Friday, August 12, 2016

News Paper Clippings July 2016

 

Biography/interviews

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Mahmud Ali Durrani, A farewell, The News, 02 July 2016, P.06

Culture/Society/Women/Human Rights

Mohammad Ali Baba Khel, Women or property?, Dawn, 10 july 2016, P.09
Nadia Agha, Gender inequality, Dawn, 11 july 2016, P.09
Faqir Hussain, The `parting gift`, Dawn, 29  july 2016, P.09
Saad Rasool, The Qandeel brand of honour, The Nation, 17 July 2016, P.07
Ali Arif, Anatomy of an honour killing, The Nation, 18 July 2016, P.06
Nida Mahmood, Reconciling Pakistan’s honour (or not), The Nation, 30  July 2016, P.07
Parvez Rahim, Terms of employment, The News, 12 July 2016, P.06
Mosharraf Zaidi, The Qandeel Baloch murder, The News, 19 July 2016, P.07
Sherry Rehman, The battle over dishonour, The News, 30  July 2016, P.06

Economics 

Moazam Husain, Real estate bubble, Dawn, 21  july 2016, P.09
Johann Chacko, For CPEC peace, Dawn, 23  july 2016, P.09
Air Marshal (R) Khurshid Anwar Mirza, CPEC: Not just a corridor, The Nation, 02 July 2016, P.06
Barrister Syed M Ali, Money, to evade and launder, The Nation, 02 July2016, P.06
Dr Kamal Monnoo, Textiles: Are we losing the plot?, The Nation, 06 July2016, P.07
Justice Markandey Katju, Solving India’s economic woes, The Nation, 09July 2016, P.07
Syed Hamzah Saleem Gilani, CPEC: The game changer, The Nation, 12 July2016, P.00
Zafar HaiderJappa, Depressing times for the Saudi economy, The Nation,15 July 2016, P.07
Dr Kamal Monnoo, Our economy, The Nation, 20  July 2016, P.06
Ayaz Ahmed, The Balochistan budget, The News, 02 July 2016, P.06
Atta-ur-Rahman, For a knowledge economy, The News, 06 July 2016, P.06
Adnan Aamir, The Balochistan budget, The News, 09 July 2016, P.06
Amir Hussain, Devolving disparities, The News, 30 July 2016, P.06

Education/Language & Literature

Zeenat Hisam, Labour and Literacy, Dawn, 13 july 2016, P.09
Faiza Abdur Rab, Challenges in science journalism, The Nation, 28 July 2016, P.07
 

Environmental Issues and Health Issues

N aweena  A . Mangi, Healthcare battle, Dawn, 26  july 2016, P.09
Syed Muhammad Abubakar, Challenge of water pricings, The News, 05 July2016, P.06
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, A win for the patient, The News, 21  July 2016, P.06
Waqas Younas, Healthcare and the census, The News, 23  July 2016, P.06
 

International Relations

Farhan Bokhari, Diplomatic pitfalls, Dawn, 05 july 2016, P.09
Michael Krepon, Enemy images, Dawn, 24  july 2016, P.09
Afrasiab Khattak, Isolation and isolationism, The Nation, 02 July 2016, P.07
Iftikhar Ahmad, Tensions in PAK-U.S relations, The Nation, 03 July 2016, P.07
Javid Husain, Limitations of Pakistan-US relations, The Nation, 05 July2016, P.07
Maria Rashid Malik, Revamping foreign policy, The Nation, 06 July 2016, P.06
K. Iqbal , Pak-US: Perpetual fire fighting, The Nation, 11 July 2016, P.07
Lt Gen (retd) Naeem Khalid Lodhi, Pak-US relations, The Nation, 18 July 2016, P.07
Reema Shaukat, USA: Friend or foe?, The Nation, 25 July 2016, P.07
Agha Baqir, The tides of EU and Shanghai, The Nation, 27 July 2016, P.07
Noman Sattar, On the western front, The News, 01 July 2016, P.06
Beelam Ramzan, Towards better borders, The News, 09 July 2016, P.06

