Friday, June 01, 2012, Rajab 10, 1433
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Manto’s ideas reverberate in CapitalSana Jamal Islamabad—As many across the subcontinent continue to celebrate the centenary of the literary giant, Saadat Hasan Manto, the twin-cities residents had an opportunity to glimpse into the writer’s work that are generally considered of no importance. To celebrate the spirit of vigorous writer, a short and simple performance on one of Manto’s short story ‘Dus Rupey’ (Ten Rupees) was arranged here by Pakistan National Council of the Arts.
Citizens’ Club at Fatima Jinnah ParkIslamabad—Chairman, Capital Development Authority (CDA), Engineer Farkhand Iqbal has directed the timely completion of Citizen (sports and culture centre) Club in Fatima Jinnah (F-9) Park to provide best possible recreational facilities to the residents of the Federal Capital. The Citizen Club is being developed in F-9 Park at the cost of Rs 1254.149 Million and would be completed by December 2012.‘Own Islamabad Initiative’ – ingenuous idea to make Capital a model metropolisSharafat Kazmi Islamabad—With the message of individual participation makes collective progress, the Chief coordinator to the Prime Minister on Islamabad Faisal sakhi butt has launched Faisal Own Islamabad initiative on Thursday. Thou-sand of the people from different walks of life witnessed the beginning of the journey with his initiatives of own school program when he inaugurated the development and up-gradation of first school out of three schools of the public sectors at a crowded ceremony at Islamabad Model grills school, F-11/3 Bhaikha Syedan. The glittering faces of children of these schools charged with new enthusiasm welcomed the participant of the ceremony with their thrilling performances.
How to stay healthy at workGOSSIPING at the water cooler? Try catching germs there. The microwave door and refrigerator handle are among the dirtiest places in a typical office, according to a new study from commercial products company Kimberly-Clark Professional. Researchers swabbed nearly 5,000 surfaces in office buildings that house about 3,000 employees, including law firms, insurance companies, call centers, and manufacturing facilities. “It’s a very specific examination of what places are most problematic,” says Jack Brown, a professor of molecular biosciences at the University of Kansas at Lawrence, who was not involved in the study. “It’s common sense—think about where people go and what they touch.”Vacations in Pindi schools from tomorrowZubair Qureshi Islamabad—Unlike Rawal-pindi where schools and colleges have announced three-month summer vacation starting tomorrow (June 2), the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) is yet to announce the holidays schedule for thousands of students at its more than 400 schools and colleges.
According to an official of the FDE, the new adhoc administration of the directorate is reluctant to take a decision in this regard. A director level official is currently looking after the affairs of the FDE after the removal of the former Director General Atif Mehmood Kayani by Islamabad High Court on 17th of last month.
Cracked G-7 supply line wasting precious waterIslamabad—Water has seeped into the shops located in Khadda Market, sector G-7, as the main water supply line cracked. Though the supply line broke quite a time ago, yet Directorate District Municipal Administration (DMA) has not repaired it. Irony is that head-office, DMA, is located nearby but still the administration has turned a deaf ear to the problems of traders of the market.NUML Lecturer bags two gold medalsStaff Reporter Islamabad—Ms. Sana Tariq, a Lecturer in the Faculty of English Language, Literature & Applied Linguistics and also a Lecturer of M.Phil courses at Department of Advanced Integrated Studies & Research (AISR) at National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad has received two Gold Medals in M.Phil for her first position.
She obtained an M.Phil degree in American Studies with a specialization in American Literature from Area Study Centre, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.
Brazil supports initiatives regarding IDPsIslamabad—Brazilian government has provided a cash contribution of dollars 250,000 to Pakistan for the repatriation of the Afghan refugees back to their homes. The Brazilian ambassador to Pakistan Alfredo Leoni, presented the cheque of dollars 250,000 to the Neil Wright UNHCR representative for Pakistan here at the Brazilian embassy on Thursday at a simple ceremony which was also attended by the Minister for State, and Frontier Region (SAFRON) Engineer Shaukat Ullah. |
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