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Press Release Islamabad Raja Muhammad Zafarul Haq Secretary General of the World Muslim Congress has said that the Muslims need not be afraid of any threat from any quarter of the world as long as they adhere to the tenets of Islam. He was addressing the Condolence meeting held at the (WISH) Women’ Institute of Science and Humanities. He said that unfortunately there were some people in Pakistan who keep trying to create confusion about the ideological destination of Pakistan but it should be clear to all that the integrity and solidarity of the country depends upon our adherence to Islam. He paid rich tributes to Dr.Khalid Alvi who had devoted his life to disseminate the message of Islam and remained steadfast throughout his life. Senator Professor Khurshid Ahmed while speaking on the occasion said that Dr. Khalid Alavi had set a goal of his life and throughout his life he remained sincere to this goal and that was why he achieved many successes in life. He advised the students of Pakistan to set some goal in their lives which would help them concentrate on their studies and accelerate achieving successes in life. He said that Dr. Khalid Alavi was true researcher who had employed old and new techniques of research in his work. Iftikhar Arif, Chairman National Language Authority said that Dr. Khalid Alavi  excelled in communication and was such a  pleasing personality that every body could communicate with him whether  he was his friend or critique. Professor Abdul Jabbar Shakir, Director Dawa Academy adjudged Dr. Khalid’s Book on Seerat as the most prominent among the books on Seerat. Other speakers who spoke on the occasion were Dr. Anees Ahmed, VC Riphah International University, Dr. Zaheer Ahmed, CEO Shifa International Hospital, Sahibzadah Sajidur Rehman and Air Commodor ( R ) Muhammad Salim. Earlier Dr. M.N Qazi Director WISH welcomed the guests and said that demise of Dr. Khalid Alavi was a great loss to the nation and to the WISH particularly. Dr Mustafeez Alavi conducted the proceedings.

Traffic Rules Awareness ensures Safety Dated: 07 January 2010 ISLAMABAD: Acquaintance of traffic rules can ensure safety and tremendously reduce the risk of accidents, while following the rules will surely reduce the danger to life in case of an accident. The officials of National Highway & Motorway Police (NH&MP) said this while addressing the students of Women’s Institute of Science & Humanities (Wish) in an awareness programme on ‘Traffic Rules & Safety Measures’ here Wednesday. Patrolling Officer Ms Ismat Bashir showed some breathtaking glimpses of various video films recorded at the highways and indicated that a very minor lapse by the drivers could result in fatal accidents, endangering the lives of the passengers travelling in a vehicle. She explained that fastening a seat belt ensures that the driver and other passengers remain securely seated in their seats during an accident, while a driver without a seat belt is likely to dash against the steering wheel or even might fly out, breaking the windscreen. “A 15-pound child may create an impact of 300 pounds if not secured by a seatbelt,” she explained. Patrolling Officer Muhammad Naeem explained the various traffic signs and appealed to the students to understand and follow the signs for their own safety

Report about Solidarity day with Gaza at WISH Islamabad, 9 January a renowned scholar Dr. Mustafeeze Alvi said that we must not loose hope even in such grave circumstances and we must prepare ourselves for Jihad in its broader sense, including the might of pen and speech using all our resources whatever they are in out own capacity. While speaking to the young Muslim Women at Women’s Institute of Science and Humanities (WISH), at an expression of solidarity with Gaza here today, he emphasized the need of knowledge about history and education to fight the propaganda and conspiracies against Islam. Students of WISH protested against the brutalities of Israeli forces. They appealed United Nations, OIC and Arab League to take notice of this state terrorism in Palestine. Function started with a poster exhibition which was organized by the faculty and students of WISH which gave a message to boycott Multinational products. By the end of the function a slideshow was shown to the audience about the present conditions of Palestinian Muslims in Gaza.