Kashmir

A.G.Noorani, Kashmir`s Pandits, Dawn, 09 july 2016, P.09
A.G.Noorani, Kashmir`s grief, Dawn, 16  july 2016, P.09
Mohsin Raza Malik, Answering the Kashmir question, The Nation, 13 July2016, P.07
Jalees Hazir, Kashmir: The Palestine next door, The Nation, 14 July 2016, P.06
Samson Simon Sharaf, #Kashmir rally 17-7-16, The Nation, 16 July 2016, P.06
Afzal Hussain, Freedom movement in occupied Kashmir, The Nation, 17July 2016, P.07
K. Iqbal, Kashmir burns again, The Nation, 18 July 2016, P.07
Marvi Sirmed, Kashmir: heaven on fire , The Nation, 19 July 2016, P.06
Javid Husain, Pakistan’s confused India policy, The Nation, 19 July 2016, P.07
Malik Muhammad Ashraf, The travesty of truth, The Nation, 22  July 2016, P.07
Samson Simon Sharaf, Kashmir weeps, The Nation, 23  July 2016, P.06
K. Iqba, Kashmir under international spotlight, The Nation, 25 July 2016, P.07
Maria Rashid Malik, Utter resolve, The Nation, 26 July 2016, P.06
Mohsin Raza Malik, Colonising Kashmir, The Nation, 27 July 2016, P.06
M A Niazi, Polls and death in Kashmir, The Nation, 29 July 2016, P.06
Malik Muhammad Ashraf, A perpetual struggle, The Nation, 29 July 2016, P.07
Hafsa Khaled, And the brutality continues..., The Nation, 29 July 2016, P.07
Samson Simon Sharaf, The sentiment factor, The Nation, 30  July 2016,P.06
Malik Muhammad Ashraf, Kashmir goes on bleeding, The News, 12 July2016, P.06
Imaan Mazari Hazir & Saad-ur-Rehman Khan, Breaking the silence, The News, 13 July 2016, P.06
Aijaz Zaka Syed, Why is Kashmir bleeding?, The News, 15 July 2016, P.07
Babar Sattar, The haunting of Kashmir, The News, 16 July 2016, P.07
Murtaza Shibli, Notes from the valley, The News, 18 July 2016, P.06
Bashir Riaz, Bilawal and Kashmir, The News, 21  July 2016, P.06
Zaigham Khan, Who will celebrate martial law?, The News, 25  July 2016, P.06
Imtiaz Alam, The Kashmir wish, The News, 28 July 2016, P.06
Ayaz Amir, How to help embattled Kashmir, The News, 29 July 2016, P.06

Law 

Saad Rasoo, Divisional high courts?, The Nation, 24  July 2016, P.07


Miscellaneous

Nikhat Sattar, Accountable rule, Dawn, 01 july 2016, P.09
Hajra Mumtaz, Tourism overload, Dawn, 18  july 2016, P.09
Saad Rasool, The Royal Palm saga, The Nation, 03 July 2016, P.07
Zahaid Rehman, The invasiveness of tourism, The Nation, 05 July 2016, P.06
Saad Rasool, Hope as justice, The Nation, 10 July 2016, P.07
Atle Hetland, Accepting yourself and ‘good enough’, The Nation, 21  July2016, P.07
Kamran Shariff, Reflections from Chitral, The Nation, 26 July 2016, P.06
Saad Rasool, A kidnapped life, The Nation, 30  July 2016, P.07
Ayaz Amir, The Sheikhs of Royal Palm misreading the odds, The News,01 July 2016, P.06
Sanaullah Baloch, United by flag, divided by facts, The News, 05 July 2016, P.06
Harris Khalique, Conspiring against ourselves, The News, 06 July 2016, P.07
Talimand Khan, Achakzai’s words, The News, 16 July 2016, P.06
Bashir Hussain Shah, The eucalyptus controversy, The News, 28 July 2016,P.06
Iftekhar A Khan, The forgotten pensioners, The News, 29  July 2016, P.07

