ISLAMABAD: December 06
Senator Syed Ali Zafar, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice presiding over a meeting of the committee at Parliament Lodges
ISLAMABAD: December 06
COMSTECH, University of N’Djamena, Chad sign MoU for strengthening scientific cooperation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 06 (APP):COMSTECH and the University of N’Djamena, Chad on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote and strengthen cooperation in the fields of science, technology and innovation.
The MoU aimed to provide a platform for collaborative activities in the fields of mutual interest and encourage mobility and cooperation.
Both institutions agreed to develop and implement joint educational programs and scientific programs in the fields of science, technology and innovation.
Students, academic and scientific personnel will be placed in the University of N’Djamena for training, professional development and improvement of educational activities to strengthen international academic exchange.
Both institutions agreed to cooperate in research activities and development projects and collaborate in organizing national and international events, like workshops, conferences, seminars, and exhibitions.
The University of N’Djamena will become a COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence member and register on the OIC technology and innovation portal.
The Coordinator-General COMSTECH signed the MoU, Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary and the President of the University of N’Djamena, Dr. Mahamat Saleh Daoussa Haggar in the University of N’Djamena office.
PSX crosses another milestone, reaches to 63,917 points
ISLAMABAD, Dec 06 (APP): The 100-index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) crossed another milestone on Wednesday and reached to 63,917.72 points by gaining 961.70 more points, a positive change of 1.53 percent, PSX reported.
A total of 984,813,834 shares valuing Rs 35.094 billion were traded during the day as compared to 765,418,288 shares valuing Rs 30.858 billion the last day.
Some 383 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 258 of them recorded gains and 117 sustained losses, whereas the share prices of 08 remained unchanged.
The three top-trading companies were K-Electric Ltd with 143,664,783 shares at Rs3.52 per share, WorldCall Telecom with 56,892,842 shares at Rs 1.57 per share and Hascol Petrol with 54,500,000 shares at Rs 6.69 per share.
Nestle Pakistan Ltd witnessed a maximum increase of Rs 99.99 per share price, closing at Rs 8,700.00, whereas the runner-up was Sapphire Fiber Ltd with a Rs 89.50 rise in its per share price to Rs 1,309.50.
Rafhan Maize witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 91.00 per share closing at
Rs 11,399.00, followed by Pakistan Tobacco Ltd with a Rs 55.69 decline to close at Rs 1,091.01.
Saudi Arabia secures global dominance, clinches top spot in WAICY with record-breaking medal haul
RIYADH, Dec 6 (APP): The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been awarded the first position for winning the largest number of medals in the World Artificial Intelligence Competition for Youth (WAICY), in which 18,000 male and female students from 40 countries in the world participated, topping the United States, India, Greece, Canada, and Singapore.
According to SPA on Wednesday, in the global competition organized by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) in cooperation with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 18 Saudi projects won, including 11 got gold, silver, and bronze medals, and 7 other projects were in advanced positions out of 6,039 projects, while the United States won 10 medals, India and Greece won two medals for each country, and Canada and Singapore won one medal for each country.
The Kingdom was represented in the competition by general education students from the levels, primary, intermediate, and secondary schools from the schools of Misk, Dhahran, Madac, KAUST, Aramco, AlUla, and NEOM. They all competed in the three competition tracks: AI Showcase, AI-Generated Art, and AI Large language model.
In light of this Saudi excellence, SDAIA and KAUST received the Outstanding Organization Award at the global level for their efforts and commitment to developing artificial intelligence education.
These results confirm the high awareness of Saudi society towards artificial intelligence technologies, which was previously mentioned in the sixth edition of the Artificial Intelligence Index report issued by Stanford University in April 2023, as the Kingdom ranked second in the world in societal awareness of AI following an opinion poll that showed a high rate of confidence among Saudi citizens to deal with artificial intelligence products and services in the Kingdom.
Conference On ‘Pure and Applied Mathematics’ starts at UoS
SARGODHA, Dec 06 (APP):The 6th International Conference on ‘Pure and Applied Mathematics’ (ICPAM) kicked off on Wednesday at the University of Sargodha to exchange groundbreaking technological ideas, interdisciplinary research collaborations, and deeper understanding of the latest trends in mathematics.
Around 100 national and international distinguished guests from across the world will present research papers at the conference.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Mian Ghulam Yasin expressed heartfelt gratitude towards esteemed guests and highlighted the importance of cooperation among researchers, scientists, and academic experts.
He also mentioned how math has always been crucial and its significance in interdisciplinary research.
On the first day of the conference, more than 40 mathematicians from across the world including China, the United States of America (USA), Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Egypt, and Romania presented their research papers and shared insights on the mathematical research approaches.
Addressing the conference, Chairman Department of Mathematics Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abbas said: “The two-day conference emphasises the latest advancements and methodologies in the field of mathematics to nurture the experience of students.”
Mr. Cui Jun, President China Economic Net called on Ambassador Khalil Hashmi at Pakistan Embassy Beijing; discussed different areas of bilateral cooperation including media exchanges between China and Pakistan
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Husband bound to pay ‘mehr’ whenever his wife demands: SC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 06 (APP): The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared that the ‘haq mehr’ (dower) has to be paid to a woman whenever she demanded it from her husband.
The court imposed a fine worth Rs1,00,000 on petitioner for six-year delay in payment of the ‘mehr’ amount to his wife and also directed him to pay the expenditures of litigation to the woman.
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa issued the three-page written order in an appeal filed by a citizen Khalid Pervaiz.
The order said that ‘mehr’ is an Islamic concept and it is specifically recognised by the law of Pakistan. It has to be paid whenever demanded by the wife, it added. The order said that the mehr (dower) can be demanded during the subsistence of the marriage, and that the husband is under an obligation to pay it.
It said that the woman had to file a suit for recovery of the ‘mehr ‘ and maintenance, and the petitioner unnecessarily involved her in litigation, which reached this Court after six and half years.
The court said that this kind of frivolous litigation is paralysing the judicial system of the country. The petitioner took up an untenable defence, and perpetuated it probably because costs were not imposed upon him and the courts did not insist that the decision of the Family Court should first be complied with before entertaining a challenge to it.
It said that if a decision was challenged it did not mean that it became ineffective, and needed not be complied with
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The SC said that there was no justification to assail the decision of the high court, which was in accordance with the law. Therefore, leave to appeal had been declined and this petition was dismissed.
“Therefore, in addition to imposing costs throughout we impose compensatory costs to the extent of one hundred thousand rupees on the petitioner considering the decrease in the value of money. If the ‘mehr’ and the said costs are not paid the Family Court shall execute this order, which may include attachment of the properties of the petitioner,” it concluded.
The Caretaker Federal Minister for Privatisation, Mr Fawad Hasan Fawad meeting with British High Commission Delegation
ISLAMABAD: December 06
The Caretaker Federal Minister for Privatization Mr Fawad Hasan Fawad chairing a meeting of Privatization Commission with the Financial Advisor and management of First Women Bank Limited
ISLAMABAD: December 06 –
Members of Crop Life Pakistan Executive Committee Tallal Hakeem, Muhammad Asim, Irfan Ul Haq, Azeem Niazi, called on the Caretaker Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research Dr. Kausar Abdullah Malik at Minister office
ISLAMABAD: December 06 –