An Australia-based Pakistani computer scientist, Shazia Sadiq, has been recognized for innovative STEM research by the prestigious Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE). ATSE has recognized Shazia for her work which focuses on developing solutions for Business Information Systems to more effectively process information, significantly improving business process management, governance, and risk and compliance data.
Pakistani lecturer Dr Mubashir Husain Rehmani has been named in the world’s top 1% researchers in the field of computer sciences. Rehmani’s work focuses on wireless networks, blockchain, cognitive radio networks, and software-defined networks. He has written over 100 peer-reviewed articles, of which 12 were among highly cited articles by Clarivate. The professor’s research work has been recognised internationally and has received multiple best paper awards.
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) plans to auction 254 of its huts at the Hawke’s Bay Beach to increase its revenue. Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani cancelled the allotment of all the corporation’s huts at the beach. The land department was instructed to take control of the huts. Notices were issued to the allottees and the KMC says it will take action against defaulters.
Rumours are are circulating on social media that Khaani actor, Feroze Khan and wife Alizey have decided to part ways amicably and are no longer living together. There were also some reports that Alizey had deleted her Instagram handle after Feroze Khan unfollowed her and her family on social media handles. The rumours have disappointed fans of Feroze Khan and Alizey.
Nike and Coca-Cola are lobbying Congress to weaken a bill that would ban imported goods made with forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region. The legislation, called the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, has become the target of multinational companies including Apple whose supply chains touch the far western Xinjiang region, as well as of business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, the youngest daughter of former president Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto, will be leading the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) jalsa in Multan today. Aseefa is standing in for party chairman and brother Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus last week and is self-isolating. He will be addressing the jalsa via video link.
Zindagi Tamasha, a film by Sarmad Khoosat has been chosen by Pakistan Academy Selection Committee as Pakistan’s official entry to the 93rd Academy Awards. The film will be submitted for Oscar consideration in the ‘International Feature Film Award’ category by the Pakistan Committee. The presentation show for the 93rd Academy Awards scheduled to take place on 25th April 2021.
The country’s biggest industrial complex – the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) – has laid off over 4,500 of its employees. The employees – 4,544 in total – were fired in the wake of an emergency meeting chaired by the PSM chief executive officer (CEO) at the CEO Secretariat. The management has started the process of sending termination letters to the residential addresses of the sacked employees.
Chairman Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, has called the newly-announced chemical castration as punishment for rapists “un-Islamic”. While speaking with a local news channel, the Chairman said that instead of enforcing Islamic laws, the government has adopted a policy of enacting new laws. He stated that Allah had prescribed stoning and flogging as the punishments for adultery and rape.
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has become the only one university from Pakistan which has made it to the top 100 QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) Asia University Ranking for 2021. NUST secured a spot on the list at 76. This year’s ranking of the top Asian universities features 650 institutions, making it the biggest Asia ranking ever published.