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BUITEMSQuality & Excellence in Education

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Our Vision

To be among the leading universities of the world - accessible to all, imparting qualityeducation and promoting cutting edge research.

Mission Statement

At BUITEMS, we are committed to providing quality education with focus on research andto equip students with the art of living as productive members of society, contributing to thesocio-economic uplift of Pakistan in general, and Balochistan in particular.

Our Goals

X To provide outstanding academic programs that further strengthen our performance,pre-eminence and efficiency.

X To provide an excellent teaching and learning environment to students to reach a levelthat matches the atmosphere prevailing at best universities in the world.

X To raise revenues from partnerships, research grants and technology transfer whilestrengthening our ability to more effectively invest and allocate resources for education.

Our Core ValuesAccountability: We are committed stewards of the human, fiscal and physical resources entrusted to us.

Diversity : We recognize that diversity leads to excellence, enhancing ourteaching, scholarship and service as well as our ability to respectand interact with people.

Integrity : We practice honesty, truth and integrity in all that we do.

Respect: We treat each other with civility, dignity and respect.

Social We contribute to intellectual, cultural, spiritual and economic well-beingof the society.responsibility:

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CONTENTS� Balochistan Consortium University

Partnership� Workshop on Reassembling/Configuring of

Transformers� 2-Day C# Programming Workshop� Tree Plantation� BUITEMS Students in Rugby Team� Coalfield Visit� How to Become a Professional Consultant� All Pakistan Intervarsity Table-Tennis

Female Championship� First IG FC Youth Rifle Shooting-2016� Welcome party� Women in Information & Communication

Technology� 2016 ICE Cube� Unearthing Entrepreneurship’s Secret

Sauce� National Management College, Delegation

visit BUITEMS� Workshop on Design Charrette� World Heritage Day� Workshop on Promoting Tolerance across

Nation� Engineering Surveying Camp� PEC Accreditation Visit of UET Peshawar� Dr. Sareer Ara Scholarship Program� Syed Fakhar Imam Visited BUITEMS� Awareness Session on “Preparation of Self-

Assessment Report”� Workshop on Windows Presentation Foundation

and Mobile Application Development� Welcome and Farewell Party� Seminar on Forest and Wildlife

Conservation in Balochistan� Honor of BUITEMS Family Member� IAP- Karachi Chapter Design Charrette� Department of Architecture Visits IAPEX

Karachi 2016� A Tribute to Shakespeare� Seminar on Cyber Security� Farewell and Welcome Party� 21st Annual Meeting of Quality

Enhancement Cells� Farewell and Welcome party� Training for Officials of Suppliers

Development Program� Faculty Professional Development Program

2016 (MT-FPDP)� 7th BUITEMS Book Fair

� Seminar on Biosafety & Quality Assurance� Visit to Science Caravan Unit� BUITEMS Cancer Society� Workshops on “Resume Writing &

Interviewing Skills� BUITEMS Olympiad 2016� BUITEMS Alumni Homecoming Event 2016� Training on Finance and Audit� 1st International Conference on

Unconventional Resources 2016� HUAWEI Campus Recruitment Drive� Balochistan Career and Job Fair� Welcome and Farewell Party� Good Governance� Mine Rescue and Safety Training� Research Jury of Thesis Year� Living Fossils of Balochistan - Unexplored

Treasure� Allocade of Department of Chemical

Engineering� All Balochistan Intervarsity Software Competition� Workshop on Case Study Teaching and

Writing� Olympiad Celebrations� Pakistan National Satellite Student Project

-1(PNSS-1)� Pride of BUITEMS� USAID Merit & Need Based Scholarship

Program� Pathways to Effective Research and

Pedagogy� Visit of Geological Survey of Pakistan� Czech Republic Ambassador Visited

BUITEMS� Defense for MS Degree� Defense for MS Degree� Meeting of Board of Studies� Launch of ACM Student Chapter at

BUITEMS� 1st Markhor Mathematics Competition� First Aid Training� Multimedia Systems and Design Workshop� SATHA Innovation Award 2016� PCATP Visited BUITEMS� 24th Meeting of the BUITEMS Finance and

Planning Committee (F&P)� 17th Meeting OF BUITEMS Academic

Council� Seminar at Department of Mathematics

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EditorialUniversities are increasingly relying on external partnerships for their staff member’s careeruplift, and academic and administrative activities. Collaborations with other universities,especially on international horizon, can be construed academically as a lucrative surplus bothfor the individual and for the university concerned.

In the fields of science and social science these collaborations are fairly common but the artsand humanities are only now starting to catch up. BUITEMS international collaborations andpartnerships enhance the quality of education that we provide to our students. Thesepartnerships offer our students meaningful and substantive international learning experiences,including exchange study programs, research, internships and experiential learning. Thesecollaborations are related to the drive in higher education towards increasing engagement withpublic audiences outside the institutions and assessing the wider impact of the learnt knowledgeundertaken.

BUITEMS professional development programs include workshops that are conducted atcampuses to help support various initiatives that promote effective teaching and research.These workshops are being conceptualized across our five faculties throughout the academiccalendar with varying degrees of success. Our own analytical experience with these activitiessuggests a number of barriers that these workshops are trying to overcome. In this sense,strengthening the outreach capacity of the University is likely to offer greater if not the optimalincentives for all stakeholders.

The raison d’être of universities is to advance the learning society. BUITEMS has alwaysencouraged developing and fostering an academic culture which must reflect the set of values,knowledge, skills and general attitudes that are the basis of civic engagement and pedagogyof inquiry and deliberation. Organizing conferences of international stature at BUITEMS is anacademic culture that includes all students and academicians. These conferences’ role thusincludes both teaching and research for the leaders and their representatives, higher educationprofessionals and students, policy-makers and higher education stakeholders from all sectors.BUITEMS conferences’ purpose is to enable our regional society members to respond moreeffectively to the challenges which they face and anticipate and strengthen their capability touphold fundamental values for the benefit of their students and society.

Registrar BUITEMS Mr. JamalMustafa represented theUniversity at the signing ofBalochistan Consortium University Partnership Memorandum of Agreement. The two-year"Building Bridges" partnership links the University of Massachusetts (UMass) at Amherst withBUITEMS, University of Balochistan and Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University Quetta.The event was presided by US Acting Consul General Mr. Chad Peterson. The partnershipwill send faculty and students from the three participating universities to the University ofMassachusetts in fall 2016 and summer 2017. The US State Department will provide financialsupport.

Dr. Noor Muhammad and Mr. Kaleemullah Baloch from the Department of ManagementSciences (DMS) are selected by UMass through an open application for the first phase.

The Directorate of Human ResourceDevelopment in collaboration withFaculty of Information & CommunicationTechnology organized a trainingworkshop on March 30-31 and April 1-6,2016 titled “Reassembling / Configuringof Transformers” under continuingprofessional development program. 173student and teachers of variousengineering departments of BUITEMSattended the workshop. ChairmanSoftware Engineering Mr. Sharukh Riyazgave demonstration on the topic and alsoan overview of Internet of Things (IOT).Mr. Ishtiaq Marwat and Mr. Owais Athar,Lecturers Electrical Engineering, were the resource persons for the workshop. Mr. Yasir Malik(Student of Electrical Engineering 7th Semester) also conducted a two-day session andguided the students to construct the transformers on their own. On April 6, 2016 certificateswere distributed among the participants by Dr. M.A.K. Malghani, in the closing ceremony.

Balochistan Consortium University PartnershipReported by: Dr. Noor Muhammad

Workshop on Reassembling/Configuring of TransformersReported by: Fakhra Ramzan

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A workshop on C#programming was organizedfor beginners by the ComputerEngineering Department inOrange Hall at Sir Syed Blockon April 1, 2016.

Mr. Zeeshan Ahmed KhanMicrosoft Student PartnerBUITEMS (MSP), student ofBS (Computer Engineering)8th semester was theresource person. The primary goal of theworkshop was to enhance the experiencein programming and learn what C#basics are and how to start using itin developing applications.

Continuing with its tradition of preserving environmentand having eco-friendly activities, BUITEMS conductedtree plantation program at Takatu campus.

Vice Chancellor, Ahmed Farooq Bazai inaugurated the Spring 2016 Tree Plantation driveby planting a sapling at VC Secretariat.

This momentous occasion was graced by Major General Aftab Ahmed Khan (GOC 41-Div),Registrar BUITEMS, Additional Registrar (Admin & Co-ord.) and Faculty members. With aview to check environment degradation and make surroundings clean and green, a majorplantation drive was initiated on February 18, 2016 aimed at planting over 10,000 plants aspart of annual drive in spring season.

2 - Day C# Programming WorkshopReported by: Waheeda Panezai

Tree PlantationReported by: Sher Muhammad Badini

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National 7th Rugby Championship wasplayed on April 2-6, 2016 at Lahoreunder the banner of Pakistan RugbyUnion. Teams from Punjab, Sindh,Balochistan, Army, Police, Islamabad,KPK, FATA, Railway and HECparticipated in the tournament. FromBUITEMS, Mr. Zohaib Shahid (BSSociology) and Mr. Muhammad Asif (BSEnglish) were selected in theBalochistan Team. Mr. Zohaib Shahid isalso short listed for the camp of PakistanNational Team.

On April 4, 2016, students of Fall-2012batch of Mining Engineering department,accompanied by Prof. Dr. Mohammad AliShah, and Engr. Wahid Ali, visitedHabibullah coalmines, located at SorRange-Degari near Spin Karez, Quetta.The main objective of the field trip was toacquire the practical knowledge to fulfill therequirements of the program of study.

The Directorate of Human ResourceDevelopment, in collaboration with theRegistrar Office organized one daytraining workshop titled “How to becomea professional consultant” on April 4, 2016 forBUITEMS Faculty, Career Counseling and IncubationStaff and Incubates of the University. Tahir Chaudhry,President & CEO of Pakistan Institute ofEntrepreneurship and Falcon Consulting, facilitatedthe workshop. In the session HEC ranking criteria forthe universities was discussed. The sessions wereinteractive and were based on discussions about the

challenges faced by Pakistanregarding security, corruption,

economy, unemployment, health and education. Various ideas aboutcorporate social responsibility, visionary leadership, industrialdevelopment, positive thinking, and political stability were presentedand discussed. The resource person emphasized the importanceof clubs and societies in academic life of a student.In the closing ceremony Vice Chancellor, Ahmed Farooq Bazaigraced the occasion and appreciated the contribution of Mr. TahirChaudhry as resource person.

