Conference Chair/ Principal Organizer Dr. Zaheer Abbas, Dr. Noreeen Saher conference Co-Chair (Acad), Muhammad Ibrar-Anver, Conference Co-Chair (Admn), Prof. Qaiserah M. Alvi, Director Female Campus, Khurshid Alam, Director Finance, Raja Khalid Mehmood, Director Administration, Dr. Sadia Tahir, Provost Female Campus, Sayyed Adnan Shabbir, In charge FMS, Shafique ur Rehman, Addl. Director, Abdul Zahid Khan, In charge Academics, FMS, Amjad Zaman, Chief Security Officer, Syed Muzammil Hussain, Deputy Director (P&PR), Muhammad Adnan Khan, Deputy Director Development and Strategy Planning (D&SP), Saqib Rashid, Asst. Director (D&SP), Muhammad Ismail, Asst. Director IRD, Muhammad Jawwad Shakir, Assistant Director and Ms. Sidra ul Hassan, Conference Secretary also attended the meeting.

Said Mohamed El-Said Hindam praised the role of the Islamic University in imparting quality education not only in this region but all over the world. He showed keen interest in the activities of the university and assured that his country would depute more faculty members to Islamic University to teach Islamic Intellectual thoughts , Islamic Art and Architecture and other fields.

He further said that future academic plans should be jointly exchanged to work better for the quality education. He also invited the Rector and Vice President IIUI to visit Al-Azhar University, Egypt.

Prof. Fateh Muhammad Malik appreciated the role of Egyptians in reformist movements and especially in the sub continent. He said that Egypt was always a torch bearer of the reformists in the Muslims world. He added that even present head of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmad Tayyab had also taught at the IIUI years back. Prof. Fateh Muhammad Malik presented university crest to the Egyptian ambassador.

Mr. Asad Ejaz Goraya gave a brief presentation on the Hazards and Safety measures from the Radiation. He said that we should initially promote an awareness campaign how to protect our environment. He added that the purpose of the seminar was to give awareness about the safe operations of the radiation based facilities and to protect the students, teachers as well as the environment from the hazardous radiation effects.

Dr. Waqar Adil Syed gave a brief introduction of the department and its academic programs and said that the department has acquired some radiation based equipment and installed recently.

At the end Dr. Muhammad Irfan Khan, gave his concluding remarks about the activity and emphasized on the importance of the awareness regarding the safety measures and the hazards of the Ionizing Radiations.

Prof. Fateh Muhammad Malik, Rector (IIUI), Dr. Sahibzada Sajid-ur-Rehman, Vice President (IIUI), Prof. Qaiserah M. Alvi, Director (Female Campus), Dr. Sadia Tahir, Student Advisor/Provost along with faculty members, officers, staff members and students were present at the event to remember the departed souls.

Prof. Fateh Muhammad Malik said that it was a terrifying disaster, which will have ever lasting marks on our memories. This was the first time that militants targeted female students and a prestigious Islamic educational institution. He announced that the IIUI shall continue its march towards the Islamic humanism and Islamic liberalism which were main targets of that bomb blasts. He admired the students for showing courage and unity by enduring their contribution to their studies. He also thanked the Government of Pakistan for paying compensations to the victims of the bomb blasts.

Prof. Qaiserah M. Alvi paid tributes to the departed souls and appreciated courage of injured persons. At the end Dr. Sahibzada Sajid ur Rehman, Vice President (IIUI) led “Fateha” for the victims and prayed for the departed souls. Students lit candles and shower flowers to remember their colleagues.

Those who laid their lives due to bomb blasts, were: Aamna Tahir, Tayyaba Hina, Amna Batool, Hina Nawaz, Aqsa Malik, Sidra Khalid, Hafiz Nafees Anjum, Hafiz Khalil ur Rehman and Pervez Masih.

Talking to the delegation, Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have numerous religious and cultural importance for each other. He added that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are the strong partners of Muslim brotherhood bond. The President IIUI expressed the hope that this relationship will be strengthen in future.

