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PU researchers Gilgit climate find 1.1m year old change threat elephant skull looms large PAGE 05 PAGE 03 Editor: Shabbir Sarwar OCTOBER, 2015 | ISSUE 10 | VOLUME 11 Price: Rs. 50 | Pages: 12 | www.educationist.com.pk | facebook.com/TheEducationistPK InsIde pakistan education gurus sit together to achieve MTdF 2015-2020 Knowledge Park a milestone, syas Shahbaz Sharif LaHoRe: punjab More investment on education demanded Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said dr atta-ur-Rahman, dr Mukhtar ahmed, Shahnaz Wazir ali, Lt gen (r) Shujaat Hussain, on Saturday that the < establishment of dr Mujahid Kamran, dr akram Sheikh, Razina alam Khan others attend interactive session Knowledge park of international standard in Lahore will play an important role in promotion of science, information technology, education and research. The chief minister, while chairing a meeting held to review the progress of the revolutionary project, said it would prove to be a milestone in promotion of education and research. Shahbaz announced to allocate Rs 21 billion for the project during next three years and to provide Rs 7 billion every year. – Staff Report 3 Pro VCs plan not a bad idea, says Dr Hassan Shah LaHoRe: govt College university Vice Chancellor dr Hassan amir Shah, in an exclusive interview with The educationist, said the plan to appoint three pro vice chancellors in every public sector university was not a bad idea. “If the government wants to do that STAFF REPORT sector’s Medium Term Development Framework Education Secretary and Syed Shahid they should make appropriate changes in the -III for 2015-20. Mohyuddin Qadir, Secretary Higher Education charter. It will provide grooming for future vice chancellors.” I was little difficult to adjust from ISLAMABAD: Education gurus of Pakistan HEC Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, Dr AJK attended the session. chairperson to dean, or assistant professor to VC, gathered at the Higher Education Commission Attaur Rahman, Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Lt Gen (r) The educationists stressed to strengthen he said. (HEC) and after thorough brainstorming Shujaat Hussain, Dr Mujahid Kamran, Dr higher education sector, and align academic and ConTInued on page 06 announced that: “Increased resources for Muhammad Akram Sheikh, Dr Pirzada Qasim research priorities with the national economic higher education and its effective utilisation is Raza Siddiqui, Senator Razina Alam Khan, Engr goals, with a particular reference to Providing free education in 6,200 inevitable if Pakistan wants to build a strong Ahmed Farooq Bazai, Engr Muhammad Asghar, achievement of targets set for 2025, as well as knowledge economy, ultimately leading to Dr Masood Hameed Khan, Dr Nilofar Shaikh, objectives of China Pakistan Economic Corridor PEF partner schools: Qamar Raja achieve country’s economic and social Dr Khalid Mehmood Khan, Dr Naveed Malik, (CPEC). They also emphasised that awareness LaHoRe: punjab development goals.” Dr Khalid Aftab, Dr UAG Isani, Dr Najma about significance of knowledge economy education Founda - tion Chairmanen - The unanimous recommendation was made in Najam, Dr Samina Amin Qadir, Dr Fazal among parliamentarians and policy makers and grQamarul Islam a day-long consultative session organised by Ahmaed Khalid, Dr Raza Bhatti, Dr Mahmood changing their mindset by sensitizing media is Raja has said the HEC for development of higher education ul Hassan Butt, Atta ur Rahman, KPK Higher highly requied. target of school en - rollment of 3.8 mil - lion children will be achieved because Private universities they were all fo - Top ICC official urges cused on education. urged to cut fee He said peF is pro - viding free of cost education in 6200 schools education to combat fixing STAFF REPORT upto matriculation level. “We have introduced a new scheme titled “Mujhay School Bhajhen” LAHORE: After a new law against private (Send me to school), under which citizen send photo, name and address of a child intheir local - schools fee increase, the parents and ity who is out of school. teachers have demanded the government to ConTInued on page 09 take action against high fees of private colleges and universities. Due to limited Pak doesn’t need any foreign number of seats in public institutions, education model: Waqas Jafri parents have no option but to send their children there. Taking advantage of this, LaHoRe: dar-e- private sector has made education a arqam Schools Chief executive Syed profitable business. PU Academic Staff Waqas anjum Jafri Association President Prof Dr Hasan has said that the Mobeen Alam and General Secretary Dr country don’t need Mahboob Hussain announced to launch a any foreign educa - protest campaign against high fee of tion model, instead indigenouseduca - private universities. They said private tion model, based on DUBAI: The International Cricket Council and specific incidents within them, known as institutions were taking benefit of limited the ideology of pak - (ICC)’s Anti-Corruption Unit Ronnie Flanagan spot-fixing. ICC set up its Anti-Corruption Unit in admission capacity of public