BUITEMS Students in Rugby TeamReported by: Shoaib Ahmed Baloch

Coalfield VisitReported by: Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah

How to Become a Professional ConsultantReported by: Muhammad Aazan

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All Pakistan Intervarsity Female Table TennisChampionship was held on April 4-7, 2016 atHamadi Hall of Jinnah Sports Complex

Islamabad in collaboration withHigher Education CommissionIslamabad and Fatima JinnahUniversity Rawalpindi. Twenty twouniversities participated in theevent form all over Pakistan. Mr.Aman ullah Director GeneralSports was the chief guest of theopening ceremony.

From BUITEMS players Ms. TanzilKhan, Ms. Abeera Habib, Ms. RidaImtiaz and Ms. Faryal Khan alongwith team manager Ms. SaniaAshraf participated in the event.

The Frontier Corps Balochistanorganized 1st Inspector General YouthRifle Shooting on April 5-7, 2016 at Quetta. BUITEMS, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’sUniversity (SBKWU), University of Balochistan (UoB), Agriculture College, Bolan MedicalCollege (BMC), Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences and Al-Hamd University participated inthe event. Forty male and female shooters of BUITEMS participated in two categories of 0.22and Air Gun.

All Pakistan IntervarsityTable-Tennis Female ChampionshipReported by: Shoaib Ahmed Baloch

First IG FC Youth Rifle Shooting-2016Reported by: Shoaib Ahmed Baloch

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The results are given in the following tables:

The closing ceremony was held on April 7, 2016. Ms. Raheela Durrani Speaker ProvincialAssembly Balochistan was the Chief Guest and Mr. Sher Afgun Khan Inspector GeneralFrontier Corps Balochistan was the Guest of Honor at this occasion.

Air Gun-Female

S # Name Institution Position

1 Sakina SBK 1st

2 Rehana Baloch BUITEMS 2nd

3 Tehreem AgricultureCollege 3rd

0.22-Male


1 Khushal Khan UoB 1st

2 Mir Baz BUITEMS 2nd

3 Saeed Ullah BMC 3rd

0.22-Female


1 Hira Mehboob BUITEMS 1st

2 Saeeda UoB 2nd

3 Sakina SBKWU 3rd

Air Gun-Male

S # Name Institution Position1 Sanaullah Taj BMC 1st

2 Haroon BUITEMS 2nd

3 Danyal AgricultureCollege 3rd

Team Event

S # Institution Captain Position

1 BUITEMS JahangirKhan 1 st

2 Agriculture College Danyal 2nd

3 BMC Saeed Ullah 3rd

On Wednesday April 6, 2016 the students of 4th semesterMining Engineering department organized a welcomeparty for the newly admitted students of Fall-2015 batch.

The welcome party was arranged in the Expo Center, BUITEMS. The chairman MiningEngineering department Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ali, senior faculty member Prof. Dr. Abid HussainRizvi and other faculty members including Mr. Sher Bacha, Mr. Wahid Ali, Mr. M. Bilal and Mr.Muhammad Ali were present in the event.

On April 8, 2016 Ms.Annika Hinze visited

BUITEMS to participate as akeynote speaker at InternationalConference on Computing,Electronic and ElectricalEngineering 2016 (ICE Cube’ 16).Ms. Annika Hinze is a senior lecturerand head of the Databases andInformation Systems (ISDB) groupat University of Waikato. She is alsothe ambassador of ACM'sCommittee on Women in Computing(ACM-W) for New Zealand.

Faculty of Information &Communication Technology hadpleasure to arrange a talk at ICT

training hall Takatu Campus with Ms. Annika Hinze as guest speaker who spoke on issues facedby women at domestic and professional levels in achieving their goals. This session was attendedby all female faculty and students of ICT. All participants openly expressed their views whichprovided an excellent opportunity for learning. In the end there was a question answer sessionfollowed by note of thanks to the guest speaker.

Welcome partyReported by: Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah

Women in Information & Communication TechnologyReported by: Ms. Ayesha Shaukat Baloch

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Considering the higher value, scope and anticipating vision ofICT and its applicability in different contexts,the Faculty of ICT at BUITEMS Sciencesorganized a two-day conference, first in theseries, titled “2016 International Conferenceon Computing, Electronic and ElectricalEngineering (ICE Cube’16)” on April 11-12,2016 at Takatu Campus. The conferencewas organized with collaboration of theHigher Education Commission of Pakistan(HEC), the National ICT R&D Fund and theNational Testing Service, and wastechnically sponsored by the Institute ofElectrical and Electronic Engineers - IEEE.The IEEE, headquartered in New Jersey,

USA, is the world’s largestprofessional association

advancing innovationand technological excellence for the benefit of humanity.IEEE and its members inspire a global community toinnovate for a better tomorrow through its highly-citedpublications, conferences, technology standards, andprofessional and educational activities. Out of 310received manuscripts, only 59 research articles wereselected for presentation at the conference after an

intensive peer review process, yielding an acceptancerate of 19%. High profile scholars from various national

and international institutes were invited to examine themanuscripts. The event was inaugurated by the Governor of

Balochistan and Chancellor BUITEMS, Mr. Muhammad KhanAchakzai. In point of fact, the keynote speakers and participants from

various countries made the conference international in scope, andshared their wisdom in depth and breadth of their relevant domains.Thirty of the presentations conducted on the first day and 29 on thesecond day along with invited talks and feedback talks shaped the coreof the conference and provided plenteous opportunities forbrainstorming.

The presentations were organized and scheduled equally among thethree main themes of conference areas.

2016 ICE CubeReported by: Dr. Anayat Ullah

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The conference also hosted foreign and national policy makers,entrepreneurs, academicians and industry experts in the field ofcomputing, electronic and electrical engineering. The guestsdelivered expert talks in the current and upcomingchallenges in their respective fields.The introduction of the keynotes, invited speakers,session chairs and guests of honor are as below:Keynotes1. Prof. Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (Islamabad).2. Dr. Annika M. Hinze, University of Waikato, NewzealandInvited Speakers1. Prof. Dr. Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK2. Prof. Dr. Dursun Zafer Seker, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey3. Prof. Dr. Zartash Afzal Uzmi, LUMS, Lahore4. Prof. Dr. Arif Zaman, LUMS, Lahore5. Prof. Dr. Saad Ahmed Qazi, Dean Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NED

UET, Karachi6. Mr. Yusuf Hussain, CEO DM Ventures, Islamabad

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Session Chairs and Guests of Honor1. Dr. Muhammad Ali Butt, Samara State University, Russia2. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shahab Siddiqui, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi3. Mr. Parkash Lohana, Usman Institute of Technology, Karachi4. Prof. Dr. Abdul Sattar, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan5. Prof. Dr. Syed Ali Hassan, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad6. Dr. Ali Ahmed Khan, UET, Lahore7. Dr. Abdul Basit, Habib University, Karachi8. Dr. Malik Usman Gul, National Instruments, Islamabad9. Prof. Dr. Bilal Ahmed Alvi, Director Hamdard Institute of Engineering and Technology,

Islamabad10. Dr. Waheed Noor, University of Balochistan, Quetta11. Dr. Junaid Babar, University of Balochistan, Quetta12. Dr. Humaira Ashraf, SBK Women’s University, Quetta13. Dr. Anayat Ullah, BUITEMS, Quetta14. Dr. Riaz ul Amin, BUITEMS, Quetta15. Dr. Saeed Khan, BUITEMS, Quetta

ICE Cube’16 provided an opportunity to focus on the exchange of ideas on problems of thenational level such as e-governance, e-learning, energy, information and communicationsecurity, mining of public-sector data for meaningful analysis and policy making. Theconference has helped unveil a road-map and techniques to address the key issues facedby the nation in the above mentioned areas with a special focus on energy, e-governanceand information security.The closing ceremony was held on April 12, 2016. The Chief Guest of the event was ViceChancellor BUITEMS and Conference General Chair, Ahmed Farooq Bazai (SI). The eventended with closing remarks from the Conference Secretary and Chairperson Department ofElectronic Engineering, Dr. Anayat Ullah, and a note of thanks from the Conference Chairand Dean Faculty of ICT, Dr. Faisal Khan.

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BUITEMS Business Incubation andEntrepreneurship Center-BBIEC

organized a mentoring session for itsincubated companies and aspiring youngentrepreneurs on April 12, 2016. This session wasconducted by Yusuf Hussain who is CEO at DMVentures and has years of experience inOrganizational Transformation, Offshore Development,Internet Marketing and Internet Business Models. Thissession was particularly organized to help youngentrepreneurs and startups to understand and respondto latest trends in their respective business spheres,be a part of Entrepreneurial ecosystem and makesound deals that would make their businesses reachheights of success.

On April 14, 2016 adelegation of 14officers of senior

management wing of the nineteenthsenior management course from

National Management Collegeheaded by Mr. Ahmer Elahi,Directing staff officer (NationalManagement College) visitedBUITEMS.Vice Chancellor BUITEMS,

Ahmed Farooq Bazai welcomedand briefed the delegation about

BUITEMS, the delegation visitedvarious sections of BUITEMS and

met some faculty members andthe senior officers. Mr. AhmerElahi expressed his views inthe concluding meeting thatthe visit changed hisperception and opinion aboutthe province in general andcity in particular.

He appreciated the efforts ofBUITEMS family in promotingeducational and organizationalcapacity of BUITEMS.The delegates happily conveyedthat they will share theirexperience of the visit amongdifferent professional and officialcircles back home. Later, the VCBUITEMS, thanked thedelegation and presentedsouvenirs of the University.

Unearthing Entrepreneurship’s Secret SauceReported by: Yumna Iftikhar

National Management College, Delegation visit BUITEMSReported by: Muhammad Umar

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Department of Architecture in collaboration with IAP-Islamabad Chapter organized a one day workshop onApril 15, 2016 for the students of architecture underthe name Design Charrette. Students were dividedinto following groups:· Fourth Semester: Architect Azar Topic: Data

Collection and Design Analysis.

· Sixth Semester: Architect Atique Topic: Design/ Project Management.

· Eighth Semester: Architect Jahanzaib Luni Topic:Redefining Space.

· Final Semester: Architect Salman Mansoor andArchitect Ejaz Qadri Topic: Design Methodology.

The design charrette process aims to be transparent,allowing information to be shared between thedesign professionals and the students. Theinformation shared and the understanding gained bythe participants is the most important product. The confidence that was built between the studentsensures the resulting vision towards a positive change in the work of students.