Speaking on the occasion Saeed Ahmad Al-Zahrani and Yaseen Saleh Alyami said that The International Islamic University, Islamabad was established to spread the message of Islam which it is doing best.

Mario Vottero said that IIUI is providing quality education not only to the Pakistani students but other parts of the world. The European union shall continue its support to the university by providing scholarships and other facilities. Dr. Muhammad Zia ul Haq thanked EU Representative and presented University crest to the Mario Vottero. Dr. Tahir Mansoori, former dean of the faculty also attended the meeting.

In “Wall Climbing Competition” organized by the Adventure Club Pakistan on 27th September 2011 IIUI Students secured 2nd and 3rd position and in “Bash & Crash Volleyball Championship” organized by Business Linker, they made it to the final round and made it straight to victory by winning first three sets.

Prof. Fateh Muhammad Malik awarded certificates and prizes to the students and congratulated them on their success.

Dr. Farid A Minhas said that the society members should change their attitudes towards the mental disordered patients. He said that there is lack of treatment of mental disorder patients in our country and there are few mental health centres which are not sufficient to cope with its growing demand. Dr. Minhas said that People with co-morbid depression are three times less likely to comply with recommended treatment plans. Mental disorders are closely related to other priority conditions including HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health and non-communicable diseases, said Dr. Fareed Minhas. He also highlighted the vicious circle of poverty & mental health and figured that poverty creates unemployment which leads to low income & low education which finally ends with mental disorders.

He added that depression of 1.5 to 2 times more prevalent among low income groups of a population. He further added that there is a real need for studying, mobilizing and reorganizing potential resources to deal with the problem.

Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad said that mental disorder cases are more common in the developed countries as compared to the less developed nations. Dr. Mumtaz added that unfortunately our society is behaving unfavourably with mental disordered patients and practicing unethical treatment to such patients. President IIU announced provision of free counselling services to the students and their family members regarding mental health disorders at the Department of Psychology. Dr. Muhammad Tahir Khalily presented his paper on the topic

Dr. Sairah Alvi said that it’s important to understand the diagnosis and treatment of Leukemia as it is the most terrible cancer of all the existing cancers. She described that Leukemia is a range of cancers that begin in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow. She further discussed that the symptoms of Leukemia may be difficult to recognize. It usually begins abruptly and intensely, but in some cases symptoms may develop slowly. They may be present one day, and absent the next. The causes of the disease are not known, but researchers believe that it develops from a combination of genetic, biologic, and environmental factors. Leukemia is diagnosed based on various tests. Diagnosis is very sensitive and specific. Once a diagnosis of leukemia has been made, further tests are performed on the bone marrow cells. She further enlightened that there is no best treatment for Leukemia. There are various drugs combinations for the treatment. Drugs for shorter duration can sometimes reduce toxicities without affecting the drugs’ cancer-killing effects. Likewise, side effects and complications of any treatment are common, more severe with higher doses, and increase over the course of treatment.

While answering a question raised by Director, Female campus, IIUI, Dr. Sairah Alvi enlightened the audience symptoms of the disease in a more clear way as a lay-man can understand the mechanisms of the disease. She said that symptoms include Fatigue, Paleness — patients may have poor coloring from anemia caused by insufficient red blood cells, Recurrent minor infections, Fever without known cause, Bone pain, Abdominal swelling, Bruising — may result from only slight injury, Poor healing of minor cuts, Uncontrolled bleeding — bleeding events increase as the bone marrow fails to produce enough platelets to make a normal blood clot, a condition called thrombocytopenia., Small, red spots on the skin (petechiae) and Vision changes (rare). Prof. Dr. Muhammad Irfan Khan, Dean Faculty of Basic & Applied Sciences, IIUI presented the university souvenirs to Dr. Sairah Alvi.

Speaking on the occasion, Professor Qaiserah M. Alvi said that IIU always welcomed the foreign female students especially students form China because of the great friendship between Pakistan and China. She said that like other foreign students Chinese students are feeling very comfortable in the atmosphere of the university. She added that this Orientation ceremony has specific importance and linked with the 60th anniversary of Pak-China friendship. The old Chinese students also welcomed the new students and spoke in Chinese language