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Vol. XV, Issue II - ISSN 2305-7947 Fall Semester 2014

Ayesha LeghariGreenwich Alumna

(Gold Medalist)

Head of Social and BehaviourChange,

Communication Department,Greenstar

Karachi-Pakistan

Scholastic Collaboration PledgedGreenwich University signs MoU with University of Sindh, Jamshoro for Collaboration in Research & Development

Imran KhanGreenwich Alumnus

Regional Manager South

Awareness Seminar on

ORGAN TRANSPLANTATIONorganized by Greenwich in collaboration with

Prof. Dr. Adeeb ul Hassan RizviAn angel in disguisefor the ailing humanity

EDITORIAL BOARD

Dear Readers,

YET AGAIN, GVision readers will find an issue filled with changes thatcapture the environment of Greenwich University at large. The past fewsemesters have been an exciting time for our magazine and with eachsemester we try to improve and build upon our previous issue. We aretrying to give you a multitude of new experiences and perspectives bypenning down the diversified activities. We have tried to encapsulate theGreenwichians’ actions and provide a window into day to day life at thecampus.

Many events have occurred throughout this semester that willundoubtedly be penned in the history books of Greenwich University.As you already know, Greenwich’s culture and success is societyoriented and multi- dimensional. This semester we are excited tocongratulate some of our Greenwich family members for their hardearned, dynamic achievements. In this issue you will find an updateon the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Greenwich Universitywith the University of Sindh, Jamshoro for collaboration in Research& Development.

We have covered the overwhelming Independence Day celebrations. Themost glorified and hyped event of this semester ELECTIONS are alsohighlighted. Keeping the tradition alive, students’ exhilaration was at itspeak. And indeed, they had a reason to do so. The implications of suchdelight and unification were vast, and there was much promise in whatthe students could and will achieve.

Finally, we want to appreciate and acknowledge the Faculty, staff andstudents in their contributions. We as a team want to ensure that ourreaders receive this information in the most exciting, aestheticallyappealing, and informative way possible. We strive to maintain the richtradition and history of GVision. We hope you enjoy this edition.

Please contact us at [email protected] for any comments orfeedback, which will be gladly taken into consideration for the nextsemester’s issue. Also, be sure to visit our online Gallery to see moreimages of the University, the Faculty and students who dwell it.

Concluding on this note, “ The one universal ever-operating law throughout has been the law ofchange. Nature never stands still and neverduplicates herself. Life is always in the process ofbecoming something else”.

Rizwana AminEditor

PatronVice Chancellor Ms Seema Mughal

EditorRizwana Amin

CoordinatorsTahira KhanAdeela SiddiqAhmed KamranRub Nawaz

Students ContributorsFarah BanoMaliha Tariq

Moona HameedRabia Nadeem Nizam

Sehar NadeemSyed Umaid Raza

Layout &Graphic DesigningShazia Anwar

PhotographyAbdul WasayBilal Javed

Muhammad FahimuddinVijay Ratan Jedia

CONTENTS

Scholastic Collaboration Pledged.............................................. 04

Patriotism at its Peak! ................................................................ 06

‘Public Awareness Seminar’ SIUT ............................................ 08

Student Development Council ‘Elections 2014’ ..........................11

Imran Khan, Greenwich Alumnus (Interview) ............................13

Seminar ‘Future of Media in Pakistan’ ........................................16

Prof. Dr. A.Q. Mughal SI ............................................................17

Greenwich’s Pride — Syed Absar Hussain ............................... 18

The Silver Jubilee – Ehtisham Ali .............................................. 19

Candle Lit vigil in Solidarity with Palestinians ............................20

IUMUN’14 attended by Greenwichians ......................................20

Ayesha Leghari, Greenwich Alumna (Interview) ........................21

Rotaract Club Acknowledging Ceremony .................................. 24

Greenwich Aficionados .............................................................. 25

Workshop ‘Creative and Innovative Teaching Methodologies’.... 27

Screening of Greenwich Television Station (GTV) .................... 29

Greenwich University Congratulates Mr Burhanuddin .............. 30

Story of Injustice — “Bano”........................................................ 31

In the Memoriam of our Beloved Maroof Nizam ........................32

Obituaries .................................................................................. 34

‘Expressing Freedom’ Joshinder Chaggar ................................ 35

A Greenwichian — Tabish Oza .................................................. 36

Ali Suria in World Youth Championship .................................... 37

Sports ........................................................................................ 38

Dean’s List ................................................................................ 39

SCHOLASTIC COLLABORATION

PLEDGEDGreenwich University signs Memorandum of

Understanding with University of Sindh, Jamshorofor collaboration in Research & Development

Prof. Dr. Abida Taherani, Vice Chancellor University of Sindh, Jamshoro (L) presenting University Shield to Ms Seema Mughal, Vice Chancellor, Greenwich University. (C)

Mr Saeed Kamal Mughal, Registrar, Greenwich University (R)was also presented with traditional sindhi ajrak

Greenwich Memento for Prof. Dr. Abida Taherani

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The Vice-Chancellor, Ms Seema Mughal inking the document

Greenwich University has signed Memorandum ofUnderstanding with University of Sindh Jamshoro onMonday, August 4, 2014 at University of Sindh,Jamshoro. The MoU signing Ceremony was held atUniversity of Sindh Jamshoro. The Greenwich Universitydelegation comprised of Ms Seema Mughal, ViceChancellor, Mr Saeed Kamal Mughal, Registrar, Prof

Dr A.Q. Mughal, Research Professor, Prof Dr SyedArshad Karim, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, ProfDr Syed Arshad Imam, Director, Office of ResearchInnovation and Commercialization (ORIC), Mr ZafarIqal Saifi, Head Department of Economics and Financeand Mr Rab Nawaz, Special Assistant to the ViceChancellor.

Prof. Dr. Abida Taherani, Vice Chancellor, Universityof Sindh, has shown keen interest in joint researchconferences, socio cultural and educational tours, andjoint research.

The Vice Chancellor and the Registrar appreciated it andshowed interest in arranging a visit of GreenwichUniversity’s students and faculty to Sindhiology Centerand also to write their research papers on it.

The Delegation also visited Area Study Centre – Far East& South East Asia, where they were welcomed by Prof.Dr. Hamadullah Kakepoto, Director, Area Study Centre.The delegation was shown the huge library and the beau-tiful architecture of the building. The delegation wasserved with the delicious traditional Sindhi Lunch.v

Rab Nawaz Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor

A visit toInstitute of Sindhology

is one of the major resources on the historyof Sindh. It was the first research institutionof its kind, and brought Sindhology to theforefront of international research. Sindhologyis referred to as knowledge about Sindh.

Being affiliated with an academic institution(Sindh University), the institute contributesto the scientific research and academicstudies in the subject of Sindhology.

Special corners are devoted for people suchas Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,Allama I.I. Kazi, Hassan Ali Affendi, PirHussamuddin Rashdi, Syed Gulam MustafaShah, Muhammad Usman Diplai, andZulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Prominent artefacts include the harmoniumon which Ahmed Ghulamali Chaglacomposed the National Anthem of Pakistan

The Vice-Chancellors during discussion

The group at the entrance The delegation on the way to the Institute

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Officials in front of a traditional mural



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There were songs, speeches, poster making, Naat andQirat practice for a whole week leading up to August 14when the entire student body, faculty and staff all donnedthe national colors of ‘green and white’ to strut the frontcourtyard full of glamour and clamor.

The entire atmosphere was charged with a mood ofpatriotism whereas on the other hand was skepticism ofthe outcome from the ‘ long march’ proceeding to thecapital city.

Greenwich University started Pakistan’s 68th Independ-ence Day Celebration program with a Qirat recitation, bythe eloquent Arabic speaking student Shahroz Reigi,whorecited a verse in classical high & low notes, atypical ini-

tiating our programs. Just as we were celebratingPakistan’s 68th anniversary, Shahroz, our scholar, wascelebrating his 21st birthday.

Then, there was a Dua, by a first semester studentMehwish Misbah after which everyone was invited to theflag hoisting ceremony by the Vice Chancellor, Ms.Seema Mughal, Director Administration and Personnel,Mr Saeed Mughal with all faculty and students. Everyonecollectively sang the national anthem and soon followedthe in chorus, the national song, ‘Hum Zinda QuomHain’.

Mr. Ahmed Kamran, constantly motivated the crowd byhis valor inspiring adjectives when he called on studentsone after the other to render patriotic songs and speeches.Samir Ansari a student, plays the key board, is a yank forthe crowd and kept the audience entertained. AbsaarHussain, a masters student, under the name Mir ZohairAli, launched his first national song album on August 14thas well. He sang and entertained the crowd with a voicewhich was nurtured and matured at Greenwich over theyears.

Sitting below the raised platform in front of the stage wasa group of children from Sirat ul Jannah, a home caringfor children, who are a part and parcel of all our agespecific programs. There was fun and frolic for them inthe back yard as all kinds of swings, goodies, candy floss,

Greenwich UniversityCelebrates Pakistan’s 68th Independence Day Students singing National song

Ms Seema Mughal, Mr Saeed Mughal and NaveedMughal hoisting the flag on the Independence Day

Maria, Mehwish, Naureen, Shahroz, Abad and Najamuddin displaying their talent during the celebration

Patriotism atits Peak!!

games and rides was part of theindependence flavor for them. Thisensued by the effort of Ms. HusnaAlam, our faculty who motivatesstudents to volunteer for communityservice time and time again. Thegenerous distribution of drinks andcold water kept everyone heat ab-sorbent and waving the national flagto and fro.

The event concluded with theattractively dressed girls and hand-somely attired boys taking photo-graphs and sharing pleasantries overthe lavishly arranged brunch with tea,coffee and drinks.

Many faculty and staff membersbrought family who always enjoysuch events at Greenwich Universityas well

Leading up to the independenceday event was the theme postercompetition ‘Youth and Pakistan’which was displayed around the

university, for public viewing. Thefirst prize went to Saira Shaikh,second to Syeda Farwa KhatoonZaidi, third Furqan Thabdawalaand fourth to Sapna Jatoi.

The speech competition in Englishwent to Abad Mehmood, firstNoreen Safdar, second and MariaSami third. In Urdu the prizes went

to Syed Najmuddin Soharwardi,first, and Umair Hassan, second.

Next we had a national song singingcompetition where Imtiaz Ali wasfirst, Larib Siddiqui was second andSuleman Farooq was third.

