• HEC has changed its ranking mechanism in 2014, where it has given an overall ranking of the universities basing the scores of various variables, besides issuing ranking in different discipline categories .This is unlike what HEC did last year. In 2013, HEC has three categories in ‘General’ category – Large, Medium and Small. IIUI ranked 9th in the ‘General – Large’ category , which HEC did not issue in 2014. This clearly indicates that the journalist did not bother to look into the details as he was destined to malign IIUI only.
• In the overall general ranking issued by HEC this year, IIUI stands at 13th position securing 55.36 .
• Please visit the following HEC website to know the current status of IIUI in General Universities (Large), having over 7000 student body, while IIUI has around 25000 students from across the continents:
  http://www.hec.gov.pk/.
  Interestingly, IIUI status has improved there from 9th to 5th. Thus, it clearly indicates that the author of the story had a mala fide intention to defame the University and its official, so he did without caring for the facts, which speak contrary to what he posed in the story.

Another important aspect of IIUI that has not been well understood by him is that IIUI has many institutes and faculties wherein Arabic is the primary language, like Islamic Research Institute, Dawa’h Academy, ShariahAcademy and Faculty, Faculty of Ussulludin etc. These are some of the major rather mother faculties of IIUI. That was the reason of making Arabic and English as its official languages. This university has unique features for instances having a separate campus for female on equal footing with male campus and international students from more than forty countries.

President IIUI Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh administrated the oath to the newly elected ASA members who joined the ASA body.

On the occasion, Dr. Zafar Iqbal, took oath as President ASA while the oath taking ceremony was also attended by Vice President Higher Studies and Research Dr. Tahir Mansoori, newly elected ASA members, old members of the association, Deans, Directors, and large number of academic community of IIUI.

Dr. Nyla Jabeen has joined ASA as Vice President (female), Dr. Muhammad Akram as Vice President (male), Dr. Husnain Naqvi as Secretary General, Dr. Fozia Janjua Joint Secretary (Female), Ataullah Khan Wattoo Joint Secretary (Male), Haseeb Sajjad Secretary Finance and Engr. Nizar Ali as Secretary Information.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Al-Draiweesh said teachers have vital role in dissemination of knowledge in the society and spreading knowledge, involving people in education is actually equal to following of the teachings of Holy Prophet (PBUH). “IIUI is heading towards a destination of success and achievements of its lofty goals, it’s becoming possible with the united efforts by the administration and academic staff” said President IIUI.

He vowed that steps for the prosperity of the teaching community of university and matters pertaining to the problem of increasing workload would be discussed with the vice presidents and soon positive news would come in this regard. He also assured that requirements at the female campus including equipments in the labs would be fulfilled. Dr. Al-Draiweesh urged the participants of the ceremony to forge unity among their ranks and refrain from personal differences.

While congratulating the new members of ASA, Dr. Al-Draiweesh vowed full support and hoped new addition to the association would be proved as meaningful development for the varsity.

President ASA, Dr. Zafar Iqbal stressed in his address that academic excellence must be the top priority. Talking about the key future plans, he said that research and book writing culture must be promoted and comprehensive plan has been devised by ASA. He also proposed increase in representation of female staff in ASA. Dr. Zafar also condemned defamatory campaign launched by few media organizations while saying that misconceptions were being disseminated against IIUI which must be ratified.

Shields to the former President ASA Dr. Atiquzzafar and other former members were presented by President IIUI while a crest was also presented to Dr. Al-Draiweesh from ASA.

Later, a luncheon was held in the honour of the President IIUI, newly elected ASA members and academic community which was attended by President IIUI along with top IIUI officials.

This project named “DNA Mutation Detector” won the first prize out of sixty two projects displayed at Open House.

A collaborative effort was started by Dr. Muhammad Imran Shabbir, a molecular biologist with his fellows from department of electronics made a device that can effectively identify the single nucleotide changes in the DNA named as “DNA Mutation Detector”. In this effort, a molecular biology research team lead by Dr. Muhammad Imran Shabbir with his students Faisal Iqbal, Naqeebullah Jogezai and Muhammad Waqar Arshad joined hands with a team of electronics engineering lead by Mr. Zeeshan Aslam Khan and Mr. M. Muzzamil along with their students Awais Zahid, M. Waqas Shah, Zeeshan Afzal and Naeem Shaukat. This work grabbed mutual discussions, designing, planning and exchange of expertise and tireless efforts of all the members especially the FET students.

