Volume VI, Issue-X, October 2016
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Volume VI, Issue-X, October 2016 October in History Fast-Rising Pakistan Whitewash West Indies Pakistan and West Indies series October 28, 1964: was played in UAE. Pakistan's hockey team won Silver Medal in Tokyo Olympic games. The series started with the first October 26, 1968: T20 September 23, 2016. The Pakistan became Olympic Hockey third test match is yet to be Champion, by winning over Australia 2-1. played. Pakistan played their first ever Day and Night test October 24, 1971: game in this series. Pink ball Pakistan won World Hockey Cup was finally seen in the hands of defeating Spain 1-0 at Barcelona. the Pakistani bowlers. October 28, 1972: In the first T20 Pakistan won by President Bhutto inaugurated Karachi night international at Sharjah on men after scoring 127 in Pak - Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP). nine-wickets after restricting West Indies to 115 in Twenty20 Sunday . Pakistan once again istan's 133-run victory against October 15, 1979: Internationals at Dubai posted a big total of 337-5 in West Indies in Abu Dhabi. This Dr. Abdus Salam, eminent Pakistani International Stadium, Dubai their 50 overs on October 2, is Younis' highest ranking since scientist, was awarded Physics Nobel on September 23, 016. 2016. he was No. 1 in March 2009 and Prize. No. 2 in July that year; he In third ODI, Pakistan contin - October 21, 1987: currently trails Steven Smith by Pakistan held West Indies to ued their domination over West Jan Sher Khan won World Open Squash 144-9 to win the second T20 at 46 points and leads Joe Root at Championship for the first time. Indies in limited over as they No. 3 by eight points. Dubai International Stadium, whitewashed the visitors 3-0 in October 17, 2004: Dubai on Saturday, September the one-day international series. There were more gains in the Pakistani physician Dr. Muhammad Saeed 25, 2016 by 16 runs and took Pakistan beat the West Indies by rankings for Pakistan's players Fazal Karim Beebani set new world record the three-match series 2-0. a massive 136-run margin to after they won the Three-Test for having the smallest Qur'an of the world. claim the series win on October series against West Indies by In the third T20 after beating His claim was accepted by Guinness world 5, 2016. taking a 2-0 lead. The captain record administration. West Indies Pakistan Captain, Misbah-ul-Haq moved to No. Sarfraz Ahmed said that he Pakistan won day-night test 10 after making 96 in the Abu wanted to win the match and What’s inside: match played with a pink ball Dhabi Test, and Asad Shafiq complete the whitewash. against West Indies by 56 runs rose to No. 14 after making F UBL wins Innovation Award in Pakistan has already won the on October 13, 2016 at Dubai Hungary half-centuries in each innings. first two matches and sealed the International Cricket Stadium. 3-match series. Leg spinner Yasir Shah returned F Overseas Pakistanis can now apply Pakistan defeated West Indies to the top five among Test for passport renewal online Pakistan yet again bestrode the in the second test on October bowlers; he was tied with visitors by putting up a F Adibul Hasan Rizvi awarded 21, 2016, Tuesday and won the England fast bowler Stuart commanding performance and honorary fellowship by ACS series by 2-0 in Abu Dhabi. Broad at No. 5. Yasir had taken registered a comfortable 111- ten wickets in Abu Dhabi, run victory in first ODI on The performance of Pakistani F Noor Mahal: the hidden gem of including 6 for 124 in the final Bahawalpur September 30, 2016. players is satisfying and after these series Younis Khan has innings to bowl West Indies out for 322 on the final day. F Upping the ante: HSY styles Brooke Pakistan defeated West Indies climbed three places to No. 2 in Shields for Hollywood event by 59 runs in the second day- the ICC rankings for Test bats - By: Saba Habib, BS46 5087 Positive Post is published to project positivity all around Pakistan amongst our youth and the entire nation. Our efforts are to inculcate patriotism and a sense of ownership in them. It is a compilation of news extracted by the students of Mass Communications and Media Studies of Greenwich University. 