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Volume 02
Issue 03
FEB 1-15

Ibrahim Hasan Murad Inaugurates

Renovated UMT LRC

The newly renovated Ibrahim Hasan Murad

Learning Resource was also accompanied
Centre (LRC) of by noted journalist and
the University of political analyst Sohail
Management and Warraich, who was
Technology was all praise for efforts to
inaugurated by member promote knowledge
BoG UMT/ILM Trust and learning among the
and Caretaker Punjab youth.
Minster for Local Murad said libraries
Government Ibrahim were key to furthering
Hasan Murad on the quest for knowledge
February 10, 2023. and education among
Senior members of the the youth and played an
UMT staff including extremely crucial role
deans and directors and in building nations. He
heads of management urged the students to
offices were present take full benefit of the
to witness the facilities made available
inauguration. in the library.

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Dialogue on Restructuring Bureaucracy
in Pakistan Organized at UMT
A seminar on “Restructuring Bureaucracy in
Pakistan” was organized by the Office of Forums
and Events (OFE) on February 9.
Vice Chancellor of Pakistan Institute of
Development Economics (PIDE) Dr Nadeem ul
Haque, former bureaucrat Fawad Hassan Fawad
and former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
Dr Ishrat Hussain were the chief guests at the
seminar.
The seminar was attended by Rector UMT Dr
Asif Raza, Acting UMT President Lt Gen Javed
Hasan (Retd), Director of School of Governance
and Society (SGS) Dr Aisha Azhar, senior
management, faculty and students.
Director SGS Dr Aisha Azhar warmly welcomed
the chief guests and the attendees at the seminar
and gave an overview of governance, rule of law
and the responsibility of civil servants.
Dr Nadeem ul Haque in his talk stated that
Pakistan lacks a proper governance system and
the need of the hour is the critical review of the
bureaucratic structure. Talking about the way
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forward, Dr Nadeem advised a critical reform of
the complete system in order to make Pakistan
a progressive nation. He highlighted that the
major foundation of transformation should be
universities and the education system.
Fawad Hassan Fawad said that there is a dire
need to streamline and transform the civil service
in Pakistan. Talking about the resolution, he
said that we need to improve the procedure
of policymaking, reform the total governance
structure and reorganize the local political parties.
Dr Ishrat Hussain expressed that it is a pleasure to
see all the progress UMT has made. Talking to the
audience, he said that we need to deploy the top
officers in service in the local government, those
who perform well and sincerely. In his closing
remarks Dr. Ishrat advised aiming at the overall
reform on all levels rather than just reforming the
bureaucracy.
A question-answer session was conducted and
souvenirs were presented to the chief guests at the
end of the session.
Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Dr
Mehmet Paçaci Visits UMT
University of Management and
Technology (UMT) organized
special talk on Pak-Türkiye
Relationship where Acting
President UMT Lt Gen Javed
Hasan (Retd) and Rector UMT
Dr Asif Raza warmly welcomed
the Turkish Ambassador to
Pakistan His Excellency Dr
Mehmet Paçaci.
Acting President Lt Gen Javed
Hasan (Retd), Rector UMT Dr
Asif Raza, DG UMT Professor
Abid Shirwani, members of
Turkish consulate, senior
management of UMT, a large
number of faculty and students
were also present.
Rector UMT Dr Asif Raza in
his welcome note expressed
that it is both a pleasure and
a privilege to welcome H.E.
Dr Mehmet Paçaci and the
consulate members at UMT.
He said that there is a strong,
special and unique relationship
between Pakistan and Türkiye
which is based on the spirit of
brotherhood, common history
and mutual goals. He said that
the faculty and students of
UMT have benefited from the
Turkish educational system and
vice versa. Dr Asif Raza also
mentioned scholarships worth 1
million for Turkish students.
Acting President UMT Lt Gen
Javed Hasan (Retd) in his
address welcomed H.E. Dr
Mehmet at UMT and said that
Pakistan is Türkiye’s home away
from home. He also shared
that Pakistan will overcome the
difficulties faced by following the
example of Türkiye.
Dr Mehmet Paçaci said the
Pak-Turkish relationship is built
on rarely existing dynamics,
unique and unparalleled bond,
deeply rooted in common
faith, linguistics and history.
He shared that for centuries
the relations between the two
countries have been nurtured
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on different occasions and have
been tested at various times
and both have always rushed
to provide support to each
other. Dr Mehmet stated that
Turkish universities are pleased
to have Pakistani students on
board because of their academic
ability. Almost 13,000 Pakistani
students are being educated and
trained in Türkiye, he added.
He shared that cooperation
between the two countries has
never failed. 190 MoUs and
agreements have been signed
between Pakistan and Türkiye
and our trade volume increased
to 1.5 million dollars in 2022. We
plan to reach a 5-million-dollar
trade volume in a short period,
he added.
OHCM Organizes Long Service Award
Ceremony to Honor Employees

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1st International Conference on
Emerging Trends in Functional Foods
Nutraceuticals held at UMT

UMT Rector Dr Asif

Raza at the 2nd PCE
International Conference
on Sustainable Chemical
Industry held at the
Expo Centre Lahore on
February 7-8.

Nigerian Professor Highlights Changing Journalism Trends

SMCS organized a
Learning Session with
Proferssor Umaru A
Pate, Vice Chancellor
Federal University,
Kashere, Nigeria on
the topic Changing
trends in Journalism
on February 15.
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ORIC Meets Editors of UMT Journals

Dr Rekhi Singh Leads Session on Happiness Science and

Our Monkey Brain
Dr Rekhi Singh conducted
a session on the Science of
Happiness and Our Monkey Brain
at UMT on February 3.
He is a pioneer in research
and teaching the Science of
Happiness with a mission to
spread Happiness. He believes that
whatever you do unhappily, you
can do it better happily. Happy
people are more successful than
the other way round. He holds the
position of CEO at R Systems and
Professor of Happiness with over
seven universities.

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Dr Hasan’s Book-Reveal Event Held at
University of Education Lahore