Monday, July 25, 2016

In the Memory of Raja Muhammad Ibrahim, 2 Days Training Program for Library Professionals “LEARN and LEAD”

Calendar of Events:
 
Wednesday                       27 July 2016

Condolence Reference of (late) Raja Muhammad Ibrahim          
All library Incharges of CIIT will share their views about Raja Muhammad Ibrahim sb with the participants, followed by Fateha Khawani
How to develop your library webpage
Muhammad Irfan, Software Engineer, CIIT Lahore have great experience to design and develop different library websites. He will tell the participants that how the librarians can develop their own library website while using the open source codes and applications.
LibGuides: Development and Maintenance                                       
Mansoor Sheraz, Software Engineer, CIIT Lahore will introduce the libguides and its importance in librarianship. He will also share the open source software for establishing the libguides followed by hands-on practice.
Use of Web 2.0 for Library Marketing and Services                         
                                    Hina Batool, is an eminent academician and researchers will deliver 
                                    a presentation on above topic and the participants will be able to
register their libraries with different web 2.0 applications for bridging
the gap between library and users and also for better library marketing
and services
Journal Ranking System: Why its important for Librarians                   
In current scenario, its very important to know about the journal ranking
system and Mr.  Muhammad Rafiq Awan will help the participants to get
better understanding about Impact Factor, H-index and other related areas.

Thursday                             28 July 2016 

Professional Leadership: tools and techniques                
                                    Ms. Nasrenn Sultana is renowned library professional and will
share some tools and techniques to the participants for professional
leadership for better working environment in libraries.
Time Management                                                                                        
                                    Dr. Muhammad Ramzan is the senior library professional and have
vast knowledge about library profession. He is a great master trainer
in fields particular in “Time Management”. Currently he is working as
Director, Quality Enhancement Cell, UCP Lahore
Communication and Presentation Skills                                              

As full bright scholar, Ms. Tooba Ahmad has currently completed her
graduation from University of Oregon, USA. She was also working as language
instructor and conducted many trainings on Communication and Presentation
skills at University of Oregon, USA. She will impart her knowledge to the participants on the topic.

Development of resource sharing model: Challenges and opportunities
All Library Inchages of CIIT will give short presentations about the share the opportunities for sharing their resources, services with other libraries. Mr. Muhammad Tariq will conduct this session and Ms. Nasira Munir will take minutes for final compilation and distribution among all.
Closing Ceremony
Worthy Director will distribute the certificate among all participants and
organizers. The Convener Library Affairs Committee will also grace the occasion.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Two Days Professional Training Workshop Entitled “Learn and Lead”

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore Campus, is organizing two days professional training workshop, dedicate to the memory of (Late) Raja Muhammad Ibrahim, entitled “Learn and Lead” on July 27-28, 2016.
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This will be a great opportunity to share and learn the latest tools and techniques in LIS field. This will also a good platform for professional networking.
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We develop the contents of this training workshop in view the current training needs of library professionals. We invite library professional​s belongs to Lahore to attend this training program to uplift the library resources and services.

Who Will Attend 
  • Information Professionals 
  • Information Managers 
  • Librarians 

Free, But for Serious candidates: Limited Seats are available, Short listed candidates will be informed up to 25th July 2016. 

How Can Apply 
Click on below link and send form before 20th July 2016.

We invite seasoned library administrators, skilled professionals and eminent academicians and scholars as Guest Speakers to address the participants during our various training sessions. 



Tuesday, June 28, 2016

N E W S P A P E R  C L I P P I N GS MAY 2016



Agriculture

Zaigham Khan , Let them eat cake , The News, 30 May 2016, P.06

Biography/interviews

Nayeed Hasan Khan, Man of substance, Dawn, 08 May 2016, P.09

Saad Rasool, A Pakistani Sadiq Khan, The Nation, 08 May 2016, P.07

Harris Khalique, Mirza Zahirdaar Baig, The News, 18 May 2016, P.07

Culture / Society / Women / Human Rights

Haleema Hasan, Prints on pristine glass, The Nation, 07 May 2016, P.07

Hassan Javid, Jirgas, honour, and justice, The Nation, 08 May 2016, P.06

Mina Malik-Hussain, On the Anti-Feminist, The Nation, 09 May 2016, P.06

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, The lollipop fallacy, The Nation, 12 May 2016, P.07