“Our cultural and natural heritage is both irreplaceablesources of life and inspiration ”(UNESCO). Department of

Architecture celebrated World Heritage Day on April 18,2016. Students and faculty members celebrated the dayby remembering the cultural heritage of the many culturesof Pakistan. Students along with faculty members madedifferent models, items, cultural attire, artifice of differentareas and directions. Numbers of different models of theitems representingprovinces of thecountry were exhibited.

Event was inaugurated by Vice Chancellor BUITEMS, Mr.Ahmad Farooq Bazai. Vice Chancellor appreciated theefforts of students and faculty members and encouragedthem to promote such healthy educational and learningactivities.

World Heritage DayReported by: Ar. Tahira Shaukat

Workshop on Design CharretteReported by: Ar. Sabeen Durrani

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Together for Tolerance(TFT) in collaboration withB U I T E M S

arranged one day seminar on “Promoting Tolerance across the Nation”.The Seminar was conducted at Pink Hall, Takatu Campus on April 18,

2016. TFT is Pakistan’s largest youth movement, geographically,across 70 universities in all 5 provinces. This movement has beeninitiated to promote and build the muscles of tolerance in individuals,homes and communities. The movement is owned by TFT membersstudying in universities across Pakistan and is being led by Carnelian,Pakistan’s premier communications consulting firm.

In this workshop around 130 Students from different departmentsparticipated. Mr. Zain Baloch (Associate Consultant) and Ms. SadiaTalib(Project Coordinator) were the guest speakers for the event. The main purpose of thisseminar was to boost internship opportunities for students and offer a rich cultural exchangeto understand, accept and also appreciate people, cultures and worldwide views.

The objectives of the workshop were:

· Increasing employability comprising leadership

· Internship opportunities across Pakistan

· Facilitate intercultural experiences

· Boost Interpersonal Skills & Cultural Awareness

· Domestic travel and tourism opportunities

· Opportunities to facilitate workshops on tolerance

Tolerance team will induct interested students from BUITEMS Quetta, through variousplatforms, to the Tolerance movement in their community centers, schools, universities andorganizations. These members will also be inducted for internships and provide travelopportunities across Pakistan, giving them national exposure. Mr. Muhammad Shah Khan(Director UAFA) and Dr. Faisal (Dean FICT) expressed his gratitude and appreciated the effortsof TFT team in their closing remarks.

Workshop on Promoting Tolerance across NationReported by: Imran Khan

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The Department of Civil Engineering,BUITEMS conducted a three-weektraining course on ‘Field Survey’ for thebatches Fall-2012 and Spring-2013 fromApril 18 to May 06, 2016. The campincluded different field projects of CivilEngineering surveying such asTriangulation, Fly leveling, RoadSurveying, Contouring etc. The surveycamp was coordinated by Lecturer Engr.Shiva Nath while the faculty members of Civil Engineering and the lab staff supervised thestudents on the field survey. Students of both batches actively participated in the camp. Thetraining session ended with the plotting work and the viva voce.

Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah, Chairperson MiningEngineering department, BUITEMS, visitedMining Engineering department, UETPeshawar along with PEC Accreditation teamon April 18-19, 2016. Prof. Dr. IftikharHussain, Vice Chancellor, UET Peshawarwelcomed the PEC accreditation team. Prof.Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah briefed the purposeof PEC team visit to the Vice Chancellor, UETPeshawar.

Dr. Sareer Ara, who holds 20 years ofextensive programming experience inmanagerial and advisory capacity withUNICEF, UNHCR and International NGOsin developmental Programming andHumanitarian Assistance in South Asia,East & West Africa and Middle East regionawarded two scholarships to the meritoriousfemale students of BUITEMS. For thispurpose, applications were invited from thefresh enrolled female students of allfaculties and after strict scrutiny 20shortlisted applicants were called for interview on April 18, 2016 at Directorate of UAFA.Members of BUITEMS’ Scholarship Award Committee under the chairmanship of DirectorUAFA, Mr. Muhammad Shah Khan conducted the interviews. Ms. Farhat Naseer (BSElectronic Engineering) and Ms. Farrukh Pirzada (BS Biotechnology) secured the scholarships.

PEC Accreditation Visit of UET PeshawarReported by: Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah

Engineering Surveying CampReported by: Engr. Shiva Nath

Dr. Sareer Ara Scholarship ProgramReported by: Kinza Khan

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Former Speaker National Assembly andleading senior politician, Syed Fakhr Imamvisited BUITEMS on April 19 2016.Registrar Mr. Jamal Mustafa welcomed therespected guest who later met the ViceChancellor BUITEMS. While talking to thestudents and faculty he expressed thatyouth need to understand the constitution,national politics and the parliamentarysystem. He urged the students to enhanceleadership skills in order to have a brightfuture. The VC, Ahmed Farooq Bazaithanked the Ex-Speaker NationalAssembly for visiting BUITEMS andpresented the Memorial Shield to him.

The Directorate of Quality Enhancement and Accreditation (QE&A) conducted training workshopon “Self-Assessment Report Writing” at Training Hall, Takatu Campus for the Faculty ofInformation and Communication Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Facultyof Management Sciences and Faculty of Arts & Basic Sciences, from April 19-28, 2016.

Deputy Director, Mr. Shamroze Satakzai and Web Administrator QE&A, Mr. Atiq Jaffer werethe resource persons. The main objective was to train the Program Teams in preparation ofSelf-Assessment Reports.

Syed Fakhar Imam Visited BUITEMSReported by: Muhammad Umar

Awareness Session on “Preparation of Self-Assessment Report”Reported by: Shamroze Satakzai

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The Computer Engineering Departmentorganized a workshop on WindowsPresentation Foundation and MobileApplication Development for beginners onApril 21-23, 2016 in the Orange Hall at SirSyed Block. Microsoft Student Partner Mr.Zeeshan Ahmed Khan, and Net DeveloperMuhamad Junaid, students of 8th semesterComputer Engineering department were theresource persons. The primary goal ofworkshop was to help developers createattractive and effective user interfaces.

The Department of Mathematicsarranged a welcome

and farewell party atArfa Karim RadhawaExpo center on April21, 2016. The eventwas organized towelcome the new

admitted students ofBS (Mathematics) batch

Fall 2015 and give a warmsend off to students of BS

(Mathematics) final semester. Mr. QaisarKhan Chairperson of the Department andProf. Dr. Mohammad Nawaz were presentalong with other faculty members.

Mr. MayenKhan student

Department of Management Sciencesparticipated in “Seminar on Forest andWildlife Conservation in Balochistan”held at Quetta Club on April 21, 2016.The seminar was jointly organized byBalochistan Forest & WildlifeDepartment and Southern Command.Mr. Mayen Khan highlighted theimportance of awareness aboutendangered species by showingwildlife photographs and videos. It ispertinent to mention that BUITEMShas published a wildlife calendar forthe year 2016 based on the work ofMr. Mayen Khan.

Workshop on Windows Presentation Foundationand Mobile Application DevelopmentReported by: Waheeda Panezai

Welcome and Farewell PartyReport by: Sahar Raza

Seminar on Forest and Wildlife Conservation in BalochistanReported by: Mayen Khan

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One of our faculty members, Engr. Dr. FaisalMushtaq completed PhD in ChemicalEngineering in November, 2015 from

University Technology Malaysia with distinction. He was awarded a gold medaland best student award in Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering) for hisexcellent academic achievement in the 56th Convocation Ceremony held on April22, 2016.

Title of his doctoral thesis was “Microwave Assisted Pyrolysis and Co-pyrolysis ofCoal and Oil Palm Shell with Coconut Shell based activated carbon as MicrowaveAbsorber”.

Institute of ArchitectsPakistan-KarachiChapter held adesign charrette on April 22-24,2016 for architecture schools inPakistan. Third and fourth yearstudents from different architectureschools were formed into groups of

six and assigned a studio instructor.The studio instructor motivated the

students in an interactive studioenvironment and guided them to compile

the assigned project.

Ar. Palwasha Amanullah from Department of Architecture BUITEMS was the design instructorfor one of the groups. Her group included Tariq Noman, Mir Behram Khan Rehsani, HamzaDurrani, Naveed Ahmed, Ali Zaheer and Aqeel Khan.

I A P E X2016, aB u i l d i n ga n dM a t e r i a l sexh ib i t i on ,was organizedby Institute ofA r c h i t e c t sPakistan, KarachiChapter at Karachi Expo Centre on April22–24, 2016. Department of ArchitectureBUITEMS was invited to display work ofstudents at IAPEX 2016. Ar. Jahangeer

Khan, faculty member, along with four students, Shabbir Ahmed and Mukhitar Khan from 8thsemester, Mohammad Ali from 4th semester, and Mhujeeb Ur Rehman from 2nd semesterrepresented BUITEMS at IAPEX 2016.

Honor of BUITEMS Family MemberReported by: Manzoor Hussain

IAP- Karachi Chapter Design CharretteReported by: Ar. Palwasha Amanullah

Department of Architecture Visits IAPEX Karachi 2016Reported by: Ar. Jahangeer Khan

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“If chance willhave me king,why, chance

may crown me”, said Macbeth. The Departmentof English celebrated Shakespeare's Dayon Friday, April 22, 2016. The Department paidtribute to William Shakespeare on his deathanniversary by exhibiting one of his renownedtragedies "Macbeth" at Pink Hall.

A public awareness seminar was conducted byDepartment of Information Technology incollaboration with Department of English on April26, 2016. Title of the seminar was CyberSecurity – Threats & Precautions. Students ofBSIT, Aiman Naqvi and Hasseb Altaf presentedthe topic. Students and Faculty members fromdifferent departments attended the seminar.

The seminar was coordinated and supervisedby Mr. Mohammad Imran Lecturer,Department of Information Technology andMs. Seher Shafi Lecturer, Department ofEnglish. Presenters and participants wereawarded certificates at the end of the seminar.

The Department of Civil Engineering,arranged a party to bid farewell to batchFall-2012 and welcome batch Fall-2015 onApril 26, 2016. The event was organized bythe final year students under the supervisionof Engr. Shiva Nath and Engr.SyedJahanzaib Shah at Arfa Karim Randhawa,Expo Centre BUITEMS. The ChairpersonDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ar.Mamoon-ur-Rashid was the chief guest ofthe event and the Dean Faculty ofEngineering & Architecture Prof. Dr. Ehasnullah Kakar was the guest of honor.

Both the honorable guests expressed best wishes for the graduating students. The highlightsof the event were slide show, a recollection of pictures of outgoing students and a videorecorded by the passing out students. At the end prizes were distributed among the positionholders of all the batches of the Department of Civil Engineering.

