FUUAST MAGAZINE

KARACHI The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology’s (FUUAST) botany department will organize an international conference on plant ecology from November 6. The organizer  Prof. Dr Moinuddin Ahmed, said that experts have been invited to share their research. The inaugural session will be held at the university’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal campus at 10 am on November 6. SOURCE: http://tribune.com.pk/story/449369/plant-ecology-fuuast-to-hold-conference-on-nov-6/

Karachi Almost all the speakers on the second day of a three-day media conference, themed “Media Agenda 2012”, on Wednesday expressed concern over the changing trends in journalistic norms, the falling standards of the language and the market-oriented pursuit the field is turning into. The conference is being held under the joint aegis of the Federal Urdu University of Arts Science, and Technology (Fuuast) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC). Zaffar Abbas, the editor of Dawn, stressed the need for objectivity in reporting and journalism. He said that what was supreme was public interest and if public interest demanded uncensored publication of a news story, it must be done. Jawed Naqvi, Dawn’s correspondent in New Dehli, said that freedom of the press to a great extent was a myth as there would only be freedom to the extent that the newspaper owner wanted. He would not let freedom of the press go beyond the limit where it would hurt his corporate or personal interests...

KARACHI:  A three-day international conference on exploring the media’s agenda in contemporary times would begin at the Arts Council today. The conference is being organised by the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Awaz Institute of Media Sciences, the Karachi Press Club and Pakistan International Airlines. “The conference will bring together journalists from print and electronic media, as well as experts from Pakistan, India, United Kingdom and the United States,” said Prof. Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan, head of FUUAST’s mass communication department. FUUAST spokesperson Irum Fazal said that Dawn Group of Publications chief executive Hameed Haroon would be the chief guest of the inaugural session today. Dr Mubarak Ali, Ghazi Salahuddin, and Dr Jafar Ahmed are expected to speak at the moot today. SOURCE: http://tribune.com.pk/story/385503/conference-media-workshop-at-fuuast-from-to...

KARACHI, May 29: The impact of globalisation, corporatism and glamourisation on the media, interference by the management and the government in editorial content and journalists’ credibility were just some of the topics touched upon by senior media persons speaking at the third international conference organised by the Mass Communications Department of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology at the Arts Council here on Tuesday. Day one of the three-day conference called ‘Media Agenda 2012’ saw the holding of three sessions. The morning session, presided over by Dr Mohammad Qaiser, threw light on various threats to the media. Hence panellists historian Dr Mubarak Ali, educationists Dr Seemi Naghmana, Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan, Prof Aijaz Farooqui and Dawn Media Group’s CEO Hameed Haroon were of the opinion that even though the press had gone through its share of difficulties over the years and this may be a relatively easier period for the press, there were still...

A two-day Sindhi Conference will be held under the auspices of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) and in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) from April 10. The Vice-Chancellor of FUUAST, Professor Dr Muhammad Qaiser will preside over. According to organisers, scholars from various parts of the country will present their research papers at the conference. Source: http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1173728/

Karachi Students of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) have presented a report on media, criticising that it has bulldozed the ethics of journalism just to beat each other in breaking news. The reports was presented during a ceremony held with the cooperation of Non-governmental organization (NGO) Uks, at the Karachi Press Club here on Wednesday. Special correspondent of BBC Wusatullah Khan was the chief guest on the occasion. While Tasneem Ahmer, director (Uks), Professor Dr. Tauseef, chairman of Mass Communication of FUUAST also participated the ceremony. Addressing the ceremony, Wusatullah Khan appreciated the report and said that this was a very good example of presenting an analytical report by students. He further said that people has the right to ask questions regarding the role of media to present the news because the current media has now become a product and people are really confused to believe on its reports. Tasneem Ahmer described the o...

Karachi January 3, 2012 The Greenwich University held a Conference on “Go Green-A Corporate Social Responsibility” here. An spokesman of the institution said on Monday that the one day conference was attended by experts of environmental studies, academia, corporate executives of various organizations and a number of students. Former director general PCSIR, Dr Mirza Arshad Ali Baig said that environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of environment. It refers to individual action that a person can consciously take to curb harmful effects on the environment through consumers habits, behavior and lifestyle, he added. Speaking on the occasion, Head of Department, Environmental Studies, Federal Urdu University Karachi, Dr Arif Zubair said that water resources should be increased to overcome the water scarcity in the country by building dams.He said that the corporate sector should join hands with the environmenta...

KARACHI Vice-Chancellor Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), Prof. Dr. Mohammad Quasir said that the sciences of dendrochronology not only helps in determining age of tree but it is also helpful in forecast of earthquake, weather changes, and getting information about glaciers and flow of rivers. He was addressing a seminar on Importance of Dendrochronology on Monday at the auditorium of FUUAST, organized by Botany Department of varsity. He said that the first latest laboratory of dendrochronology of the country was established in botany department of FUUAST, where students are busying in research work in collaboration with some international laboratories. VC said that every faculty and department of FUUAST should organize research conferences, seminars and workshops, adding Higher Education Commission and varsity would cooperate in this regard. Prof. Dr. Moin Ahmed said that students of whole county were getting benefitted from the laboratory of bota...