Politics/International Politics

Irfan Husain, Meatless days, Dawn, 02 july 2016, P.09
Nazish Brohi, Contesting culture, Dawn, 12 july 2016, P.09
Shakaib  Qureshi, Bilawal in A JK, Dawn, 20  july 2016, P.09
A.G.Noorani, Crisis of cabinet, Dawn, 22  july 2016, P.09
M A Niazi, Leaving Brexit behind, The Nation, 01 July 2016, P.07
Malik Muhammad Ashraf, Democracy and elections, The Nation, 01 July2016, P.07
Hassan Javid, Brexit blues, The Nation, 03 July 2016, P.06
S Rahman, PML-N roadmap for fair polls, The Nation, 05 July 2016, P.07
Mohsin Raza Malik, Ending the Panama impasse, The Nation, 06 July 2016, P.07
Afrasiab Khattak, The Central Asian front, The Nation, 09 July 2016, P.07
Dr Farid A Malik, Comparing Nawaz and Berlusconi, The Nation, 13 July2016, P.06
Tariq Osman Hyder, Lessons of the failed Turkish Coup?, The Nation, 17July 2016, P.06
Agha Baqir, Turkish trickle down, The Nation, 19  July 2016, P.07
Mohsin Raza Malik, Post-coup Turkey, The Nation, 20  July 2016, P.07
Jalees Hazir, Pakistan is not Turkey, The Nation, 21  July 2016, P.06
Bashir Riaz, Bilawal following SZAB and SMBB, The Nation, 21  July 2016, P.07
M A Niazi, Foiled or frustrated?, The Nation, 22  July 2016, P.06
Afrasiab Khattak, Dangerous impasse, The Nation, 23  July 2016, P.07
Sadiq Karim Soofi, Peace in our time, The Nation, 26 July 2016, P.07
Dr Farid A Malik, Has PTI been sold?, The Nation, 27 July 2016, P.06
Jalees Hazir, Grading the world for democracy, The Nation, 28 July 2016,P.06
Hassan Javid, Another revolution?, The Nation, 30  July 2016, P.06
Shahzad Chaudhry, Breaking the shackles of Panama, The News, 01 July2016, P.06
M Saeed Khalid, Diplomacy sans mystique, The News, 04 July 2016, P.06
Imtiaz Alam, Remembering the fifth of July, The News, 06 July 2016, P.06
Dr Shahid Siddiqui, Frontier and resistance, The News, 11 July 2016, P.06
Syed Talat Hussain, Return of Nawaz Sharif, The News, 11 July 2016, P.06
Muneeb Farooq, No change, The News, 15 July 2016, P.06
Shahzad Chaudhry, Making sense of it all, The News, 15 July 2016, P.06
Talat Farooq, Democracy and the coup, The News, 19 July 2016, P.06
Malik Muhammad Ashraf, The threat to democracy, The News, 23  July2016, P.06

Religion

Dr. Shaukat Mahmood, Ramazan and Eid-ul-Fitr, The Nation, 04 July 2016, P.07
Atle Hetland, Current affairs after Ramadan, The Nation, 14 July 2016, P.07
Aijaz Zaka Syed, Under siege in Madina, The News, 09 July 2016, P.06
Umar Waqar & Waqar Ahmed, Defeating Isis, The News, 18 July 2016, P.06
 

Science & Information Technology

Sarmad Iqbal, The Pakistani Myth of Sisyphus, The Nation, 12 July 2016, P.00
Rizwan Asghar, A nuclear future?, The News, 23  July 2016, P.06
Atta-ur-Rahman, A blueprint for development, The News, 27 July 2016,P.06
 