The day concluded with the screeningof a project based documentary inthe Greenwich KAK auditorium bystudents who had worked tirelesslyto produce a piece of talent and fineart. v

Tahira A Khan Assistant Professor

Students participated activelyin submitting their original vision for Pakistan as to whatthey wish Pakistan to be andhow would they contribute to bring progress and development in Pakistan



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Absaar, Muzzamil, Maliha, Ayesha, Nimra, Komal, Imtiaz and Naz singing National songs

Marrium, Larib, Naveedullah, Amber, Omer and Sidra showing patriotism by singing songs

Ms Seema Mughal, presenting donationto Ms Ghufran owner of Sirat ul Jannah,

with Ms Tahira and Ms HusnaMr Aqeel Ahmed & Mr AhmedKamran during the show

Students penning down their vision

Students actively participating in submitting their vision

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The seminar titled Public Awareness Seminar onTransplantation was organized by the students of MassCommunication & Media Studies Department GreenwichUniversity Karachi as their final project under thesupervision of their course in charge Ms. Tahira Tariq.This seminar was held in collaboration with Sindh Insti-tute of Urology Transplantation (SIUT) on Wednesday,24th September, 2014 at Agha Hassan Abidi Auditorium,Dewan Farooq Medical Centre SIUT Karachi.

During initial meeting with SIUT officials, it was revealedthat a short film on decease organ donation is alreadyproduced by Hum TV. A short film was required to beproduced on living organ donation so both aspects oforgan donation could be covered. It was a big challenge

and at the same time a great opportunity to display ourstudents’ work. The challenge was accepted and the firstgroup produced Pashtawa.Our second group collected donations from students ofGreenwich University who by cutting their personal andcanteen expenses donated a handsome amount to SIUT.Our third group was very lucky to get an early suitabledate before their final examination from the busy scheduleof Dr. Adeeb Rizvi for Public Awareness Seminar andscreening of films.The seminar started at its scheduled time with the recitationfrom Holy Quran by Dr. Nasir Luck of SIUT. It was wellattended by faculty members, students and general public.A very impressive welcome address and introduction ofSIUT was given by Professor Dr. Adeeb Rizvi directorSIUT. According to him four decades ago SIUT started itsjourney as an eight bed ward in Burns Unit of CivilHospital Karachi. In 1991 it was granted the status of anInstitute. In 2005 was created as a charitable trust for thebenefit of the public aiming to provide medical facilitiesand financial assistance to those who are at the end stageof renal diseases. SIUT is located in the vicinity of CivilHospital of Karachi with its hub of activities taking placeat Dewan Farooq Medical Complex. With 500 beds and

Public Awareness Seminar on

ORGAN TRANSPLANTATIONorganized by Greenwich in collaboration with SIUT

Prof. Dr. Adeeb ul Hassan Rizvi addressing the audience

Greenwichians during the Seminar

An angel in disguise for the ailing humanity

Prof. Dr. Adeeb ul Hassan Rizvi initiated as apioneer in treating kidney related diseases inPakistan and now has expanded his services byproviding free medical treatment for kidney, liverdiseases, cancer and ethical organ transplantation. Dr Rizvi and his team have rendered theirunwavering, persistent and devoted efforts to servehumanity. He is highly praiseworthy and renownedfor his benevolence and tolerance for the welfare ofthe society. Indeed, an eminent name performing aphenomenal and promising job only for the sake ofailing humanity, who does not demand any praise.



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facilities spread over 400,000 sq ft. at its Karachi hospital,SIUT is regionally one of the most well equipped centerfor renal diseases and transplantation. Professor Ejaz Ahmed of SIUT discussed theTransplantation topic. According to him each of us cansave lives or help as many as 50 people by donatingorgans and tissues from our body. He explained that thereare two types of organ donation. First is the deceasedorgan donation in which organs of a clinically deadperson are transplanted. Second is living organ donation inwhich a person donates his organs to a patient whoseorgans have failed due to some illness. In Pakistan anestimated 100,000 people die each year due to end stageorgan failure. This figure includes 25,000 patients withkidney failure, 50,000 with liver and 10,000 with heartfailure. The main reason for majority of these cases is thewant of an organ donor. While there is hope for patientswith kidney failure due to availability of living donors,the answer for patients with end stage liver, heart orpancreas failure is deceased organ donation. He describedorgan donation as a life saving medical process.Sultana Siddiqui, director of Hum TV productions,stressed the need for organ donation and urged our younggeneration to come forward to donate organs. She praisedthe efforts of students and Greenwich University forproducing short film Pashtawa.Dr. A.Q. Mughal, Research Professor of GreenwichUniversity stressed the need for organ donation andaccording to him millions of family members aresuffering and thousands of patients are living a miserable

Prof. Dr. Rizvi receiving cheque from Prof. Dr A.Q. Mughal

Ms Tahira Tariq, Ms Sultana Siddiqui and Prof. Dr A.Q. Mughal addressing the audience

It provides me immense pleasure and fills myheart with pride at the enthusiasm of thestudents and faculty of Greenwich Universityin creating awareness amongst massesby organizing a seminar in collaboration withSindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation(SIUT) and producing a short film “Pachtawa”on organ transplantation.

Strongly believing in this that “Saving a life isequal to saving the entire humanity”Greenwich University has always emphasizedand participated in Corporate Social Activities.Keeping the tradition alive, we have onceagain demonstrated our commitment anddedication in serving the noble cause ofcommunity development.

Dr. Adeeb Ul Hassan Rizvi is a man of altru-ism who gives selfless trust not only to consolebut to heal the deprived sick. His optimisticapproach, efforts, selfless leadership anddevotion towards serving the ailing humanityis highly commendable. The collective effort ofDr. Rizvi and his team, providing free publichealth care with honor and dignity is highlyacclaimed on an international level.

Here, I would like to appreciate andacknowledge the effort put in by Ms. TahiraTariq, Faculty member, Department of MassCommunication and Media Studies and all thestudents who have worked with utter devotionin putting up the show.

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life due to their organ failure. He offered GreenwichUniversity’s help to SIUT in performing social research.

Students of Greenwich University Ms. Sualeha Qureshiand Mr. Muhammad Adil Gujjar described that theiraim was to create awareness and campaign for organtransplantation through lectures and seminars in educa-tional institutions. The objective of this seminar was topropagate campaign by targeting students of Mass Mediaof different universities and use mass media to delivermessage to masses in creation of a healthy society.

“Pashtawa” meaning regret was screened which wasproduced by students of Greenwich University anddirected by Ms. Tahira Tariq. 'Zindagi' meaning 'Life' was screened produced by Hum

TV focusing on the events that led to the first "Gift of LifeDonor"; Mr. Naveed Anwer in 1998. Zindagi is the truestory of Naveed who was in comma after a road accidentand his family decided to donate his organs.

The whole team of Pashtawa with Ms. Tahira Tariq wascalled on stage by the Director, SIUT, Dr. Rizvi and theaudience gave a standing ovation to the “Pashtawa”production team. A question answer session between theattendees and panel of SIUT doctors was an importantsegment of the day.

Dr. A.Q Mughal presented Greenwich University shieldto Dr. Rizvi in acceptance of services provided by SIUT tothe mankind and a cheque donated by students ofGreenwich University for SIUT. Ms. Tahira Tariq thanked Dr. Adeeb ul Hassan Rizvi,Dr. Anwer Naqvi, Dr. Waseem Khan, Dr. Murly, Dr. G. MSheikh, Mr. Shamshad Hussain and Mr. Liaqat of SIUTfor their kind effort to make this seminar a memorableone. She offered special thanks to the Faculty membersand students of Federal Urdu University and KarachiUniversity who actively participated in seminar. The seminar ended with a token of thanks by Dr. GMSheikh of SIUT followed by tea.

Participants were seen filling gift of life forms at organdonation desks for donation of their organs after death. Aspecial feature of the day was the photo session of organdonors with Dr. Adeeb Rizvi. Our readers who wish to bea donor are requested to contact SIUT for furthur detailsv

Panel of SIUT Doctors during the question answer session:L to R Dr Anwer Naqvi, Dr Mujahid, Dr Ejaz Ahmed,

Dr Nasir Luck and Prof Dr Rizvi

Prof Dr Rizvi with the students and faculty of Mass Communication and Media Studies of Greenwich University

Mustafa Ali Qureshi, student of Mass Communication and Media Studies who recorded the entire program and

the interview of Dr Rizvi

Mr. Mian Muhammad Afzal commenting on the unwaveringand successful efforts of Dr Rizvi and his team members



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Greenwich University Student Development Councilelections were held on September 13, 2014 for thePost of President, Vice President, GeneralSecretary, Joint Secretary and the Treasurer. Theelections of the student body are held every year withthe aim to provide leadership, representation, andunity in the student body as a whole through extra-curricular activities and services for the Universityand the society. The ambience at the campus wasvibrant and electrifying where students participated

with complete enthusiasm in the electioneering.

Greenwich University is the first and only universitywhich has launched the computer based bio matrixsoftware for the elections to make the process ofvoting transparent and to avoid fabricated resultswhich leaves the students thoroughly satisfied andmaintains an atmosphere of a healthy competition.The software has been designed by GreenwichUniversity IT Department.

Student Development Council (SDC)

‘Greenwich Elections 2014’through new Polling Software developed by the University

Voting performed through bio matrixsoftware for transparent elections

Candidates expressing their future plansduring their elections campaign



Results of the electuion were announced at 7:30 p.m.by the Vice Chancellor, Ms. Seema Mughal.

Following candidates bragged the posts.

President Usman Jafferani Vice President Naveed ullahGeneral Secretary Arish BhattiJoint Secretary Laraib RajputTreasurer Saad Shafique

Greenwich University congratulates to the officebearers of the newly elected Student DevelopmentCouncil.

We wish them all the success towards their aims toprovide leadership, representation, and unity in thestudent body as a whole through extra-curricularactivities and services for the University. v



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Elections’ campaign at its peak!

The Vice Chancellor, Ms Seema Mughal announcing the results of “SDC Elections 2014”



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Mr. Imran Khan is a technology and salesexpert with nearly ten years of experience inimplementing sales and product developmentstrategies for IT companies, telecomoperators, ISP’s and data center companies. Inhis current role he is working as the RegionalHead of Business Solutions South for TelenorPakistan and looks at the entire portfolio ofservices ranging from GSM, devises , IT aswell as new and upcoming products. Imran leads a team of more than 50 individu-als in a region that spans from Quetta toDharki. Prior to this he was serving as the VPfor Corporate Sales For Cybernet , and Headof Sales for RapidCompute , both part of the il-lustrious LAKSON Group of Companies.Mr.Khan led the strategy and product devel-opment component at Cybernet and aided inthe development of policies and procedures forthe newly developed unit.He was responsible for taking the units torecord sales growth over his 4 year tenureand succeeded in positioning RapidCom

pute as the premiere leading Public CloudComputing Service in Pakistan. Prior to working for Telenor, Mr. Khan wasthe Director Sales and Marketing Centre-XSolutions, which was technology startup builtwith partnerships with leading internationalIT service providers and oversaw all com-munications and sales activities for interna-tional and local customers. While serving asthe Assistant Vice President for CubeXSWeatherly, an AT&T company, Mr. Khanmanaged and developed the marketing andsales strategies that lead to industry leadingaccount acquisitions and innovative newproduct developments. Mr. Imran Khanmanaged the communications strategiesand pricing analysis for Maersk Line, aleading shipping company. Mr. Khanreceived both his Masters of BusinessAdministration in Marketing and a Bachelorsof Science from Greenwich University inKarachi, Pakistan with distinctions and aholds multiple deans list honors.