Press Release Business Recorder Islamabad Dated: 15 Sept 2009 ISLAMABAD, Women Institute of Science and Humanities (WISH) on Monday organized a fund – raising Iftar dinner which was attended by Senator Talha Mahmood as a chief guest and renowned social and political personalities. The Iftar dinner was organized to raise funds for the WISH, an institution imparting contemporary education to the women. WISH was founded in federal capital in 2003 where modern education and Islamic values go hand in hand. About 400 women have received higher education from WISH. The Institute houses a permanent faculty consisting of 28 members having PhD. NPhil and Master degrees. The annual budget of WISH is Rs. 38 million in which 20 million come as students’ fees and the remaining 18 million are collected through donations by philanthropists.

Press Release Islamabad, October 18, Dr. Nasim Ashraf Chairman National Commission for Human Development, who is also chairman PCCB has said that root cause of backwardness of the Muslim Ummah is continuous deterioration of their education system. There is need to bring revolutionary changes in our education system to bring it abreast with the latest technologies and demands of the time. He was addressing at an Ifftar Dinner hosted at Women’s Institute of Science and Humanities (WISH) Islamabad. Quoting statistics of various Muslim countries, he said that GDP of fifty seven Muslim countries was less than that one European country, France. The total number of research journals published from those fifty seven countries was less than that one of  Asian country Japan, Dr Nasim Ashraf termed this state as pathetic and emphasized the need to establish state of the art type educational institutions. Dr. Nasim Ashraf said that National Commission for Human Development aimed at providing equal opportunities of education to all, irrespective of their social or financial background and about twenty thousand literacy circles have been opened so far and more than three million women from one hundred districts have been trained in taking care of the children. Earlier Professor Tayyab Gulzar, President of the WISH welcomed the chief guest and presented a resume of the facilities being provided at WISH particularly to the students from the earthquake affected areas and other far flung areas of the country. The meeting was also addressed by Dr. Anis Ahmed, Vice Chancellor Riphah University, Dr. Inam – Ur- Rehman, the pioneer Chief Scientist of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and Kazi Zulqadar member of the Management Board of WISH

Yvonne Ridley’s visit to WISH Islamabad, 30 October, Yvonne Ridley (Maryam) has said that Islam is not only a religion but a complete code of life and women, being the mother has the most important place in a family as she is the first Maderssa for her children. Yvonne Ridley born in 1968. Stanley, County Durham, England is British journalist best know for her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam after release. While speaking to you Muslim women at Women’s Institute of Science and Humanities (SISH), here today, she emphasized the importance of education for women, as they have to prepare the coming generation to lead the world. She elaborated the incidents, events and stages through which inspired to embrace Islam, after being arrested in Afghanistan, under Taliban Government. While answering to the questions of the audience, she clearly stated that Islam is a peaceful religion and has nothing to do with terrorism and destruction; rather it preaches tolerance and justice. Miss. Nabila Tehseen presented her a shawl as a souvenir on behalf of WISH management

Press Release Dated: 6 January 2010 Acquaintance with the traffic rules can ensure safety and tremendously reduce the risk of accidents and following the rules will surely reduce the dangers to life in case of accident. It was stated by the National Highway and Motor Way police representatives while addressing the students of  (WISH) Women’s Institute of Science & Humanities) today. Patrolling Officer Ms. Ismat Bashir showed some breath taking chunks of various video films which were actually recorded at our Highway, and indicated that very miner lapse by drivers can result in fatal accidents, endangering lives of all passengers traveling in vehicle. She explained that wearing of seat belt ensure that driver and other passenger remain seated, secured to their seats during an accident while a driver without seat belt is likely to dash against the steering wheel or even may fly out, breaking the wind screen “A fifteen pound child may create an impact of 300 pounds if not secured by seat belt”, she explained. Patrolling Officer Muhammad Naeem explained various traffic signs and appealed to the students to understand  and follow the sign for their own safety. Earlier Col ( R ) Ashfaq Hussain Director Administration of WISH welcomed the representative of National Highway & Motorway  Police and thanked them for participating in the traffic rules awareness programme of WISH. The function was attended by a large number of students, city police representative and faculty members. The police representatives also distributed pamphlets about traffic signs and rules among the students.