Topic of the Month - The Greatest Humanitarian: Abdul Sattar Edhi

Asim Sajjad Akhtar, Co-opting Edhi, Dawn, 15  july 2016, P.09
Syed Saadat, In Edhi`s footsteps, Dawn, 27  july 2016, P.09
Hassan Javid, On Edhi, The Nation, 10 July 2016, P.06
Marria Qibtia Sikandar Nagra, Adieu Edhi, adieu munificence, The Nation,11 July 2016, P.06
Mina Malik-Hussain, On decent reportage, The Nation, 11 July 2016, P.07
Marvi Sirmed, Edhi and Wani, The Nation, 12 July 2016, P.00
Iftikhar Ahmad, The language of smiles, The Nation, 14 July 2016, P.07
Ozer Khalid, Abdul Sattar Edhi, The News, 12 July 2016, P.06
Ayaz Ahmed, Edhi’s way, The News, 13 July 2016, P.06
Harris Khalique, Edhi, people and the state, The News, 13 July 2016, P.07
Dr A Q Khan, East and West, The News, 19 July 2016, P.06
Rahimullah Yusufzai, When Edhi gave up on politics, The News, 30  July 2016, P.06
 

War/Terrorism

Sikander Shah, Global battlefield, Dawn, 03 july 2016, P.09
 S.Mudassir Ali Shah, Reluctant warrior?, Dawn, 19  july 2016, P.09
Muhammad Azam Khan, Modern warfare: A view from the sea, The Nation, 04 July 2016, P.07
Ahsan Kureshi, Identity crisis, The Nation, 09 July 2016, P.06
Dawar Nauman Butt, Istanbul was not enough, The Nation, 13 July 2016, P.07
M A Niazi, The enemy within, The Nation, 15 July 2016, P.06
Afrasiab Khattak, Case against PoPA extension, The Nation, 16 July 2016, P.07
Dr Farid A Malik, Hired guns no more, The Nation, 20  July 2016, P.06
Muhammad Maisam Ali, Educated terrorists, The Nation, 22  July 2016, P.07
Afrasiab Khattak , Back to private jihad?, The Nation, 30  July 2016, P.07
Umar Waqar & Waqar K Kauravi, Tragedy in Istanbul, The News, 02 July2016, P.06
Dr A Q Khan, Lack of law and order, The News, 04 July 2016, P.06
Syed Talat Hussain, Terror in Dhaka, The News, 04 July 2016, P.07
Ozer Khalid, Whose lives matter?, The News, 05 July 2016, P.06
Ozer Khalid, Nightmare in Nice, The News, 18 July 2016, P.06
Ayaz Ahmed, The Daesh problem, The News, 29 July 2016, P.06

Tuesday, August 02, 2016

NEWS PAPER CLIPPINGS JUNE 2016


Agriculture 

Dr Akmal Hussain, Sustaining agricultural growth, The News, 16 June2016, P.06
Biography/interviews
Atle Hetland, ‘I am all alone tonight’, The Nation, 02 June 2016, P.07
Dr. Shaukat Mahmood, From Clay to Muhammad Ali: An obituary, The Nation, 13 June 2016, P.07
Dr Farid A Malik, Hayat Sherpao of KPK, The Nation, 15 June 2016, P.06
Saad Rasool, Edhi Sb., the incomparable!, The Nation, 19 June 2016, P.07
Atle Hetland, Europe in the button molders ladle, The Nation, 23  June2016, P.07
Raashid Wali Janjua, Inspirational Ali, The News, 07 June 2016, P.06
M Saeed Khalid, The testimony of a general, The News, 14 June 2016, P.06
M Saeed Khalid, The testimony of a general, The News, 21  June 2016, P.06
Culture/Society/Women/Human Rightss
John  Groake, Our first teachers, Dawn, 01 june  2016, P.09
Rukhsana  Shah, Gender & disability, Dawn, 12 june  2016, P.09
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, Blame ‘moderates’, not Sherani, The Nation, 03June 2016, P.06
Zainab Zeeshan Malik, Pakistan and the Rights of the Child, The Nation, 08June 2016, P.06
Laraib Niaz, Dowry: The abnormal norm, The Nation, 11 June 2016, P.06
Neil Buhne, Humanitarian hope, The News, 09 June 2016, P.06
Angela Kearney, Growing up online, The News, 13 June 2016, P.06
Khusro Mumtaz, What’s good for the goose…, The News, 22  June 2016, P.06