Imran KhanGreenwich Alumnus & Regional Manager, South, telenor

“Our values serve as a guide for our everyday work”



Greenwich University (GU): Tell us about your job?

Imran Khan ( I K ): I am Telenor Pakistan’s RegionalManager - South (Sindh & Baluchistan Provinces) forCorporate & SME Sales. Telenor Pakistan (with acurrent subscriber base of 35 million within 10 yrs inPakistan) is 100% owned by the Telenor group which isamong the Largest Mobile Operators of the World with172 million subscribers. In my current role, I lead a teamof 35 dynamic individuals who penetrate deep into themarket with GSM (Voice, SMS, 2G/3G Internet etc.) andnon-GSM (Easy Paisa Mobile Wallet Accounts,Tracking Solutions etc.) products. Our Clients consists ofan assortment of Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) andLarge Corporates (e.g. K-Electric, Engro Foods, House ofHabib etc.)

(GU): What competition do you face with otherTelecommunication companies?

( I K ): With the increase of tele-density in the marketand cut throat competition, the market size is gettingshorter by the day. And to spice up the proceedings, thegeneral customer demand on the other hand is alsobecoming more price-intensive where masses areswitching operators over meagre tariff differentials. Allof this added to the fierce Govt. Regulations for Telcosand planned/unplanned closure of mobile services hascondensed the margins for Operators substantially. Sooverall, the competition in the market is basically gearedtowards fancy/crowd-pulling ATL adverts and tariffchanges.

(GU): What is 3G? And why is it hyped so much?

( I K ): 3G is a phenomenal advancement in technologywith unlimited features and endless possibilities in thefield of mobile internet. Though as a Nation we have de-layed the launch of this premium technology for a longtime, it will take another few years to actually gain valuedadvantage from its use. According to a survey, an esti-mated 3.43 billion people globally depend on mobile serv-ices as integral part of their daily lives and these servicesare actually redefining the way people communicate on adaily basis. There have been major advancements in thefield of Medicine and Technology itself with the advent of3G/4G services the world over. Data allows us to makechanges in the industry by allowing to push devices, topush broadband and penetration into mobile applications.3G opens up many revenue portals for all the Telcos al-lowing them to commoditize voice.

(GU): What skills are required in your position on aday to day basis?

( I K ): As a leader of a team of diversified human beingsof different backgrounds, castes and creeds, it is very nec-

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Besides education, it has givenme confidence. The confidencegiven by Greenwich Universityhas proven to be quite handy. It has enabled me to face challenges of the corporate sector. Thanks to our faculty because they are the only oneswho taught us how to speak in front of people without

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essary for a Manager to be inspiring, be respectful, makeit easy for others and keep promises and these verygenuinely are also the values preached and practiced byour Organization as well. Also, on a professional scale, Iam required by my job description of be a good listener,a conflict resolver and a good negotiator.

(G U ): What educational preparations would yourecommend for someone who wants to advance in thisfield?

( I K ) Well, two things! The first one is a good GPA. It is amyth that GPA does not matter in professional life, well itdoes! It would not matter when it is your third or fourth jobbecause then one's CV represents the reputation but in firsttwo jobs it matters a lot as the employer has no yardstickto measure your talent so he/she fully relies on your GPA.

And secondly, extra curriculum activities are veryimporant. I realized it when I started working, the em-ployers really prefer those who were in any sort of extra

curriculum activities. For example captains of sportsteams or heads of debate teams are considered to possessleadership qualities and are assumedly better at conflictresolution.

(G U ): Your one weakness and one strength?

( I K )I am a very softhearted person so, I tend to givepeople more time than usual to sort themselves out andsometimes people take advantage of this. This is myweakness. And my strength is that I am not a political per-son, I am a very straightforward person, I do not careabout the repercussions, and I never sugarcoat.

(G U ): Could you please tell us about your family life?

( I K ) Family life is very challenging because me and mywife work full time. We only get to see our children afterwe come home from work. We try very hard on theireducation. Our lifestyle has become a bit western, mean-ing, we work the entire week but we utilize our weekendsas we try to coverup for the days we were not fully avail-able. We take kids to parks, for breakfast and lunch, tomalls, and if we plan on staying at home then we watch acartoon together or play video games as me and my eld-est son love playing them.

(G U ): What has Greenwich University given you?

( I K )Well, besides education, it has given me confidence.The confidence given by Greenwich University hasproven to be quite handy. It has enabled me to face chal-lenges of the corporate sector. Thanks to our faculty be-cause they are the only ones who taught us how to speakin front of people without hesitation.v

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The seminar was held on September 10, 2014, atGreenwich University’s auditorium, where all studentsgathered for the eccentric point of views of the guestspeakers, on the topic “Future of Media in Pakistan”.

The seminar started off with Mina Fatima introducing thetopic to the audience and inviting Mir Shahrose for therecitation of the Holy Quran, right after which Dr AkhlasAhmed was on stage to introduce the guests and for wel-come addressing, inviting them to give their opinion oneby one.First one to speak was Mr Hafeez Khattak, who is aSenior Journalist and chief bureau of Karachiupdate.com.He had a poetic manner of speech and spoke veryoptimistically about the bright future of Pakistani Media.He compared it with the past saying “ first there used to bejust one channel (PTV) , now there are more than 50

channels running”. “Initially there was only one T.Vanchor and now there are many”. He also spoke about theNew Media which is the Internet, taking over the youthimmensely. He concluded the future of Pakistani Mediaby saying that there will be a time when channels will berunning through smartphones. And the media world willbe in everyone’s pocket.

The second guest was Mr Shahzad Khan, an anchor ofNews One, also a political analyst. He changed the at-mosphere of the room with his hilarity and humorous wayof speech. He compared Pakistani T.V channels to a 15year old child who plays with people’s emotions yet en-tertains them, who disturbs them with disasters false news

yet gives them the glee that’s needed. Just because forhim Pakistani media was a 15 year old for him hence, hedid not speak pessimistically about it but with his highspirits got the youngsters in the room interact with him,

answered their questions and motivated them to join thefield and make it better.

Mr. Javed Mehr was the last one to speak, he is the chiefpattern of Siindh Public Library and head of Sindh T.V.He spoke with a distinct Sindhi accent, which a lot ofstudents seemed so enjoy. He talked about interior Sindh,how the media has spread all over the rural areas of Sindhas well. He referred just not the electronic media but theprint media as well. His exuberance about the future ofPakistani Media revolved mainly on the bases of howthere are channels in different regional languages and notjust that but even newspapers being published in regionallanguages which could be understood by all, based ontheir location. He concluded by saying media of Pakistanis penetrating everyone and believe it or not it’s gettingfaster day by day. It was a very interactive and motivational session for themedia students of Greenwich University. Which not justenlightened them with the future of Pakistani Media buttheir own future as well. In the end, the 3 very propitious and encouraging guestswere given appreciation shields by Dr Sher Sultan and MrZafar Iqbal Saifi.Vote of Thanks was by Anum Komal,Rabia Nizam and Hadia Rais.v

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The Future of Media in Pakistan by Media Research students

Mr Hafeez Khattak, Mr Shahzad Khan, Mr Javed Mehr and Dr Akhlas Ahmed.

Audience during the Seminar

A group photo of the guests with Dr Akhlas and Dr. SultanMughal, Dean, Management Sciences


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The Greenwich family proudly Congratulates itsdistinguished Professor Dr A.Q. Mughal for the3rd highest prestigious Civil Award “Sitara-i-Imtiaz”conferred upon him by the President, Islamic Republicof Pakistan on the 68th Independence Day of Pakistan.

Dr. Abdul Quadir Mughal born on January 7, 1944, is aResearch Professor at Greenwich University. He waspreviously Pro-Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor, ofSindh Agriculture University, Tandojam. He is the firstProfessor Emeritus of the Agriculture University. Beforehis appointment as Vice Chancellor, he was serving as Ad-visor, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology(CIIT) Islamabad since 2004. He has also served as Advi-sor (P&D), Advisor (Academics), Member (WT) andChairman of the erstwhile University Grants Commissionof Pakistan; and as Executive Director of the Higher Ed-ucation Commission of Pakistan. Dr. Mughal has receiveda high quality education from the most prestigious inter-national institutions. On his meritorious work in the fieldof education & research Dr. Mughal has been awarded‘Azaz-e-Fazeelat’ by the President, Islamic Republic ofPakistan.

Dr. A. Q. Mughal graduated from University of Sindh in1966 and received M.Sc. Honors in 1970. He alsoreceived M.S.degre from the American University ofBeirut, Lebanon in 1975. In 1979, Dr. Mughal wasawarded World Bank Fellowship. Under this program heearned Ph.D. from the Cranfield Institute of Technology,UK in 1983. Dr. Mughal also won the Fulbright Research Award in 1989 for post- doctoral research at the Iowa StateUniversity, Ames, Iowa, USA.

Dr. Mughal has acquired professional experience byattending national and international conferences,

seminars, workshops andtrainings all over the world. His train-

ing on Planning and Appraisal of Agricultural Projects atPakistan Institute of Development Economics, Manage-ment for Agricultural Research Technology at the IowaState University and Crop Modeling Training at the Uni-versity of Florida, USA are notable.

Dr. Mughal possesses rich experience of 47 years (BPS 17 to 22) in the administration and teaching of highereducation, basic and adaptive research, and planning andappraisal of research & development projects. Twomodels: ‘Clinic-Hospital system for back-up service forfarm machinery’ and ‘An approach to small holdermechanization research and development in Pakistan’ arealready to his credit. His experience, as a VisitingScientist at the National Soil Tilth Laboratory USA,working on the development of a Soil Tilth Index and itsuse in examining the energy efficiency of tillage systems,is getting significance all over the world. On this research,he has been honored with US-1993 ‘Exceptional MeritPaper Award’. Dr. Mughal has also been recognized by‘Who is Who in the World’. He has produced threePhDs. in the field of Power & Machinery (AgriculturalEngineering), one in 2003, second in 2005 and third in 2014.He was elected Vice President of the Executive Council ofFederation of Universities of Islamic World in 2009.

