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This Chitrali doctor just became the first Pakistani to be featured in “Best Ophthalmology Books of All Time”
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In a moment of national pride, Dr Zubaida Sirang, an eye surgeon from Chitral, recently became the first Pakistani doctor to have her work featured in the prestigious “Best Ophthalmology Books of All Time” list by the Book Authority.
As per details, the book – entitled “Optics Made Easy; The Last review of Clinical Optics” – has made waves in the world of ophthalmology literature. In fact, aside from the honor of being included in the aforementioned list, the Dr Zubaida’s book has also become one of the three bestsellers on Amazon.
The book itself has been described as “simple yet effective with clear, concise explanations often in bulleted lists or in the form of helpful mnemonics”, thereby making facts and concepts easier to memorize.
Dr Zubaida hails from Yarkhun, Chitral, and has completed MBBS from the Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi. She is currently completing her specialization in Surgical Ophthalmology from Ireland. After graduating from AKU, she preferred to serve in her hometown for more than two years before starting her specialization.
Book Authority is the world’s leading platform for recommendations for nonfiction books, helping its readers to improve their skills by finding the best books on different topics. The book is written for ophthalmology students as a last-minute revision tool.
 
Abacus appoints Fatima Asad Khan as chief executive officer

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9 Mar, 2021



Abacus appoints Fatima Asad Khan as chief executive officer



LAHORE – Leading technology, consulting, and outsourcing firm Abacus on Tuesday announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Fatima Asad Khan as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.


Whilst Asad Ali Khan continues as Chairman of the Board, he will no longer serve as the CEO. Also, Muhammad Aamer Chaudhary shall assume the role of Vice Chairman of the Board. Abbas Khan and Paul Batchelor shall continue as non-executive members of the Board of Directors and Alliya Haider as Corporate Secretary.

Over the last 24 years with Abacus, Fatima has been an integral member of the top leadership at Abacus and spearheaded major strategy and technology initiatives across the firm’s portfolio, most notably delivering solutions in Digital Transformation, Enterprise Innovation, Corporate Governance, Strategic Change, and Human Capital Management.

“During this time of rapid transformation, Fatima Asad Khan is clearly the best person to lead the firm. Fatima has the track record of leading with innovation and creating value for our stakeholders that we believe is critical to lead Abacus,” said Asad Ali Khan, Abacus’ Chairman of the Board. “We are on a positive growth trajectory at Abacus, and I am confident that this realignment of Abacus’ corporate governance framework shall enable us to innovate at a faster pace with improved capabilities and offerings for our clients, and we would be able to ensure sustainable growth, consistent with our vision and strategy.”
As a pioneer in the consulting, outsourcing, and technology space, he added, “The impact Abacus has made on our people’s lives and collectively on our client’s business is undeniable, and I can see a glorious future ahead as we continue to reinvent ourselves and be the transformation partner of choice for our clients and partners.”

In her statement, Fatima Asad Khan, commented, “Abacus has always been a true transformation partner for its clients, bringing revolutionizing solutions in Strategy, Technology, Human Resources, and Outsourcing. I am truly honored to have been chosen to lead the firm. This is an exciting time for all of us at Abacus. With our strategic partners like SAP, Mercer, Google Cloud, UiPath, CCL, and many more, we are looking forward to continuing to drive innovation and growth for our clients worldwide. I believe we have the best people, culture, and values, which have successfully served the company in its 34-year history. As the firm enters its next wave of expanded innovation and growth, together with our people, we will continue to accelerate our ability to deliver innovation-driven business solutions to our customers more quickly while providing the best career opportunities for our people.”

Headquartered in Lahore, Abacus is a technology, consulting, and outsourcing firm offering future-ready solutions to its clients worldwide. Since its inception in 1987, Abacus has been helping organizations transform their visions into realities through a combination of innovation-led methods and disruptive technologies.
 
Maleeka Bokhari Honoured as World Economic Forum Young Global Leader



March 10, 2021

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Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice Barrister Maleeka Bokhari has been selected as World Economic Forum Young Global Leader for 5 years.
Islamabad — Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice Barrister Maleeka Bokhari has been selected as World Economic Forum Young Global Leader for 5 years.

The Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum are a dynamic community of more than 1400 members from 120 nationalities. The main aim of leadership is to drive positive change in the world through vision, courage and influence. For 15 years young leaders have served their communities, launched groundbreaking initiatives, expanded access to resources, and shook up traditional ways of doing business.

Ms Maleeka Bokhari is a Barrister and a Member of Parliament from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (ruling party). Ms Bokhari is currently serving as Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Law and Justice in Pakistan, and responsible for the legislative business in Parliament.


She is at the forefront of the Government’s law reform agenda and part of the legal team drafting the Action Plan for the Women in the Justice system. In addition, she is currently drafting various pieces of legislation with Dr Barrister Farogh Naseem, Federal Minister for Law and Justice in Pakistan.


Maleeka Bokhari’s profession and current role:
Ms Maleeka is a Barrister with over ten years of professional legal experience in the United Kingdom and Pakistan. She obtained her LLB Hons in 2007 and was awarded the Helena Kennedy QC Scholarship award for her academic achievements. She completed the Bar Vocational Course and was called to the Bar of England and Wales as a Queen Mother Scholar thereafter.

The Queen Mother Scholarship is awarded by Middle Temple Inns of Court in the UK to twenty students each year in recognition of their outstanding academic/professional achievements. She is currently admitted as an Advocate of the High Courts in Pakistan.

She has undertaken work in all major facets of civil legal practice. Her professional legal experience includes representing multinational corporations, financial institutions, nonprofit organisations, local companies and government entities, and has provided legal advice on complex commercial contracts, joint ventures, and labour laws.

Ms Maleeka is passionate about law reform and gender equality. She moved from the UK to use her professional experience to contribute to the development of Pakistan.

Ms Bokhari is the only representative from Pakistan, chosen as a Young Global Leader in the year 2021.



 
Mubashir has a YouTube channel called ‘Village Food Secrets’ where he posts alternate cuisine foods and shows how to make them within the limited facilities. As someone who lives in a village himself, Mubashir shares the traditional and cultural side of Pakistan by showing the audience the continental recipes.

Mubashir Saddique, the culinary vlogger from Shahpur who took YouTube by storm with his recipes channel Village Food Secrets, has just hit the 1 million subscribers milestone and he couldn't be happier.

The channel is not only popular in Pakistan but also abroad with significant traffic coming in from UK, US, and Saudi Arabia.



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Pakistani Developer’s Open Source Code Contribution To NASA’s Ingenuity Travels To Mars.
 
Biden picks Pakistan-origin Big Tech critic as top federal regulator


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June 16, 2021


In this April 21 file photo, Lina Khan, nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. — AP


In this April 21 file photo, Lina Khan, nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. — AP



US President Joe Biden on Tuesday installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the industry is under intense pressure from Congress, regulators and state attorneys general.

The selection of Pakistan-origin legal scholar Lina Khan to head the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seen as signaling a tough stance towards tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple. Khan was sworn in as FTC chair just hours after the Senate confirmed her as one of five members of the commission on a 69-28 vote.

According to The New York Times, Khan was born in London to Pakistani parents who emigrated to the United States when she was 11.

Khan has been a professor at Columbia University Law School and burst onto the antitrust scene with her massive scholarly work in 2017 as a Yale law student, “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox”.

She helped lay the foundation for a new way of looking at antitrust law beyond the impact of big company market dominance on consumer prices. As counsel to a House Judiciary antitrust panel in 2019 and 2020, she played a key role in a sweeping bipartisan investigation of the market power of the tech giants.

At 32, she is believed to be the youngest chair in the history of the FTC, which polices competition and consumer protection in industry generally as well as digital privacy.

“Lina brings deep knowledge and expertise to this role and will be a fearless champion for consumers,” Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has called for tech industry breakups, said in a statement.

“Giant tech companies deserve the growing scrutiny they are facing, and consolidation is choking off competition across American industries. With Khan at the helm, we have a huge opportunity to make big, structural change by reviving antitrust enforcement and fighting monopolies that threaten our economy, our society and our democracy.”
 
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