NUTECH students secure  top positions in Imagine Cup

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ISLAMABAD:  NUTECH students Junaid Hasan and Syeda Manahil Javed of the CS department batch 2019  secured first positions in Regional and National Finals in Microsoft Imagine Cup 2023 in partnership with HEC and have now moved for World Championship. Their product Journovolt aims to introduce an automated news reporting channel which reports authentic, genuine, bias-free news while simultaneously reducing the expenses and costs that are required to run a usual news broadcasting channel.

Over the past 19 years, more than two million competitors have signed up for Microsoft’s global student technology competition to build something that matters to them, make a difference in their communities, and innovate for impact. Rector NUTECH Lt Gen (R) Moazzam Ejaz appreciated the efforts of all students and congratulated the winning team for achieving a milestone for NUTECH.

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Dealing With ADHD

Nandara Shahid

ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder which includes two types of conditions; Inattentiveness and Hyperactivity. This disorder develops in children and continues up to adulthood.

 For a common person, knowing how to diagnose ADHD, should not be the matter of concern but they shall be aware of how to behave around people suffering from such a condition. This is the reason why spreading awareness about ADHD is crucial. Pakistan is far off from western countries in managing such issues due to lack of awareness, late diagnosis, long untreated period and difficulty in approaching a proper mental health specialist.

There is also a lack of specialty in this field. Moreover, first line medications for such patients are psycho stimulant medicines which are not easily available in Pakistan. So psychiatrists have to go for second line medications for managing the behavioral issues of their patients. We as part of the society should learn to be understanding, compassionate and patient towards people with ADHD because divisions only lead to more divisions. “NOT A DISABILTY BUT A DIFFERENT ABILITY” PARENT’S REACTION: According to a psychiatrist Dr. Aasma Kiyani “parents are usually exhausted when they approach mental health specialists so they are mostly comfortable with the diagnosis of their child and are more interested in treatment prognosis”.

She further explained that it is very easy for parents to notice the symptoms of hyperactivity in their children if they see them overactive or uncontrollable around the house. However, the symptom of inattentiveness is not very frequently caught in parent’s sight and this results in a late diagnosis which may lead to academic decline, nutritional deficiencies, physical injuries, exhaustion, harm to oneself, parenting burden etc.

Thereby, parents are suggested to build conversations with their children and try to understand what their child is going through. Similarly, the Headmistress of Special Children Bahria College explained how sometimes parents even after bringing their children to such schools are not ready to accept that their children are “special” or have a disorder.

Self confidence originates from one’s family. However supportive their friends are, if a person’s family is not ready to accept their ADHD, the person would never be able to accept himself. This lack of awareness among parents would portray a wrong image to their child that they are not a part of this society and a mere burden on their parents.

Families have to ensure that they remain to be a perpetual support for their children. OTHER COMMON REACTIONS: Other people that a person with ADHD frequently might come across could be their fellow peers, classmates and teachers at school etc. It is equally important that they know how they should react around such people. Young people don’t really understand which of their actions can affect another person mentally or emotionally. Hence, they are always requested to be compassionate and patient towards people with ADHD in specific and in general toward all.

The medically able people have more social skills compared to a person suffering from this disorder so they shall be the ones to make the first step to initiate a friendship and not judge them. Secondly, the schools in Pakistan play a great role in such people’s lives. If teachers hold a student with ADHD responsible for disturbing the decorum of the classroom and punish them instead of putting themselves in their shoes and understanding their situation, it would lead to nothing but resentment. Teachers should be supportive, should make such children sit in the front row and repeatedly question if they are understanding or not.

 Moreover, if they believe that the student has attention problems and may have a specific disorder, the message must be conveyed to parents as soon as possible and with immense care and respect. We suggest that educational institutions should start awareness campaigns and steps against bullying to not only protect people with ADHD but everyone against discrimination. Furthermore, following the analysis of the situation in Pakistan regarding this issue, we would like to urge the government to set up more special schools with all sorts of facilities for such people.

 Conclusively, after conducting several surveys we found out that there is a major lack of awareness about ADHD in Pakistan than in any other country. We have taken the initiative to spread awareness among common people aiming to remove the stigma around ADHD and encourage people to seek a diagnosis for their symptoms.

Pakistan believes Xi’s Moscow visit highly significant 

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Islamabad, March 28 (): Pakistani officials and experts have termed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Russia significant and looked forward to deeper cooperation and improved bilateral ties between the two countries as well as their greater contributions to world development.

In an interview with Gwadar Pro, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed called Xi’s visit to Moscow an assertion of China’s more assertive, proactive and confident role in global affairs, following up on China’s historic, successful mediation between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which has totally rattled and shaken the West. 

Political economist and CEO Asian Institute of Eco-civilisation Research and Development Shakeel Ahmad Ramay termed the meeting very significant globally as well as bilaterally. 

He said, “on bilateral fronts it shows that two great powers can co-exist in peace, as neighbours, and can pursue the dream of sustainable development and peace, without creating any conflict.”

“On the global front, the meeting indicates that the world is no longer unipolar. The world has become multipolar, and the process has accelerated over the last few years. 

Thus, major powers need to accept and work to devise a formula for peaceful co-existence, which must respect diversity, integrity, and sovereignty and honour each and every country. Cooperation can help us achieve that,” Ramay added.

During the three-day visit to Russia, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin had sincere, friendly and fruitful talks on bilateral ties and major regional and international issues of mutual interest, and reached new, important common understandings in many fields.

The two presidents also signed and issued two joint statements, making plans and arrangements for the growth of bilateral relations and wide-ranging cooperation between the two countries.

China-led AIIB to support Pakistan

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Islamabad,  March 28 (INP): “While liquidity continues to tighten, we need to help those countries that are insolvent. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) stands ready to support the world’s most vulnerable countries, and we have increased our multilateral assistance to countries including Pakistan. 

In addition, we are considering post-earthquake support for Turkey,” said AIIB President Jin Liqun, according to a report published by China Economic Net (CEN) on Tuesday.

During the China Development Forum 2023, Jin said that the international community is confronted with multiple risks and challenges. Prolonged high inflation, tight Labour markets and spillover effects from high commodity prices are likely to keep central banks tightening monetary policy all over the world. 

“At the same time, supportive policies during the pandemic have led to higher government debt, with bond yields rising and bond prices falling globally,” said Jin.

Risks to financial stability have increased. At a time of higher debt levels, the situation may be even more troubling for some developing countries and low-income countries with high levels of debt, said Jin, adding that risks also exist in the banking sector in some advanced economies.

For those developing countries, higher uncertainty means a change in investors’ risk tolerance. Jin believes that amid such pessimism, more investment is needed, especially in infrastructure.

The development bank will continue to firmly support developing economies in building the conditions for long-term economic growth, Jin said. 

At present, we need to reform the governance system so that developing countries can get more involved and reach more consensus under the multilateral framework, Jin added.

Touching on the Chinese economy, Jin and some other participants expressed their optimism, saying that its 5% GDP growth target will be achieved in a quality manner and China will a role of stabilizer for the world economy in the face of downward pressures and uncertainties.

Moreover, the huge potential and sound development of the Chinese economy will provide broad cooperation space and development opportunities for domestic and foreign investors, Jin said.