DUBAI: Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) announced that it has held its first regular meeting for the Academic Year 2019/2020, chaired by His Excellency Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chief of Police and Public Security in Dubai and Chairman of HBMSU’s Board of Governors (BOG). The meeting discussed the various achievements and initiatives conducted by the university during …

ABU DHABI: The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the first graduate-level, research-basedartificial intelligence (AI) university in the world, has received immediate interest from graduate students across the globe, with 3,200 starting the application process, including 1,681 potential students in the last step of their application process and 234completing their applicationswithin the first week of the University’s launch …

DUBAI: Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, UAE Minister of State for Food Security, has undertaken an official two-day visit to the United Kingdom, where she held a number of meetings with government ministers, officials and representatives of prominent food research centres, universities and companies to explore bilateral cooperation in the areas of food trade, investment and scientific research. Speaking about her trip, …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-19) concluded yesterday charting future directions in radiocommunication systems and information and communication technologies. Chaired by Mr Sergey Pastukh of the Russian Federation, RA-19 set future work programmes for the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and approved a range of radiocommunication standards (ITU-R Recommendations) and Resolutions that will have a global impact on future …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: The Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) is hosting the 35th SPELT International Conference, “Innovations in ELT: Future Directions” from today, Saturday and tomorrow Sunday, October 26-27, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the IQRA University-Main Campus, Shaheed-e-Millat Road Extension, Phase 1, Defence View, Karachi. Living up to its tradition of offering a high-quality professional development opportunity for teachers, educators, …

KARACHI: The Board of Directors of Meezan Bank Limited, in its meeting, held on October 24, 2019 approved the condensed interim unconsolidated financial statements of the Bank and its consolidated financial statements for the nine months period ended September 30, 2019. The Bank posted after tax profit of Rs. 10.94 billion for the nine months period ending September 30, 2019. …

KARACHI: Journalists’ fraternity and academics had gathered at conference hall of Karachi Press Club in remembrance of a friend, a teacher, a mentor and senior journalist Mr. Abul Hasanat who had departed few days ago. As those who knew him well, recalled tales of his resilience, his resolve and his courage. One of them was Maheen A. Rashdi seasoned journalist and …

KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital continued its dedication towards early detection of Breast Cancer by organizing its annual Pink Walk on Friday evening. The event kicked off with a welcome address by Dr. Hasnain Zafar, General Surgeon and Service Line Chief of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Surgery. In his address, Dr. Hasnain said, “An early detection does not only result …

News Desk LAHORE: A Round Table Conference titled “Access to Education- Reflections from Practitioners” was held at The Nishat Banquets. The objective was to discuss the dire education emergency in Pakistan, and to hear from various specialists who are actively working to address this growing concern. Pakistan has the third highest out of school population in the world with five …

LAHORE: In a bid to address the issue of unemployment in Pakistan, METRO Pakistan and Star Farm led a training programme in collaboration with PSDF and Generation to train youth holding intermediate degrees and looking for jobs. The first batch of Retail Sales Associates training programme graduation ceremony took place recently at METRO Pakistan’s Head office in Lahore. Most of …