Hassan Javid , Gentle beatings and soft minds, The Nation, 29 May 2016,P.06

Saad Rasool , The gentle wife beater, The Nation, 29 May 2016, P.07

Anees Jillani, A question of honour, The News, 13 May 2016, P.06

Ayaz Ahmed, Rethinking jirgas, The News, 14 May 2016, P.06

Zaigham Khan, Women and their tormentors, The News, 16 May 2016, P.06

Helle Nielsen, The battle for equality, The News, 16 May 2016, P.06

Adiah Afraz, How to beat your wife in six easy steps, The News, 29 May 2016, P.06

Economics

F.S.Aijazuddin, Dollars and sense, Dawn, 19 May  2016, P.09
Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik, Mutually beneficial CPEC, The Nation, 02 May2016, P.06
Dr Kamal Monnoo, Budget – looming challenges, The Nation, 11 May 2016, P.06
Mian Fazal Ahmad, A ‘Kashkol’ free federal budget, The Nation, 13 May2016, P.06
Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik, CPEC: Transforming Pakistan’s economy, The Nation, 17 May 2016, P.06
Dr Kamal Monnoo, Pakistan’s defense budget, The Nation, 25 May 2016, P.06
Malik Muhammad Ashraf, CPEC: Epitome of infallible bonds, The Nation, 27 May 2016, P.07
Atta-ur-Rahman, Innovation driving economies, The News, 18 May 2016, P.06
Abid Hasan, New shoes on budget day, The News, 21 May 2016, P.06
Raashid Wali Janjua, Elite capture, The News, 24 May 2016, P.06
Energy
Engr Mushtaq Ahmed, Energy-starved Pakistan, The Nation, 06 May 2016, P.07
Education / Language & Literature
Sana Chaudhry, Who has 100 years?, The Nation, 03 May 2016, P.07
Atle Hetland, Learning from others in new times, The Nation, 05 May2016, P.07
Faiza Abdur Rab, Teachers left behind , The Nation, 27 May 2016, P.06
Shahid Siddiqui, Linguistic imperialism, The News, 02 May 2016, P.06
Dr Javaid Laghari, Higher education reforms, The News, 24 May 2016, P.06
Adel Abdel Ghafar and Fraus Masri, The lost generation , The News, 31 May 2016, P.6
Environmental Issues / Health Issues
Sikander Ahmed Shah, Right to water, Dawn, 02 May 2016, P.09
Zarrar Khuro, Weather wars, Dawn, 16 May 2016, P.09
Commander Sohail Ahmad Azmie, Why oceans are important, The Nation,06 May 2016, P.06
Chauburji, Hot weather, The Nation, 22 May 2016, P.06
Sana Chaudhry, Climate migration, The Nation, 25 May 2016, P.07
Adnan Adil, Cleaning Sutlej, The News, 23 May 2016, P.06
Imaan Mazari Hazir, The reality of climate change, The News, 25 May2016, P.06
Kashmir

Sikander Ahmed Shah, Mapping Kashmir, Dawn, 26 May 2016, P.09

K. Iqbal, No sidelining the Kashmir issue, The Nation, 09 May 2016, P.07

Afzal Hussain, Indian policy in occupied Kashmir, The Nation, 17 May2016, P.07

Law

Niaz Murtaza, Middle-class ethos, Dawn, 24 May 2016, P.09

Nadeem Janjua, Deliverance of justice, The Nation, 18 May 2016, P.07

International Relations

A.G.Noorani, China & South Asia, Dawn, 07 May 2016, P.09

Farhan Bokhari, After the F-16 saga, Dawn, 13 May 2016, P.09

A . G . Noorani, LoC trade, Dawn, 21 May 2016, P.09 Najma Minhas, Magic in the Saudi-US 
Marriage?, The Nation, 01 May 2016, P.07

Jalees Hazir, Welcoming President Putin to Pakistan, The Nation, 05 May2016, P.06

