These competitions were organized to encourage students and to enhance their abilities in co-curricular activities. Dr. Samina Malik, Chairperson gave opening remarks. Prof. Dr. N. B. Jumani, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) honoured the event as- Chief Guest and addressed the students and faculty members by concluding remarks. Dr. Seema Gul chairperson, Department of psychology and Ms. Asma Mansoor, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, IIUI were the judges of the competition. At the end Cash Prizes and shields were distributed among the position holders.

Dr. Sahibzada Sajid ur Rehman in his opening remarks appreciated the role of NTP regarding the utilization of the services / capabilities of Overseas Pakistani experts in various fields.

Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad declared it a revolutionary programme regarding the enhancement of research and academic institutions.

Dr. Fiaz Ahmed Ranjha, Director General, NTP briefed the meeting about the aims and objectives of NTP and invited the participants of the meeting to offer their valuable suggestions for further improvement of this programme. It was also decided that a joint committee of IIUI and NTP will summarized the recommendations on behalf of the IIUI, in this regard.

Mr. Zafar Baig presented detailed presentation on the services offered by USEF about career counseling, test preparation, test techniques and importance of these tests. Students were also briefed about the techniques how to attempt the test and highlighted various parts of the tests. He said that USEF is offering the largest Fulbright scholarships in the world, and USEF Pakistan has pride to say that we are facilitating 180 scholars from Pakistan for studies in the universities of USA.

Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad shared his own experiences about Fulbright scholarship and thanked USEF Pakistan to come and guide the students for preparation of GRE/GMAT/TOEFL. Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad urged the students and faculty members to explore the opportunities offered by USEF Pakistan, as it is a great chance to acquire higher education from US universities.

Later, Mr. Zafar Baig presented gift of books of GRE/TOEFL to Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad for the library of the university. The presentation ended with Question & Answer session.

On day first Miss Shagufta Umar, Incharge Dawah Centre For Women of the university spoke on significance of Hajj and Umrah and introduction of Harmain Shareefain. Fozia Saeed spoke on philosophy of prayer related to Hajj & Umrah, Umrah Prayers. The workshop shall remain continue till September 27, 2012 and will guide the women and discuss various Hajj related issues.

According to the MoU the faculty members of IIUI will contribute to research journals published by Ezzitouna University and both the universities will exchange English and Urdu publications, as well as exchange of books, dissertations, thesis and other educational materials for research and academic activities will also be ensured.

According to the MoU both the universities will exchange the services of faculty members, joint programmes and projects in the fields of research and publication and will cooperation each other in the preparation of joint syllabi, outlines, and teaching methodologies in different academic disciplines such as Shariah, Usul-ud-Din, Islamic Economics and Arabic. On this occasion Dr. Sahibzada Sajid ur Rehman presented the IIUI Crest and publications to the distinguished guests.

Prof. Dr. Sahibzada Sajid-ur-Rehman, President, International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) and Dr. Abdul Jalil Salam, Rector, Ezzitouna University of Tunisia signing an MoU. H. E Hedi Ben Abbes, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Tunisia and H.E Nawabzada Amad Ahmad Khan, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pakistan are also present on the occasion

She urged to observe “Hijab Day” by the muslims with religious spirit on September 04 every year. She also condemned the ban on Hijab by the government of France and other countries as Hijab is the basic right of Muslim women. She said despite the fierce opposition, all over the world when a women embracing Islam, first of all she start struggle to get the right to wears Hijab but it is very sad to say that Pakistani women considered Hijab as a symbol of backwardness and repression which is totally a negative approach.

Female Faculty members, Female students and a large number of female staff members also attended the lecture. At the end a documentary on the subject of “Hijab” was also showed to the participants.

The Delegation headed by Dr. Mohayyudin Afifi, Dean Faculty of Islamic Studies, Jamai Tul Azhar, Egypt including Dr. Arif Zamhari of Indonesia, Maulana Obaidur Rehman of Bangladesh and Kamarulnizam bin Abdullah of Malaysia. Dr. Khalid Masood and Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad with other university scholars welcomed the delegation at IIUI and discussed bilateral issues with them. Dr. Mumtaz briefed the delegation about IIUI in detail while Dr. Khalid Masood shared the IRI works and achievements with the delegation. The delegation lauded the research work of IRI. Sets of IRI and IRD publications were also presented to the delegation on this occasion.

Dr. Hussain Abdul Razzaq said that Islam is the most clear, accurate and rational religion. He said that this religion scared the East because Islam is spreading rapidly around the world. He said that Islam is the first religion to set rights not only for human beings but animals and plants. He said that immunization produces resistance against diseases in the children. He further said that in 1985 the number of disabled children in Pakistan was 30 thousands while the proportion of disabled children in Pakistan is only 200 today. This only became possible due to immunization.

Dr. Hussain Abdul Razzaq said that Islam pays full attention to the fitness and health of human being. Islam does not force any person other than few obligatory acts of worship however an individual is a reflection of the society therefore Islam stress upon the complete perfectness of human being in affairs.

At the end the question answer session was held in which Dr. Hussain Abdul Razzaq answered the questions raised by the participants.

