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Pakistan Army, FC install three hydropower turbines in Buner

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ECNEC approves project for establishment of 48MW Shounter Hydropower Project in Neelam Valley district

PESHAWAR, Nov 24 (APP): The Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps North, supported by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, have installed three hydropower turbines in the Elum Valley of Buner district, addressing the essential needs of the neglected areas.
These recent installations would prove a milestone in ensuring a consistent power supply to 1500 households in an area that had been without electricity for the past seventy years.
Among the installations, a 150-kilowatt hydroelectric turbine now lights up 500 homes in Ellum Kalay and Karapa Kalay.
Another 200-kilowatt turbine provides electricity to 500 homes in Jobra Kalay and Sheen Dhand, while a 250-kilowatt turbine in Elum serves 500 homes in Char Kalay.
Overcoming the remote and challenging terrain, the Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps North have achieved successful outcomes, including the installation of turbines, transformers, and transmission line poles.
They navigated difficulties by laying transmission lines in streams and using winching techniques to transfer heavy pipes.
The local population has expressed gratitude for these efforts that have brought much-needed electricity to their communities.

Minister stresses awareness about family planning in rural areas

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Ali Ali
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Dr Jamal Shah
LAHORE, Nov 24 (APP):Punjab Minister for Population Welfare Dr. Jamal Nasir emphasized the necessity of raising awareness about family planning among the rural population and ensuring easy access to necessary facilities.
He addressed the closing session of the 24th annual conference organized by the Population Association of Pakistan as the chief guest on Friday. Dr. Nasir stressed the importance of gaining support from religious scholars to dispel misconceptions about population planning, highlighting a consensus among them regarding the need for appropriate intervals between children to enhance the health of both mother and child.
Expressing concern about Pakistan’s rapidly growing population, the minister cited the alarming implications on poverty, unemployment, and social issues resulting from the imbalance of population and resources. He pointed out the challenges posed by climate change and population growth, noting the adverse effects on agriculture, forests, biodiversity, and food cultivation in the country. Dr. Nasir warned that failure to control population growth would lead to severe impacts on food production, water scarcity, and overall environmental sustainability.
Highlighting the need for collective efforts from all societal stakeholders, the minister emphasized the importance of implementing effective population management policies and programs. He lamented the historical neglect of population welfare and environmental sectors, asserting that these areas cannot be overlooked when planning future development projects. Dr. Nasir stressed the significance of financial resources, effective planning, and a clear roadmap to achieve population management objectives. He assured that the Population Welfare department would allocate necessary resources to empower people to actively engage in family planning.
The event was also attended by Director General of the Population Welfare department, Punjab, Ms. Saman Rai and addressed by President of the association Dr. Nasira Shah, Rector of FCC University Dr. Jonathan, Minhaj-ul-Haq, Dr. Zahir Gul, and others.

HEC project team discusses measures for teachers capacity building with Secy HED Balochistan

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Ali Ali
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP):The Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) project team of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Friday met with Secretary Higher Education Department,  Balochistan,  Zafar Buledi to discuss the way forward in building the professional capacity of teachers and student assessment for implementing the revised Undergraduate Education Policy (UEP) 2020.
The officials explored opportunities for collaboration in uplifting the standard of higher education in affiliated colleges in Balochistan, ensuring their on-ground support to the HEDP team in reaching out to the far-flung areas of the province to equip teachers with new methodologies and technologies, said a press release issued here.
All affiliated colleges, constituting the tertiary education system of Pakistan, are under the administrative control of provinces, and the project is rolling out its activities in close collaboration with all provincial departments nationwide.
Consultant HEC, Dr. Syed Afaq Husain introduced the salient features of the revised UEP by emphasising that the successful implementation of the policy depended on the preparedness of teachers, who constituted the foundation of an education system.
It is imperative that the faculty of higher education institutes can use new teaching methodologies and technologies to manage this paradigm shift from earlier 2-year degrees to new associate degree and bachelor’s degree programmes.
Principals were also briefed on the new Learning Skills Assessment Test (LSAT) developed with the support of HEDP, which will be conducted throughout the country for a large sample of undergraduate students.
This test will help compare the learning skills of students and gauge the learning achievements through revised UEP.
The meeting was followed by an orientation session at the Government Post Graduate College Quetta Cantt, jointly organized by the Director of Colleges and Higher Education, Dr. Kaleem Ullah Zahid, and the Office of the Deputy Director of Admin Colleges, HED Balochistan.
Thirty principals of colleges from Quetta and its suburbs attended the orientation session, including sixteen of whom were female.
The revised UEP 2020 was approved by the HEC and is being implemented from Fall 2023; however, the success of a policy depends on the preparedness of teachers who constitute the foundation of an education system.
For the successful implementation of the UEP, the faculty of higher education institutes must understand it well and be prepared to implement it in letter and spirit.
The affiliated colleges are undergoing a transition from an annual system to a semester system under the education policy 2020.
The introduction of associate degree programmes and bachelor’s degree programmes requires significant procedural and regulation changes in student admission, enrolment, registration, advisement system, internship, capstone project, assessment methods, attendance system, course design and conduct, learning management system, and using technology in teaching and assessment.
For this, HEC is reaching out to all affiliated colleges across Pakistan to orient them.

