Pakistan Engineers Forum-PEF KIET student chapter organized a webinar titled “5G or beyond technology overview”. Engr. Nasir Hussain was the speaker. He is currently working in North American market since 2012 and has worked with operators, namely T-Mobile & Verizon for Network rollouts, modernization and performance improvement in major metropolis.
Students from different fields and areas of interest joined in to listen to our honorable speaker Engr. Nasir Hussain.
The speaker highlighted the evolution of telecommunication and networks and how the pace is exceeding in the near future to attain the highest level of communication. The technology plays an important role in building the economy of any state. People in such a domain also get opportunities through their knowledge and experience in the field. With the advancement of technology, people get to know new things at every step.
The audience played a vital role in motivating our team to produce such effective webinars with 100+ registrations. we are overwhelmed with the overall conduct and response.
PEF KIET student chapter received such amazing feedback after the webinar that engineers want such sort of webinars or seminars in coming future.n

National Dialogue – Eradicating Engineers’ unemployment through Entrepreneurial settings” concluded with thought-provoking recommendations and guidelines to frame policies for the engineering profession thus utilizing this skilled workforce as one of the key players in rescuing the country from a severe economic crisis.
The closing ceremony was presided over by Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Engr. Prof. Ahsan Iqbal.
In his address, he lauded the idea of holding this national dialogue to find out ways for job creation through engineering entrepreneurial endeavors. He stressed that engineers should play an active role in transforming Pakistan into an export-based economy.
He also invited proposals from the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) in this regard and assured to help in overcoming the bottlenecks, if any, in the pursuit of this objective.
The minister also announced the upcoming 20,000 National On-job training opportunities, to be officially launched at the Diamond Jubilee of Pakistan.
He shared that out of 20,000 vacancies, 15000 shall go to engineers only.
Chairman PEC Engr. Najeeb Haroon shared the summarised version of all the recommendations, received by all the provinces, Islamabad, AJK, and Gilgit Baltistan.
He expressed his keen interest in extending every effort that is required from the engineering fraternity to work as an economic engine for the country, given the due space and opportunity.
Prof. Dr. Samreen Hussain, Convener Innovation & Entrepreneurship Committee (IEC) said in her vote of thanks that the event made them learn to agree to disagree and also the importance of diversity and co-existence.
The recommendations presented will help the committee and PEC adjust the practices and activities as per the expectations of the engineers. She extended her profound gratitude and said that Prof. Ahsan Iqbal’s words of wisdom are a valuable addition to the final recommendations of the national dialogue.
In the end, she appreciated the members of the Organising Committee, for their hard work and dedication.
Prof. Ahsan Iqbal presented certificates and momento to the members of the organizing committee, moderators of all the groups, and Engr. Aijaz Hussain Ansari, Vice Chairman PEC- KPK. Engr. Muhammad Najeeb Haroon, Chairman PEC, and Prof. Dr. Samreen Hussain, Convener Innovation & Entrepreneurship Committee, jointly presented the souvenir to the Engr. Prof. Ahsan Iqbal for gracing the occasion. n

Prof. Dr. Saleem Raza Samo, Vice chancellor, Quaid-e-Awam University of Science, Engineering & Technology (QUEST) Nawabshah had a wonderful meeting with Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman, Higher Education Commission (HEC), along with Tahir Mahmood Chaudhry and discussed how to improve the quality of education, mutual responsibility for solving Pakistani issues mainly 13 challenges, including education, energy, healthcare, water, food safety and security, exports, digitalization, industry-academia collaboration, placement, minimizing extremism, support to the government to cope up with financial management through institutional excellence, better self-management.
Chairman HEC assured the participants of extending every support by HEC required to achieve these targets. Dr. Samo shared the achievement of QUEST and alignment in this regard..n

To celebrate the 75th Independence Day, Pakistan Cables employee volunteers visited a children’s Emergency Room to spend time with the children admitted to the ER facility for treatment. Volunteers distributed toys among children creating a memorable day for all involved. Prior to the volunteer activity, the Company also made a donation to ChildLife Foundation, an NGO that manages the Children’s Emergency Room at Sindh Government Hospital Korangi 5, Karachi.
“This day provokes Pakistanis to think about giving back and serving others, and it’s a great time for companies to take initiative in organizing community service events for employees. Our staff volunteering initiative brings our vision to life that focuses on transforming lives. ChildLife Foundation is a unique public-private sector partnership success story, and we are happy to have made a meaningful contribution towards it,” said Mariam Durrani, General Manager, Marketing & Brands, Pakistan Cables Ltd.
ChildLife Foundation runs state-of-the-art children’s Emergency Rooms in partnership with the government in major cities, in addition to telemedicine satellite centers in district and tehsil level hospitals in rural areas. The Foundation is celebrating saving lives in 75+ hospitals on Pakistan’s 75th Independence Day.
Dr. Ahson Rabbani, CEO ChildLife Foundation, said, “ChildLife serves Pakistan’s sickest and poorest children 24/7, completely free of cost through its growing network of children’s ERs and Telemedicine Satellite Centres. We are grateful to have reliable supporters like Pakistan Cables, whose active investment in saving Pakistan’s future – its children – is commendable. We hope to nurture our partnership with them to achieve our mission of a child-safe Pakistan.” –PR

Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Shaikh has said that the provincial government was trying to bring Thar coal to work to meet the energy needs of the country so that the country could be saved from the economic crisis by saving a huge amount of money spent on the import of oil and gas.Shaikh met the officials of the Shanghai Electric Company at the energy department office.
The energy minister was briefed on the use of underground water at the Thar and the supply of water to the Thar Coal Project from the Nabi Sir Vijehar pipeline.Imtiaz Shaikh said that the Sindh government was working expeditiously on projects in Thar Coal Field to meet the country’s energy needs from the Thar Coal Power Project and trying to provide all possible facilities to the companies working on the projects.n