Thar Foundation implemented a project designed for screening and vaccination against Hepatitis B and C. The project was executed in partnership with The Health Foundation in the villages of Block – II and its surroundings.
Under the project, a sum of 6000 people was screened through a door-to-door drive and after thus identified 42 positive cases.
Luckily, prevalence appeared lesser than the national and provincial averages.
The patients are now receiving treatment through The Foundation and The Health Foundation, says foundation’s communication.
Additionally, 2000 people were also administered the preventive vaccine of Hepatitis B.
During the process, community awareness sessions were also organized.
The project closing ceremony was attended by senior officials of the Health Department, a team of Thar Foundation, and communities from different villages.

Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) organized a high-level IT Exhibition based on software, applications, and models developed by the students of the Information Technology Center.
It was embedded with a Job Fair supported by Hyderabad Information and Software House Association (HISHA).
This was the second annual exhibition of models, software, and applications developed by the final year students of the Information Technology Center (ITC).
The show was organized in collaboration with HISHA. Karachi and Hyderabad-based IT offered internships and jobs to students.
Dr. Fateh Marri, Vice Chancellor, Sindh Agriculture University inaugurated the event and visited stalls of projects and companies.
Besides the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Aijaz Ali Khooharo, Dean of Agricultural Social Sciences, Mohammad Aamir Sheikh, Industry Secretary, HISHA, Mansoor Haider Depar, Director, Information Technology Center and others were present in the exhibition.

Karachi: Honourable Minister Malik Amin Aslam, Federal Minister, Climate Change, visited the Pakistan Cables Urban Forest to observe private sector initiatives supporting Pakistan’s green progress towards net zero emissions. Pakistan Cables Urban Forest is the largest Miyawaki based Urban Forest on an industrial estate, with over 40,000 trees spread across 2.5 acres. In addition to the Urban Forest, the Minister was briefed on several other areas in which Pakistan Cables is investing to support a greener and more sustainable future. The Minister congratulated the company for taking the lead in creating inspirational examples within the corporate sector community.
Founded in 1953, Pakistan Cables is the premier and most reputable cable manufacturer in Pakistan. Being the only wire and cable manufacturer listed on the PSX since 1955, it is also a member company of the Amir S. Chinoy group. The company has the largest geographical footprint in Pakistan with a presence in over 180 cities. It is ISO9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, AND OHSAS 18001:2007 certified and various cables type tested by KEMA, Netherlands.n

The fifth edition of the Global Conference of Wireless & Optical Technologies in Hybrid Mode was held Online and Onsite at the University of Malaga, Spain by paying Tribute to The Late Professor Javier Poncela who was one of the founders of GCWOT.
After the Opening remarks by Chairs of GCWOT’21Prof Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry, Prof Pablo Otero of the University of Malaga, Vice Chancellor SSUET Karachi Prof Dr Valiuddin and Dean SSUET Prof Dr Muhammad Aamir, Technical Sessions started in which various authors presented their outstanding research contributions and innovations.
Various researchers across the globe participated in the Conference physically as well as online.
Four Technical sessions were conducted on the First Day. Technical Session namely“Applications of Image Processing” was chaired by Prof Pablo Otero of the University of Malaga. Technical Session namely “Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks and Vehicular Adhoc Networks” was chaired by Prof Dr Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry, Advisor MUET, and Chair IEEE Karachi Section.
Three sessions were held on the second day i.e on 15th February 2022. The Fifth Session of the Conference and the first session of the second day were chaired by Prof Agata Manolova of Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. The sixth session Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning was chaired by Prof Enrique Nava of the University of Malaga, Spain. The seventh Technical Session namely “Applications of IoT and other Emerging Technologies” was chaired by Vice Chancellor SSUET Karachi Prof Dr Valiuddin.
Three sessions were held on the third day of the conference i.e Wednesday 16th February 2022. Prof Nicholas Harris from the University of Southampton, UK participated as Keynote Speaker. The Final session (Closing session and closing ceremony) was chaired by Prof Dr Muhammad Aamir, Dean SSUET Karachi. Prof Abbas Barabadi of the Arctic University of Norway also became part of the conference by participating physically.
On Thursday, 17th February 2020, a Special Session of Project CENTRAL at GC-WOT 2022 on Digital Technologies for Business Transformation was conducted which was chaired by Prof Vladimir Poulkov of Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. This session also included a Workshop on “Valorisation of the Graduate Talent Pool at the Asian HEIs – How to Foster Technological Competencies in Graduates in an Entrepreneurial, Intrapreneurial and Interpreneurial context” and CENTRAL Project Technical Meeting chaired by Prof AlbenaMihovska of Arhus University Denmark. Dr LubnaLuxmiDhiranifrom University of Limerick, Ireland also participated as Keynote Speaker. At the end of the conference, various traditional souvenirs were presented to all the distinguished guests.
The platform of GCWOC was established in partnership with three Universities i.e. Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi; Mehran University of Engineering & Technology and its European Partner i.e. the University of Malaga. The platform was established in the middle of the year 2015 and organizers managed to organize its first edition in September in the year 2016. 30 research papers were presented in GCWOC’16 while GCWOC’17 witnessed presentations of 50 research papers. It was followed by the presentation of 48 research contributions in the third edition of the conference held in October 2018.
This year, around 45 contributions were part of the final technical program and this time, Riphah International University was co-sponsor of the conference for the second time under the leadership of Dr Jameel Ahmed. The proceedings of the conference will become part of IEEE XPLORE.
Málaga is a world apart from the adjoining Costa del Sol: a historic and culturally rich provincial capital that has long lived in the shadow of the iconic Andalucian cities of Granada, Córdoba, and Seville. Yet, it has rapidly emerged as the province’s city of culture with its so-called ‘mile of art’ being compared to Madrid, and its dynamism and fine dining to Barcelona.