ECO announces Youth Award in art, culture, sports fields for member countries

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Ishtiaq Rao
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has announced the ECO Youth Award in the fields of research projects including arts – preferably regional – culture and sports fields for the member states.

The youths from the 10 member states will be eligible for the award including Iran, Pakistan, Turkiye, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, according to a message received from Pakistan Embassy in Tehran, where the ECO headquarters is also located.

A total ten awards, one from each member state will be announced every year with a cash award of USD1,000 amongst the youth of 18-30 years of age, selected from the nominations made by each member state.

The need for the expansion of relations among the peoples in the ECO region, along with the significant role of youth as a major driving force for the ECO countries development, has increased the importance of planning to maximize their optimal participation in the activities implemented by the ECO Cultural Institute (ECOCI).

The Youth Award initiative has been proposed with the aim to discover young talent and to pave the way to further popularize ECO Cultural Institute.

As there will be one winner from each member country, there will be no competition between countries.

The award is presented annually to the winners selected from the nominations made by the ECO member countries on occasions such as the ECO Day.

In order to identify the ECO top youth, call for nominations will be published on ECOCI website and the Ministry of Culture of each ECO member state will nominate up to a maximum of three persons.

The Award Committee, comprising the Cultural Attachés of ECO member states in Tehran will judge and select one winner from each country.

The ECO Award will be presented during a ceremony on the occasion of ECOCI Day/ECO Day.

Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

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Zia Ur Rehman
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Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
APP27-241123 RAWALPINDI: November 24 – Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. APP/ADZ/ABB
Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
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RAWALPINDI: November 24 –Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

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RAWALPINDI: November 24 – Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session for Cricket Series in Australia at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. APP/ADZ/ABB

Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
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RAWALPINDI: November 24 – Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session for Cricket Series in Australia at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. APP/ADZ/ABB
Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
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RAWALPINDI: November 24 – Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session for Cricket Series in Australia at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. APP/ADZ/ABB
Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
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RAWALPINDI: November 24 – Pakistan National Cricket Team players participating in practice session for Cricket Series in Australia at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. APP/ADZ/ABB

Non-custom paid goods worth 130 million seized

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Ali Ali
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DG KHAN, Nov 24 (APP):The customer authority seized a truck loaded with non-custom paid goods worth Rs. 13 million during checking.
According to SSP Patroling Tanveer Ahmed, the truck was caught at Tonvi Mor which loaded with coal in which huge quantity of goods including 130 bags china salt, 59 bags almond, 130 bags dry milk seven bags, seven bags shopping bag, 360 bags betlenet and 31 bags cashew were stuffed secretly.
The seized quantity of goods was headed over to the customer authority.
The driver was taken into custody along with the truck for carrying out further investigation, said the SSP.

Kerb currency market

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Ali Ali
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Foreign
KARACHI, Nov 24 (APP):Following were the Opening Rates of foreign currencies in kerb market issued by the Forex Association
of Pakistan (FAP), here on Friday.
F.C.                                                         LOW RATE      HIGH RATE
U.S $ (Inter Bank)                                      285.00            285.25
U.S $ (Cash Free Market)                           283.25            286.25
SAUDIA RIYAL                                             75.70              76.50
UAE DIRHAM                                              77.70              78.50
EURO                                                         309.00            312.00
UK POUND                                                354.50             358.00
AUD $                                                        185.50             188.00
CAD $                                                         205.50             208.00
CHINESE YUAN                                            40.00               42.50

SABS University Senate approves budget

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Ali Ali
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HYDERABAD, Nov 24 (APP):The first meeting of the Senate of Shaheed Allah Buksh Soomro (SABS) University of Art, Design and Heritages Jamshoro was held on Friday under the chair of the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Arabella Bhutto.
According to the university spokesman, the meeting approved the budget of the recent four financial years 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.
The Senate reviewed and approved the draft of statutes regulating elections to the authorities, efficiency, and discipline statutes, affiliation of educational institutions to the university statutes, students welfare fund statutes, endowment fund statutes, department development, and endowment fund statutes. The Senate did not endorse the employees’ insurance fund statutes, and the said case was sent to the Syndicate.
Speaking on the occasion, the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Arabella Bhutto informed the members about the annual budget, fees, facilities being provided to the students, hostels and transport amenities, and the grant earned from the Government of Sindh.
The meeting was attended by Secretary Sindh Universities and Boards Noor Ahmed Samo, Chancellor IIlma University Karachi Noman Abid Lakhani, Pro Vice Chancellor NED University Karachi Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tufail, Associate Professor Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Karachi Ar. Hameer Soomro, Zarmeene Shah, Dr. Masroor Ahmed Shaikh, Prof. Tazeen Hussain, Prof. Shahnaz Ismail, Sharif Awan, Dr. Noman Ahmed and nominated and elected members of the Senate from SABS University.