Dr. Mughal has also worked as Dean of AgriculturalEngineering Faculty for over four years (March '86-August '89 and June'94 to Nov.'95). His managementexperience also includes working as Chief (Agriculture)for two years (1976-77) in the provincial Planning andDevelopment Department, entrusted with the task of

With enthusiasm and hard work like yours, success was certain to be achieved

Prof. Dr A.Q. Mughal‘Sitara-i-Imtiaz’

Congratulations on this wonderful achievement

Prof Dr A.Q. Mughal with his better half Ms Raina Mughal






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planning and execution of agricultural projects in Sindhprovince. He has served as Chairman and Member onvarious management bodies of the University. He has alsoserved on the Executive Council of Pakistan Society ofAgricultural Engineers and Pakistan EngineeringCouncil. Dr. Mughal fully participated in preparing the‘Education Policy 1998-2010’ and was a Member of the‘Task Force on Improvement of Higher Education inPakistan’ constituted by the Government of Pakistan in2001, which resulted in the establishment of HigherEducation Commission of Pakistan.

Dr. Mughal is a prolific writer and researcher on a widevariety of agricultural subjects particularly on Farm

Machinery Management, Soil Tilth Management, Use ofEnergy in Agriculture and Sustainable Agriculture. He isa Member on the Editorial Board of InternationalAgricultural Engineering Journal published from AITBangkok, Thailand and Co-editor of AgriculturalMechanization in Asia (AMA) Journal, published fromJapan. Dr. Mughal is Founder Member of the AsianAssociation of Agricultural Engineering (Thailand), a LifeMember of the Pakistan Engineering Council andAgricultural Foundation of Pakistan. He is also Member ofthe American Society of Agricultural Engineers, SigmaXi, a Scientific Research Society of USA, andInternational Soil Tillage Research Organization of theNetherlands. v

Greenwich University besides the standard curriculum,always encourages and supports its students to partici-pate in extra-curricular activities which help to broadentheir horizon and develop them into more roundedpersonalities, whether it is an individual or a group skilldevelopment.The students’ body of Greenwich University is adynamic and vibrant community comprising profes-sionals and future corporate leaders. They are expectedto engage in various co-curricular activities as part ofthe requirements of various courses in their program.Syed Absar Hussain, a student of MBA (Marketing)Degree Programme joined Greenwich University in2012. During his first semester he was motivated by MsTahira Khan,Assistant Professor and Event Coordina-tor, Department of Humanities, to utilize his beautifulvoice and skills of singing on a bigger level.

Under her guidance, Absar participated in the Aman KiAsha trip to India in 2012, where he performed in Dehli,Gurgaon & Aagra. During a performance at Gurgaon.Mr. Deepak Talvar, (Head, Rotary Aman Ki Asha India)gifted a harmonium. As per Absar this harmonium forhim is his life time achievement. As its first step Greenwich University has sponsored somany events for Absar to show his talent to the world, i.e.Greenwich University Silver Jubilee Celebrations(April 2012), A Tribute to Mohamamd Rafi at Green-wich University (April 2013). After this he has per-formed at various events i.e. Tribute to Kishor Kumar,Song: Mere naina sawan bahado (August 2014), Tributeto Ahmed Faraz, song: ye alam Shauq Ka, (June 2014).He has also performed with famous singer Naeem Abbas

Rufi at Movenpik Hotel (April 2014), and with AsimAzhar at A.R.Y. Music Azme Pakistan (March 2014).He has attended various TV shows i.e CNBC, live onJaag TV, Bakra Eid Especial 2013, Live on Metro OneTV – 6th September 2014 Defence Day Special trans-mission, Live on Masala TV (HUM) 5th September 2014Defence Day Special transmission, Live on Masala TV(HUM) 14th August 2014 Independence Day Special,Live @ 9 with Chef Gulzar, Live on Jaag TV (CNBC)1st August 2014 (Mohammad Rafi Special on his 34thDeath Anniversary), Live on PTV Morning Show Subh-e-Nau – 13the June 2014, Indus Television – Tributeshows - 13 August 2014He has launched various musical videos i.e : Album: “AeWatan” – Tribute to National Heroes in which he sangsongs Ae Watan (Tribute to Ustad Amanat Ali Khan),Rah-e-Haq (Tribute to Naseem Begum).We wish Absar a very bright future, and best of luckfor all his future endevours, alongwith assurance ofGreenwich University’s full support, as he is aGreenwichian, and once a Greenwichian…..... isalways a Greenwichian!

Absar Hussain presenting his second DVD to the Vice Chancellor, Ms Seema Mughal after the launching of his first National Song “Aye Watan”

Greenwich’s Pride

SYED ABSAR HUSSAINStudent of MBA (Marketing), Degree Programme

It takes twenty five years to complete and commemoratea step taken in the past. These are golden moments toremember and celebrate. The birth in which one simplybecomes an event but there are occasions where our luckbears fruit, may be marriage. There are other turns in lifeas well which take us to our bright future and brighterpresent. We do owe our regards and gratitude to ourinstitutions, teachers and God. After two and a halfmeaningful decades of progress in life, its’ now 25years!! 25 long years... I am celebrating the Golden Ju-bilee of my life, and the Silver Jubilee of my Golden life

at Greenwich… Yes!!! My Greenwich…My Greenwichwhich made me…my Greenwich which is my identity…My Greenwich, which is my family, my Greenwich…which means everything to me in my life.I remember my 1st day at Greenwich on July 24, 1989,when I came for the Interview. I was so confused. Afterthe interview by my mentor Mr Saeed Kamal Mughal, theVisionary Founder of Greenwich University, I was ap-pointed at the front desk. It was an amazing experiencefor me to be a part of the Southeastern University pro-gramme which had just started. I can’t forget the day ofour first Convocation of Greenwich University, held atBeach Luxury Hotel. We had worked hard for this eventjust as we work for a wedding in our family. The convo-cation was a huge success.... I am so glad that Allah hasshown us the day that I have witnessed the 9th Convoca-tion... May Allah bless us to see millions of such convo-cations of My Greenwich.I tied the knot on January 10, 1992, which was attendedby all the staff members from Security Guard to theDirector.

I saw everything at Greenwich…..the ups and downs ofmy life…. happiness and sorrows, but Greenwich never

left me and I never ever left Greenwich. Because Green-wich is not my office, it’s my home. As a Home is theplace where your heart resides. Home is the place whereone is whole. Home is the glow you hold in your eye.Home is safe and a place of peace. Home is where allstrivings cease. Home is protective against the others.Home is full of sisters and brothers. Home is where youfind your rest. Home is where you feel your best. Homeis a memory that follows your being. Home is a dreamfor those agreeing. Home is the place where reservesfall.Home is the place you yearn to call. Home is where

the family meets. Home is a place of restful retreats.Home is the place you know you’ll be heard. Home is theplace where nothing blurs. Home is all these wonderfulthings. Home is the place you develop wings. Home isthe place that you’ll find one day. Home is the placewhere your heart will stay…my sweet home, my Green-wich. All the Greenwichians whether Staff, Faculty, Stu-dents or Alumni, they all are family members - Very dearand very near.My relation with Greenwich is not a professional rela-tion; it’s a relation of heart and soul. It’s a relation of aflower and its fragrance, it’s a relation of a moon and itsstars, it’s a relation of a mother to her child.I am very grateful to my mentors: Ms Seema Mughal,Vice Chancellor, Mr Saeed Kamal Mughal, Director Ad-ministration & Personnel, all Staff, Faculty, Students andAlumni, for their kind support towards my long journeyat my Greenwich. I shall always be proud to be a seniormember of the Greenwich Family.

I pray to Allah, the Almighty, for the long life of myGreenwich University!! Love you Greenwich and all theGreenwichians! I wish to celebrate my golden, diamondand platinum jubilee celebrations with My Greenwich.Amen!v

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THE SILVER JUBILEE

Ehtisham AliYes!!! It’s my Silver Jubilee at My Greenwich!!





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IUMUN’14 (Iqra University Model “UnitedNations’14) was held by Iqra University at their EDCcampus, from 28th till 31st August. It was a four days,IT-based conference, first time held in Pakistan. Therewere more than 500 external and internal delegates,who came just to attend a thrilling experience fromnot only Karachi but also from Hyderabad.

From Greenwich University, a delegation of 6 stu-dents (Ibrahim Munaf, Subbayyal Anfal, NoreenAwan, Hussain Betulwala, Shazma Karam andMaliha Tariq) went under the brand ambassador of

IUMUN’14, from Greenwich University, MalihaTariq, who has attended a number of MUNs before.The best part about the delegation was that, it had mostof the first time experiencing MUN people and theywere all excited and enthusiastic for learning as well aswinning. The four day conference went smoothly,along with entertainment sessions and the socialevents. On the last day, the delegates were awardedwith certificates. After a thrilling experience, thedelegation also looks forward to attending MUNs infuture.v

Maliha TariqBS45 4069

Greenwichians participated in Iqra University Model United Nations’14

Candle Lit Vigil in Solidarity with PalestiniansIn solidarity with the Palestinians, GreenwichUniversity organized a Candle Lit Vigil at theUniversity Campus. This was held in lieu of the walkthat was to take place on Saturday, August 30, 2014.

All the students, faculty and staff members participatedin the Candle Light, and passed the resolution that thehumanitarian situation in Palestine must be addressed onpermanent basis. The youth of Pakistan, especially thestudents’ body of Greenwich University discussed andreached a sustainable agreement to address the rootcauses of the conflict and bring fundamental change tothe situation in Palestine.

We, the youth of Pakistan, welcome the ceasefireagreement in Palestine that brings an end to the suffer-ing and loss of lives, particularly among civilians. Thehumanitarian situation in Palestine must be addressedand we call on the parties to respect the ceasefire.

We commend mediation efforts and urge the Israelis andPalestinians to seize the opportunity to negotiate acomprehensive and sustainable agreement.

