Hamdard Naunehal Assembly,
Karachi-December 2003
Renowned intellectual, educationist and President of
Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education, Prof Hasnain Kazmi
has said that truth is a beacon of light which can lead us
to our desired goal and destination. He was speaking as
chief guest in Hamdard Naunehal Assembly organized by
Hamdard Foundation Pakistan at a local hotel of Karachi.
The topic of this assembly was " Truth is great power".
Prof. Hasnain Kazmi said that
education is the basic need of every society but along
with education emphasis should be on training (Tarbiyet )
also. President Hamdard Foundation Pakistan Ms. Sadia
Rashid speaking on this occasion said that in every
religion of the world great emphasis has been laid on
"Truth". She said that only truthfulness could bring a
significant change not only in any individual's life but
society also on the whole.
Naunehal speakers who spoke on this occasion included
Danish Mahmood, Aala Zia, Syed Fawad Hasan, Mohammad Ilyas,
Samiya Baig, Sidra Imtiaz Ahmad, Areeba Mushtaq, Abdul
Azeez Memon and Maya Khan. Students of different schools
presented tableaus and skits also.
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Pollution adds to health hazards:
Symposium told
Domestic environment with low quality of houses, poor
hygienic conditions, cooking system used in rural areas,
inadequate garbage disposal, heavy indoor pollution and
lack of drainage cause 30 per cent of the total burden of
diseases in the developing counties.
This was observed at inaugural session of 4th Annual
Hamdard Symposium on Environment and Health Hazards,
organized by Hamdard College of Medicines and Dentistry,
on Saturday at a local hotel.
It was also noted that water pollution resulted in
well-known and widely prevalent diseases, such as
diarrhoea, trachoma, hepatitis and other tropical
diseases.
It was observed that Article 9 of the Constitution
provided that no person should be deprived of life or
liberty save in accordance with law. Word "life" means
that a person is entitled to protection of law from being
exposed to hazards of electromagnetic fields or any other
such hazards which may be due to installation and
construction of any grid station, any factory, power
station and such installations.
"Principal cause of
environmental pollution is industrialization and
indiscriminate application of science and technology to
economic development," it was maintained.
Justice Ajmal Mian said environmental conditions have
direct linkage with the health hazards and added that
Pakistan, which is a developing country also, encountered
serious environmental problems, including health hazards.
"Nuclear power plants produce radioactive pollution and
involve danger to human life, he said, adding
hydroelectric power requires dam that cover up land, spoil
wild rivers, increase water loss by evaporation and
produce valley full of silt.
PMDC President Dr. M. Hayat Zafar highlighting different
aspects of PMDC said that council had maintained very
strict criteria for medical colleges to ensure high
quality medical education to compete with the
international standards.
He appreciated the
achievements of Hamdard University in the field of
education and paid tributes to late Hakim Saeed, founder
of Hamdard Foundation, for rendering services in promotion
of educational activities across the country.
Justice (Retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid attributed delay in
deciding the cases pending in courts to lack of commitment
and priority on part of the government.
President of the Hamdard Foundation Sadia Rashid,
welcoming the participants, said that these kinds of
events would create an awareness among the masses about
the environment.
Later shields were distributed among the participants of
the symposium.
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