KP Governor for provision of better educational environment, facilities to students of KUST

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PESHAWAR, Nov 24 (APP): Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ghulam Ali on Friday directed for provision of better educational environment and facilities to the students studying in the public sector universities.
He was talking to Vice Chancellor Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) Prof. Dr. Sardar Khan who called on him here at the Governor House.
The Governor said that the federal and provincial governments were spending a lot of money for the promotion of higher education and now it was the responsibility of the universities to pay special attention to research in line with the requirements of the modern era and bring the public sector universities of the province to national and international rankings.
The Governor said that measures were being taken to solve the problems of the universities.
Meanwhile, a five-member delegation headed by President Malakand Chamber of Commerce and Industry Muhammad Shoaib also met the Governor at the Governor House. FPCCI Coordinator Sartaj Ahmed was also present on the occasion.
The delegation informed the Governor about the problems faced by the business community, especially the load shedding of electricity and gas, on which the governor said that all possible measures are being taken to eliminate the problems of the business community.
He said that the business community was the backbone of the country’s economy and the government was taking pragmatic steps to resolve all their problems. He emphasized on the business community pay special attention to increase exports so as to increase the country’s foreign exchange.
Former Member National Assembly Maulana Faiz ur Rehman also met with the Governor along with a four-member delegation and apprised him the problems faced by the people of the area. The Governor assured his full cooperation in solving the problems.
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Water level in Mangla Dam is continually decline as seasonal discharge of water from reservoir underway

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MIRPUR,  (AJK) Nov 24 (APP) ::Besides the seasonal scheduled stipulated power generation, the discharge of water from the country’s second-largest Mangla Dam is underway reducing the water level in the reservoir to  1181.70 feet against the maximum conservation level 1242 feet with live storage of 3.267 MAF on Friday.
As a result of the continual due inflow of water during the ongoing season, the water level in the country’s 2nd largest reservoir Mangla Dam was recorded as 1181.70  feet after discharge of 60.30 feet of water from the reservoir.
Mangla Dam stands largest reservoir in terms of water storage in the country, was filled to its maximum conservation capacity of 1242 feet, on August 17, this year as seasonal impounding of the reservoir, official sources told APP here.
At present 3.267 million acre-feet (MAF) water is available in the Mangla dam reservoir, the media wing of WAPDA said.
The inflows of the Jhelum river at Mangla reservoir were recorded as 6200 cusecs with outflows of 30000 cusecs of water from the dam on Friday.
At the same time, the position of the river inflows and outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoir levels and the barrages remained on Friday as under:-
Rivers: Indus at Tarbela: Inflows 22800 cusecs and Outflows 42000 cusecs, Kabul at Nowshera: Inflows 6900 cusecs and Outflows 6900 cusecs, Khairabad Bridge: Inflows 12900 cusecs and Outflow 12900, Jhelum at Mangla: Inflows 6200 cusecs and Outflows 30000 cusecs, Chenab at Marala: Inflows 8000 cusecs and Outflows 2000 cusecs.
Barrages: Jinnah: Inflows 58200 cusecs and Outflows 51700 cusecs, Chashma: Inflows: 45300 cusecs and Outflows 43000 cusecs, Taunsa: Inflows 43500 cusecs and Outflows 43500 cusecs, Guddu: Inflows 51200 cusecs and Outflows 44100 cusecs Sukkur: Inflows 41700 cusecs and Outflows 14400 cusecs Kotri: Inflows 7100 cusecs and Outflows 1200 cusecs Trimmu: Inflows 15800 cusecs and Outflow 6300 cusecs Panjnad: Inflows 9600 cusecs and Outflows 4600 cusecs.
Reservoirs (Level and Storage): Tarbela: Minimum operating level 1402 feet, present level 1503.77 feet, maximum conservation level 1550 feet, live storage today 3.340 MAF; Mangla: Minimum operating level 1050 feet, present level 1181.70 feet, maximum conservation level 1242 feet, live storage today 3.267 MAF; Chashma: Minimum operating level 638.15 feet, present level 642.60 feet, maximum conservation level 649 feet, live storage today 0.070 MAF.
The inflows and outflows of River Indus at Tarbela, Jinnah and Chashma, River Kabul at Nowshera, and River Jhelum at Mangla have been reflected as mean flows of 24 hours, whereas the other flows have been gauged at 6.00 a.m. on Friday.
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