Postive Post Mar:Layout 3 18/04/12 3:37 PM Page 1 Vol - II, Issue - III Marah 2012 Positive Post www.greenwichuniversity.edu.pk Monthly publication to create a soft and positive image of Pakistan Cultural Legacy : Iranian Vice Pakistan’s 1st Female Master Scuba Diver! President lauds Pakistan’s heritage Muhammad Ali Asif BS29 2316 Aamina Suleman BS29 2367 Karachi: Her world is mys - terious, her friends are Punjab: Pakistan has a rainbow-bright and her beautiful cultural heritage, passion runs deep; meet commented Iranian Vice Rosheen Khan, Pakistan’s President Muhammad first female diving instructor. Mohandis Bokei in the visitors’ book dur - In 2009, Rosheen Khan became the first ing his visit to Lok Virsa at Shakarparian female Scuba diving instructor in Pakistan on Friday, said a press release issued by after undergoing training in Thailand. Lok Virsa. Rosheen, a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT), is originally from the “We pray for the success and prosperity province of Balochistan. of Pakistan and its great people,” he pressed with the museum’s link passage Contd. on P.g.7 said. presenting Pakistan’s historical cultural relations with Iran. The vice president was received by offi - cials of Lok Virsa to the tunes of tradi - He was informed that both countries tional drums and famous folk songs. share commonalities in most of the crafts, cultural artefacts and architectural Later, the vice president, who is accom - heritage, such as weaving, miniature, panying the Iranian president in his cur - painting, calligraphy, metal, brass, blue rent official visit to Pakistan, visited the tiles, mirror work and marble intarcia. Heritage Museum. The official was im - Courtesy: Express Tribune Groundbreaking: AJK’s longest bridge Pakistan Day being Pakistan wins to facilitate commuters, revive tourism celebrated with contract for InfoDev great fervour mobile software lab Aamina Suleman Muhammad Zaid Raees Dhedhi BS29 2367 Asad Rasool BS38 3281 BS38 3299 Mirpur: Prime Minister (PM) Karachi: In a Yousaf Raza Gilani was Karachi: The move that present in Mirpur on Monday, Pakistan Day would help where he laid the foundation is being cele - spur the al - stones of two development brated with great enthusias - ready boom - projects, most notably the Rs mand zeal through the ing development of IT 4.23 billion Hazrat Meeran August 2014. country on Friday. content, Pakistan has Shah Bridge. beaten off competition from It is expected that the bridge The celebrations were initi - regional countries to bag The bridge, approximately will reduce the distance be - ated by 31 gun salutes in World Bank’s contract for seven kilometres in length, tween Mirpur and Islamgarh Pakistanís capitalcity Islam - setting up a research lab for will be the longest bridge in from 23 to seven kilometres, abad whereas, 21 gun mobile software develop - Azad Jammu and Kashmir besides opening up new av - salutes took place in the ment including apps, The (AJK) and will connect Mirpur enues for tourism in the area. provincial capitals.Special Express Tribune has learnt. city with Islamgarh town. Apart from that, the bridge prayers for the prosperity of It is being constructed in the will also reduce the travelling Pakistan were held all over World Bank’s division wake of the Mangla Dam time between Mirpur and the country after the Fajr InfoDev planned to estab - Raising Project and is ex - Kotli district. prayers. lish five mobile software pected to be completed by Contd. P.g 7 Contd. on P.g 8 Contd. on P.g 7 Postive Post Mar:Layout 3 18/04/12 3:37 PM Page 2 Positive Post Positive Post January 2012 Positive Post Pakistan sees the light on A Monthly publication of solar power for energy Kevin Jal VS38 3240 From mosques, to homes and streets, Pakistanis are increas - A compilation of news made ingly seeing the light and realis - by students of ing that year-round sun may be Mass Communication and a cheap if partial answer to an enormous en - Media Studies of Greenwich ergy crisis. University to highlight the Pakistan needs to produce 16,000 megawatts positive aspects of Pakistan of electricity a day but only manages 13,000 megawatts, according to the Pakistan Electric Patron Power Company. the Taliban, and so the government has been Seema Mughal increasingly vocal about redressing the prob - Vice Chancellor The shortfall means that millions endure elec - lem as it eyes elections within a year. tricity cuts for up to 16 hours a day, leaving Editor them freezing in winter and sweltering in sum - Ayla Hassan “I think all our friends are encouraged to un - mer while hitting industry hard, exacerbating a Assistant Professor derstand the real energy crisis that is in Pak - slow-burn recession. istan. We can’t afford to be selective of where Editorial Advisory Board we receive our energy