This is the first example of a collaborative effort between biology and engineering in the university. This effort also demonstrates the effectiveness of the combined efforts of different disciplines to develop and improve a certain technology.

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is called the molecule of life. It stores all the information required for different processes of life in the form of sequence of nucleotides. Any change in nucleotide sequence (mutation) can disrupt an important process or pathway in the living cell that can lead to a clinical condition.

The delegation was received at new campus by Deputy Students’ Advisor Dr. Abdul Qadir Haroon and Additional Director Protocol and Public Relations (P&PR) D. K. Hairan Khattak. The delegate was briefed by the Hairan Khattak about university history, its faculty departments and admission process at university. In the briefing, while throwing the lights on salient features and distinctions achieved by the varsity he said that university has unique learning field and cultural diversity where young blood of Muslim Ummah is being nurtured with quality of education highly integrated with teachings of Islam.

Hairan Khattak also made aware the participants about core objectives and goals of university. He further added that Islamic University being leading university of the country which is producing highly qualified talented graduates. Participants took keen interest in knowing details about university faculties, admission process and constituent units as well, they were also provided introductory literature about university.

It is pertinent to mention here that, the four persons’ expenditures would be paid by Employees Welfare Fund and three would be sent by personal expenditures of President IIUI Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh and one person would be sent by Officer Welfare Association.

On the occasion President IIUI Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh was chief guest, while the ceremony was also attended by the Chairperson Employee Welfare Fund (EWF) Mrs. Shagufta Haroon, Deans, Directors and employees of the university. Those who were chosen for Umrah by EWF from staff including Aziz ur Rehman, Muhammad Saleem (Dishwasher), from officers Syed Naveed Ihtesham Deputy Director Academic, from faculty Dr. Sadaf Farooq, Assistant Professor. Those who would be sent by President are Mrs. Nuzhat Zareen (Additional Director), Naik Nawaz Gardner (Mali), Asad Kaleem (Driver) and one who would be sent by OWA is Dr. Muhammad Sajid Mirza Principal Libertarian. In his address, Dr. Al-Draiweesh congratulated to fortunate peoples who were chosen to perform Umrah and said chosen are the blessed by Allah Almighty.

He further said that every Muslim wishes to perform the Umrah and join the sacred environment of Baitullah and Masjid-e-Nabvi. “Hajj and Umrah is the omen of unity of Muslims, Baitullah is the place where no concept of discrimination, race or color prevails and same practice we should adopt to deal with the contemporary problems” he said. Congratulating and appreciating the university welfare fund committee President added that this is great service of the employees being done by the fund, which should be increased, so more the number of staff may take the benefits. Mrs. Shagufta Haroon while throwing the light on the purposes of EWF said this fund is serving employees in multiples way which is great service. She told EWF has paid more than 6 billion rupees for the welfare of employees.

The Sports Gala had number of sports competitions including table tennis, lawn tennis, cricket, volley ball, tug of war and many other athletics activities. In her address, Dr. Samina Malik lauded the efforts and preparation of players in the Sports Gala and said sports and games keep the memories alive. She said sports and games have significant importance to enhance the capabilities and potential. Dr. Samina also stressed on paramount balance in physical and mental activities. She was of the views that, sports teach the lessons of tolerance, unity and creates harmony among the students. She assured all the possible support to the students of IIUI to excel their skills and abilities. Dr. Najeeba Arif emphasized in her welcome address that students should actively participate in co-curricular activities while appreciating the arrangements made by the administration to make sports gala a success. She also gave detail account of achievements of IIUI students in different competitions held across the Pakistan.

Dr. Najeeba also appreciated the role of Nadia Mukhtar who is dedicated and hard working sports officer at IIUI.

It was also attended by Dean Faculty of Shariah and Law, Dr. Mohammad Anwar, Head IIUI Alumni, Chairman Department of Translation & Interpretation Dr. Inam ul haq ghazi, Chinese business representatives in Pakistan and faculty members including Chinese students. Its golden and memorable traditions of Chinese students of International Islamic University that they celebrate a Graduation ceremony and farewell party every year. A large number of Chinese students presented tribute to students who passed out this year. The graduated students were also awarded medals, shields and gifts on their performance.