After the candle light, prayers were offered for the unityof Muslim Ummah, Palestine and Pakistan.v

Showing solidarity with the GAZA peopleThe students, Faculty and staff memberspraying for the unity of muslim Ummah

Ms. Ayesha Leghari is a communicationsexpert with nearly ten years of experience inimplementing communications strategies,especially for the nonprofit and healthsectors. In her current role she is serving associal and behavior change communicationadvisor to Greenstar Social Marketing and isemployed by Greenstar’s affiliate PopulationServices International. She is also headingthe newly formed Behavior Change Com-munication and Corporate communicationdepartment at Greenstar. Prior to this shewas serving as the Deputy General Managerfor Behavior Change Communication forPSI’s USAID funded Maternal and ChildHealth program in Pakistan, Ms. Leghari ledthe Health communications component oftheprogram and managed the developmentof mass media, mid media, and interpersonalcommunication campaigns. She wasresponsible for overseeing the testing andproduction of the campaigns, which bringfamily planning and healthy maternal andchild health behavior messaging to womenof reproductive age and their influencers,while maintaining relationships with the

Government of Sindh and the Department ofHealth. Prior to working for PSI, Ms.Leghari was the head of marketing andcommunications for the Aman Foundation’shealthcare services and she oversaw allcommunications activities for 5 (five)different brands while managing partner-ships with public and private sectors.While serving as the Associate Directorof Business Development for the NayJeevan Welfare Organization, Ms. Legharimanaged and developed the marketingstrategies that lead to the tripling in numberof beneficiaries signed up for insurance anda ten-fold increase in potential clients. Ms.Leghari managed the communicationsstrategies and brand management for Air-waves Media (TV One, NewsOne, Radio1FM 91 and Waseb TV), a television andradio company, and Taxpulse. Ms. Legharireceived both her Masters of BusinessAdministration in Marketing and aBachelors of Science from GreenwichUniversity in Karachi, Pakistan withdistinctions and holds Gold Medal inMasters of Business Administration.



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Greenwich Alumna (Gold Medalist) and Head of Social and Behaviour Change,Communication Department, Greenstar

Ayesha Leghari

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Greenwich University (GU): Could you pleaseenlighten us with more information of your businessand the nature of your job?

Ayesha Leghari (A L): I am currently working for Green-star as the head of social and behaviour change commu-nication department, it is a new phenomenon and it is quitesimilar to what commercial organisations do in terms ofmarketing. And as the name simple indicates, the role is tochange the mindset of individuals and it is not just to adopta particular product but also how to live a healthy life. Thenature of the business is family planning, birth spacing,and mother and child's health.

(GU): What is Greenstar? When and how did it start?

(A L): Greenstar works through the private sector andwith the Government of Pakistan, to inform and empowerpeople and improve access to quality, affordable healthproducts and services. The focal point of all Greenstar'sefforts is "Sitara" – the Pakistani woman with a need forhealthcare. We work towards helping "Sitara" meet herhealth needs, and those of her family.

In Pakistan 25% of married women have an unmet needfor family planning. Maternal mortality remains high, atan estimated 276 deaths per 100,000 live births. Infantmortality remains at 78 deaths per 1000 live births 1.

In order to help meet this gap in provision of health serv-ices, Greenstar offers a range of over 20 socially mar-keted2 products and services for family planning,reproductive health, mother and child health, tuberculo-sis, nutritional supplements for children and safe water.Greenstar's products are distributed through a nation-widenetwork of over 7000 franchised clinics, 75,000 retail out-lets and community based distribution. The private sectorsocial franchise health outlets are strengthened by Green-star's training and health services team, which enhancesskills of service providers and quality of services.

Recently, Greenstar has partnered with the public sectorand donor agencies to implement voucher schemes, whichprovide subsidized access to institutionalized health carefor mothers. The long-term goal of integrating maternalhealth and family planning initiatives is to increase accesspoints for the provision of information and uptake of services.

At Greenstar we believe that as we meet the health needsof "Sitara", we meet the needs of a nation.

(GU):What is the vision and mission of Greenstar?

(A L): Our VisionGreenstar envisions a Pakistan where people plan theirfamilies and have improved maternal and child health andreduced tuberculosis burden. Greenstar aims to be an or-ganization of competent professionals, passionate aboutimproving the lives of people in Pakistan.Our MissionTo improve the quality of life of low-income peoplethroughout Pakistan by increasing access to and use ofhealth products, services, and information.

(GU):Who is Ayesha Leghari in personal life?

(A L): I am mother of two boys, my personal life is dedi-cated to my children, and it revolves around them. Duringthe day hours I'm completely professional, but as soon asI reach home, my role completely transforms into being amother. I help my sons with their homework and try tospend quality time with them.

(GU): Tell us about your childhood, how was it dif-ferent?(A L): My childhood was very conventional; my father

If I'm to re-select any field, it wouldnot be any other but marketing andthe institute would be no other butGreenwich University. In past 10years of my professional life, I havemet people from different institutesbut the grooming which GreenwichUniversity has provided is far more.I was initially an introvert when

I joined Greenwich, but it groomedme in becoming an extrovert.

was a bureaucrat so I moved from city to city after almostevery three years, which led me to make friends in everypart of this country. I was the only sister of two olderbrothers, so my childhood was quite boyish.

(GU): How do you involve and motivate your staffwhen an important company's strategic decision isneeded to be made?

(A L): My strategy is to take them along, at times strate-gies are not trickled down to the second-tier or the third-tier, but I try to involve them. I sit with my team and webrainstorm, then we place our thoughts randomly some-where on my room's door/window on sticky notes andthen we try to organise them. So in that way, they are in-volved in the decision making process. (GU): If you get a second chance to study, would youjoin any other institute, which one would you chooseand why?(A L): If I'm to re-select any field, it would not be anyother but marketing and the institute would be no otherbut Greenwich University. In past 10 years of my profes-sional life, I have met people from different institutes butthe grooming which Greenwich University has provided isfar more. I was initially an introvert when I joined Green-wich, but it groomed me in becoming an extrovert.

(GU): How did Greenwich University nurture yourpassion?

(A L): I think the faculty that we have, had played a verygreat role. The classes that I attended were not just re-volving around the subject matter or the books but, it wasmore interaction, sharing experiences, and learning fromour professor's experiences. I had Principles of Marketingas one of my courses and I started to develop my interestin marketing and this way I discovered myself. AndGreenwich University is one of the leaders in the field ofcommunication.

(GU): What are the essential tools for an effective com-munication?

(A L): I think one of the most basic mistake that wemake while developing any communication material orany communication message is that we tend to put outperceived opines and perceived knowledge into thecommercial campaign that we are developing, we willnot really focus on the consumer's insight and we assumeour target audience to think in a particular manner, andwe apply all our strategies revolving around thatparticular thought. So I think, one if the most importanttool is consumer's insight.

(GU): What is your perception of GreenwichUniversity?

(A L): My perception of Greenwich University is verystrong, I think I am who I am, is because of GreenwichUniversity. There is not a single platform where I havenot been appraised, be it an International platform orwherever I have been appraised, I have always men-tioned that my grooming has come from GreenwichUniversity. (GU): Would you like to share some memories fromGreenwich University that are close to your heart?(A L): Sure! I got engaged while I was still studying inGreenwich University, I met my soulmate there only.There is another cherished memory that I have, I receiveda Gold Medal during my convocation and my son was sixmonths old, I walked down the aisle wearing that medaland later putting it on my son. I still have a picture fromthat day and it's framed on a wall in my house.

(GU):How would you define your stay at GreenwichUniversity?(A L): Phenomenal! If it is to be concluded in one word.whatever I have learnt at Greenwich University hascontributed substantially towards my success in myprofessional life. v

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A young professional who wants to make his or her com-munity a better place, desires to travel around the world,lives with other Rotracters in countries he or she travels toand enjoys volunteer work. Such students get a chance tovolunteer by being part of the Rotaract Club of GreenwichCreek.

A good number of these student volunteers were appreci-ated by the mother club, Rotary Club of Karachi Creek onThursday August 21, 2014 fall semester . The senior lead-ership members pinned appreciative theme pins relatingto the present year, pins from collaborative clubs inCanada from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec anddifferent clubs in the US. Also many who had volunteeredfor the dissemination of polio related information werehonored with polio pins. Everyone was reminded aboutthe upcoming international day of polio October 24 whichis when immunizations will take place again, the nationalquiz competition and awareness campaigns will becarried out aggressively among all segments of society.

The Vice Chancellor of Greenwich University was in-ducted as a member of the Rotary Club of Karachi Creek.On the other hand staff and students were appreciated forthe volunteer work rendered.The Rotary Club Members includedRtn Ms. Tahira A Khan- PP & Assistant Governor 2013-2014 Distt 3271

Rtn Mr Muneeb Khan PresidentRtn Mr Shabi Mehdi Past PresidentRtn Roohi Feroze Vice PresidentRtn Ayesha Ahmed MemberRtn Maqbool Shamsi President ElectThe student who were appreciated and pinned wereZeeshan Ahmed, Hafza Qadeer, Saddam Musthaq Arain,and Shameer Khan Chandeo. Staff members included

Ms Shazia Anwer, Mr Fahimuddin and Mr Abdul Wassay.Volunteers who were appreciated but couldn’t make it tothe ceremony were Qutub uddin Sheikh, Saad Saeed, SalarKhoso, Muhammad Adeel Qureshi, Maria Batool Jafry,Sherbaz Khan and Syed Abdul Rafay and Rub Nawaz.v

Tahira A KhanAssistant Professor

Rotaract Club Acknowledging Ceremony

Ms Tahira giving introduction of Rotaract &Rotary Club members

Rotaractors pinned by Ms Tahira, Ms Ayesha and Mr Muneeb Khan

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To acknowledge and appreciate the devotion of students towards their alma mater, a reception wasarranged by Mr. Saeed Kamal Mughal, Director,

Administration & Personnel on Saturday, September 13, 2014.

Souvenirs were presented to the students by Ms. Seema Mughal, the Vice Chancellor, Mr. SaeedKamal Mughal, Director, Administration & Personnel

and Research Professor. Dr. A. Q. Mughal.v

Greenwich AficionadosSouvenir Presentation Ceremony

The Vice Chancellor addressing andappreciating Greenwich Aficionados

Abeer Afridi MS44 3909Aishad Siddiqui MS40 3554Barryia Ansari BS39 3401Bilal Javed Mughal BS39 3404Danial Saddiq BS44 3990Farha Khan ME44 4004Farrukh Bashir BS38 3355Furqan BS38 3811Hamza Ansari MS45 4019Hamza Ashfaq Mirajkar MS47 5157Hira Altaf MS44 3889M. Ali Qureshi BS43 3829Mahad Javed ME45 5031Maria Jaffery BS35 2930Maryam Zaara Ali BS36 3147

Mina Fatima BS38 3256Mir Haider Ali Talpur BS35 3038Muhammad Fauz BS43 3823Mustafa Tariq BS38 3310Muzamil Sohail BS43 3873Sagar Batheja BS45 4055Samir Ansari BS38 3333Sara Mumtaz BS43 3842Shahmeer Khan BS42 3750Shahryar Ahmed BS39 3490Sheetal Munraja MS44 3971Syed Bilal Hasan BS41 3616Taimor Altaf Memon BS39 3427Umer Khan MS43 3880Waleed Chohan BS39 3416

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Pictorial Glimpses of the Event



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Innovation helps create new methods for alliance cre-ation, joint venturing, and flexible work. Innovation in-volves deliberate application of information, imaginationand initiative in deriving greater or different values fromresources and includes all processes by which new ideasare generated and converted into useful techniques.