2016 Earnings: HBL Profit Surges to UBL Wins Innovation Award in Hungary Rs25.8 Billion HBL today declared a consol - 2015 to reach Rs2.4 trillion. idated profit after tax of Rs25.8 “Domestic CASA deposits in - billion for the first nine creased by 9% and the CASA months of 2016, with earnings mix improved to 89% as at per share of Rs17.47, a press September 30, 2016. The release issued by the bank domestic deposit mix contin - United Bank Limited (UBL), UBL starts scholarship stated. Along with the results, ued to improve, and current Pakistan’s Best Bank 2016, has programme the Bank declared a third quar - accounts now form 35.6% of won the Innovation Award at ter dividend of Rs3.50 per deposits. Average current the Mastercard Innovation UBL recently launched the share (35%), it said. It added accounts for the first nine Forum held in Budapest, MasterPass QR digital payment that HBL’s balance sheet has months of 2016 increased by Hungary. service in partnership with grown by 7% over December 19% over the comparable Mastercard. As the country’s period of 2015, enabling HBL This award recognises the bank’s first interoperable digital pay - to reduce its cost of domestic “global first” achievement of ment service, MasterPass QR deposits.” launching UBL MasterPass QR allows consumers to use their Courtesy: The Express Tribune digital payment service. The mobile banking app to pay for forum explores how innovation in-store, bill payments (in - Adibul Hasan Rizvi Awarded Honorary changes lives and assesses the im - voices) and for delivery with pact this transformation will have one secure account. Fellowship by ACS on the future. Courtesy: The Express Tribune The American College of Sur - geons (ACS) has conferred an Overseas Pakistanis Can Now Apply for honorary fellowship on Dr Adibul Hasan Rizvi of the Passport Renewal Online Sindh Institute of Urology and The interior ministry of Further, Acting Consul General Transplantation (SIUT) for his Pakistan has launched an of Pakistan, Rana Samar Javed, distinguished services in the e-Services Portal to enable told Khaleej Times “UAE- field of medical sciences, public overseas Pakistanis to renew based Pakistanis can avail this services and for pioneering the their passports online. 24-hour service as of now.” transplant movement in counted the meritorious serv - Pakistan. ices rendered by Dr Rizvi by The portal, which went live last “This also means that people setting up SIUT in Karachi, According to a press release, week, can be used to apply for can save time by applying on - which not only provides state- Dr Rizvi, by securing the cov - renewal of Machine Readable line instead of personally visit - of-the-art medical treatment eted honour, has joined the Passports. The online applica - ing the embassy in Abu Dhabi to people free of charge but is ranks of a very selective global tion process takes approxi - or consulate in Dubai,” he also one of the growing urolog - group of medical practitioners. mately 16.5 minutes, it says on added. ical and transplant centres of The fellowship was conferred the website. the region. It also lauded the The e-Services Portal is linked on Dr Rizvi at the annual con - pivotal role that Dr Rizvi has to the Directorate General of gress of the college at Wash - Pakistani passport still among played in his country by bring - Immigration and Passports for ington DC, according to worst in the world: report ing a legislation to prohibit online service for Pakistani cit - SIUT. commercial transplantation. izens around the world. Once processed the passports This year, the honorary fellow - ACS, established in 1903, is will be delivered to the location Biometric passports to be intro - ship was awarded to five sur - the largest professional organ - provided by the applicant duced in 2017 geons hailing from various isations of surgeons in the within 10 days for a normal parts of the world who have However, currently the system world with 80,000 members passport. An urgent renewal is made extraordinary contribu - only works for existing docu - on its roll. Each year, a group of processed within four days. tions in their respective ments and is not available for globally renowned surgeons are branches of surgery. The new applications. “People will awarded honorary fellowships. renowned surgeons who re - have to visit the consulate in The process is quite competi - ceived fellowships were from cases where they are applying tive as the college, in its entire Australia, Colombia, France for a new passport such as for a history, has awarded honorary and Japan besides Rizvi from newborn, since there are no fellowships only to 445 sur - Pakistan. previous records,”. geons. Courtesy: The Express Tribune In its citation, the college re - Courtesy: The Express Tribune 2 We have Overcome Heartless Enemy, says Army Chief “Having overcome the heartless enemy, we petition, saying that the occasion was an op - are set to march forward on the road to portunity for promoting mutual coopera - progress,” Army Chief General Raheel tion and brotherhood. “Today, Pakistan Sharif said at the closing ceremony of the stands more integrated with the rest of the 1st International Paces Competition 2016. world than ever before.” He described Operation Zarb-e-Azb as an Paces, he said, was designed to demand a example of ‘war for peace’ and said the of - high-level of combat efficiency crucial for fensive was bringing stability and prosperity the challenges of modern warfare.