Prince Karim Aga Khan, Founder and Chancellor of Aga Khan University (AKU) outlined an ambitious global vision for the University’s expansion into liberal arts and also announced the creation of seven new-graduate schools across two continents that will work in areas of particular relevance to developing societies. He announced this while addressing AKU Convocation Ceremony [...]
Winston Churchill knew it. Ernest Hemingway knew it. Leonardo da Vinci knew it. Every trendy office from Silicon Valley to Scandinavia now knows it too: there is virtue in working standing up. And not merely standing. The trendiest offices of all have treadmill desks, which encourage people to walk while working. It sounds like a [...]
Every 30 seconds, one person dies from hepatitis in the Asia Pacific region. “This death rate is three times as high as HIV/AIDS,” revealed Dr Saeed Hamid at a public awareness session held to mark World Hepatitis Day at the Aga Khan University Hospital. He was basing his statements on figures released in the Global [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences established Thalassaemia Care Centre at its Ojha Campus. His Excellency, Governor Sindh & Chancellor, DUHS Dr. Ishrat Ul Ibad Khan inaugurated the Centre at a Ceremony held recently at Governor House, Karachi. Prof. Dr. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor, Prof. M. Umer Farooq, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dr. Zeenat Ayoob, Registrar, Prof. [...]
To mark the World Blood Donor Day, Safe Blood Transfusion Services Programme, Ministry for Capital Administration & Development, Govt of Pakistan organized a Awareness Seminar recently at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences,Islamabad. Federal Minster for Capital Administration & Development, Nazar Mohammad Gondal was the Chief Guest where as Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, Secretary CAD was also [...]