On the occasion, Dr. Al-Draiweesh stressed the importance and establishment of Justice in the society said the Judges must make themselves aware with needs of contemporary issues, modern technology as well and should be in line with. He threw light on different aspects Islamic Jurisprudence, prevailing Justice Systems and was of the views that all related to Law and Justice must be in fine character and strong moralities.

Director General Shariah Academy Dr. Suhail Hassan also gave brief account on Shariah Courses, Training Programs and academic activities. It is pertinent of mention here that, during the sixteen week long course the participants availed the golden opportunity to visit different countries including Turkey, Jordan and Saudi Arab where they also visited their law and justice institutions, and studied their contemporary judicial system.

During the foreign visit Participants also got an opportunity to interact with law experts of that specific country. They analyzed and compared that judicial and justice system with Pakistani and Islamic judicial and justice system and its practices in Pakistan. At the end of the foreign visit participants visited Saudi Arabia where they also performed Ummra. In the concluding ceremony, participants were also awarded certificates on the successfully completion of their course.

On the occasion, in his speech Mr. Abdul Aziz highly appreciated this effort to organize such events which promote the association with Islam and Quran in the heart of young ones. He advised the students to take benefits from university as IIUI provides conducive and learning environment. He urged students to follow the real sense of Islam and prevent themselves from the attitude of pessimism, extremism and sectarianism. Dr. Al-Draiweesh thanked the worthy guests on sparing such precious time and encouraged the students by their presence. He made guest aware that, IIUI extends full support to facilitate students not only in their class room but for extra-curricular activities. He further said, university is providing an atmosphere of unity, brotherhood and harmony as the IIUI has students from forty nations from over the world. Dr. Hafiz Anwar head IIUI Alumni briefed the participants about the activities and programs which are particularly arranged for the foreign students.

At the end, students were given certificates, shields and gifts of books and cash prizes were given by Mr. Hammod Al-Zeeb.

On the occasion of inauguration ceremony, Mr. Abdul Aziz Al-Mahmoud, Vice Rector Imam Muhammad bin Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Advisor to Rector IMSUR, Dr. Abdul Aziz Jummah and President IIUI, Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh graced the ceremony. It was also attended by the faculty members of Faculty of Usulddin, Faculty of Shariah & Law and students.

The worth mentioning is here that, the cost of construction of the building of the centre, an amount of one hundred thousand US $ has been donated by Mr. Hammod Al-Zeb. The expenditures of furniture items and all the other accessories for the centre to make it functioning will also be paid by him. Dr. Al-Draiweesh paid high tribute to Mr. Al-Zeb for his co-operation and dedication for the service of Islam. He also urged that, in future such co-operation will also be extended to the university.

Dr. Haroon ur Rasheed Deputy Dean Faculty of Usuluddin thanked over this generous donation for the cause of Quran and service of Islam. He also assured that it will be an excellent centre for the service of Quran and Islam under the flag of Faculty of Usuluddin IIUI. Later on, the Planning section of the varsity also gave presentation on whole project of the centre.

He was addressing to the concluding ceremony of 20th Islamic orientation program for talented students of Baluchistan. A one week long program was organized by children literature department Da’wah Academy IIUI in which 40 students from Baluchistan participated. In his speech he further advised students to excel their capabilities, invest their best of time in education and organize their lives according to the principles of Islam.

Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Zafar, Dy. Director General Dawah Academy also addressed the ceremony. At the end certificates were distributed by the Rector IIU to the participants.

“Islamic scholars have responsibility to provide solutions of the issues in the light of Islamic teachings “said reputed Islamic scholar Maulana Justice (retd) Mufti Taqi Usmani.

Talking about the importance of knowledge, he said that knowledge is beneficial when it is reflected in a person’s practical life. He was of the view that Islamic teachings must be disseminated with a blend of contemporary requirements as a layman would be able to understand these in better way. He added that influence of exploiting system has cut off a layman from Islam’s message.

Talking about the role of IIUI, Mufti Taqi Usmani said that he has strong bond with the university since its inception. He told that basic objective of the university was to produce experts of Islamic knowledge who also poses a good view of contemporary situation. He added that IIUI is playing meaningful role as it is providing quality education integrated with teachings of Islam.

Mufti Taqi Usmani said, unfortunately religion is confined to Islamic rituals only while its absence in politics, economics and society has resulted in several complexities.

Earlier, Dr. Masoom Yasinzai thanked Mufti Taqi Usmani for sparing time and hoped that in future more session with him would be conducted. He also appreciated Maulana Taqi Usmani for his services in the fields of Fiqh and Islamic economics.

