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Volume 2, Issue 10
October 2019
Workshop on “Tools for Media
Information Literacy (MIL)” at PASTIC
National Center, Islamabad
PASTIC, the UNESCO- Information for all
Programme (IFAP), coordinating body in Pakistan
and Individualland Pakistan, jointly organized a
Workshop on “Tools for Media Information Literacy
(MIL)” on October 22-23, 2019 at PASTIC National
Center, Islamabad to equip media personnel with the
skills to critically analyze the information received
from various sources and learn techniques to produce
ethical and truthful information and media content
themselves.
Pakistan Scientific & Technological Information
Centre (PASTIC), being the coordinating body of the
UNESCO-Information for All Programme (IFAP)
organized the second National Committee Meeting
of UNESCO-IFAP on October 22, 2019 at PASTIC
National Center. The IFAP was established by
UNESCO with objective to build a free information
s o ciety, f o cu s in g o n in f o r matio n liter acy,
preservation & access to information, and the ethical
& societal consequences of ICT developments. The
meeting mainly focused on devising a road map for
promotion of MIL concept through IFAP at the
national level.
The meeting was chaired by Dr. Muhammad Akram
Shaikh, IFAP NC Chair / Director General, PASTIC
and was attended by print & electronic media
personnel, civil society, policy makers, librarians and
IT professionals from, COMSATS, MoST,
UNESCO, Individualland Pakistan, Media Matters
for Democracy, AIOU, Technology Times, PASTIC
and the National Library of Pakistan.
Speaking at the inaugural session, Director General
PASTIC, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akram Shaikh said
that this workshop is part of the UNESCO
Information for ALL Programme (IFAP), through
which skill development of media personals for
critical evaluation of information content is intended
to create media and information literacy (MIL) in
Pakistan.
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Training Workshop on "Basic Data Analysis
through R Software"
PASTIC National Centre, Islamabad & COMSATS
University, Abbottabad Campus jointly organized
two days training workshop on “Make Your Research
Life Easier With Mendeley Tool” which was held on
October 1-2, 2019 at COMSATS University,
Abbottabad Campus. The objective of this workshop
was to build the capacity of young researchers, and to
enhance their skills in literature search, citation,
sharing and discovering of new research. Dr. Maryam
Ibrar Shinwari was the Resource Person of the
workshop. 40 participants from Department of
Microbiology, Department of Biotechnology and
Department of Environmental Sciences of
COMSATS University, Abbottabad Campus
participated in this training workshop.
This workshop was part of a series that are regularly
organized by PASTIC, to train the young researchers
on modern ICT tools and techniques useful in
research. The Mendeley application is free, smarter
and user-friendly, besides it provides an excellent
p l a t f o r m w h e r e r e s e a r c h e r s c a n s e a r c h
jobs/fellowships, research funds, find research
groups, search literature, etc. Moreover it is a cross-
platform application (Windows, Mac, Linux,
iPhone), that helps researchers to manage and
annotate their scientific paper collections. Citation
data from its cloud library can be accessed across
multiple devices, e.g., Laptop, PC, iphone, etc.
Training Workshop on “Make Your
Research Life Easier With Mendeley Tool”
PASTIC Sub-Centre Karachi arranged a one-day
training Workshop on "Basic Data Analysis through
R Software" on October 29, 2019 at PASTIC Sub-
Centre Karachi. 15 Participants from various
universities and departments such as Sindh
Agriculture University, Tandojam, Shaheed Zulfiqar
Ali Bhutto Agriculture College Dokri, Larkana,
Central Cotton Research Institute, Sakrand, Benazir
Bhutto Shaheed University, Lyrai, University of
S i n d h , J a m s h o r o , D E S TO , D e p a r t m e n t o f
Microbiology, University of Karachi and Bahria
Medical & Dental College, attended the training
workshop. Mr. H.M Amir Anis, Resource Person,
from Jinnah Sindh Medical University delivered
training on R Software.
Deputy Director PASTIC Sub-Centre Karachi, Mr.
A b d u l F a t a h S h a i k h , d e l i v e r e d a d e t a i l e d
presentation (through PASTIC website) to explain
the perticipants about PASTIC activities, and
presented shield to the Resource Person, and
certificates were distributed to the participants.