Economics

A.G.Noorani, Money & crime, Dawn, 04 june  2016, P.09
Farhan Bokhari, A baffling economy, Dawn, 15 june  2016, P.09
Mahir Ali, Leave & let die?, Dawn, 22 june  2016, P.09
Hassan Javid, Budget blues, The Nation, 05 June 2016, P.06
Saad Rasool, A rights-based budget?, The Nation, 05 June 2016, P.07
Mina Malik-Hussain, On budget disasters, The Nation, 06 June 2016, P.06
Javid Husain, Mediocre performance, The Nation, 07 June 2016, P.07
Dr Kamal Monnoo, Budget 2016-17, The Nation, 08 June 2016, P.07
Mohsin Raza Malik, Beyond the budget, The Nation, 08 June 2016, P.07
Jalees Hazir, The dollar collar of slavery, The Nation, 09 June 2016, P.06
Gen (r) Mirza Aslam Beg, An overview of the Budget, The Nation, 11 June2016, P.07
Zafar HaiderJappa, Pakistan’s place in the Global Economic Thinking, The Nation, 14 June 2016, P.06
Siraj Ul Haq, Budget: Governmental incompetence, The Nation, 27 June 2016, P.06
TJustice Markandey Katju, The worldwide economic crisis and Brexit, The Nation, 28 June 2016, P.07
Lt Col Khalid Masood Khan (Retd), Gwadar Vs Chabahar
, The Nation, 29 June 2016, P.07
Ayaz Amir, Debt will choke Pakistan, The News, 07 June 2016, P.06
Malik Muhammad Ashraf, Reviewing the budget,The News, 07 June 2016, P.06
Abid Suleri, A status-quo budget, The News, 08 June 2016, P.06
Amanat Ali Chaudhry, Decoding Punjab’s budget, The News, 17 June 2016, P.06
Amir Hussain, Rethinking economic policy, The News, 27 June 2016, P.06
Rashida Dohad, KP budget: broken promises, The News, 28 June 2016, P.06

Education/Language & Literature

A.G.Noorani, Academic freedom, Dawn, 25 june  2016, P.09
Atta-ur-Rahman, The highs and lows of higher education, The News, 01June 2016, P.06
Atta-ur-Rahman, Well done, HEC, The News, 22  June 2016, P.06

Environmental Issues and Health Issues

Kamran Shariff, Preparing for the Monsoons and beyond, The Nation, 01June 2016, P.06
Syed Muhammad Abubakar, Towards a low-carbon future, The News, 06June 2016, P.06
Adnan Adil, Protecting the Khewra springs, The News, 11 June 2016, P.06
Adnan Adil, Crushing the Margalla Hills, The News, 18 June 2016, P.06

International Relations

Mohsin Raza Malik /, Afghan peace perspective, The Nation, 01 June 2016, P.07
Jalees Hazir, Who’s scuttling Pak-Iran ties?, The Nation, 02 June 2016, P.06
Lt Gen (retd) Naeem Khalid Lodhi, The India-Afghan-Iran nexus
, The Nation, 06 June 2016, P.07
M A Niaz, The CPEC and the NSG, The Nation, 17 June 2016, P.06
Malik Muhammad Ashraf, Balochistan and the corridor, The News, 04 June2016, P.06
Muhammad Umer, Ironic India, The News, 10 June 2016, P.06
Ayaz Amir, Is our Afghan obsession finally over?, The News, 17 June2016, P.06
Nasim Zehra, Pak-Afghan relations after Torkham, The News, 22  June2016, P.06

Miscellaneous

Khadim Hussain, Eye of the storm, Dawn, 27 june  2016, P.09
Anwar Akhtar, Social progress?, Dawn, 30 june  2016, P.09
Zafar Mahmood, Kalabagh Dam: Facts about the Indus Water Treaty, The Nation, 10 June 2016, P.07
Zafar Mahmood, Kalabagh Dam: Dispelling falsehoods, The Nation, 14June 2016, P.07
Zafar Mahmood, Kalabagh Dam Project: Sifting Fact from Fiction, The Nation, 16 June 2016, P.07
Zafar Mahmood, Kalabagh dam: Searching for solutions, The Nation, 24 June 2016, P.07
Zafar Mahmood, Solution of Water Issues: Options and possibilities, The Nation, 25 June 2016, P.07
Aijaz Zaka Syed, Ali – a life less ordinary, The News, 10 June 2016, P.07
Naeem Sadiq, Architects of our own misfortune, The News, 23  June 2016, P.06
Dr Ikramul Haq, Terrorism and the drug trade, The News, 29 June 2016,P.06

