DJ Science College
Dayaram Jethamal Sindh Government Science College, ( sd, ) commonly known as DJ Science College, is a public community college that is affiliated with the University of Karachi — it is located near Burns Road in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Premises The college has following premises: * The Main Building is divided into two main parts. One new portion has the principal's, superintendent's and clerks' offices. In this portion are the departments of Urdu and Statistics on the ground floor and the departments of Islamic Studies and Pakistan Studies on the first floor. The oldest portion of the main building has the departments of Biochemistry, Botany, English & Physics in the ground floor, department of Chemistry, Computer Science & Microbiology and some classrooms in the first floor and department of Zoology in the second floor. * A. Q. Block has only classrooms; they are specially for first year. * There is another building on Muhammad bin Qasim Road, behind the main oldest ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former capital of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion ( PPP) . Karachi paid $9billion (25% of whole country) as tax during fiscal year July 2021 to May 2022 according to FBR report. Karachi is Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse, as well as one of Pakistan's most secular and socially liberal cities. Karachi serves as a transport hub, and contains Pakistan’s two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport. Karachi is also a media center, home to news channels, film and fashi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karachi University
The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (which is now located in Jamshoro), the university is a "Sindh Government University" and designed by Mohsin Baig as its chief architect. With a total student body of 41,000 full-time students and a campus size spanning over 1200 acres, Karachi University is one of the largest universities in Pakistan with a distinguished reputation for multi-disciplinary research in science and technology, medical, and social sciences. The university has over 53 Departments and 19 research institutes operating under nine faculties. There are over 893 academics and more than 2500 supporting staff working for the university. In 2008, the university was named for the first time by ''THE-QS World University Rankings'' among the top 600 universities in the worl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aspy Engineer
Air Marshal (India), Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), DFC (15 December 1912 – 1 May 2002) was an officer in the Indian Air Force who rose through the ranks to become independent India's second Chief of the Air Staff (India), Chief of the Air Staff, succeeding Subroto Mukerjee in 1960 and preceding Arjan Singh. His flying career began in 1930 at the age of 17, when as a First officer (aeronautics), co-pilot he accompanied his friend Ram Nath Chawla, R. N. Chawla to Croydon Airport, London, from Karachi British India, by flight and were the first Indians to do so. Shortly afterwards, he won the Aga Khan III, Aga Khan contest for being the first Indian to fly the journey between England and India, solo and within a one-month time frame. Engineer subsequently joined the Royal Indian Air Force, Indian Air Force, trained at RAF Cranwell, saw action on the Military history of the North-West Frontier, North Western Frontier Provinces ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scrabble
''Scrabble'' is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns and are included in a standard dictionary or lexicon. The name ''Scrabble'' is a trademark of Mattel in most of the world, except in the United States and Canada, where it is a trademark of Hasbro, under the brands of both of its subsidiaries, Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers. The game is sold in 121 countries and is available in more than 30 languages; approximately 150 million sets have been sold worldwide, and roughly one-third of American and half of British homes have a ''Scrabble'' set. There are approximately 4,000 ''Scrabble'' clubs around the world. Game details The game is played by two to four players on a square game board imprinted with a 15×15 grid of cells (individually known as " ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moiz Ullah Baig
Moiz Ullah Baig (born April 1997 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani Scrabble player who won the World Youth Scrabble Championship 2013 and the World Junior Scrabble Championship 2018, becoming the first player ever to win both. He won the Pakistan Scrabble Championship in 2018 and is currently the number 1 player of the country. In December 2018, with a WESPA rating of 1921, he climbed up to the 71st place in the world rankings – his career highest. Moiz was conferred with a gold medal by Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust in 2014 for his achievements in Scrabble. He was mentioned alongside Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Asma Jahangir, and several others in the Newsline Magazine, on being one of the Pakistanis who have made a prominent mark internationally. He is referred to as the '''giant of scrabble in Pakistan''.'' Moiz was appointed as a coach of Pakistan Scrabble Team in 2016. Moiz currently studies at the Technische Universität Darmstadt and has attended NED University ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saurashtra University