Dr. Al-Draiweesh said that thoughts of Maulana Taqi Usmani are a way to solutions of issues being faced Muslim Ummah. He urged that Islam must be brought in the practical life.

At the end, university souvenir was presented by the Rector and President IIUI to Maulana Taqi Usmani

In his research, Dr. Mirza has concluded that university libraries in the country are far behind in marketing of their resources and services. They have no marketing policy and plan to attract their users toward their products.

“University libraries should chalk out their marketing policies and plans to promote their resources and services” he added. He was of the view that Marketing scope should not be limited within university premises but information should be pulled to other universities, institutions, industry, government and non-government organizations, etc. University libraries may offer institutional/individual membership on payment of annual membership and security deposit.

The seminar was an effort of students of the Department who successfully managed it under the supervision of Ms. Tahira Noor & Ms. Iffat Farzana Anjum.

Dr. Saira Alvi, Director Medical & Scientific Affairs (USA), Dr. Sajid Rashid from Quaid e Azam University and Dr. Saima Zubair from University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden were the guest speakers for this seminar. Vice President IIUI Dr. Mohammad Bashir Khan gave the welcome note of this seminar and he appreciated the efforts of students and Acting Chairperson Dr. Naveeda Riaz for organizing this seminar. Dr. Saira Alvi addressed the recent knowledge & research on Cancer Genetics and Diagnosis. Dr. Sajid Rashid & Dr. Saima Zubair addressed the latest advancements in the field of Bioinformatics.

Professor Dr. Zafar Mahmood Khalid, Chairman Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics (Male Campus) concluded the seminar and admired the talks of the guest speakers& encouraged the students for actively participating in this seminar.

Meanwhile, a poster competition was held for students and they were given certificates for the Best Posters. At the end, University Souvenirs were presented to the speakers and organizers by Dr. Zafar Khalid and Dr. Naveeda Riaz.

During the open house, 62 projects were exhibited at male campus, 12 at female campus and 14 were exhibited by the Iqra collage of technology of the university.

A guided tour to the Final Projects (FYPs), Industrial Product Exhibition stalls, interviews of the students by experts and other attractions for the science and technology lovers were displayed in different labs and halls of FET.

The event was inaugurated by the Rector IIUI Dr. Masoom Yasinzai and President IIUI Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh while ex-education minister Sheikh Waqas Akram also joined the inaugural ceremony. The students briefed the chief guests about their projects in the presence of Dean FET Dr. Aqdas Naveed Malik, and heads of the departments Dr. Muhammad Amir and Dr. Saeed Badshah and Saba Hameed. The projects stalls were also visited by a delegation of Imam Muhammad Bin Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Cricket Bowling Machine project by the students of mechanical engineering at male campus was the most visited project where Talha Atta, Bilal Arshad and Farooq Mustafa demonstrated the prototype performance by throwing a cricket ball with 155 km per hour with an option to adjust line, length and speed of the ball.

Female students also came in the event with number of innovative projects such as GSM based smart stick for blinds, electromagnetic active suspension system and many more. “We are determined to provide a convenient and safe method for 2 million blind people of the country to overcome their difficulties in daily life” told Anum Waheed a member of project which was designed to facilitate blind people.

Rector and President IIUI both lauded the talent of the students and vowed that IIUI would keep providing such useful platforms to its talented students. Sheikh Waqas Akram, said on the occasion that the Open House has proved that Pakistan has no deficit of talent while nation has a bright future as it has such bright, intelligent minds who have solutions of core problems.

The stalls were placed both indoor and outdoor in the lawns of FET. Despite the warm temperature, students gathered from all faculties of the university to see the open house. Students took keen interest in every stall and loved the creativity and innovation of the Islamic Engineers. Stalls were also visited by the experts of different educational institutions including SASSI, PIEAS.

Dr. Mansoori expressed these views while presiding over a four-day training workshop on “Islamic Banking and Finance” organized by the Shariah Academy of IIUI which is being attended by more than 30 scholars hailing from different institutions of twin cities. The inaugural session was also joined by Dr. Sohail Hassan, Director General of the Academy.

Talking about the Shariah compliant Islamic banking, he said that Shariah compliant system can help in stopping the injustice and inequalities created by the capitalistic system. He also elaborated thoughts of Allama Iqbal while criticizing the capitalistic approach and maintained that Islam abhors from Riba as it creates constraints and hurdles in development of its affectees.