supply from,” Foreign Iqbal Jamil Voters say it is their biggest single concern, Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said this month. Head Department of secondary to the war against Al-Qaeda and Contd. on P.g 7 Mass Communication and Media Studies NED students Pakistani student Salman Altaf success in online world Assistant Professor launch Pakistan’s Dept. of English first Formula car! mathematics competition Zaid Raees Dhedhi Muhammad Ali Asif Shazia Anwar BS38 3281 BS29 2316 Graphics & Layout Karachi, March 23rd: What a way to celebrate LAHORE: General Secretary of JI women Pakistan Day! Students of NED University of Mailing Address wing, Dr Rukhsana Jabeen expressed im - Engineering and Technology held their Media Greenwich House: DK-10, 38th, Street, mense pleasure on the success of Pakistani even for the launch of Pakistan’s first For - Darakshan, Phase VI, DHA, Karachi. students in Online World Mathematics Com - mula-style car as part of the Formula SAE Tel: 009221-35840397/98, petition, which was held in Australia. Fax: 009221-35851910 Competition. email: [email protected] She said it is the moment of honour and website:www.greenwichuniversity.edu.pk Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engi - neering) is an international competition be - pleasure for every Pakistani that our children Acknowledgement tween engineering students involving the have performed outstandingly despite all the Positive Post acknowledges the design, construction and dynamic testing of odds. Entire western world is trying to portray newspapers/agencies from an open-wheel racecar. NED University is the Pakistan as a failed terrorist state, but these which the news has been taken first engineering institute in the country to kids have once again proved that Pakistanis by students. have introduced Automotive Engineering. can outperform anyone in the world in the field Cond.on P.g 4 of education. Dr Jabeen said that if the government pro - Editor’s NotE vides support to our younger generation, Pak - istani students can achieve many more this issue has very interesting stories, such as sucess of a landmarks like this. Pakistan have immense talent which is continuously shown by the Pakistani student in online world mathematics competition. likes of Arfa Kareem, Moosa Feroz and many others but it’s deplorable that government is We are trying to promote talent of Pakistan through Positive not taking any measures to support intelligent Pakistani students of poor areas. Post. If any of you have talent, write to us we will accom- modate it, if it is news worthy. Our continuous efforts are Dr Jabeen congratulated the families of posi - tion holders and wished them best future lauded by our readers, who are our source of strength. ahead. Courtesy: The News 2 Postive Post Mar:Layout 3 18/04/12 3:37 PM Page 3 Positive Post Positive Post A 9-year-old novelist Over 4,000 children from Lahore say no to drugs titled “The Dangerous Pet” which is available in the local market. According to her family, Aiman has always been into reading books and completed her novel in a span of four months. “I kept jotting down my ideas in the form of points. And when I started writing, the Zaid Raees Dhedhi story just went with the flow,” BS38 3281 the young author said. Muhammad Ali Asif Public School & College The sixth-grader has already BS29 2316 (APS&C), Saddar, Karachi; March 27, Lahore: Aiman started working on her next and third by Talha Shahzad Waheed , a nine-year -old girl novel which would be a mys - Karachi: The Foundation for of the APS&C, Kharian Cantt. from Lahore, has written and tery story. a Drug-Free World (FDFW) The first position in the sec - published a 64-page novel Courtesy: Express, Tribune recently launched its 10th ond category was bagged by international competition Natalia Ashraf of the APS&C, ‘Poster/Drawing/Presentation Malir Cantt and Faisal from 2012’. the Children’s Cancer Hospi - A rickshaw that tal; second by Kinza Hanif of The first position in the first the Karachi Grammar School; wants your trash category was bagged by and third by Aimal Farooq of Faizan Keeriyo areas.” Rameez Ali from Islamabad; the International School of BS 282217 The prototype Husain’s com - second by Mohammad Choueifat, Lahore. pany Autocom has designed Shahzaib Shoib of the Army Karachi: The takes a rickshaw and adds a Contd. on P.g 7 rick-saaf is a steel container that can take combination up to 200kg. This, then, op - of a rickshaw erates through hydraulics CIE Oustanding and a garbage truck that can with an independent power collect waste from those hard pack that uses a separate to reach places where the car battery, which doesn’t put Achievers 2011 onus is generally left to the any strain on the engine or Muhammad Ali Asif While these youngsters have scavenger.