A Tribute to ShakespeareReported by: Mehwish Sahibzada

Seminar on Cyber SecurityReport by: Mohammad Imran

Farewell and Welcome PartyReported by: Engr.Shiva Nath

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The 21st Annual meetingof Quality EnhancementCells was organized by

Higher Education Commission inIslamabad on April 28-29, 2016. Mr.Shamroze Satakzai, Deputy DirectorQuality Enhancement and Accreditation(QE&A) BUITEMS attended themeeting and shared the progress of theDirectorate. The meeting was chairedby Dr. Mohammed Rafiq Baloch,Director General Quality AssuranceAgency.A workshop on Concepts andTechniques of Bloom’s Taxonomy was

also organized at this occasion. Dr. Zahid Halim Additional Director QEC, GIK Institute wasthe resource person for this workshop.

A welcome and farewell party was organized on April28, 2016 by students of department ofComputer Engineering for students ofBS (CE) II and BS (CE) VIII,respectively. Vice ChancellorBUITEMS, Mr. Ahmed Farooq Bazaiwas the chief guest.

Students showed skills in music, danceand in various activities along witharranging lunch for the guests. Seniorstudents shared their experiences atBUITEMS and delivered speecheswhich motivated junior students. Theparty ended with the closing remarks by Dean and Vice Chancellor encouraging students toplay a constructive role for the development of the country.

A two-day training “Growing with MyBusiness Methodology, Pakistan-Suppliers Development Program”was organized by BUITEMS ExecutiveEducation Center on April 28-29, 2016 incollaboration with United NationsDevelopment Program for the officials of SuppliersDevelopment Program Quetta. The participants of thetraining were welcomed by Ms. Zarlasht Rehman Khan,Manager Training BUITEMS. The resource persons for

the training were Mr. Luis Armando Castro Tobar (Trainer Supplier Development ProgramUNDP), José Godofredo Pacheco (National Coordinator for the Supplier DevelopmentProgramm for UNDP), Hugo PICARD (International consultant Private sector & InclusiveMarket development specialist), Abdul Qayyum (Development Professional, TVET Expert)and Farrukh Nasim (IT Professional).

21st Annual Meeting of Quality Enhancement CellsReported by: Shamroze Satakzai

Farewell and Welcome partyReported by: Muhammad Aadil Siddiqui

Training for Officials of Suppliers Development ProgramReported by: Zarlasht Rehman

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Ms. Hameeda Aslam from the Departmentof English represented BUITEMS at the 27thMT-FPDP organized by Learning InnovationDivision, Higher Education Commission Islamabad from March 08, 2016 to April 29, 2016.Dr. Hamid Rafique Khattak, Dr. Aslam Adeeb, Dr. Bushra Khurram, Dr. C. J. Dubash, Dr.Shuja Ahmed and other prominent scholars enlightened the participants through modulesabout Communication Skills, Academic Writing, English Language, Time Management, CriticalThinking etc.

The group also visited Lahore, Khewra, Murree, Government College University Lahore,Bahria University Islamabad and historical sites in Islamabad and Lahore. The training notonly enhanced the teaching and managerial skills of the participants but it also provided aplatform for the scholars of all provinces to work together. The training ended with thedistribution of certificates by Chairman HEC, Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed among the participantswho urged the participants to cascade the modules they have learned.

B U I T E M Sarranged athree-day Book Fair on May 2-4, 2016 atArfa Karim Randhawa Expo Center whichwas inaugurated by the Vice ChancellorBUITEMS Ahmed Farooq Bazai. ChairmanLibrary Committee, Prof. Dr. Faisal Khanand his team coordinated with thebooksellers and faculties for the optimumbenefit of students and teachers. Stalls wereallotted through a ballot draw to the BookSellers which included M/S ProgressiveInternational, Global Link InformationServices, New College Publication, Royal

Book Company, Iqra Book Agency, Saeed Book Bank, Oxford University Press, ParamountPublishing. Representatives of the print and electronic media also visited the Book Fair.

Faculty Professional DevelopmentProgram 2016 (MT-FPDP)

Reported by: Hameeda Aslam

7th BUITEMS Book FairReported by: Kalsoom Ghaffar

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A group of eight students from 6th semester of BS (Biotechnology), BUITEMS also establisheda stall including books like Novels, History and Culture written by local writers. Total numberof books were 450 in the stall. Students generated funds and collected books through varioussources independently. The objective of setting up the stall was to promote reading habits ofstudents.

The Department of Microbiology,Faculty of Life Sciences &

Informatics organized a seminar entitled “Biosafety and Quality Assurance” on May3, 2016 in the Orange Hall. The Chief Guest of the seminar was Prof. Dr. M.A.K

Malghani. More than 200 participants including Deans, Directors,Chairpersons, faculty members, MS and PhD scholars from BUITEMS,University of Balochistan, SBK Women’s University, CASVAB, AgricultureCollege, Civil hospital, CENAR, Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences, andBMC Hospital attended the inaugural ceremony of the seminar which wassponsored by ESCO Singapore, ScienTec and Musaji Adam & Sons.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mushtaq,Chairperson Department of

Microbiology welcomed the guestsand participants and Dr. Abrar Hussain

manifested the importance and significance ofseminar. Mr. Owais Yaqoob, Sales / TechnicalManager MENA/SA region of ESCOSingapore was the guest speaker. The chiefguest Prof. Dr. M.A.K Malghani distributedshields and certificates to the guest speaker,organizers and the participants.

Seminar on Biosafety & Quality AssuranceReported by: Hira Ejaz

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Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman PakistanScience Foundation (PSF) and Mr. Fazal AbbasMaken Federal Secretary Ministry of Science andTechnology (MoST) visited Science Caravan Quettaunit at BUITEMS on May 3, 2016.

Prof. Dr. M.A.K Malghani received the guests andescorted them to the unit. The Unit In-charge andstaff welcomed the guests and briefed them aboutPSF activities and talent forming scheme andprovision of laboratory equipment to the high schoolsespecially in rural areas.

BUITEMS Cancer Society was formed on May 12,2016 at City Campus. Ms. Musarrat Karamat,Faculty Coordinator of Faculty of ManagementSciences convened the first meeting of the Society.The first donation was given by Vice ChancellorBUITEMS, Ahmed Farooq Bazai who is a foundingmember of the society as well. Currently the numberof registered members of the Society is 353 whichinclude the faculty and students.

This Cancer Society is formed with the objective ofhelping needy and poor who are fighting the deadlydisease.

Visit to Science Caravan UnitReported by: Safdar Iqbal

BUITEMS Cancer SocietyReported by: Mussarat Karamat

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On May 17, 2016 twoworkshops on “ResumeWriting & Interviewing

Skills” were conducted for fresh graduates of BUITEMS as part of Balochistan Career andJob Fair. The workshops were conducted at Green Hall New Academic Block Takatu CampusBUITEMS. More than 200 students participated in the workshops.

Objectives of the Workshop· Development of Resume writing skills

· Format of a resume and its contents

· Specific resume writings based on individual needs and circumstances

· Organize statements

· Write a job wining resume

Objectives of interview skills workshop

· How to prepare for an interview· Learn and use a specific step by step process for appearing in the interview that eliminate

mistakes· Learn the differences between types of interviews and general interview questions

· Uncover the areas in which the interviewee needs improvement and has strengths· Develop a follow-up plan after the interview

Workshops on “Resume Writing & Interviewing SkillsReported by: Imran Khan

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BUITEMS organized its 3rd Sports Olympiad on May 17,2016. The event was inaugurated by GovernorBalochistan/Chancellor BUITEMS, Mr. Muhammad KhanAchakzai. The Olympiad lamp was lighted by MMA Champion Mr.Ahmed Mujtaba.

Following colors were assigned to the faculties

BUITEMS Olympiad 2016Reported by: Shoaib Ahmed Baloch

Faculty Kit Color

Faculty of Management Sciences Orange

Faculty of Information & Communication Technology Red

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Yellow

Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics Purple

Faculty of Arts & Basic Sciences Green

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The winners of different events are as follows:

Results (Students)

S# Event 1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

1100 MeterRace-Male

Zohaib ShahidBS (SocialSciences)

Adnan AkhtarBS (Information

Technology)

Wajahat NoorBS (Mathematics)

2100 Meter

Race-FemaleAqsa

B (Architecture)Mehr un Nisa

BS (Biotechnology)Merzia

MBA (ManagementSciences)

3200 MeterRace-Male


Technology)

Zohaib ShahidBS (Social Sciences)


4 200 MeterRace-Female

MariamBS (Economics)

Maria KhalidBS (Micro-Biology)

SehrishBS (Computer Science)

5

100 x 4 RelayRace-Male

Zohaib Shahid,Ahmedullah,

Wajahat Noor,Altaf

BS (SocialSciences)

Adnan Akhtar,Arsalan, Zakir, Rohail

BS (InformationTechnology)

Farhan, Haseeb, Abdal,Monib

B (Architecture)

6100 x 4 RelayRace-Female

Batool, Faryal,Zumrud Baloch,

Kanwal TitusBS (Chemical)

Ayesha, Rida,Marium, Asiya

BS (Economics)

Bisma,Sidra, Nimra, ZalaBS

(Fine Arts)

7Long Jump-

MaleBilal KhanBS (Civil

Engineering)


Technology)

Zohaib ShahidBS (Sociology)

8Discus Throw-

MaleNabeel BugtiBS (ElectricalEngineering)

Siraj ud DinBS (ElectronicEngineering)

Saif uddinMS (English)

WaqasBS (English)

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BS (English)

9 Discus Throw-Female

MariumBS (Economics)

Daniya KhanBS (Computer

Science)

Maria KhalidBS (Biotechnology)

10 Shot Put-MaleAmelBSBA

(ManagementSciences)

WaqasBS (English)

Nabeel BugtiBS (ElectricalEngineering)

11Shot Put-Female

DaniyaBS (Computer

Science)

MariumBS (Economics) Maria Khalid

BS (Biotechnology)

12Javelin Throw-

MaleNabeel BugtiBS (ElectricalEngineering)

Sajjad HaiderBS (Textile

Engineering)&


Technology)

Mazhar ul IslamBS (SoftwareEngineering)

13Javelin Throw-

FemaleMarium

BS (Economics)Daniya JaffarBS (Computer

Science)

Sanam ZaibBS (Biotechnology)

14Marathon-Male Zohaib Shahid

BS (SocialSciences)


Sayed JahangirMBA (Management

Sciences)

15Marathon-

FemaleNimra

BS (Fine Arts)Merzia

MBA (ManagementSciences)

Zamrud BalochBS (ChemicalEngineering)

16Football-Male Ahsan Shah

BS (ElectronicEngineering)

Mohib ur RehmanBS (Petroleum & Gas

Engineering)

17Volleyball-Male Muhammad

ShoaibBS (ChemicalEngineering)

Saeed AmanBS (Petroleum & Gas

Engineering)

18Basketball-

MaleAhsan UllahBS(ElectricalEngineering)

WaqasBS (Mechanical

Engineering)

19Throw ball-

FemaleMariam

BS (Economics)Zumrud BalochBS (ChemicalEngineering)

20

Badminton-Male

Salman, Taimoor,Ehthisham

BS (ChemicalEngineering)

Shah Hussain,Atta Ullah, M.