Dr. Shoail Hassan welcomed the participants in his opening remarks and vowed to keep arranging such constructive programs for dissemination of true teachings of Islam in various fields.

On the first day, lectures were also delivered on other topics related to the training workshop such as Mr. Abubakar Siddique’s lecture on prohibition of Riba & alternative system, was lauded by the participants. The workshop would conclude on Friday.

The event would commence on 11:30 am today (Wednesday) at new campus with its opening ceremony which would be attended by Rector IIUI Dr. Masoom Yasinzai and President IIUI Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh.

The team clinched first position in poster competition was appeared with the project titled “Self-Stabilizing Platform” and it comprised Syed Hasnain Kazmi, Syed Muhammad Ali Zaidi, Muhammad Nauman and Raja Atif Yaseen while it was supervisored by Engr. ZahoorudinShaikh and Engr. Muhammad Asad.

The second team Got 3rd Position in Project Competition presented its project with title “Pure Sine Wave Multilevel Inverter” comprised Muhammad Luqman, Muhammad Billal Satti, Muhammad Faisal Khan and Muhammad Aqib while it was supervised by Dr. Adnan Umar and Engr. Tila Muhammad. The faculty members, students and university officials highly appreciated and encouraged IIUI teams and supervisors.

The series of training programs was titled as “Indigenous on-Campus Training under the Modern University Governance Program” which was organized by the institute, in collaboration with Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (HEC).

Training sessions were joined by the officials of IIUI, and number of professionals hailing from various universities and colleges of the capital where participants were introduced with various significant skills.

During training, they attended lectures regarding stress management, time managements and many other vital topics. Concluding ceremony was presided over by President IIUI Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh, while it was also attended by Khwaja Zahid Hussain, Advisor Finance HEC, Project Director IPD Dr. Saeed ul Hassan Chishti, Program Coordinator Kashif Sohail Malik and Training Management Specialist IPD Saneeha Khalid.

Dr. Al-Draiweesh hailed efforts of IPD and termed the training program as a constructive activity. He added that training sessions also provided a platform to the professionals of IIUI to have networking with the other relevant professional of their profession. He was of the view that dissemination of peace must be the top most priority of the educational institutions. President IIUI furthered professional skills are necessary to excel in any profession. He added that such courses are necessary to equip the professionals with skills. Dr. Al-Draiweesh said that every worker and employee should make justice with assigned responsibilities.

Dr. Saeed ul Hassan Chishti and others also spoke on the occasion and vowed to continue such activities in the future.

Lecture titled “Reforms and Rebellion in Afghanistan, 1919-1929” was organized by the Department of History & Pakistan Studies of Faculty of Social Sciences.

Dr. Sayed Wiqar Ali shed light on the formation of Afghan constitution, reforms of the then Ammanullah Khan, his steps for education and agitation he faced during his regime amid his efforts for secular state.

He also discussed the culture of tribes in Afghanistan, their traditions and response against the actions of emperor such as civil war which broke on the issue of sending females for higher education to the foreign countries.

A large number of Students and Faculty Members of the IIUI attended the lecture. Dr. Saif Abbasi, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences lauded efforts of the department in his vote of thanks and termed the activity as a constructive one saying that interaction with the veteran historian would help the students to broaden their exposure.

Lecture was addressed by the renowned intellectual and Head of Mass communication Department, Karachi University, Prof. Dr. Mehood Ghaznavi. He said that teachers are the selected people of society who nurture the minds of youth and play pivotal role in character building of youth. He furthered teachers can play positive role by leading students towards the constructive aims and ultimately it results in success of nation.

The event was also addressed by Incharge RDC Dr. Shehzad Channa who highlighted the activities of centre and apprised the participants about Dawah Academy and IIUI while he also lauded Hafiz Abdul Samad for coordination and arrangements of lecture.

This year the theme of FETEX’15 was “Where Excellence Gets Engineered” and it was successfully completed very nicely by the indefatigable hard work of the students of Faculty of Engineering & Technology.

The 6th FETEX was the biggest industrial & academia interaction of the capital by FET students ever, which was collaborated with IEEE, IIUI students Branch.

