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Three Pakistanis make it to ‘BBC 100 Women 2021’
Conquering the world with their sheer determination, campaigns and activism, three Pakistani women have made it to BBC’s 100 Women list. The list included several women from Afghanistan among other countries in the following categories: Culture and Education, Entertainment and Sport, Politics and Activism along with Science and Health.  Three Pakistani women on the list include Malala Yousafzai – the youngest Nobel Prize laureate with Abia Akram – a disability…
Technology
Pakistani students secure top position in a drone competition at TEKNOFEST Turkey
In recent news, a team consisting of nine Pakistani students from the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad (IST) has secured first place in the International Free Mission UAV Competition at Turkey’s Aerospace and Technology festival called TEKNOFEST. The competition was held in Busra where over 240 teams participated coming from over 85 countries where the team from IST was one of the participants. The team had developed an Artificial Intelligence-based…
Technology
KU professor Dr Iqbal Choudhary honoured with top Muslim world science award
Pakistani Professor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary has been named a 2021 Mustafa Prize Laureate for his services in the field of bio-organic chemistry, it emerged on Wednesday. The Mustafa Prize, a top science and technology award, is granted biennially to the top researchers and scientists from the Islamic world in four categories: Life and Medical Science and Technology, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Information and Communication Science and Technology, and all areas of science…
Sports
Pakistani athletes shine in Asian Ju-Jitsu C’ship with 8 medals
LAHORE – Pakistani athletes have demonstrated their skills by winning eight bronze medals during the 5th Asian Ju-Jitsu Championship 2021 held from September 13-16, 2021 at Abu Dhabi, UAE under the aegis of Ju-Jitsu Asian Union (JJAU).  According to Pakistan Ju-Jitsu Federation (PJJF) official, there were total 468 entries from 18 countries in this mega event, whereas, Pakistan just fielded only 8 players due to paucity of funds. It is remarkable…
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Eight Pakistanis win prestigious Diana Award
This year, eight young Pakistanis have bagged the prestigious Diana Award, given to young humanitarians across the world. Eight Pakistanis have won prestigious Diana Award. The awardees include three girls – Eiman Jawwad, Ayesha Shaikh and Yumna Majeed – and five boys – Izat Ullah, Zubair Junjunia, Muhammad Asim Masoom Zubair, Muhammad Hamza Waseem and Hassan Ashraf.  The award is considered the “highest accolade” a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts, established in memory of Diana.  According to the media spokesperson, with these…
Sports
Inam Butt wins gold medal at World Beach Wrestling
Just a day after Pakistan made history at the Paralympics, wrestler Inam Butt also kept the country’s flag rising high by winning gold medal at the World Beach Wrestling Series in Rome, Italy on Saturday. The other day, Haider Ali became the first Pakistani to win a gold medal at the Summer Paralympics as he hit 55.26m in Tokyo during his F37 discus throw final. Butt, who contested in the…
Business & Commerce
Pakistani microfinance pioneer wins Asia’s ‘Nobel Prize’
A microfinance pioneer from Pakistan — who developed an interest-free microfinance programme — was among Tuesday’s winners of Asia’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Muhammad Amjad Saqib, 64, won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his “first-of-its-kind” interest- and collateral-free microfinance programme that catalysed scores of poor households. Nearly two decades after its launch, Akhuwat — founded by Dr Saqib — has grown into the nation’s largest microfinance institution, distributing the…
Dr Jaffar Khan wins 2018 Young Investigators Award
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Dr Jaffar Khan wins 2018 Young Investigators Award
A young Pakistani cardiologist, Dr. Jaffar Khan, has been recognised for the invention of a procedure that has helped in the advancement of cardiac surgery techniques. According to media reports, Dr Khan was honoured by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society when he was declared the winner of its prestigious 2018 Young Investigators Award in January. The procedure that Dr. Jaffar Khan has invented was recently used to conduct a set…