Politics/International Politics

Javed Jabbar, Unwise voting, Dawn, 28 june  2016, P.09
S Tariq, The people have spoken, The Nation, 02 June 2016, P.06
Agha Baqir, Foreign policy irritants, The Nation, 10 June 2016, P.06
Saad Rasool, Business as usual, The Nation, 12 June 2016, P.07
S Tariq, Lies and hope, The Nation, 16 June 2016, P.06
Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur, Is Pakistan confused?
, The Nation, 20  June 2016, P.07
Tariq Osman Hyder, The day after, The Nation, 25 June 2016, P.06
Gul Bukhari, Are you even human?, The Nation, 26 June 2016, P.07
Dr Farid A Malik, Idealism to realism, The Nation, 29 June 2016, P.06
Atle Hetland, Thoughts after UK’s EU referendum, The Nation, 30  June 2016, P.06
Khusro Mumtaz, The oranging of Lahore, The News, 01 June 2016, P.06
C J Polychroniou, A nation for sale, The News, 08 June 2016, P.06
By Taj M Khattak, Changing nuclear dynamics in the Indian Ocean, The News, 11 June 2016, P.06
Shahzad Chaudhry, Why the US supports India, The News, 24  June 2016, P.06

Religion

Dr. Shaukat Mahmood, Fasting in Islam and through the ages, The Nation,07 June 2016, P.06
Javed Akhtar, Freedom of religious belief in China, The Nation, 09 June2016, P.07
Chauburji, Ramadan muse, The Nation, 12 June 2016, P.06
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, ‘True Islam’, The Nation, 17 June 2016, P.06
Sarmad Iqbal, Silence of a few good men, The Nation, 28 June 2016, P.06
Dr A Q Khan, Non-acceptance of prayers, The News, 20 June 2016, P.06
Dr A Q Khan, Creation and behaviour of humans, The News, 27 June 2016,P.06

Science & Information Technology

Malik Muhammad Ashraf, Why Pakistan went nuclear, The Nation, 03 June2016, P.07
Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Deterrence stability in 2016, The News, 02 June 2016, P.06
Dr A Q Khan, The 28 May tests, The News, 06 June 2016, P.06
By Rizwan Asghar, India and the NSG, The News, 08 June 2016, P.06
Muhammad Umer, Pakistan and the NSG, The News, 21  June 2016, P.06
Ali Sarwar Naqvi, The case for Pakistan, The News, 23  June 2016, P.06
Sitara Noor, CTBT: the unfinished agenda, The News, 30  June 2016, P.06

Topic of the Month - Opposition's Readiness for Protest Over Panama Leaks
Farooq Sulehria, The corruption discourse, The News, 04 June 2016, P.06
Sheikh Waqqas Akram, The wolves in Panama’s wool, The News, 11 June2016, P.06

War/Terrorism

Afrasiab Khattak, Waziristan: Paradise regained?, The Nation, 04 June2016, P.07
Nada Azhar, National action plan, The Nation, 29 June 2016, P.06
Abdul Basit, The Taliban’s Iran connection, The News, 04 June 2016, P.06
Nasim Zehra, Is it about Muslims?, The News, 16 June 2016, P.06
Syed Talat Hussain, Gains and losses, The News, 20 June 2016, P.07
Fahd Humayun, Smokescreen in southern Punjab, The News, 25  June2016, P.06
Babar Sattar,  Mainstreaming the Taliban?, The News, 25  June 2016, P.07
Imtiaz Alam, No to proxy wars, The News, 29 June 2016, P.06


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.
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.
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 candidatesLimited 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