The event touched its peaks this year by registering more than 300 teams in 26 events from the reputed institutes of the country, NUST, FAST, UMT, Federal Urdu University, COMSATS, and many other institutes sent their teams to participate at International Islamic University Islamabad. The event FETEX included seminars & workshops and many competitions including technical events like speed wiring, microcontroller interfacing, and events regarding maths & robotics and indoor/outdoor games were highly encouraged by everyone. The opening ceremony was led by Dr. Aftab Maroof Chairperson IEEE Islamabad Section. In his opening remarks he said that it’s an achievement of IIUI to hold such an event to bridge the gap between academia and practical life by combining corporate, professionals and students on one platform. He further said that the event would inspire participants to work self-reliantly in order to refresh their vigilance, intellectual skills and brain-power.

The concluding ceremony was graced by the Vice President Academics IIUI Dr. Muhammad Bashir Khan, Dean Faculty of Engineering & Technology Dr. Aqdas Naveed Malik, Chairman DEE Dr. M. Amir, and Chairman DME Dr. M. Saeed Badshah.

The Chairman DEE Dr. M. Amir appreciated the efforts of Event Supervisor Engr. Adil Farooq & team including Mian Junaid, Manzoor, Syed Adil Zahoor, Engr. Ubaid Umar, FET Alumni Mr. Usman M Ali and Mr. Babar Sultan from NUST. He also wished that next year’s FETEX will come up with International participations and will be an international Event. At the end souvenirs were given to more than 60 teams to participate in FETEX’15.

The IIU team played with great courage and best of their skills and was honorably defeated by Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Lahore. The performance of IIUI team was highly appreciated by the authorities.

This he said while addressing a lecture on “bilateral relations between Pakistan & Hungary” held here at Department of Politics and International Relations (P&IR) of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI).

Talking about the Hungary’s cooperation to Pakistan in the field of education, he said average 60-70 bright students are enrolled in Hungarian universities on government sponsored scholarships.

“We are now looking at developing mutual contacts between research institutes and universities and hope to increase scholarships up to 80 Pakistani students who will be provided fully paid scholarships” he said.

Hungarian diplomat said that bilateral trade between both countries is improving and there is huge potential in Pakistan for Hungarian companies in many fields. He also focused on history of Hungary, its geography and foreign policy.

Dr. Nabi Bux Jummani, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, lauded the efforts of Department of P&IR while saying that lecture was the most relevant activity to provide opportunity to the students to interact with diplomats and experts of international affairs.

Earlier, Manzoor Khan Afridi, Head of the Department said in his opening remarks that department is focusing to broaden the exposure of students and department would keep arranging such activities in future also.

The lecture was also joined by the faculty members of the department including Mr. Masood ur Rehman Khattak, Mr. Muhammad Nawaz and a large number of the students of department.

The Badminton competition won by team of Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences while Faculty of Shariah & law stood runner-up and 3rd position went to Faculty of Social Sciences. In Basketball competition, Faculty of Social Sciences clinched 1st position while Faculty of Economics secured 2nd position and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences secured 3rd position.

The Lawn tennis competition won by Faculty of Social Sciences, while Faculty of Economics got 2nd position and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences received 3rd position. In the Cricket tournament, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences clinched 1st position, Faculty of Management Sciences secured 2nd while Faculty of Arabic got 3rd position.

The Faculty of Social Sciences got victory in Volleyball while Faculty of Shariah and Law stood runner up and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences received 3rd position. The Tug of war won by Faculty of Social Sciences by defeating Faculty of Shariah and Law which got 2nd position and Faculty of Management Sciences received 3rd position. The team of Faculty of Shariah and law clinched 1st position in Table Tennis competition by defeating Faculty of Basic and Applied and Faculty of Engineering and Technology got 3rd position.

The session was organized by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), in collaboration with Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue (IRD) of International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) in its Allama Iqbal Auditorium here.

The session was aimed to promote quality science education and research and development (R&D) in the country by enhancing stakeholder awareness about the crucial role of science and technology (S&T) in economic development and human well being.

During the session, Dr. Imran Khan, Assistant Professor at Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences (CIRBS) of IIU, presented an informative talk on “German-Pakistan Research Collaboration: Post-PhD Funding Opportunities in Germany“.

While lauding the role of PAS, Dr. Masoom Yasinzai emphasized on educational institutions to work with more zeal for advancement in research and improvement in quality of education.

Rector IIUI shared that in Korea, with innovative research; one dollar spent on higher education gets translated into 1200 dollars worth of innovative products and services. Therefore, he emphasized for science-based innovative indigenous solutions to local problems in the county.