When we use a word technique we define skill or com-mand in a particular activity that’s why Greenwich Uni-versity always believes in innovation with perfectcommand.

On Tuesday June 10, 2014, Greenwich University hadorganized a workshop on “Creative and InnovativeTeaching Methodologies” at Dr Kamal Ahmed KhanAuditorium, with the aim to provide guidance to theteachers of school and colleges about cognitive and au-tonomous teaching methodologies which will be helpfulin their professional life.

Three very well renowned trainers from both cooperateand educational sector were invited as guest speakers.

The first trainer was Mr. Muntazir Haider a seasonedconsultant and corporate trainer, who focused on“Motivating students and making studies morepractical”. Mr. Muntazir Haider, Senior CorporateTrainer, is an Assistant Professor Greenwich University.

A seasoned consultant and corporate trainer – leading hisventure The Brand Consultants – Mr. Haider has yearsof experience providing his services to corporate and ac-ademic arena. Having worked with organizations namelyStandard Chartered, Nokia, Pepsi, Pizza Hut, etc., and

academic institutions namely IBA – Karachi, SZABIST,Iqra University, Greenwich University, Herriot Watt Uni-versity, Middlesex University and others. His experiencemakes him one of the preferred consultants and trainer inPakistan and UAE. His philosophy of Interaction BasedLearning (IBL) has been widely accepted and acknowl-edged across his clientele.

SocialBakers.com – an independent social media plat-form – rates Muntazir’s profile within the top 100 Twit-ter profiles of Pakistan. He is associated with SMEDA(SME Development Authority), PSTD (Pakistan Societyfor Training and Development) and DKV (Dubai Knowl-edge Village).

Following him was Mr. Ali Saeed a well-known name asa motivational trainer, stressed upon “ Mind map the-ory”, and its usefulness in modern teaching methodolo-gies. Mr. Mohammad Ali Saeed , Chief ExecutiveOfficer, SAAO Capital is an Assistant Professor Green-wich University. Mr Muhammad Ali Saeed is a wellknow Motivational Trainer. He holds and MSc in Fi-nance & Economics from prestigious Graduate School

Creative and Innovative Teaching MethodologiesWorkshop for School and College Teachers

Ms Munira, Prof. Dr Sadrudin Pardhan, Mr Ali Saeed, Mr Muntazir Haider, addressing the audience

An active audience during the workshop


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of Business at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow,Scotland and Bachelor’s in Business & IT from theCurtin Business School at the University of Curtin,Australia, and is currently pursuing his M.Phil. inEconomics.

Lastly, came Prof. Dr. Sadrudin Pardhan (CEO) ofAgha Khan Education Services of Pakistan who was themain trainer of the session and focused primarily onteaching methodologies and how it got revolutionized.Dr. Sadrudin Pardhan, who is the Director. Dr Pardhanjoined Aga Khan University-Institute for EducationalDevelopment (AKU-IED) in April 1993. He is currentlyholding the position of Professor and Director of Out-reach Programmes and Activities at the Institute.

Dr Pardhan was involved in AKU-IED’s planning in1989 and played a key role in its establishmenet in1993. At AKU-IED, he has been involved in curriculumplanning, teaching, finance and administration. In theinitial years of AKU-IED, he played an important rolein developing collaborative relationships with variousinstitutions and educational systems. He has beenresponsible for co-ordination with funding agenciesand developed a reporting mechanism. He has beenactively involved in outreach activities of the Institute.

He has also been involved in the conceptualisation anddevelopment of the Professional Development Centre,Northern Areas, and the Professional DevelopmentCentre Lead-in Project in East Africa.

Prior to joining AKU-IED (between 1989 and 1993), heserved as Chief Executive Officer of the Aga KhanEducation Service, Pakistan. Dr Pardhan was born inKenya, where he completed his high school level studies.He did his PhD in Chemistry from Uppsala University,Sweden, and studied for a postgraduate Diploma inEducation from the same university. His teaching subjectswere chemistry, physics and mathematics. He was thePrincipal Lecturer (first one appointed by the KenyanGovernment) at the Kenya Science Teachers College.From 1969 to 1979, he was the Deputy Principal ofKenya Teacher’s College in Nairobi, Kenya. Duringthat period, besides teaching and teacher education, hewas involved in curriculum planning and development,evaluation at the national level, and materials devel-opment.

Dr Pardhan has many published articles to his credit. Hehas also written a number of educational reports, booksand manuals.

The impact of this informative workshop was excellent.Teachers’ feedback was amazing as they felt they learneda lot from this session which could be useful for them intheir professional life.

More than 100 people attended this workshop from dif-ferent educational institutes. The session was a great suc-cess for all, as most of the attendees found the sessionquite fruitful and were completely satisfied.

Greenwich has organized many successful workshops,and this one was no exception to it.v

Adeela SiddiqueLecturer, Department of Economics & Finance

A Group Photograph with the Vice Chancellorand Guest Speakers

Ms Seema Mughal and Prof Dr A.Q. Mughal presenting the University Shieldto Mr Ali Saeed, Prof Dr Sadrudin Pardhan and Mr Muntazir Haider



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In order to succeed, your desire for success

should be greater than your fear of failure.— Bill Cosby

Greenwich Television Station is envisioned to be astudent television station run by Greenwich Universitywith the help of students broadcasting University newsand student produced soap operas, news bulletins, enter-tainment programs, music shows and much more. Work-ing for GTV is not only restricted to the media studiesstudents, but the students from all other disciplines willbe encouraged to work as their extracurricular activity.

It is proposed that from administrative point of view GTVwill work as broadcast journalism laboratory and fromfinancial point of view initially it will be supported byGreenwich University and afterwards it will become self-sufficient by receiving its budget from advertisementsbroadcasted on the channel.

As our first step towards GTV, students of Theories ofCommunication I & 2 and students of News Writing andReporting as their final project organized an event namedas Screening of GTV on Saturday, 24th May 2014.

The aim of the event was to provide a platform for mediastudents to display their creativity and the result of theirhard work in front of the world and give their work due re-spect and admiration it deserves. Different programs pro-duced by students were shows as a broadcast from GTVand was displayed on big screen. Media professionalsfrom the field were also invited to give expert commentsand to motivate students.

Famous news anchor and producer Mr. Shahariyar Sajidof Ajj TV was invited to grace the event and to commenton news and documentary section of GTV. Mr. Shahariyarholds a masters degree in electronic media from KarachiUniversity and has worked with Waqat News Channel,A-Plus Channel and Indus News & Indus Vision. He is

currently working as producer at Ajj TV.

Mr. Sami Baloch who is Executive Programmes Managerat Pakistan Television Corporation was invited as chiefguest to judge other productions by our students. Mr. SamiBaloch joined PTV in 1984 as Assistant producer and hasworked as drama and music producer / director at differ-ent PTV stations. He also got professional training ofproduction from PTV Academy and from Japan Televi-sion. He has successfully directed many dramas and musicprograms in Urdu and different regional languages suchas Sindhi and Balochi.

Our event GTV screening started at 7 pm by the recitationof Holy Quran. The best programs produced by our studentswere My Karachi, an eye opening video which describesliving condition of Karachi due to law and order situation,crime, war between gangsters and political parties. The newscoverage and photography was unbelievable.

Greenwich Bonfire edition was a video of different eventsand life within Greenwich University. The most excitingpart of this program was its unique coverage of an eventnamed as Pet Show held at Greenwich University.

Sense or sensation was about clash of ideas and was pre-sented in an amazing way describing what our ideas wereand what our ideas are now.

Documentary film on Peela School Renovation Project

Screening of Greenwich Television Station

Ms Tahira Tariq, Mr. Shahariyar Sajid and Mr. Sami Baloch expressing their views

Mr Zafar Iqbal Saifi giving certificates to Maasha, Danish, Zubair, and Hafsa Qadeer



was shown and efforts of Greenwich students werehighlighted in a memorable way. The condition ofschool before and after renovation was screened andaudience was very much impressed by efforts of ourstudents and management of Greenwich University forcreation of a better study environment for the childrenfrom underprivileged schools by renovating andrepairing the school building.

News Bulletin was one of the most important programs ofGTV because it is natural desire of human beings to knowwhat is happening around them. Sidra Syed reported whatis happening around us as a professional news castor.

Affoah an Urdu language play was very much appreciatedcovering our today’s media role which sometimes by giv-ing news updates and information creates panic and un-certainty.

Our chief guest Mr. Sami Baloch appreciated students fortheir hard work, creativity and talent. He praised univer-sity management for conducting such a wonderful eventfor students. According to him from script writing to pho-tography everything was complete and in professionalway. He further said that the script and dialogues werevery good and delivery of actors was as good as profes-sional actors. He offered internship for interested studentsat PTV.

Mr. Shahariyar Sajid remembering his University daystold that such opportunity as GTV Screening was notavailable to him and students of his time. He and his fel-

low students experienced such activities during their job.GTV was an opportunity for students to come forward anddisplay their talent. He praised Greenwich University forproviding such a golden opportunity to its media studiesstudents.

The event ended by a word of thanks from the manage-ment. Souvenirs were presented to the honorable guestsby Dr. Arshad Syed Karim, Dean Social Sciences andHumanities. Mr. Zafar Iqbal Safee, Head, Departmentof Economics & Finance presented certificates to theparticipants.v

Tahira TariqLecturer, Department of Mass Communication &

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Mr. Sami Baloch giving certificates to Mansoor, Haris, Waleed, Zain, Noreen, Rabia, and Kiran

Students during the ceremony

CONGRATULATIONS!!! From Greenwich University

ToMR BURHANUDDINSenior Accounts Assistant

On securing the first (1st) position in Pakistan, In G1 Management

Accountant Gateway (CIMA) 2014. Well done and Keep it Up!!



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A theatre play held by the class of Saima Ghazanfar(Media Seminar) on 10th September 2014 at GreenwichUniversity. The theatre play “Bano” was a real life eventhappened in the late 1947 during the separation of thesubcontinent, the story revolves around Bano Naseeb agirl who lived in Ludhiana in love with a boy a supporterof AIML named Hassan, both of them got engaged beforeHassan leaves to Rawalpindi to attend the meeting ofMuslim League. Riots of Hindu, Muslims and Sikhsstarted soon after the meeting and the village of Bano wasimmensely affected by it.

Soon Bano lost every single member of her family in theriots and in order to save her she ran away from Ludhianabut was captured by a Sikh named Basant Singh, who

married her forcefully and forced her to convert to hisreligion.