Afrasiab Khattak, Geostrategic vs. Geoeconomic, The Nation, 14 May 2016, P.07

K. Iqbal, F-16’s impact on Pak-US relations, The Nation, 16 May 2016, P.07

Jalees Hazir, A new bamboo-iron curtain, The Nation, 19 May 2016, P.06

Reema Shaukat, 65 years of friendship , The Nation, 21 May 2016, P.07

Baber Aly, Deeper than seas, higher than mountains, The Nation, 23 May2016, P.06

Jalees Hazir, Time to divorce the US, The Nation, 26 May 2016, P.06

Afrasiab Khattak, The dangerous duality , The Nation, 28 May 2016, P.06

K.Iqbal, American and the spirit of Yum-e-Takbir , The Nation, 30 May 2016, P.07

Iftikhar Ahmad, Violation of sovereignty, The Nation, 31 May 2016, P.07

Raashid Wali Janjua, Walking the razor’s edge, The News, 14 May 2016, P.06

Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Sixty-five years later, The News, 21 May 2016, P.06

Imtiaz Alam , Crossing redlines , The News, 26 May 2016, P.06

Miscellaneous

Dr Noman Ahmed, Project Karachi, Dawn, 17 May 2016, P.09

Hajrah Mumtaz , Media power, Dawn, 23 May 2016, P.09

Sahar Bandial , Pemra policing, Dawn, 31 May 2016, P.09

Zainab Zeeshan Malik, No Justice for Juveniles, The Nation, 04 May 2016, P.06

Agha Baqir, My name is Khan, The Nation, 09 May 2016, P.06

Hassan Javid, More offshore hypocrisy, The Nation, 15 May 2016, P.06

Mina Malik-Hussain, The problem with PEMRA, The Nation, 16 May 2016, P.06

Junaid Sadiq Masood, Safety and the future, The Nation, 20 May 2016, P.06

Zain Haider, Less human , The Nation, 30 May 2016, P.06

Adnan Adil, Saving our heritage, The News, 11 May 2016, P.06

Iftekhar A Khan, Death of merit, The News, 20 May 2016, P.07

Azhar Abbas, Media in the age of disruption, The News, 25 May 2016, P.06

Ashraf Ali , Are we not in the state of war , The News, 26 May 2016, P.06

Science / Technology

Mina Malik-Hussain, On trolls, The Nation, 02 May 2016, P.06

Hafsa Khaled, Regulation in the new cyber age, The Nation, 03 May 2016, P.07

Samson Simon Sharaf, Cold tests and cold start, The Nation, 07 May 2016, P.06

Samson Simon Sharaf, Pakistan’s diabolic contrasts, The Nation, 14 May2016, P.06

Ali Sarwar Naqvi, A nuclearised Indian Ocean, The News, 20 May 2016, P.06

Shamshad Ahmad, An uneasy nuclear equation , The News, 28 May 2016,P.06

Dr A Q Khan , The 28th May tests, The News, 30 May 2016, P.06

Politics / International Politics

Shahab Usto , MQM or PSP?, Dawn, 03 May 2016, P.09

Bina Shah , Unequal spaces, Dawn, 04 May 2016, P.09

A . Rauf K. Khattak, More democracy, Dawn, 05 May 2016, P.09

Huma Yusuf, Identity politics?, Dawn, 09 May 2016, P.09

Moeed Yusuf, Two Pakistans, Dawn, 10 May 2016, P.09

Owen Bennett -J ones , Believing in Khan, Dawn, 12 May 2016, P.09

A.G.Noorani, Two years of Modi, Dawn, 14 May 2016, P.09

Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Bangladesh on trial, Dawn, 18 May 2016, P.09

S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Smooth succession, Dawn, 29 May 2016, P.09

K. Iqbal, Afghan peace process, The Nation, 02 May 2016, P.07

Marvi Sirmed, Project Democracy Vs. Accountability, The Nation, 03 May2016, P.06

Saria Benazir, The unapologetic syndrome of truth, The Nation, 04 May2016, P.07

Javid Husain, Crosscurrents in Pakistan, The Nation, 10 May 2016, P.07

Iftikhar Ahmad, Society and public administration, The Nation, 10 May2016, P.07

Atle Hetland, Populist or thinking politicians?, The Nation, 12 May 2016, P.07

M A Niazi, Coming up Trumps, The Nation, 13 May 2016, P.06

Muhammad Umar, Zardari, not Musharraf, The Nation, 13 May 2016, P.07

Dr Farid A Malik, Kaptaan is back?, The Nation, 18 May 2016, P.06

S Tariq, Held by the future!, The Nation, 19 May 2016, P.06

Taj M Khattak, China’s strategy in the Indian Ocean, The Nation, 19 May2016, P.07