sector istan was the solu - has stressed education for young players as the 2000 after three international captains — Hansie universities and that’s why they were tion for educational needs. In an exclusive interview key to stamping out the scourge of fixing and Cronje of South Africa, Pakistan’s Salim Malik exploiting middle economic strata of the with The educationist , Waqas Jafri saidover 0.15 said success should be measured by prevention and India’s Mohammad Azharuddin — were society. They said that the government million students were getting quality education in their 470-plus schools established around the — not prosecutions. banned for life for match-fixing. should pressurize private universities to country. He said only two percent private schools Cricket has battled for years against those take education as mission instead of representing elite class were overcharging fee, seeking to rig both the overall outcome of matches Continued on Page 11 business. ConTInued on page 08 WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK 02 | IN FOCUS october, 2015 Shaikh ahmad Hassan School of Law building inauguration LUMs eyes judicial reforms in Pakistan g punjab governor Rafique Rajwana, Syed Babur ali, dr pervez Hassan, Justice Tassaduq Jilani, Justice umer atta Bandial, Justice Syed Mansoor ali Shah attend ceremony STAFF REPORT LAHORE: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)’s Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law(SAHSOL) three-storey new building was inaugurated by Dr Pervez Hassan, Punjab Governor RafiqueRajwana, Syed Babur Ali,Justice Tassaduq Jilani, Justice Umer Atta Bandial, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and others here at a graceful ceremony. Addressing the ceremony Dr Pervez Hassan said that the new building has been constructed in just 17 months. He said the students would work on much needed legal Pace university of America. He thanked Muhammd Ali Jinnah in Bombay where he Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said, “this school aspects of environment, terrorism, intellectual families of Gen. Habiuallah Khan, Dawood (Babur Ali) was present, he said that school would partnered with the judiciary and there property rights, World Trade Organization Group, Packages group, Sheikh Ahmed would serve for legal reforms in the country. will be formal internship, the students would legal aspects, foreign investment. There will be Irshad, Hassan Irfan and others for their VC Sohail Naqvi said the law school would go to the field at district level and it would inquiries and discussions, to accommodate the support. provide solutions to the legal issues of the help reform the judicial system.” He said there dissent and promote tolerance. He out of Pro-Chancellor Syed Babar Ali said that the country while working in close collaboration would a clinical component in the education three, two floors of the building are fully vision to establish law schools was to produce with judiciary. Naqvi said LUMS legal aid of this school of law. LUMS Rector Abdul operational while third floor is mean for future Quaids, Iqbals and Gandhis of the clinic would work actively, while esphasisng RazakDawood said Dr Hassan had touched center of Chinese legal studies and South Asia. While quoting a 1946 meeting of that recently their 40 students has worked the hearts people and it was a great privileged environment law studies in collaboration with the Muslim League Council chaired by with judiciary as interns. to name the law school after him. Dr Noshina presents pu researcher discovers 1.1m year old elephant skull paper at ICAD, Harvard BY ALI ARSHAD STAFF REPORT LAHORE: In a unique and historic discovery researchers from Punjab University Zoology BOSTON: Punjab University Institute of Department have discovered the skull of 1.1 Communication Studies in-charge director Dr million year old female elephant that weight Noshina Saleem presented her paper on 120kg from Panjan Sher Shahana Pabbi Hills “Media and conflict: Framing of Kashmir issue area of the district Gujrat. in international media,” at the International It is believed that discovery will help Conference for Academic Disciplines for Social scientists understand the genetic, hereditary Sciences and Humanitiesorganized by and evolution of the animal. International Journal of Arts and Sciences and This reporter of The Educationist visited Social and Behavioral Sciences Harvard the rare discovery along with PU researchers University during May 25-31, 2015 at Harvard and a select group of media persons and Medical SchoolLouise Pasteur Avenue, Boston, witnessed the 38 centimeter long and 28 Massachusetts, USA. centimeter wide skull of elephant. Talking to Monthly The Educationist Dr PU Zoology Department PhD Scholar Syed Noshina said, “It was really a unique Ghayoor Abbas had been excavating in the experience to present the paper and to interact area for the past 1.5 years. During his with scholars from various parts of the world research work in the area of Pabi Hills, he mainly from USA, Canada, UK, China, India, found signs of remains of the skull of the Nairobi, Russia, Poland, KSA, Scotland, Italy, female elephant.