After becoming a prisoner of Basant Singh for years shefinally somehow escaped from his home and tried to findHassan, after successfully finding Hassan she becamedisheartened to see he was no more a part of her lifebecause Hassan was engaged to another girl.

She then left Hassan alone again and started workingin mills for a living but all that did not last for long asBano murdered a guy in defense, to save herself frombeing raped by him, after that Bano spent her life in aprison where Hassan and his now wife came to visit heroften. v

Syed Umaid RazaBS43-3845

1947: A Real Life Event

STORY OF

INJUSTICE“Bano”

Group photograph of students with Ms Saima Ghazanfer, Course Instructor

Students at Play

Students performing brilliantly

A Superb performance of students during play


My Father — My Ultimate Strength !

FAIZAN ALI (Son)My father was a great man and forever will be. He parted a weekback but he is alive and well in our hearts. He lived his life withfull devotion to his family, and he never thought about anythingother than us, not even himself. My father lived an honest life andtaught us to do the same. When we are young our parents; partic-ularly our fathers; are our superheroes. They are the perfect peo-ple who always have the answers to everything in life but whenwe start getting older we rebel against them. We begin to believethat we are smarter than them and that we can’t rely on them.

However, through all of that, something changes and we matureand become adults. We come to this point where we realize thatthey were right all along. Life is scary and tough but parents arethere to help guide us through. They act as our umbrella in the rain;they themselves get soaked but do all they can to keep us dry. Theyguide us through by sharing their wisdom and their experiences.Though they may not be perfect human beings as we had perceivedthem to be but they do their best to protect us from harm.

My father was one such man. He may have had flaws but his goodqualities outweighed them. He was a man of integrity who neversold his morals. He was a man who had answers to almost everyquestion. He was a man who sacrificed his desires for his family.He was a man with a good sense of humor and wisdom. Peopleloved his presence - regardless of their age. He was also a man oftragedy; he lost his father at a young age when he was in collegeand from that time he had to support his family and study at thesame time. Life wasn’t kind to him but he never complained. Hekept his composure and held his head high. He never felt inferiorto anyone; people still talk about how confident he was at meet-ings, at conferences and at seminars. He never complained abouthis worries. He was man who was everything to us.

To say that we are sad over his demise would be an understate-ment. He was everything to us, our shelter, our mentor and ourfriend. He gave us all that we could but we couldn’t give him any-thing in return. He deserved a lot more for what he did for every-

one. He loved us no matter what we did; he was always there forus. They say that time is a great healer but even time can’t heal thiswound. We doubt we’ll ever be able to really get over our regretsover the things unsaid, things undone and the hugs ungiven. Ouronly solace is that he lived his life on his own, held his head highand did what he could for everyone around him.

You were a great man and you will be missed. You did well. I hopeI can live the life you wanted me to live and do half the things thatyou did for your family. We miss you and will forever love you

SHAHAN ALI (Son)My dad was more than a father to me; he was my best friend, withwhom I used to share every single thing in my life. I could talk tohim about anything in this world without hesitation. No matterhow I acted, he always used to stand by me and guide me throughall the problems. No matter how many times I failed, he stood byme and showed me the way and helped me get across the odds. Hemade me learn a lot not by saying anything but by having faith inme and having his hand on my shoulder.

A smile on his face always gave boost to my confidence, by whichI could conquer anything in this world. When my dad used to lookat me and say , “mera beta”, it gave me so much strength that Icould overcome any barrier and reach anything in lightning speed.Hugging him used to make me feel alive and calm as if all myworries and sorrows were washed away. I miss him, I miss him somuch, I can’t believe he’s gone, I still feel his presence every-where I go as if he’s with me guiding me through. I can’t controlmy emotions right now I have so much to write and so much to tellthe world about my dad, but my hands are shivering.

Every family has problems and our family did too. Problems makefamily bonds stronger, but this black cloud that was surroundingour family made us weak. It sucked the soul out of my father andjust because of that evil mist my dad had a change in behavior,but we all managed to pull through because of the love my dadgave us. He loved us a lot; he loved us so much that it can’t be putinto words. He was so full of life, courageous and strong that henever gave up in his life.

Maroof had been one of the pioneer members of Greenwich University. He had worked in various capacities and had alwaysbeen a strong pillar of Greenwich. Dedicated, cooperative, loving,caring and considerate were some of his personality traits which

had made him the apple of everyone’s eye.

A Quran Khawani was arranged on Friday October 10, 2014 on account of the sudden demise of Mr. Maroof on October 6,2014. All the faculty, staff and students participated in this Quran Khawani. It was indeed a moment of grief for the

entire clan of Greenwichians.

“To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die”

In the Memoriam of Our Beloved

Maroof NizamMay 5, 1955 – October 6, 2014



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He helped everyone around him, and just by one smile he couldlight up everyone’s day. An amazing cook, he always used to beexcited about barbeques, dinners and lunches. He made the bestfood I have ever tasted. He loved to bring people together andplan family get together. The aura he had around him kept every-one happy and bought a smile on everyone’s faces. I can still hearhis laughter in my ears and feel his presence in our house. I missmy dad and all the things he used to say to me, I wish I could hughim once more, I wish he could guide me through right now andshow me the way out like he always used to do. My dad lovedme, he loved us all.

I never had to do anything, he used to do everything for us, I re-member whenever I had any problems, I just had to give him onecall or message and my work was done. I never realized howmuch I love my dad until now. He was my hero, my role modeland my friend without whom my life is empty.

This was a part of life’s bitter truths that my father had to leave uslike this. This is all a part of life, and my dad taught us to be strongand never lose hope. He brought us up as fighters hence we willkeep up the fight and make him proud. ALLAH is great and doeseverything for a reason, and I know he has something greatplanned for our family. May ALLAH rest his soul in eternal peace,AMEEN. Dad I have no idea how I am going to heal this pain,but I promise you I will and InshahAllah with the help ofAlmighty I will make things better ! I love you and will love youtill my last breath

A Tribute of Affection by some Greenwichians

MS. SEEMA MUGHAL & MR. SAEED MUGHALWe feel sorry to share our grief and sorrow about our dear MaroofSb. We have had a very long journey together. Maroof was an iconof struggle, hard work, sincerity, boldness, and motivation. Weare deeply grieved to have lost him. His contribution to the man-agement in the affairs of the University was extremely valuable.He was one of our key members of all Greenwich events. He al-ways persevered in the face of any kind of difficulty due to hisextreme hard working ability. We find no words to praise him. Hewas a great man who rendered great services for the University.May his soul rest in peace.

PROF DR A.Q. MUGHAL Happy Go Lucky Person!I was literally laughing with him on Thursday and attending hisfuneral after 03 days on Monday. The shock I felt on Mondaynight after getting the news of his death is still on my mind. Dur-ing my short association with him, I found him as a hardworkingand willing worker. May Allah (SWT) rest the departed soul inJannah Tul Firdous. Amen!

MR. NAZIR KHODA BUXGreenwich University, Mauritius Branch CampusPlease present our sincere condolences to the family. I will reallymiss him. May Allah grant him Jannat ul firdaus!!

PROF DR SYED ARSHAD KARIMNothing greater sad news we could hear upon the arrival of fivedays holiday than, the departure of a novel soul and a most love-able personality of our beloved, Late Maroof Sb. May Allah resthis soul in peace. I knew Maroof sb for a little short time of onlya month. But in this short span of time he was in my heart with

deep affection and love he always showed in meeting him. We allshare the pain of the family, relatives, friends, colleagues and theassociates.

DR SHAIR SULTANAh, ol' friend, I weep to see,Thou haste away so soon,As yet the early rising sun,Hasn't attend his noon,Wish you could stay, stay...Until the hasting day has run,For the even song, Ah, haven't prayed together we,Will go with young along...

MR. ZAFAR IQBAL SAIFI Mr Maroof was a gem of a person. He was an excellent colleague,kindhearted, very considerate, and always willing to help. MayAllah rest his soul in peace. I miss him very much!

MS. RIZWANA AMINGreenwich family lost a remarkably beautiful soul who tragicallypassed from this world into the next on a significant day in Mus-lim Calendar, 10 Zil Hajj. Unfortunately, I had been associatedwith him for a very short period of time but I can say confidentlythat Mr Maroof had an immaculate personality. He will be missedimmensely be it any sphere of life at Greenwich University. Mayhis soul rest in Peace. Amen!

MR. MIAN MUHAMMAD AFZALYou left us so many memories, to us you were so dear, no matterwhen we needed you, we always found you near. You gave us allyou had to give, gifts both big & small. Most of all you gave uslove the greatest gift of all.Those we love don’t go way, they walkbeside us everyday. Unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved,still missed & very dear. May eternal rest be granted to belovedMaroof & may Almighty God shower Maroof Sb with eternalpeace and happiness. Ameen!

MR. MUHAMMAD MUNEER KHANI feel very sorry over the loss of our beloved Maroof, who wasvery dear to us. I wish we could undo what happened and bringhim back. His place in our hearts, our work place and daily rou-tine work will seem empty. He was a highly valuable & respectedmember of our team here and the effect of his loss is alreadybeing felt. Great loss, Big Gap which cant be recovered. I prayfor his soul to rest in peace.

MR. RAB NAWAZGreat men never die!! Sir Maroof you will always live in ourhearts. We love u a lot!!!

MS. SHAZIA ANWARAhh Maroof Bahi.... It’s very difficult to write in words that he isno more with us!!!Mr Maroof was a GEM. I have been with himsince ages. He was like an elder brother to me: a wonderful per-son, colleague, Father brother, friend overall a loving and help-ful person who participated in all occasion whether it weremoments of happiness or sorrow. He had solutions for all homelyremedies and illness therefore we used to call him “Greenwich kiZubeida Appa:. He was a fantastic person. Words are not enoughto explain him and express our feelings for him... May his soul rest in peace. Ameen!! v



“Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening,but no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love. It can'ttake away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.”

OBITUARIES

Greenwich Family lost a number of people in the last 4 – 5 months.

QURAN KHWANI & DUA, was held on Saturday, July 26, 2014 between 10:00 am to 12:00noon in Dr Kamal Auditorium. The Management, Faculty, and the Students of Greenwich Uni-versity extended their heart-felt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed to Almighty Allahto give them strength to bear this irreparable loss and may the departed souls rest in eternal peace.

Brother of Ume Farwa and Ume Laila (BS36 3132 & MS23 654 )Brother of Ume Farwa (Student of Mass Communication and Media Studies) and Ume Laila(Alumni- Master of Busienss Administration on Thursday May 8, 2014.