M S Khan, Development against all odds, The Nation, 20 May 2016, P.07

Saad Rasool, Politics, not truth, The Nation, 22 May 2016, P.07

K. Iqbal, Witchhunt in Bangladesh, The Nation, 23 May 2016, P.07

Saria Benazir , Circle of political debt , The Nation, 30 May 2016, P.07

Zaigham Khan, The fall of the PPP, the rise of the PTI, The News, 02 May2016, P.06

Religion

Muhammad Ali Musofer, Cosmopolitan ethics, Dawn, 06 May 2016, P.09

Hassan Javid, Pakistan’s image problem?, The Nation, 01 May 2016, P.06

Shafkat Saeed, The sectarian drift, The Nation, 14 May 2016, P.07

Dr A Q Khan, Rights of women in Islam, The News, 02 May 2016, P.06

Topic of the Month—Opposition ‘s TOR against Government after Panama Leaks

The flip side of Panama Leaks, The flip side of Panama Leaks, The Nation,01 May 2016, P.07

Mohsin Raza Malik, Panama conundrum, The Nation, 04 May 2016, P.07

S Tariq, Hunger Games, The Nation, 05 May 2016, P.06

Malik Muhammad Ashraf, Ferreting out the truth, The Nation, 06 May 2016, P.07

Afrasiab Khattak, Ordeal of democracy, The Nation, 07 May 2016, P.07

Marvi Sirmed, Politics of accountability, The Nation, 10 May 2016, P.06

Mohsin Raza Malik, Our accountability dilemmas, The Nation, 11 May 2016, P.07

Jalees Hazir, Corruption beyond Panama dollars, The Nation, 12 May 2016, P.06

Saad Rasool, CJ’s resisting of the forbidden fruit, The Nation, 15 May2016, P.07

Gul Bukhari, The charlatan saviour, The Nation, 15 May 2016, P.07

Zain Haider, Democracy, hemorrhaging, The Nation, 16 May 2016, P.07

Shahzad Atta, Leaks and the mockery, The Nation, 18 May 2016, P.06

Iftikhar Ahmad, The Prime Minister speaks, The Nation, 23 May 2016, P.07

Mohsin Raza Malik, Playing ‘Panama politics’, The Nation, 25 May 2016,P.07

Azam Khalil, Who will break the impasse?, The News, 11 May 2016, P.06

Ayaz Amir, Net tightens…sadly, no escaping Panama leaks, The News, 13May 2016, P.06

Ayaz Amir, Daring…missing link in the Pakistani character, The News, 17May 2016, P.06

Mosharraf Zaidi, The Panamanian road to nowhere, The News, 17 May2016, P.07

Nasim Zehra, The opposition’s ‘brilliant’ strategy, The News, 18 May 2016, P.06

Ayaz Amir, When did committees solve anything?, The News, 20 May2016, P.06

M Saeed Khalid, Panama and beyond, The News, 21 May 2016, P.06

War / Terrorism

Asim Sajjad Akhtar, Security circus, Dawn, 20 May 2016, P.09

Irfan Hysain, Death by drone, Dawn, 28 May 2016, P.09

Mohammad Ali BabaKhel, Extremism in books, Dawn, 30 May 2016, P.09

Iftikhar Ahmad, Miscreants in Punjab, The Nation, 17 May 2016, P.06

M A Niazi, Ways of going missing, The Nation, 20 May 2016, P.06

Ahsan Kureshi, Symbolic terrorism, The Nation, 21 May 2016, P.06

Samson Simon Sharaf, Irrelevent nuclear jargon, The Nation, 21 May2016, P.06

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, US drones 3-0 zarb-e-azab, The Nation, 26 May 2016, P.07

Ali Rauf Jaswal, At the brink of transnational war , The Nation, 31 May 2016, P.07

Franklin Chuck Spinney, Gong show, The News, 12 May 2016, P.07

Jonathan Marshall, The new cold war, The News, 17 May 2016, P.06

Raashid Wali Janjua, Whither National Action Plan?, The News, 19 May2016, P.06

Nasim Zehra, From unworkable reconciliation to deadly war, The News, 25 May 2016, P.06

Saleem Safi, The question of competency , The News, 28 May 2016, P.06

Babar Sattar , Questions post Mansour, The News, 28 May 2016, P.07

S Brain Willson, Remembering all war victims , The News, 30 May 2016,P.06