The session was also addressed by Secretary General of PAS, Prof. Dr. Zabta K. Shinwari who briefed the audience about current activities of the Academy in general and the background.

He was of the view that youth is the future custodian of Pakistan, and, thus, the Academy has decided to encourage and motivate young scientists to promote S&T with the guidance and support of senior scientists.

The session was also attended by the former cricketer Saeed Anwar who delivered a concise and a meaningful speech on the occasion.

Postgraduate students of IIUI presented a skit to emphasize the need and benefits of interdisciplinary scientific research while postgraduate students of IIUI recited Urdu poetry and a postgraduate student of QAU recited Pushto poetry.

The event was also addressed by the Director Programs of IRD Dr. Talib Hussain Sial who appreciated the effort and vowed that his institute would keep providing cooperation for such constructive activities.

The participants from Thattha, Badin, Hyderabad, Ghotki, Kot Addu and Lahore, participated in the course. The course was addressed by the University Rector Dr Masoom Yasinzai and other renowned scientists and scholars including Deputy Director General Dawah Academy, IIUI Dr Imtiaz Zafar.

Dr Masoom Yasinzai said in his speech that Dawah Academy is working to call people towards the message of God and participants should also disseminate the message of academy as such initiatives help in preaching Islam’s true message.

Incharge of the Regional Centre, Dr Shehzad Channa welcomed the guests and participants while he thanked for their active participation. Meanwhile, opening ceremony of the course was presided over by Prof. Dr Fateh Muhammad Barft of Karachi University while a number of scholars addressed the course in various sessions.

Two teams of the faculty took part in the competition which was attended by total 21 selected teams from various institutes all over Pakistan. Team one named “Cynical 3” from Department of Mechanical Engineering participated in Electric Powered Category comprised (Muzzamil Zafar, Saad Ahmer, Rizwan Mehmood, Ammar Khan & Hasan Nawaz).

Second team named “Solocraft Crew” from Department of Electronic Engineering members include (Muzamil Bostan, Asim Mustafa, Syed Ali Sajjad & Muhammad Ali Bangash) participated in Solar Powered category. Faculty team advisor’s were Engr. Abbas Raza (Assistant Professor, DME) and Engr. Adil Farooq (Lecturer, DEE) respectively. They were highly appreciated by the juries for their efforts and performance.

This educational visit of the students of BS, Department of English of Government Post Graduate College Mardan visited the Central Library of of university with their teachers. The participants was welcomed by the Manager IRC Muhammad A. Ganaee and a tour of the Central Library was given to them.

They were briefed about different sections of the Library including circulation services, technical section, periodical section, general collection, book bank, reference collection, United Nations Information Resource Centre and Lincoln corner.

The participants showed keen interest in the library security system and its working, CCTV surveillance system, computer labs and integrated library system used for different library operations. The students and teachers were amazed to see the live demo of video conferencing and appraised the services provided by the library to its members.

The proceedings of the meeting were conducted by Mr. Muhammad Awais Ejaz Khan, Deputy Dean FMS.

The agenda items of Board of Studies were presented and certain other matters of FMS were discussed and decisions were made.

The Dean FMS/Rector, IIUI thanked all the members for their valuable suggestions and recommendations and appreciated the faculty for bringing up new degree programs. He said that such market based degree programs will definitely help the faculty and the university to improve its ratings and market image of our graduates. Dr. Masoom also emphasized that these Board meetings shall occur regularly and continuous improvement is necessary.

The conference was organized under the auspices of Rector IIUI Dr. Masoom Yasinzai and President IIU Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh, while Dr. Nabi Bux Jumani, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences has also put his contribution for the success of the conference.

Dr Muhammad Tahir Khalily, Director QEC and Chairman Department of Psychology Male IIUI was a Principal Organizer of the conference while Dr. Seema Gul Chairperson of Department of Psychology Female Campus IIUI was nominated as Co-Principal Organizer. The conference was attended by psychologists from different countries including Malaysia, Pakistan, Australia, America, Nigeria, Indonesia, India, Nepal, and Sudan. Dean and Deputy Dean Faculty of Kulia Revealed knowledge and Human Sciences (IIUM) participated in the inaugural session as guests of honour while Professor Malik Badri the Chief Pattern of the conference and Professor Jamil Usman regional director IIIT deliver their key note speeches.

