Young Pakistani scientists honoured
Moyez Kamani
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Young Pakistani scientists honoured Posted: 07 Aug 2008 09:17 AM CDT As many as 10 students from different academic institutions were awarded for bringing laurels to Pakistan this year at various engineering competitions around the world. The awards were distributed at a ceremony organised here on Wednesday by the Intel Education Initiative, as the award winners were also participants of the National Science Olympiad (NSO) held in Islamabad earlier this year by Intel in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. Zahra Suleman Tejani, Sara Moiz Ali and Arif Payarali of the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Karachi, were recognised on the occasion for receiving the First Position Special Award by the American Intellectual Property Law Association at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2008.          |
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Syria's first microfinance institution is preparing to launch this summer Posted: 07 Aug 2008 09:15 AM CDT Damascus, Syria, August 07, 2008 - Syria's first microfinance institution will start operating in the coming weeks, giving a diverse range of small businesses, professionals and individuals access to financial services that would otherwise remain out of reach to them. An initiative of the international development agency Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), the First Microfinance Institution (FMFI) will provide small loans, deposit facilities and a range of other financial services to clients in six Syrian governorates.          |
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Two healthcare centers open in Badakhshan under support of the Aga Khan Health Service Posted: 07 Aug 2008 09:14 AM CDT Two healthcare centers open in Badakhshan The Badakhshan Healthcare Directorate Head Shodi Jamshedov told Asia-Plus that the healthcare centers had been established in the villages of Babrrushan and Vamar under support of the Aga Khan Health Service (AKHS). As he said, the healthcare centers are dedicated to promote development of family medicine in Rushan rayon. "Three physicians and six nurses work with the centers," said Jamshedov, "The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the US Department of Agriculture have allocated US$38,000 through AKHS for implementation of this project."          |
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Moyez
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