Father of Shazre Bukhari (BS29 2308)Father of Shazre Bukhari passed away on Sunday June 22, 2014

Oan Aanwar Ali Baltistani (BS22 1641)Student of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration expired on Wednesday, July 2, 2014.

Sister of Mr Imran Noman (Office Assistant)Sister of Imran Noman, Maimona Asgher Ali Darwala passed away on Sunday July 13, 2014

Brother of Saad Mahmood Bhatti (BS39 3470)Saad Mahmood Bhatti’s brother, Ayaz Mrhmood Bhatti passed away Monday, July 14, 2014.

Father of Salar Khoso And Shahal Khoso (BS38 3358 & BS38 3315)Father of Shahl Khoso and Salr Khoso died on Monday, July 14, 2014.

Mother of Abad Mahmood (BS44 3928)Mother of Abad Mahmood died on on Tuesday, July 17, 2014.

Father of Muhammad Ali Naqi (BS302481)Father of Muhammad Ali Naqi passed away on Wednesday, July 30, 2014


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“Bharatanatyam is Joshinder Chaggar’s first love. Thislove for dance has morphed and deepened over the years;something she has immersed herself in. It has inspired herto reinvent herself and discover her passion for life andart — whether acting or writing or simply teaching dance. She came to Greenwich to enlighten students aboutfreedom of expression. She danced without music, tosignify that barriers can only hold u back if you let them.Her dance revolved around expression of freedom, sheshowed how we are only bound by the chains we allow topull us down.

She depicted a bird who was free to do whatever it wantedto, soaring freely across the skies, moving from one placeto another without a care in the world. Chaggar demon-strated that borders only hold back human- and bordersare created by man himself. We limit ourself and then areupset about it.

Born in India to a Sikh family, Chaggar grew up in Lagos,Nigeria and Geelong in Australia, and spent her childhoodmastering the Indian classical dance styles of Kathak andBharatanatyam. The dance form that she is most passion-ate about, however, is Bollywood. “As a child, I was aBollywood fanatic,” she says — something she learnt andperfected, practicing for long hours while she was a stu-dent at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.Even when working full-time in marketing in Melbourne,she continued to train and studied contemporary dance atDeakin University.

After moving to Pakistan in 2007, acting is what Chaggarhas been drawn to the most: “I am just enjoying it becauseit’s a newer art form for me,” she says, adding that it is awelcome break from dancing and something she seesherself doing more of. As with everything else she does,she delved into the field with dedication and intensity,making her theatre debut with Katha’s play Mohabbat BhiQayamat Bhi. Her enthusiasm and energy paid off whenshe received rave reviews for her performance. “I wasreally proud of myself. I am still learning Urdu and thesubtle differences in pronunciations of letters like the kh.To know that I could be on stage with veterans like SaniaSaeed and Rehan Sheikh and hold my own; it was anamazing feeling,” she says.

She has taken on more roles: she can currently be seen onHum TV’s Aye Dasht-e-Junoon, in Sabiha Sumar’supcoming feature Rafina, as well as the short film Poshak.While she sees herself doing more acting in the nearfuture, dance is something, she emphasises, will alwaysbe a part of her life. In Pakistan, in particular, Chaggarfeels teaching dance has more of a purpose. “It’s likedance therapy, the students stand taller, the dupattas comeoff,” she points out.v

Sehar NadeemBS413607

“Expressing Freedom”Bharatanatyam

is Joshinder Chaggar’s

first love.

Ms Joshinder during her performance

Mr Abid Ali Syed presenting shield to Ms Joshinder

A group photo of Greenwichians with Joshinder




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Muhammad Tabish Oza, currently the top most model ofPakistan Fashion industry is enrolled for his MBADegree program at Greenwich. He did his initial school-ing from Beacon House School System and intermediatefrom CAMS. In his early days he wanted to be a crick-eter but due to lack of opportunities he had to leave that.His father is a senior executive Vice President of a bankand apart from that he has a wholesale trading businessof paper and paper board.

Tabish started his career by winning a model hunt of style360. He was the winner among 600-800 contestants.

He has participated in the following campaigns.

• Gul Ahmed• Khaadiman• Nomi Ansari• Amir Adnan• Deepak Perwani • Lawrencepur • Puma• Pepsi • Ptcl • Telenor • Warid glow and many more....

He has been the part of all the leading fashion and bridalweeks of Pakistan since he started modeling. There arecouple of other projects in pipeline. This year he has beennominated in Lux Style Award (best emerging talent infashion) as the best male model.

According to Tabish his experience at Greenwich has beenreally exciting and satisfactory. The main reason to join

Greenwich was the environment, co-operative faculty,management and the weekend classes for MBA degreeprogram.v

A Greenwichian

Tabish OzaLeading Model of Pakistan’s

Fashion Industry

Ali Suria (BS41 3651) student ofBachelor of Science in BusinessAdministration has been ranked 3rdby the Sindh Tenpin BowlingAssociation (STBA) issued inAugust 2014, (8 months) Ranking ofMaster based on points gained fromFive(5) Ranking TournamentsPlayed from January – August 2014

Ali Suria participated in the 13thWorld Youth Bowling Championshipin Hong Kong. The event wasscheduled to run from August 6 to16, 2014 at South China AthleticAssociation Bowling Centre.

The 10-days event kicked off withthe team managers meeting onAugust 6 followed by the openingceremony in the evening. On Friday,August 8, after a day of officialpractice rounds, competitions began.The competition came to an endafter a week on Thursday and Fridaywith the masters’ competition.

This world cup has proved to be alearning platform for Ali Suria,

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Greenwich’s PrideALI SURIA

in World YouthChampionship

Ali Suria during discussion for aprivate news channel

Trophies bragged by Ali

Ali & team while departing forthe competition

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In-House Sports Gala started from August 28 toSeptember 5, 2014 at Greenwich University. The Sportsplayed were:-

TABLE TENNISAugust 21 & 22, 2014

The first event of Sports Gala, table tennis started fromAugust 21 to 22, 2014. 30 students played in this event.Following students qualified for semifinals

1. Usman Masood BS45 40692. Asad Farooq VS47 5218 3. Bilal Rahman BS35 29314. S. Abdullah Rashed BS42 3722

Students who qualified for the final:-Winner: Asad Farooq VS47 5218 Runner Up: Bilal Rahman BS35 2931

Asad Farooq won this match; by displaying his bestperformance in this tournament and Bilal Rahman wasthe runner-up.

CRICKETAugust 28 & September 05, 2014

Cricket one of the most popular and favorite tournamentof boys started from August 28 to September 5, 2014.120 students participated in this event. They were dividedin to 15 teams. Each team comprised of 8 students. The competition was on knock out basis for the teams toqualify the semifinal.

The following teams reached the semifinals: 1. Titans2. KCC3. Fockers FC4. Greenwich Home (Staff Team)

After two thrilling semi finals K C C and FOCKERS F Cqualified for the final. The exciting match between thebest teams was played on September 5, 2014. KCC wonthe match. The best performers of this tournament are.

Irfan Baloch, Naveedullah, Fareed, Ammar, Imtiaz, Babur,Ghassan Butt, Ibrahim, Ahmed Jamali and Manooj Kumar

THROW BALLSeptember 12, 2014

Sports Gala’s 3rd event Throw ball started fromSeptember 12, 2014. Students enrolled in the currentsemester played in this event.

Students who qualified for the final were:Winner: Kunzul Akhter’s team (Seniors) RunnerUp: Saba Habib’s team (Juniors)

Senior’s team won this match and Juniors team was theRunner-up

BASKETBALL September 15, 2014

Sports Gala’s 4th event Basketball started fromSeptember 15, 2014. 21 students played in this event.

IN- HOUSE SPORTS GALAFall Semester August 28 to September 5, 2014

Students who were qualified for the final are:Winner: Moiz Tariq’s team (Beasts)Runner Up: Usman Hafeez’s team (Gulu XI)Beasts won this match and Gulu XI was the Runner-up.

VOLLEY BALLSeptember 16, 2014

Sports Gala’s 5th event Volley ball started fromSeptember 16, 2014. 35 students played in this event.Students who were qualified for semifinals are:1. Beaches2. Meqw (me Aun)3. Keep walking4. Johnie Walkers

The Final ResultsWinner: Muhmmad Baloaj’s team (Johnie Walkers)Runner Up:Naveed Ullah’s team (Beaches)

Johnie Walkers won this match; by displaying their bestand Beaches was the Runner-up.

TUG OF WARSeptember 20, 2014

Sports Gala’s 6th event Tug of War started fromSeptember 20, 2014. 49 students played in this event.Qualifying teams of semifinals:1. Greenwich Crashers2. Warriors3. Naya Pakistan 4. Choudhary team Qualifiying team of the final:Winner: Greenwich Crashers Runner Up: Naya Pakistan

Greenwich Crashers won this match and Naya Pakistanwas the Runner-up. v

Vijay Ratan, Sports Coordinator

Spring Semester 2014 Spring Semester 2014GREENWICH UNIVERSITY

Winners with the Coach and Mr Saeed Kamal Mughal,Director Administration & Personnel

Undergraduate — Spring 2014ROLL NO NAME GPABS41 3607 Sehar Nadeem 4.00BS43 3809 Amber Yamin Khan 4.00BS44 3929 Rafia Khan 4.00BS44 3947 Mariam Waqar 3.83BS43 3826 Maliha Yamin Khan 3.80BS44 3982 Faryal Yousuf 3.80BS45 4086 Khawaja Mohammad Hamza 3.67BS42 3760 Talha Sadiq 3.60BS45 4037 Mahreen Latif Memon 3.60BS46 5160 Abdul Moiz Tariq 3.60BS38 3254 Maria Miandad 3.40BS38 3344 Komal Rauf 3.40BS43 3834 Muhammad Yahya Israr 3.40BS44 3964 Maasha Arai Syed 3.40BS44 3988 Beburg Rind 3.40BS45 4030 Rabiya Mughal 3.40BS45 4073 Mahin Fatima 3.40

Graduate — Spring 2014ROLL NO NAME GPAMS41 3700 Muhammad Nadeem Khan 4.00MS43 3850 Maham Ali Khan 4.00MS44 3946 Osman Hashim Baloch 4.00MS45 5033 Hira Arshad 4.00MS46 5046 Sheneir Khan 4.00MS46 5047 Aamna Aamir 4.00MS46 5048 Zain Wahid Khan 4.00MS41 3631 Fatima Jaffery 3.80MS42 3807 Inam Ali Farroqui 3.75MS44 3986 Umar Mohsin Ahmed 3.75MS46 5150 Hafsa Qadeer 3.75

We offer our heartiest felicitation to all the distinguished

students who made it to the Dean’s List.

WELL DONE !

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