HasnainBS (Petroleum& Gas Engg.)

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Engineering)

21

Badminton-Female

Maria, Razia,Sanam

BS(Biotechnology)

Tanzil, Rozina

BS (Microbiology)

22

Table Tennis-Male

Mohib, Farqalit,Essa

BS (Petroleum& Gas

Engineering)

Kashif, AlishanBSBA (Management

Sciences)

23 Table Tennis-Female

Tanzil, ZoyaBS

(Microbiology)

Abeera, Amara,Imtisaal


24Chess-Male Nisar Ahmed

BS (SoftwareEngineering)

Sadam BalochB (Architecture)

25Chess-Female Hira

BS (SoftwareEngineering)

Hania NargisBS (Biotechlonogy)

26Tug of War-

MaleAdeelBSBA

(ManagementSciences )

SaifullahBS (ElectronicEngineering)

27Tug of War-

FemaleFatima Bibi

BS (TelecomEngineering)

Irum AhmedBS (SoftwareEngineering)

28Scrabble-Male Nazar Hussain

BS(International

Relations)

Zain IqbalBS (Economics)

29Scrabble-Female

MansooraBS (ElectronicEngineering)

MariamBS (TelecomEngineering)

30Athletics-Male Adnan Akhtar


Zohaib ShahidBS (Social Sciences)

31Athletics-Female

MariamBS (Economics)

Daniya JaffarBS (Computer

Science)

32Rifle Shooting-

MaleYousafBSBA


Muhammad HaroonBS (ComputerEngineering)

Dilawar


33Rifle Shooting-

FemaleRehana Baloch

BSBA(Management

Sciences)

Daniya JaffarBS (Computer

Science)

Laraib Malik

BS (Economics)

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Sciences)

34 Cycling-Male

MuhammadAzeemBSBA


Haris MehmoobBS (Computer

Science)

SanaullahBS (English)

35Cricket-Male Zain Younas

BS (ElectronicsEngineering)

(Bilal Khan)BS (Civil Engineering)

36 Man of theMatch-Final

Zain YounasBS (Electronics Engineering)

37 Best Bowler Shahista KhanBS (Computer Engineering)

38 Best Batsman MehtabBS (Telecom Engineering)

39 Man of theSeries

Muhammad BilalBS (Civil Engineering)

40 Football- BestGoal Keeper

Muhammad BilalB (Architecture)

41 Top ScorerFootball

Aziz-Ur-RehmanBS (Petroleum & Gas Engineering)

Results (Admin & Faculty)

S# Event 1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

1Chess-Female Palwasha

Amanullah(FoE)

Kinza Khan(UAFA)

2 Chess-Male Irfan Ali

(FABS)

Zarak Kasi

(FoE)

3Marathon

Race-MaleIshtiaq Khan

(FICT)

Muhammad Asif(Transport)

Noor Ahmed(AdminHelper)

4Badminton-

MaleMuhammad Ali

(FoE)Adil Siddique

(FICT)

5Table Tennis-

FemaleKinza Khan(UAFA)

Attiya Shoaib

(FICT)

6 Table Tennis-Male

Adil Siddique(FICT)

Shoaib Ahmed Baloch(Directorate of Sports)

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7 Badminton-Female

Malghalara(FICT)

Waheeda Jabbar(FICT)

8 Football-Male Ramzan

(AdminTransport)

Muhammad Ajmal(Admin-United)

9 Rifle ShootingMale

Hamd ullah(Admin)

Muhammad Ayub(Medical Center)

Saeed Ahmed Magsi(FICT)

10 Rifle ShootingFemale

Malghalara(FICT)

Kinza Khan(UAFA)

Saira Ayub(FICT)

11 Tug of War-Male Asmatullah

(Admin)Hamd ullah

Admin

12 Cricket-Male Ahmed Bilal (Admin)

Faculty ofEngineering

The closing ceremony of 3rd BUITEMS Olympiad was held on May 24, 2016 at Arfa KarimRandhawa Expo Centre. Speaker Balochistan Assembly Ms. Raheela Hameed Durrani, wasthe chief guest on the occasion. She distributed the trophies among the winners and runner-ups.In the end the Chief Guest shared her views and appreciated the efforts of the BUITEMS family;she also announced cash reward for the champions.

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Alumni relations are of strategic importance toBUITEMS and we believe that our alumni are our bestadvocates. Directorate of University Advancement &Financial Assistance (UAFA) communicates withBUITEMS alumni and to keep them informed aboutvarious aspects of campus life, its progress andachievements, outreach and involvement with the worldbeyond campus using email, the Web, news media, Facebook, phone calls, share publicationsand E-Newsletters etc.

BUITEMS Alumni Relations Office organized 2nd Alumni Homecoming 2016 under the theme“Many paths one Spirit” on May 19 2016. It was a full day event attended by more than 300alumni from Pakistan & abroad. There were multiple activities throughout the day to keepthem engaged and make it another memorable experience. The Alumni, faculty membersand admin staff had lunch together. The alumni was given a visit to the different academicdepartments, labs, auditoriums, cricket ground and the sports complex to show them theprogress of University.The Vice Chancellor Ahmed Farooq Bazai was the chief guest of this mega event. Mr.Muhammad Shah Khan, Director (UAFA) welcomed the alumni and the respected guests.Manager Alumni Relations Syed Shah Muhammad and Executive Manager BBIEC Mr.NisarAhmed gave a brief introduction about the newly launched Alumni Online Portal which wasearlier inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor assured that this portal willcontinue to grow in content and functionality. The goal is to be a comprehensive source ofnews, information, fundraising and networking for alumni and industry as partners. Thosewho attended the event gave their unfiltered perspective on how BUITEMS is doing and howit can improve more. Few from the Alumni shared their views, that how BUITEMS has giventhem a pattern and path to their respective organizations across the world. In the end, theVice Chancellor shared his views about the event, and appreciated the hard work ofDirectorate of UAFA. He reiterated the role alumni are playing in society both nationally andinternationally. He encouraged them to use the influence to direct the development of thesociety positively. He thanked allfor their amazing supportextended to the alma mater. Thealumni were overwhelmed andoverjoyed by seeing their oldfriends and teachers.

Getting the positive feedbackfrom BUITEMS Alumni, TeamUAFA looks forward to more ofsuch events in near future.

BUITEMS Alumni Homecoming Event 2016Reported by: Nausheen Sabir and Yumna Iftikhar

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The Directorate of Human ResourceDevelopment in collaboration with HigherEducation Commission organized a three day

Indigenous On-Campus Training (IOT)-HEC PhaseII titled “Finance and Audit” on May 25-27, 2016.This training was offered for administrative staff ofBUITEMS, SBK and UoB.On day one, first two sessions were taken by Mr.Muhammad Azam, Sr. Auditor, Office of theAccountant General of Balochistan, Quetta whoworked on “New Accounting Model” (NAM) duringits preparation time. He discussed in detail theModel and its importance in any organization.Third session was taken by Mr. Babar Faiz,Additional Director Finance BUITEMS in which he

elaborated General Financial Rules in Government Institutions and Government Auditingunder the topic “University Financial Rules and University Audit (Applied & Physical)”. Heexplained briefly the genesis of public finance system and operation of public finance.

On the second day, first session was taken by Mr. Muhammad Ijaz Hussain, Audit Officer,Pakistan Audit & Accounts Academy, Quetta who discussed travellingallowance under the topic “Treasury Rules and Management”.The second session of the day was taken by Mr. Malik Zia-ud-DinKasi, Director Pakistan Audit & Accounts Academy, Quetta whopresented basic concepts of internal auditing under the topic “Roleof Internal Audit in the University”. He briefly discussed audit cycle,types of audit, procedure and method of internal audit.

In the third session, Mr. Zahoor-ul-Haq, Deputy Director PakistanAudit & Accounts Academy discussed the pay and pension rulesunder the topic “Treasury Rules and Management”. He gave a

detailed spectrum about the kinds of pay and paysfixation under Government rules and regulations.

Furthermore, pension calculation and its benefits were alsoexplained.

On third day, first and second sessions were taken by Mr. ImranHussain Qureshi, Treasurer SBK who presented “Budgeting in thePublic Sector Universities and Accounting Policies”.The third session presentation was given by Mr. Samiullah Musa,Director Finance

BUITEMS who presented“Preparation of Cash Flow

Statement”. It was aninteractive session and

participants learned the formation andimportance of cash flow statement in decisionmaking during any project/ assignment.Training ended with a vote of thanks and groupphotograph.

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Imtiaz Ali (Lecturer Deptartmentof Petroleum & Gas Engineering,BUITEMS presented hisTechnical research paper at “1stInternational Conference onUnconventional Resources 2016”held on May 30-31, 2016 atSerena Hotel Islamabad,Pakistan. Imtiaz Ali is aprofessional member of Society ofPetroleum Engineers (SPE). Hehas been an SPE DistinguishedLecturer and DistinguishedAuthor. He has authorednumerous technical papers andarticles around the globe.

Huawei is a leading globalinformation and communicationstechnology (ICT) solutions provider.On May 30, 2016 campus drive wasconducted at BUITEMS. TheHUAWEI team gave orientation to320 students of relevant departments(MBA, BBA, BS-Economics, BS-Computer, BS-Electronics, BS-Electrical, BS-Telecommunication,BS-Information Technology).

After orientation session, a writtentest was conducted from thestudents of the concerneddepartment among which 78students were shortlisted forinterview. Comprehensiveinterviews were conducted fromthe shortlisted candidates on May31, 2016 and June 01, 2016 and23 students were selected forgraduate trainee program atHUAWEI.The Director UniversityAdvancement and FinancialAssistance (UAFA), BUITEMSthanked HUAWEI company teammembers for considering students from Balochistan for employment.