Dr. Inam ul Haq Ghazi the coordinator of the programme and head, Department of Translation and interpretation of Faculty of Arabic, IIUI presented a briefed report about the workshop and said that participants have learned so many new things from this workshop and they are now in better position to differentiate between the translation and interpretation. He thanked the HEC for the cooperation in holding such a purposeful workshop. Dr. Nighat Shakoor and Nasir Mehmood expressed their view about the workshop on this occasion and appreciated this effort of the faculty of Arabic.

On his concluding regards Dr. Jasim Taqi said that it is imperative for the progress and development of the nations to translate the information about the new disciplines and technology and adopt the mother languages for communication in this regard. He quoted the examples of Japan and Korea who were ruined in the second world war but they get new lives due to translations of different disciplines and technologies in their own languages and used their native languages for further communication, due to which they called the “Asian Tigers” now.

Dr. Habib ur Rehman Asim also expressed his views about the workshop on this occasion. At the end certificates were also distributed among the participants of the workshop.

Khalid Rahman said that it was true that like any other country in the world, we as a nation, were also facing a number of issues. While addressing these issues we need to adopt a positive and proactive approach which requires looking at the opportunities that the current situation offers rather than difficulties.

“Focusing on opportunities – whether we talk of individuals, organizations or a community or nation – gives strength to face the challenges” he stressed, adding, “Following the same approach one should not overlook the achievements that Pakistan and its people have made in education, technology, living standards and infrastructure. He opined that while it was important to expose the external forces which have been playing a role in creating instability in Pakistan, one should not expect them to be friendly at the cost of their vested interest.

While discussing on the topic first Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad condemned the losses of human in the fire incident took place in a garment factor at Karachi and said that there should be proper protections for the workers at the workplaces. He then said that the problems of Pakistan are poverty, illiteracy, security and social injustice. He added that there is no dignity to the lives of the people of this country.

Dr. Mumtaz further added that the politicians and the statesman are failed to address the fundamental issues of the people of Pakistan. Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad concluded that despite all the challenges of our country we have a brilliant future not far away and can be achieved through proper planning and hardworking.

The discussion was ended with the question, answer session.

The workshop is being organized under auspicious of Department of Translation and Interpretation of Faculty of Arabic of the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) with the collaboration of Higher Education Commission (HEC).

On the third day of the workshop Mr. Abdul Karim Shah spoke on “Scope of translation and interpretation in international market”, Dr. Fadeela Daud spoke on “Interpretation and role of Interpreter in international conference”, Mr. Shareef Sheikh spoke on “Media, Legal and Conference Translation” and Dr. Jassim Taqui spoke on “Practical aspects of linguistics in translation and interpretation”. The participants heard these lecture with a lot of attention. The question, answers session was also held on the occasion. The workshop shall remain continue till 14th September, 2012.

On the second day of the workshop, Saniha Khalid, Training Management Specialist, Institute of Professional Development (IPD) delivered a lecture on “Help Your Students Help Themselves, Be a Role Model”. The participants heard that lecture with a lot of attention. The question, answers session was also held on the occasion. The workshop shall remain continue till 14th September, 2012.

Prof. Dr. Sahibzada Sajid ur Rehman President IIUI presided over the inaugural session of workshop. Speaking on the occasion Sahibzada Sajid ur Rehman highlighted the importance of translation in transformation of knowledge from one language to another and said that it is impossible to transform knowledge from one language to another without proper translation.

He said that due to these translations the scholars and Ulema of Sub-continent became familiar with the knowledge of Quran, Hadith, Fiqh etc He said that there was a time that the western world was looking for knowledge fields towards the Muslim world for knowledge in difference disciplines but it is sorry to say that now a days the Muslim scholars are going to the western universities to seek knowledge of Quran, Hadith and other Islamic disciplines.

He said that it is the need of the hour to establish translation departments in each and every university to transform the Quranic as well as the knowledge about the modern disciplines in the native languages. He assured all possible cooperation to the Faculty of Arabic in this regards.

Earlier Dr. Inam Ul Haq Ghazi, Coordinator of the programme briefed the participants about the workshop and said that IIU is the first university of Pakistan which introduced the four years BS degree of translation and Interpretation. He added that MS Programme of translation and interpretation will also be introduced next year which will be converted in Ph. D programme later on. He tanked the HEC for cooperation and assistance for holding of the said workshop.

Dr. Muhammad Bashir, the acting Dean of Faculty of Arabic also speak on the occasion. Mr. Kashif Sohail Malik, Dr. Fadeela Daud, Dr. Jassim Taqui delivered lectures on different topics on the first day of the workshop. The workshop shall remain continue till 14th September, 2012.

Qari Mubashir will participate in the competition on the invitation of Government of Islamic Republic of Iran. Young Qaris from more than 65 Islamic countries are participating in this International Husn-e-Qirat Competition. Earlier, Qari Mubashir Dilawar represented Pakistan in numerous competitions of Qirat in Iran, Malaysia and various national competitions. The Govt of Pakistan as a reward of his achievements in Qirat has awarded him with National Award in 2010.

Prof. Dr. Sahibzada Sajid ur Rehman while expressing his views about the new academic year 2012 said that it is a matter of pleasure that as compared to previous year this year more students have gotten admission in IIUI which is the sign of trust, shown by the parents and students on the university. He offered congratulation to the team who worked day and night to make the admission campaign fruitful. Performance of the various departments of the university was also reviewed in the meeting and valuable suggestions were offered for their improvement. Keeping in view these suggestions some decisions were taken accordingly.