Ahmad said, “It is a great privilege to serve Pakistan’s premier institution and I am excited to work with talented colleagues and the exceptional students who I am confident will take LUMS to the next level of excellence.…