1st International Conference on Unconventional Resources 2016Reported by: Kamran Khan

HUAWEI Campus Recruitment DriveReported by: Imran Khan

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On May 31, 2016 BUITEMS Career ServicesOffice successfully organized career and job

fair at BUITEMS with collaboration ofJapan International Cooperation Agency(JICA). The theme of the event was“Lighting the Path to a Brighter Future”.

This event aimed to address theoverwhelming and increasingunemployment issue in the region. Theproject also aimed to develop and increasethe industry-academia and inter-universities linkages to work collaborativelyfor the wellbeing of the society.

Prestigious national and internationalemployers participated in this event. Thejob fair was followed by some mandatory

workshops on “Professional Career Development, Resume Writing and Interview Skills”.

During the job and career fair employers expectation surveys were conducted to eradicatethe gap between what employers are expecting from academia and what academia is offering.

Vice Chancellor BUITEMS, Ahmed Farooq Bazai inaugurated the event. He visited all theemployer’s stalls and thanked employers for participating and offering jobs, internships andtrainee programs to the young graduates of Balochistan. Mr. Nasir Amin Khan (SecretaryNUST Trust Fund), Asif Masood JICA Coordinator, Ms. Nadia Jahan (AP NUST), BUITEMSSyndicate members also visited expo center and appreciated the efforts and initiatives ofBUITEMS & JICA. The Career & Job Fair event is an initiative taken by BUITEMS throughwhich many job seekers get part-time and full-time employment, internship and apprenticeshipopportunities. Besides this, the event helps many companies in getting adequate man powerin an effective and easy manner.

Balochistan Career and Job FairReported by: Imran Khan

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Companies Participated in JOB FAIR 2016.

S.# Company Name1. Quetta SERENA Hotels2. Governance Support Project, Balochistan Pakistan3. Pakistan Gems & Jewellery, Quetta Pakistan4. Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan5. CAMEOS Consultants, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan6. Oil & Gas Development Company Limited Pakistan7. Habibullah Costal Power Plant Company8. Bolan Mining Enterprises9. Geological Survey of Pakistan10 Al Musawir Group11. China Overseas Port Holding Company, Karachi12. Water Environment & Sanitation Society (WESS), Quetta, Pakistan13. Society for Empowering Human Resource, SEHER, Balochistan, Pakistan14. Aurat Foundation Pakistan15. KIND Welfare Organization Balochistan, Pakistan16. Balochistan Rural Support Program17. SMEDA Balochistan18. UNESCO, Pakistan19. Participatory Integrated Development Society (PIDS), Balochistan, Pakistan.20. Chamber Of Commerce & Industry Quetta21. YOUTH Balochistan22. Dubai Islamic Bank, Pakistan, Ltd23. AL Baraka Bank, Pakistan Ltd24. Bank Al Habib Limited, Pakistan25. United Bank, Pakistan Limited (UBL)26. Habib Bank Pakistan Limited (HBL)27. EMAAN, Islamic Banking / silk bank28. EFU Life Assurance Limited29. Bank Al-Falah Limited30. Meezan Bank31. Faysal Bank32. National Bank33. Jubilee Life Insurance Company Pakistan34. Muslim Commercial Bank35. Allied Bank36. State bank of Pakistan37. Bank islami limited38. Bank of Khyber39. Zong40. Warid41. Mobilink42 Telenor43. PTCL44. Black Hat Technologies45. Pak Turk School46. Fountain School System47. Dara e Arqam48. Tameer Khalq Foundation49. National Testing System50. FAW Motors51. TCS52. Fly Dubai53. Pakistan Air Force54. SANDAK55. HUAWEI56. Millennium Mall57. Balochistan Procurement Regulatory Authority58. Crescent Company59. TOYOTA Motors60. UNHCR61. Youth Forum For Kashmir

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On June 1, 2016, Department of English organizeda party in Arfa Karim Randhawa ExpoCenter, to greet their new enrolled studentsand to wish best of luck to the graduatingbatch.Function started with the recitation of theverses from the Holy Quran by Mr. Zubair.Mr. Aziz and Ms. Faryal (students) weregiven the responsibility to carry out theproceedings of the party. Mr. Zeeshanalong with his fellows presented comicalpoetry. Giving humorous, satirical andsome accurate titles to the students madethe event interesting. A speech wasdelivered by Mr. Wakeel (student), whostressed upon the revival of the humanityin this insane world.

In the end the Chairperson, Ms. HameedaAslam and other teachers wished all the students best of luck to those who joined theuniversity and bid farewell to those who were graduating.

The Directorate of Human Resource Development incollaboration with Higher Education Commission organized

a three day Training on “Good Governance” under Indigenous On-Campus Training(IOT)-HEC Phase-II on June 01-03,2016 for administrative staff ofBalochistan University of InformationTechnology, Engineering &Management Sciences (BUITEMS),Sardar Bahdur Khan (SBK) WomenUniversity and University ofBalochistan.On the first day, Ms. Sajjida Reza,Assistant Professor/DirectorCommunications, discussed aboutmanaging personal stress under thetopic “Management Skills”. Thesession started with an assessmentexercise. Furthermore, shediscussed to adopt strategy for

eliminating stressors, how to enhance level of personal resilience and utilize appropriatetemporary coping responses.In the second session, Mr. Manzoor Hussain, Additional Registrar, BUITEMS discussed“Effective Recruitment and Selection Tools”. He highlighted recruitment goals and its processand decision making. He also briefly discussed the sources of recruitment and its constraints.Third session was conducted by Mr. Muhammad Ali, Lecturer, Management Sciences,BUITEMS in which he threw light on “Product Development and Marketing”. He explainedbriefly why many new products fail in the market. Furthermore, he explained categories ofnew products, major stages in the new product development and product life cycle.

Welcome and Farewell PartyReported by: Mubashir Rahim

Good GovernanceReported by: Fakhra Ramzan

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The second day first session was conductedby Dr. Tahir Iqbal, Assistant Professor,Engineering Management, NUST, Rawalpindiwho gave a talk on the title “Human ResourceManagement”. Furthermore, he explainedwhy people make the difference, whatstrategic human resource management is ,how do organizations attract, develop andmaintain a quality workforce. He also brieflydiscussed the legal issues in human resourcemanagement. The second and third sessionswere taken by Mr. Ghulam Nabi, DirectorFinance HEC, Islamabad who presentedbudget and audit and general principles ofaudit under the topic “Good Governance Techniques and its Effective ImplementationIn the third session, Mr. Nabi explained the auditing and general principles of audit. And thethird day all three sessions were taken by Mr. Muhammad Shah. In the first session hepresented “Leadership Styles and Management Approaches”. Furthermore, he explained indetail the leadership qualities. The resource person also explained the participants to evaluatethemselves through these tools on how to become an effective leader at least once in a month.In the last session, he emphasized on developing strategic thinking and planning.Training ended with a vote of thanks and group photograph.

Occupationalinjuries canharm thereputation of a mining company, decrease productivity, andresults in huge costs. Injured workers suffer from not onlypain or discomfort, but also temporary or permanentdisabilities, or even death. Keeping in mind the importance ofthe rescue training, the students of Mining Engineering Fall-2012 batch were sent on one week Mine Rescue and Safetytraining to the Directorate of Mines and Minerals Balochistan,Quetta, The Directorate officials were highly cooperative inproviding this very important professional training. The mainobjective of the training was to prepare the students foremergency situations encountered in Mining fields i.e. inunderground or surface mining, and to get the know-how forappropriate utilization of Rescue Equipment.

The training started from June 01, 2016. The students duringthe training attended the lectures and the demonstration touse breathing apparatuses named as BG-4 and BG-174 incase of occupational mine accidents to rescue the mineworkers. The students were also trained on how to use themulti-gas detectors to check the presence of hazardousgases like CO, CO2, H2S, and CH4 during the undergroundcoal mining activities. All the students were awarded trainingcertificates by the Directorate of Mines and MineralsBalochistan, Quetta

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Department of Architecture BUITEMS organized the researchjury of its final year students on June 01-02, 2016. Panel of jurors

comprised of architectsfrom Karachi, i.e. Ar.Ravindar Kumar,Assistant Professor, atDept. of Arch. & Plan;NED University of Eng. &Tech., Karachi, Pakistan,and Ar. FerozuddinKoondar, PrivateConsultant in HousingSector Projects at Sukkurand Karachi. Moreoverrenowned architects of

Quetta namely Ar. Naseer Hijazi, Farooq Hassan, Tauseef Naeem and alumni of the departmentwere also part of jury. Some of the main projects of students included Low Energy Hosuing,Earthquake Resistant Architecture, Translating Poetryinto Architecture, Urban Habitat,College of Art and Architecture, Kindergarten School, Gaming Arena, and Art and CraftVillage. The students appeared before the jury and presented their work to the jury. Jurorsappreciated the quality of the work produced by students as well as efforts of all the facultymembers. Later, Ar. Ravindar Kumar held a discussion session with all the students ofdepartment and encouraged them to work hard so that they may elevate their department. Thejury members appreciated the infrastructure of the BUITEMS and the department.

Juniper forests of Balochistan,despite paramount ecological,economic and cultural significance,still await recognition for its attributes

by the scientific community andgeneral public. The relevant literature

repeatedly term Juniper trees as “living fossils” whichfurther add to its importance as being witness to localhistorical events of at least two millennia. Juniperforests in Balochistan are located In Quetta, Kalat andZiarat districts, however small patches can also be traced in few other areas.Owing to its importance, an Agriculture Linkage Program (ALP), PakistanAgriculture Research Council (PARC), Islamabad funded a project entitled,”DNA based Biodiversity Inventories of Juniper Forest Ecosystems in Ziarat,Quetta and Kalat districts”. The project presently is in initial phases ofexecution through Department of Biotechnology, BUITEMS, Quetta.In the stated background, one day seminar was organized by Departmentof Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Informatics with the theme of“Living Fossils of Balochistan-A neglected Treasure” on June 1, 2016 atBUITEMS. Participants from different walks of life including Governmental andnon-governmental organizations, universities and research institutes and civil society activelycontributed. Representatives of different institutions attended the seminar and appreciatedthe efforts of BUITEMS for promoting the cause for more collaborative and consolidatedefforts culminating in better biodiversity conservation.

Research JuryReported by: Sabeen Durrani

Living Fossils of Balochistan - Unexplored TreasureReported by: Imran Ali Sani, Dr. shahjahan Shabbir Ahmed Rana

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Faculty members ofDepartment of ChemicalEngineering, BUITEMS Dr.