On this occasion, Professor Malik Badri in his welcome address mentioned the importance of religious practices and values in the amelioration of mental health and appreciated the efforts of psychology Department IIUI for organizing such events.

Dr. Tahir Khalily conveyed the messages of Rector and president IIUI to the participants of the conference.

Dr. Khalily has briefed the participants about the purpose and importance of this scientific endeavor particularly in the context of Islamization of psychology and urged the psychologists to integrate the current modern psychotherapeutic techniques to the cultural and religious tools and practices in order to make it more effective and applicable. Dr Seema Gul in her speech highlighted the importance of psychometrics in line with the cultural and religious perspectives as tools for personality assessment.

Professor Rahamtullah Khan President of International Association for Muslim Psychologists urged for the joint efforts of the Muslim scholars for the promotion of knowledge and research. Dean Faculty of Kulia Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences in his inaugural speech appreciated the efforts of the organizing committee and emphasised the organization of such events in future.

At the end, the panel concluded that the Islamization of knowledge in general and particularly of psychology is the need of the hour, and put stress upon the integration of religious and cultural values to modern psychotherapeutic techniques in order to meet the current challenges scientifically and effectively. The conference Proceeding will be published with the assistance of IIIT and will be edited by reputed scholars in industrially advanced countries.

The course was aimed at providing training to the professionals of educational institutes. Various sessions of the course were addressed by the IPD director Dr. Saeed ul Hassaan Chishti, Saneeha Khalid, Kashif Sohail, Syed Hassan Aftab Kazmi, Dr. Nadia, Dr. Muhammad Arif, Iftkhar Mirza and Khursheed Alam.

It’s worth mentioning that the IPD also holds chain of IIUI Schools across the country.

The Editorial Board of the tri-lingual Newsletter is comprised of Prof. Dr. Ahmed Yousif A Al Draiweesh, President, IIU as its Patron-in-Chief, Gulzar Ahmed Khwaja, Director General, Administration, IIUI as its Patron, Dr. Fazl-e-Rabi as Editor-in-Chief, Syed Muzzammil Hussain as its Editor. While its Editorial Board is comprised of Dr. Safiullah Wakeel, Mr. Abdullah Alfaifii, Mr. D.K. Hairan Khattak and Mr. Nasir Farid. Mr. Muhammad Nauman Awan, Hafiz Atiq Ur Rehman, Zulfiqar Ahmed, Farhan Khalid, Shakir Qasmi, Mahmood Akhtar, Ghulam Mustafa and Khurram Shahzad were also mentioned in the Newsletter as its team members. Earlier, last year three Issues of this tri-lingual newsletter were published.

The 50-member delegation was welcomed and received by the Additional Director Protocol and Public Relations D K Hairan Khattak who also briefed the delegation regarding university history, faculties, departments and admission process at university.

During the briefing, Hairan Khattak said that Masques and Aima are the ultimate source for building society. He maintained that sectarianism is the biggest constraint in the path of progress. Lauding the Dawah Academy role, he said that academy provides a platform where Aima of all sects gather under the one roof and after the course they promote message of harmony and peace.

He furthered that university has unique milieu of cultural diversity where students of Muslim Ummah are being provided quality education integrated with teachings of Islam. He also elaborated the core objectives and goals of university. He further added that IIUI is one of the leading universities of country which is producing highly qualified talented graduates and providing education to the students of more than 40 countries across the world.

Participants took keen interest in knowing details about university faculties, admission process and constituent units as well.

Dr. Masoom felicitated the students while adding that the university is proud of winner as they brought fame to the institution by showcasing their exceptional talent.

President IIUI said on the occasion that university has signed various MoUs with the number of national and international universities and its doors are always open for cooperation with educational institutions of the world.

Dr Z. M. Khalid, during his address said that our earth is “Amanah” from Almighty Allah and everyone has responsibility to care for it. “It’s all resources are for us and we should keep it like a home” he added.
Dr. M. Irfan Khan, while addressing the students said that a lot of awareness has been created about the environmental issues all over the world. “Now there is time for us to realize our roles regarding care of earth” he furthered. He was of the view that environment can be changed positively with behavior and attitude of taking care of nature. Dr. Irfan suggested that the society should take care of the issues and the youth is very much responsible to bring a positive change.
At the end, Student adviser of the department, Hafiz M. Naseer Ahsan thanked students and participants while encouraging them for taking active part in this positive activity.