Documentry of PASTIC / PSF was also played
Seminar on "Professional Ethics and
Confidence Building" at University of
Agriculture Library Faisalabad
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Techno SUIT Expo 2019 at SUIT Peshawar
A one-day seminar was organized on "Professional
Ethics and Confidence Building" on October 22,
2019 at University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Library. 45 participants (Librarians of colleges and
universities from Faisalabad district) participated in
the seminar.Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq, Dean Faculty
of Food Science & Technology, University of
Agriculture Faisalabad, was the Chief Guest. The
Resource Persons were Dr. Tariq Najmi, Librarian,
COMSATS University Lahore, Dr. Salman Bin
Naeem, Assistant Professor, Islamia University of
Bahawalpur, and Mr. Nadeem Sohail, Ph.D Scholar
Library Science from Bahawalpur University.
PASTIC Sub-Centre Peshawar, ORIC Sarhad
University Peshawar, Gulls Association Pakistan,
with other partners and sponsors jointly organized
one day activity titled TechnoSUIT Expo 2019, on
October 17, 2019 at Sarhad University of
Information Technology (SUIT), Peshawar. Projects
were displayed by final year students of all faculties
of Sarhad University Peshawar, and were evaluated
by renowned scientists of different Universities of
KPK. The Vice President Sarhad University, Brig.
(Retd) Javed Tipu, was the Chief Guest of the Event,
whereas Dr. Khalid Khan, Director-Directorate of
S c i e n c e a n d Te c h n o l o g y ( D O S T ) K h y b e r
Pukhtunkhwa graced the closing session. Shields
and certificates were distributed among the winners
at the end of the event.
Workshop on “Writing a Research
Thesis/Project Synopsis” at Peshawar
PASTIC Sub-Centre Peshawar, ORIC-University of
Peshawar & NCEPC-University of Peshawar jointly
organized a 2-day workshop on “Writing a Research
Thesis/Project Synopsis” on October 21-22, 2019 at
NCEPC-UOP. 74 participants from various
departments of UOP and other universities of
Peshawar, participated in the workshop. Dr.
Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Prof. University of
Peshawar and Ms. Ghazala Ali Khan, Deputy
Director PASTIC Sub-Centre Peshawar, were the
Resource Persons. Both of them talked about the
research synopsis writing, according to the format of
university of Peshawar. Prof. Dr. Abdul Naeem,
Director NCEPC, University of Peshawar, graced
the closing session and distributed certificates
among all the participants.
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Workshop on SPSS at Peshawar
A 2-day workshop on SPSS was jointly organized by
PASTIC Peshawar and Office of Research Innovation
& Commercialization (ORIC)-UET Peshawar. 47
Participants from University of Peshawar, UET-
Peshawar, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women
University Peshawar, Agriculture University
Peshawar, Khushal Khan Khattat University Karak,
National Centre of Excellence in Physical
Chemistry-UOP, Islamia College University-
Peshawar, UET-Mardan, Sarhad University
P e s h a w a r a n d P e s h a w a r M e d i c a l C o l l e g e
participated in the workshop.
Dr. Faisal Khan, Assistant Professor, Quaid-e-Azam
Commerce College, University of Peshawar and Dr.
Fahim Ullah Khan, Assistant Professor Hazara
University, Mansehra, were the Resource Persons.
Dr. Khizar Azam, Registrar-UET Peshawar and Dr.
Tariq Mahmood Khalil (Manger, ORIC-UET
Peshawar) were the Chief Guests in the opening
ceremony. While, Dr. Shakoor (Director ORIC) was
the Chief Guest in the closing ceremony, during
which shields and certificates were distributed
among Resource Persons and participants.
PASTIC Services Awareness Seminar
PASTIC Sub-Centre Quetta arranged PASTIC
Services Awareness Seminar on October 16, 2019 at
the Institute of Management Sciences, University of
Balochistan, Quetta. Mr. Abdul Khalique Sial, In-
Charge PASTIC Sub-Centre Quetta, delivered a
detailed presentation (through PASTIC website) to
explain the perticipants about PASTIC activities
In-Charge PSC Quetta delivering briefing to students
about PASTIC services through PASTIC website.
Kashmir Black Day Rally
Mr. Abdul Khalique Sial, In-Charge PASTIC Sub-
Centre Quetta, organized Kashmir Solidarity Day
Rally on October 25, 2019 with the colloboration of
University of Balochistan Quetta.
The following stalls were arranged by PASTIC:-
1)
During 1st International Conference
Research Prospective in Pharmaceutical Sciences on
October 23-25, 2019 at Hamdard University,
Karachi.
2)
During TechnoSUIT Expo 2019, on October
17, 2019 at Sarhad University of Information
Technology (SUIT), Peshawar.