Najam Khan Malghani (Assistant Professor) and Engr. Muhammad Amin (Assistant Professor)represented BUITEMS in 1st Internationalconference on emerging technologies for wastewater and alternative energy resources alongside2nd All Pakistan Project and Poster competitionheld on June 1-2, 2016 at University of Gujrat,Gujrat.

A project entitled Green BUITEMS - Green Quetta(Treatment and recycling of waste water forgardening: BUITEMS Case study) initiated byEngr. Muhammad Amin and Dr. Najam Khan waspresented at 2nd APPC and secured 2nd Positionamong 17 participating institutes across thecountry.

On June 01, 2016, Departmentof Computer Science, SardarBahadur Khan Women’sUniversity Quetta organized All BalochistanIntervarsity Software Competition.

Students of BUITEMS belonging to variousdepartments namely Computer Engineering,Computer Science and InformationTechnology, Biotechnology were led by Ms.Waheeda Jabbar, (Assistant Professor) andMs. Sara Ayub (Assistant Professor) fromComputer & Electrical Engineeringdepartment. A Project from ComputerEngineering Department “ KINECTOR: ACommunication App for Dumb and Deaf People”, secured Second position, and “Robustdetection of Glaucoma using CDR and hybrid features” from Department of Biotechnologysecured Third position in the Competition.

Accolade of Department of Chemical EngineeringReported by: Dr. Najam Khan, Engr. Muhammad Amin

All Balochistan Intervarsity Software CompetitionReported by: Sara Ayub

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BUITEMS Faculty ofManagement Sciences

(FMS) in collaboration with Directorate of HumanResource Development (HRD), arranged a four-dayworkshop on “Case Study Teaching and Writing” fromMay 30 2016 to June 2, 2016, at Training Hall, TakatuCampus, Quetta. The workshop aimed to train itsparticipants on case studies in order to utilize casestudies in classrooms for teaching and also able todesign quality case studies by themselves.Focal person for the training was Dr. Abdul SalamLodhi, Dean FMS who invited Dr. Ehsan Ul Haq fromLahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)to conduct this training workshop. The trainer beingan expert in this field conducted all the sessions

brilliantly, engaging the participants from the first session till the last.The workshop was attended by the teachers of the Facultyof Management Sciences and also by many teachers fromother faculties of BUITEMS.This workshop was an initiative to develop the confidenceof its participants in case writing, provide them withpractical advice and help them in effective use of

resources. The workshop also included the opportunity todraft one. In fact, the highlight of the workshop was the 2nd day

of the training in which the faculty members went for their groupf i e l d works in the market and conducted their initial case study interviews with renownedorganizations of the city.

Throughout four days, the speaker also shared his personal experiences and incidents aboutcase study writing and teaching which not only intensified the interest level of the participantsbut also helped them in clarifying their queries and confusions about case studies in general.Certificates of participation were awarded to the participants at the end of the workshop.

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Delicious aroma of Bar BQ cuisines and lively music filledthe air of City Campus, BUITEMS at its cafeteria on June 3,

2016.The festivity was to celebrate the success of Faculty of Management Sciences (FMS)at BUITEMS 3rd Sports Olympiad 2016.

The event was aninitiative by theChairperson DMS,Dr. Noor Muhammadto appreciate theparticipants inwinning “SecondPrize” at the SportsOlympiad atBUITEMS. The lunchwas attended by allfaculty membersalong with all thosestudents who tookpart in thecompetitions.The celebration was

a joy for the students who really appreciated the initiative to recognize their un-preceded hardwork during Olympiad 2016.More than 150 students were present at the lunch. The eventalso provided an opportunity for the faculty members to join and enjoy their successcollectively with the students before the commencement of the holy month of Ramadan.Overall it was a great day that will be remembered for a long time.

The meeting of theongoing PakistanNational StudentsSatellite Project was heldon June 3, 2016. Theproject is a jointcollaboration betweenBUITEMS andSUPARCO (PakistanSpace and UpperAtmosphere ResearchCommission). Themeeting was chaired byDr. Anayat Ullah (ProjectHead BUITEMS) and Mr.Muhammad Imran(Project DirectorSUPARCO). BUITEMS isdesigning multiplemodules for the saidproject. The meeting was attended by the Principal Investigators and Co-PrincipalInvestigators of multiple modules along with the MS and BS students involved in the projectfrom Electronic, Electrical, Telecom and Mechanical Engineering Departments.

Olympiad CelebrationsReported by: Hira Kanwal

Pakistan National Satellite Student Project -1(PNSS-1)Reported by: Engr. Raza Ali

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On June 4, 2016, State Bank of Pakistan along with theCompetent authorities of SBP-BSC Quettaarranged Banking Mela in collaboration withCommercial banks/Academia/chamber workingin the region on June 04, 2016 at Serena HotelQuetta that aspired to ascertain sustainablegrowth through financial inclusion andawareness of the general public and studentsabout different products and services beingoffered by the banks. Dignitaries from StateBank of Pakistan (SBP) and Provincialassembly graced the occasion. Final yearprojects were displayed at the Department ofComputer Engineering under the coordinationof faculty members Ms. Waheeda Jabbar,

Ms.Sara Ayub from Electrical Engineering department and Ms. Aisha Majeed from IT, Facultyof Information and Communication Technology BUITEMS. FICT got the first position in theNon-baking category of project display competition.

Institutional ScholarshipAward Committee (ISAC), forthe selection of remaining scholarship slotsat BUITEMS, for the USAID Merit andNeed Based Scholarship Program Phase-II was conducted on June 6, 2016, atmeeting room UAFA. ISAC membersincluding Ms. Suriya Aladin CEO TIBM; Mr.Nawaz Magsi Ex. GM PTV; Dr. ZainabIMS; BUITEMS officials including Dr.Faisal Khan, Mr. Muhammad Shah Khan,Dr. Abdul Salam Lodhi, Dr. Rehan Abbasi;Mr. Muhammad Abbas USAID-HEC; Mr.Farhat Abbas USAID-HEC; Mr. ZelekAlexander AD UAFA; and Ms. Kinza KhanManager FAO conducted the interviews.The scholarship is focused on providingopportunities for access to highereducation especially to underprivileged who, despite possessing academic merit, are unableto finance their education. The scholarship enables the academically qualified, yet financiallyneedy, Pakistani students to continue university studies.

Pride of BUITEMSReported by: Waheeda Panezai

USAID Merit & Need Based Scholarship ProgramReported by: Kinza Khan

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One Week ProfessionalDevelopment

Training Program on “Pathways to Effective Research and Pedagogy”,under the English Language Teaching Reforms (ELTR) Project HigherEducation Commission, was conducted at the University ofBalochistan, on June 6-10, 2016.The objectives were;

· To build up the capacity of the participants on the research

methodology and pedagogy to prepare them for conducting

research in different fields.

· To update participants regarding various research grant opportunities.

· To strengthen collaboration between different academic research institutes.

Ms. Mehwish Naudhani and Mr. Saeed Ullah Janwere nominated for the training from BUITEMS. Dr.Shahbaz Arif, Dr. Kamal Khan and Dr. BushraKhurram from different Universities of Pakistanserved as resource persons. The workshop, thecompetence, and mentorship provided by the ELTRproject were appreciated by the participants.

At the end, the Participants were awardedcertificates by the Vice Chancellor of the Universityof Balochistan and the workshop ended with a noteof thanks to the team of the organizers.

The students of 6th semester Fall-2013batch, Mining Engineering Department,

BUITEMS, visited the Museumof Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP), Quetta on 6th June 2016. Prof. Dr.

Mohammad Ali Shah, Chairperson of the department along with threefaculty members accompanied the students.The GSP is responsible for the study of the geology of the country indetail by undertaking the geological mapping and other geo-scientificsurveys, applied research, exploration and appraisal of minerals, energyand water resources,etc. The GSP

museum at Quettaplays an important role

in order to createawareness among students,

researchers and general public about thecountry's rich mineral wealth.The students visited all the sections of themuseum. They visited the Rock andMineral gallery, Gem Hall, Balochistaneconomic mineral gallery and Building &Decorative stone gallery.

Pathways to Effective Research and PedagogyReported by: Mehwish Naudhani

Visit of Geological Survey of PakistanReported by: Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah

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Czech Republic Ambassador toPakistan, H.E. Mr. John Furyand Mohammad Ahmed Ansari,

Honorary Consul General Pakistanvisited BUITEMS on June 06, 2016.Vice Chancellor BUITEMS AhmedFarooq Bazai welcomed thedelegation and gave comprehensiveoverview of BUITEMS.

The delegation visited differentsections of University and metteachers and senior officers. Whiletalking to the students andmanagement Mr. John Fury statedthat it was an honor for him to visit

one of the rapidly growing and emerging universities of Pakistan. The VC thanked thedelegation and presented mementos.

Czech Republic Ambassador Visited BUITEMSReported by: Muhammad Umar

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Mr. Zeeshan Khalid Lecturer Department of ManagementSciences, BUITEMS successfully defended his MS thesisbefore the panel on June 7, 2016. Members of Panel were Dr.Anjum Pervez, Registrar Sardar Bahadur Khan University (ExternalEvaluator), Dr. S.M. Khair thesis supervisor, Dr. Abdul Salaam Lodhi,Dean Faculty of Management Sciences, Dr. Noor Muhammad,Chairperson Department of Management Sciences and Dr. Abdul Raziq,Associate Professor Department of Management Sciences.The topic of his thesis was “Effect of organizational justice andorganizational citizenship behavior: A mediating role of organizationaltrust”. The main theme of the thesis is to identify the loyalty levels ofemployees working in public sector organizations of Quetta City.Thesis highlighted the importance of organizational trust as a mediatorto enhance the citizenship behavior of the employees; panel membersappreciated the efforts of the researcher.

Ms. Sadia Babar Lecturer department ofManagement Sciences, BUITEMSsuccessfully defended her MS thesis before

the panel on June 13, 2016. Members of Panel were Dr. Uzma Mukhtar(University of Balochistan) as external evaluator, Dr. S.M. Khair (AssociateProfessor, BUITEMS) as thesis supervisor, Dr. Abdul Salaam Lodhi, DeanFaculty of Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Dr. Zahid Majeed (AssociateProfessor, BUITEMS) and Dr Abdul Raziq (Associate Professor, BUITEMS).The topic of her thesis was “Impact of personality and spirituality on conflictmanagement style: evidence from Quetta, Balochistan”. The main theme of thethesis was to study the direct and mediating influence of individual’s spiritualorientation on the interaction of personality and conflict management styles.Based upon a sample from banking, educational and administrative workingenvironment, the study concluded that spiritual values have a significantinfluence over individual’s conflict management style. Study enables managersto understand the role of individual personality differences and spiritual values

over individual’s choice of conflict management style that will help them to develop effectivestrategies. The work will provide a new direction to conflict management studies. Panelmembers appreciated the efforts of the researcher.

Defense for MS DegreeReported by: Dr. Noor Muhammad

Defense for MS DegreeReported by: Dr. Noor Muhammad

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The meeting ofBoard of Studies

of Department of Mathematics was held on June 9,2016, at Takatu Campus in FICT meeting room. Mr.Qaisar Khan, Chairperson of the departmentwelcomed the participants of the meeting. Mr. JanMohammad, Dean Faculty of Arts and Basic Scienceschaired the meeting. External members from Karachi,Islamabad, and University of Balochistan, Quetta,participated in the meeting to contribute significantly.Agenda items included the revision of the curricula forBS Mathematics and MS Mathematics. Severalrecommendations regarding course outline of BS and MS study programs were made. Themeeting ended with the note of thanks to the Chair.

ACM (Association for ComputingMachinery) the world’s largestassociation for computerscientists and engineers,welcomed yet more membersinto its fold, as its studentchapter was formally launchedrecently at BUITEMS. On June9, 2016, an inaugurationceremony was organized inFaculty of ICT in this regard. TheDean, FICT Dr. Faisal Khan wasthe Chief Guest of the event.BUITEMS ACM Student Chapteris first Student Chapter in Balochistan and one of the few student chapters in Pakistan. Thechapter plans to initiate several activities especially those related to research in the computerscience and information technology fields as well as continue organizing such seminars,workshops, and competitions in the relevant field. The office bearers of the chapter wereintroduced to the faculty and students. Dr. Mumraiz Khan Kasi (Sponsor - ACM), Dr. BakhtyarKhan Kasi (Chairperson - Computer Engineering Department) and Mr. Mohammad Imran(Lecturer – Information Technology) highlighted the importance of having a student chapterat BUITEMS and raised light for their efforts in laying founding stone of ACM at BUITEMS.The trio are also associated with ACM as Professional Members. Later on, Faculty membersalso expressed their views on ACM launch.The newly installed student office bearers with faculty advisors are as below:

Meeting of Board of StudiesReported by: Sahar Raza

Faculty members:

· Dr. Mumraiz Khan (Chapter Sponsor)

· Dr. Bakhtiar Khan (Faculty Adviser)

· Mr. Mohammad Imran (Faculty Adviser)Students:

· Abeera Habib (Chair)

· Harris Mehboob (Vice Chair)

· Daniya Jaffar (Secretary)

· Sandara Maqbool (Treasurer)

· Rozi Khan (Vice Treasurer)

· Tufail Ahmed (Webmaster)

· Waqar Haider (Social Media)

· Noor-ul-Ain & Anees-ur-Rehman(Membership chair)

· Ahmed Ullah & Mozina Afzal(Publication Chair)

· Anayatullah & Muhammad Hamayun(Local Arrangements Chair)

· Anil Amjed (Multimedia Coordinator)

Launch of ACM Student Chapter at BUITEMSReported by: Mohammad Imran and Mozina Afzal

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Department of Mathematics arranged acompetition based on generalmathematics and IQ. In this regard Mr.Irfan, Lecturer Mathematics with his teamof BS Mathematics students along withpanel of judges, Mr. Qaisar Khan,Chairperson Deptartment of Mathematics,Ms. Sahar Raza, Assistant Prof.Department of Mathematics and Dr. AbdulSamad, Deptartment of ComputerSciences came up with the idea ofconducting ‘1st Markhor MathematicsCompetition’ at BUITEMS on June 10,2016, at Arfa Karim Randhawa ExpoCenter, BUITEMS.

The competition which atthe initial stage plannedfor students at BUITEMSwill be extended in thesecond stage to includeother universities andcolleges of the provinceand will be held on inter-university/college level.Over 300 students fromBUITEMS got themselvesregistered and showedinterest in the activity. Theactivity held successfully.

A first aid training session was arranged by thedepartment of Mining Engineering, BUITEMS forthe Mining engineering students of Fall-2012batch enabling them to deal with emergencysituations. The first aid session was held for aweek starting from June 7, 2016. 32 students outof 36 qualified the test carried out at the end ofFirst Aid training. The successful students areawarded certificates by the Pakistan RedCrescent Society, Quetta.

1st Markhor Mathematics CompetitionReported by: Sahar Raza

First Aid TrainingReported by: Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah

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A workshop on Multimedia Systemsand Design was conducted underthe flagship of ACM (Association for

Computing Machinery) and MicrosoftStudent Partners, on June 14, 2016, atPink Hall, Sir Syed block TakatuCampus. The event was held under thesupervision of Ms. Ayesha Iftikhar,Professional Member ACM and Dr.Bakhtiar Kasi, Faculty Coordinator ACM,served as the chief guest of the event.A number of other faculty members werealso part of it and students not only fromFaculty of Information andC o m m u n i c a t i o nTechnology butalso from other

faculties attended this event. The workshop commenced with therecitation of Holy Quran and Naat followed by a promotional videoand later students of BS (IT)-6 presented their semester projectswhich included slow motion animation, multi-effect and otheranimated videos which they had produced during the semester.

The Spirit behind the workshop was exposure, learning andsharing the knowledge on Multimedia Systems and Design.Students gave an enthusiastic response and were eager to learnmore about it. The competencies of the students were appreciatedwith three distinguished projects followed by souvenirs andcertificates distribution among the students.

On May 4-5, 2016 Mr. Kamran Khan (BUITEMSFinal Year Student of BS Petroleumand Gas Engineering) received“South Asia Triple Helix InnovationAward” on the occasion of “SATHAAwards 2016” of 1st Invention toInnovation Summit Balochistan heldat University of Balochistan, inrecognition of his global achievementin research on Nano Particles in Oil& Gas Industry and social activitieswith Association for AcademicQualities (AFAQ) for the developmentof Youth.

Nawab Muhammad Khan Shahwani(Minister S & GAD Balochistan) andDr. Javed Iqbal (Vice ChancellorUniversity of Balochistan) presentedaward and appreciated Kamran Khanfor his achievement at the closing ceremony held at Quetta club on May 5, 2016.

Multimedia Systems and Design WorkshopReported by: Mozina Afzal and Noor-ul-Ain

SATHA Innovation Award 2016Reported by: Zeeshan Khan

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On June 22, 2016, a team of Pakistan Council ofArchitects and Town Planners (PCATP) visited BUITEMS.

Ar. Sikandar Hayat Khan Chairman PCATP, Ar. TahiraSadia Fazili Registrar PCATP and Ar. Asad Varghazaniwere members of the committee. This visit was regardingthe registration of the students Fall 2010 batch.The team initiated the visit by meeting the Vice ChancellorBUITEMS Ahmed Farooq Bazai, where they were briefedabout the progress and future plans for the department ofarchitecture.A private session between PCATP team and students ofFall-2010 Batch was held at training hall SSA block. Thesession was divided into multiple segments where they had

interactive meetings with students of different batches.

The 24th Meeting of the BUITEMSFinance & Planning Committee (F&P) washeld on June 24, 2016, under the

chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor BUITEMS.

The Chairmanwelcomed all theattendees andbriefed about theobjectives of themeeting.Accordingly, the

following agendaitems were tabled

before the house fordeliberation and

recommendations.1. Consideration of Revised Budget 2015-16.2. Consideration of Budget Estimates 2016-173. Creation of Positions (Academics)4. Creation of Position (Non-Academic)5. Allowance for Holding Administrative Position6. Creation of Positions of Laboratory Engineer (B-17) in Academic cadre

PCATP Visited BUITEMSReported by: Mamoon Ur Rasheed

24th Meeting of the BUITEMS Financeand Planning Committee

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The 17th meetingof the AcademicCouncil of

BUITEMS was held on June 28, 2016, at Takatu Campus, Quetta under thechairmanship of the Vice Chancellor Ahmed Farooq Bazai (SI). The FacultyDeans, Dean Graduate Studies Office, BUITEMS Professors, Head of thedepartments, Director Quality Enhancement & Accreditation, Controller ofExamination and other members attended the meeting. The meeting startedwith the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran by Dr. Nazeer Ahmed Durrani.The Vice Chancellor welcomed all the members.The Head of departments of Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum andGas Engineering, Architecture, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering,Telecommunication Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Social Sciences,Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Microbiology, Environmental Sciences & International

Relations presented therecommendations of the board ofstudies of their respectivedepartments before the council forconsideration and approval. Theagenda items regarding thenominations of members ofBUITEMS Affiliation Committee,BUITEMS Advanced Studies, andResearch Board, and BUITEMSBoard of Faculties were presentedby Registrar before the council. Theother agenda related toundergraduate rules was alsodeliberated upon.

The Council thoroughly discussed and approved the recommendations of the board of studieswith certain suggestions for reviewing the different issues. The council approved andnominated members on BUITEMS Affiliation Committee, Advanced Studies and ResearchBoard and Board of Faculties. The meeting concluded with vote of thanks to the Chair.

Department of Mathematicsorganized a seminar

entitled “An AlternativeMethod for Constructing Even Points Approximating SubdivisionSchemes” on June 29, 2016, at Pink Hall Takatu campus, BUITEMS.The key speaker was Dr. Abdul Ghaffar, Assistant Professor,Deptartment of Mathematics, BUITEMS. He addressed the participantsand shed light on the important dimensions of the topic.

Mathematics facultymembers including the

Chairperson Mr. Qaisr Khanattended the seminar. Professor

Dr. Muhammad Nawaz was the Chief Guest. Heextended the dimensions of the subject inquestion answers session. Prof. Dr. MohammadNawaz also shared his collectible views aboutthe lives of prominent mathematicians. It isadded that the Department is planning toorganize a seminar on a monthly basis.

17th Meeting OF BUITEMS Academic CouncilReported by: Malik Imran Kasi

Seminar at Department of MathematicsReported by: Sahar Raza

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BUITEMS contributes in defining standards and systems for the up-lift of socio-economic order

through quality education and services by:

v Providing an environment conducive to learning, teaching, academic inquiry and innovation

v Maintaining academic excellence and professionalism

v Adhering to established systems for ensuring good governance for management and transfer

of knowledge

v Benchmarking with other leading institutions of higher education for improvement

v Enhancing efficient and effective operations by encouraging participation of stakeholders

v Pursuing continuous improvement through creativity, team work and adaptation to change

For

Playing a catalytic role to achieve the national, regional and global harmony

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