Saurashtra University is a university in Gujarat state in India. This university was established on 23 May 1967, in Rajkot city, and the administrative headquarters are at Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of .... History Saurashtra University was created on a rigorous demand, for a separate university out of Gujarat University (Ahmedabad), from the eminent educationists and freedom fighters of the Saurashtra region. The demand was more prominent after the creation of Gujarat state on May 1, 1961. The Saurashtra University Act was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat in the year 1965(Gujarat Act No. 39 of 1965). Saurashtra University, established on 23 May 1967, having two headquarters in the initial stage i.e. Rajkot and Bhavnagar. After the incorporati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dolarrai Mankad
Dolarrai Mankad, ( hi, डोलरराय मांकद gu, ડોલરરાય માંકડ; 23 January 1902 – 29 August 1970), full name Dolarrai Rangildas Mankad, was a Gujarati critic, researcher and poet who won the 1964 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his essay ''Naivedya''. He was the first vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University. Early life and Academic life Dolarrai Mankad was born in Kutch on 23 January 1902. After completing his primary and secondary education in Saurashtra, he went to Karachi. There he joined Bharat Sarasvati Mandir as an assistant teacher for 1923–25, after which he became the principal of the same institution again for a term of 2 years. In 1927 he joined D. J. Science College as a professor for Gujarati language and Sanskrit. He held this office till the partition of India. Then he came to India and became the principal of Vithalbhai Patel University, again for a 2-year term. In coming 7 years, he held the same ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah KCSI ( ur, غلام حسین هدايت الله , sd, غلام حسين هدايت الله; January 1879 – 4 October 1948) was a colonial Indian and Pakistani politician from Sindh. He held several offices in Sindh including 1st Chief Minister (1937–1938) and being re-elected as 5th Chief Minister (1942–1947). Early life and education Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah was born in 1879 in Shikarpur, Sindh and received his education from Shikarpur High School, Sindh Madressah, Karachi, D. J. Sindh College, Karachi and Government Law College, Bombay. His son, Anwar Hussain Hidayatullah, was married with Doulat Haroon Hidayatullah, daughter of Abdullah Haroon. Career After completing his LL.B. in 1902, he started his legal practice in Hyderabad Sindh. He started his public career as Vice President of the Hyderabad Municipality. Hidayatullah was also the first Non-official President of the Hyderabad District Board. In 1921 he became a Member of t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sohail Rana
Sohail Rana (born 31 March 1938) is a Pakistani music composer for films and television. He was introduced by actor Waheed Murad in Pakistan film industry and gained popularity when singer Ahmed Rushdi sang his compositions in such films as Armaan and Doraha.#ThrowbackThursday: Music virtuoso Sohail Rana, Ahmed Rushdi The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 24 September 2014, Retrieved 27 December 2021 He is now based in .Shades of glory: Sohail Rana [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shahid Ali Khan (field Hockey)
Shahid Ali Khan (Urdu: شاہد علی خان) (born 26 December 1964) is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Pakistan, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and later became the Pakistan's goal keeping coach.Shahid Ali Khan new Pakistan coach International Hockey Federation website, Published 16 February 2009, Retrieved 22 June 2021 Eight years later, he earned the bronze medal in . At the age of 18, in 1982, he saved a penalty stroke to save Pakistan from defeat in the Final of World Cup. He was considered a top goalkeeper in field hockey, and was capped 135 times.< ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kamran Ashraf
Kamran Ashraf Urdu:کامران اشرف (born September 30, 1973) is a Banker from Pakistan, who was born in Khanewal. He is an established International Banker. Ashraf studied at Hailey College of Commerce and then did his MBA. He had keen interest in Cricket and played well throughout his youth. Kamran Ashraf started his successful career from Askari Bank. Moreover, Kamran Ashraf is currently working as Group Head Retail and Branch banking in Summit Bank of Pakistan. Father of 5, Two boys Usama Kamran and Abdul Sami and 3 daughters. Kamran Ashraf has keen interest in Social Welfare and keeps an eye on Political developments as well, He has deep love for Pakistan and its people. He has close terms with Prime Minister Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc .. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shahid Masood
Shahid Masood ( ur, ) is a Pakistani columnist and political analyst who hosts the talk show ''Live with Dr. Shahid Masood'' on GNN. He is known for his series ''End of Time'' on ARY''.'' Previously, he served as Group executive director of Geo TV and senior Executive Director of ARY Digital Network. In 2008, he was briefly appointed as the managing director and chairman of Pakistan Television Corporation and also served as the special assistant to then-Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani with the status of a minister of state in the Gillani ministry. Personal life and education Masood was born to a Pashtun-Kakazai family in Karachi. In a 2004 interview to ''Arab News'', Masood said that his father was a civil engineer in Saudi Arabia who worked there for 15 years while, his mother is a teacher. According to him, he spent his childhood in Taif and Riyadh. For seven years, he went to the Pakistan International School in Riyadh. According to Arab News, He is married ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |