WORKSHOP ON PRACTICING
Sustainable Water Sanitation Health And
Development: Lessons Learned From
Participatory Field Research in Pakistan
A two day workshop on Practicing Sustainable
Water Sanitation Health and Development:
Lessons Learned from
Participatory Field Research in
Pakistan, was held at CIIT
Abbottabad on July 12-14, 2010.
The workshop was organised by
the Environmental Sciences
Department, Sustainable Water
Sanitation Health and
Development Program of the
Department of Environmental
Sciences in collaboration with
partner university, University of
life Sciences, Norway.
as well as Afghanistan.
Students presented the findings of their field
research that were relevant to
implementing organisations and
would help them better
understand the complexities of
the practice. The presentations
were grouped under five themes;
Approaches to rural sanitation,
Gender, culture and sanitation,
Health, hygiene and sanitation,
Sustainable sanitation and
decentralized treatment
systems, Water supply and low
cost treatment systems. The
presentations were followed by
group work with both the
participants and the students, on
C O M S AT S I n s t i t u t e o f
I n f o r m a t i o n Te c h n o l o g y,
Abbottabad being a research
institute has a tradition of sharing its
The presentations were grouped under
research and the knowledge
five themes; Approaches to rural
generated as a result of it with
practitioners, policy makers and
sanitation, Gender, culture and
academia. Similarly the main
sanitation, Health, hygiene and
objective of the workshop was to
disseminate the knowledge gained
sanitation, Sustainable sanitation and
by the MS students of the
decentralized treatment systems, Water
Sustainable Water Sanitation Health
and Development Program during
supply and low cost treatment systems
their field research work to different
implementing organisations working
how the knowledge gained by the student's
in the Water and Sanitation sector from Pakistan
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research and presentations could be used for the
organization’s benefit to ensure better
implementation. The students were also given
ideas on what specific areas the organizations
would like the researchers to study.
The second day presentations were followed by
two discussions, the first regarding pre-project
assessments for organizations and the second
was on how to strengthen research and
collaboration between researchers and
implementing organizations in order to share
and understand each other's knowledge and
practices which summed up the workshop.
Management, Marketing & Leadership...
Department of Management Sciences, 30 June - 2 July 2010
Day 1: Essentials of Management
“Stress at workplace is a reality which if ignored
or misinterpreted can take its toll upon physical
and mental health of employees and the
efficiency of an organization”. This was stated
by Mr. Umar Hassan and Mr. Ubaid Ali in the first
session of the 3 Days Workshop on
Management, Marketing & Leadership.
Mr. Tauqeer Shams and Mr. Fayyaz Sheikh
conducted a session on “Conflict Management”
focusing on Conflicts at workplace, resolving
interpersonal conflicts and Conflict resolution
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SESSION 2: Leadership Theories and
Practices
strategies. It was highly interactive session
leading to a fruitful debate on this topic. Mr.
Sheraz Ali Shah was the coordinator for both
sessions.
A notable feature of the session was cross
departmental participation. Active participation
of Heads of various departments and officers
was an added color of the practicum.
The first part of the second session was on
“Leadership Theories & Practices”. Ms. Saadia
Munir discussed the leadership concepts,
theories and how these help in managing
change. She had two activities that involved;
defining the word 'Leadership' and how the
house explains it, and then the ability to think
positive to encourage people to have a well led
and planned life.
She carried on and explained the 4E's and 1P of
the leadership along with the 8 rules of
leadership as quoted by Mr. Jack Welch of GE, in
his book, 'WINNING'. There was a question and
answer session at the end that was concluded
successfully with full participation from the
audience on the query of whether the Leaders
are born or made?
Day 2: Leading Organizational Change
Leading Change Management Process
Session 1: Strategic Thinking and
Planning
Change is the law of life and those who look only
to the past or the present are certain to miss the
future. Planning is not predicting the future, it is
the best course of action at this time. Strategic
planning is all about thinking a big picture,
integrated plans and objectives, effective
networking and the processes to add value.
System Thinking is the fifth discipline that
integrates the disciplines (personal mastery,
mental models, building shared vision, and
team learning), fusing them into a coherent
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the organization, for bringing change in the
organization. What are the reasons for
resistance to change, and ultimately what is
actually “Leading Organizational Change” .
Vision, Mission and Objectives
The second part of the session was activity
based where participants were asked to develop
personal and organizational vision. The group
activity was aimed towards having shared
vision. The same was projected on the flip
charts and the house shared their combined
vision about how they saw CIIT Abbottabad. It
was a wonderful activity with full participation
from the house.
3 Days Workshop on
A three Days Workshop on
Management, Marketing &
Leadership was organized by
the graduate students of
Management Sciences
D e p a r t m e n t , C O M S AT S
Institute of Information
Technology, Abbottabad from
June 30 to July 2, 2010. Six
intensive sessions were
conducted on Stress
Management, Conflict
Management, Strategic
Planning, Change
Management, Pricing and Branding, and CRM.
Dr. I. A.Raja, Head, Department of
Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad
inaugurated the workshop. He lauded the
efforts of Professor Dr. Syed Amjad Farid Hasnu
and Dr. Mushtaq Khan Jadoon for taking a lead
in organizing this event. He also expressed his
hope that participants would benefit from this
workshop.
body of theory and practice. Without a
systematic orientation, there is no motivation to
look at how the disciplines interrelate.
The second part of the second session was
presented by Mr. Shahid Masood. He briefed in a
video, where the world is
going and how changes are
taking effect and how fast. He
also described the life of a
Hawk, what changes he has to
bring into his appearance that
will make him an active
member of his species and
live another 30 years.
He explained the targets for
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Introduction and conclusion
Mr. Touseef Ahmad dealt with the introduction
and conclusion of the day's workshop. He was
also dealing with the overall workshop
management and the activity handling. He
briefed about everyone's topic of the day and
concluded by thanking the participants.
The sessions were very interactive and
participative which involved activities and movie
clips to maintain the concentration of the
audience. The highlight of the day was the
honor given by the worthy Director Dr. Khan Gul
Jadoon. He also participated in the discussion
and appreciated the ideas of the workshop.
HODs, GM (Administration) and notable
participants from various departments made
the event gracious.
Day 3: New Product Development &
Pricing
SESSION I
“Essential of Marketing” was the main theme on
the final day of workshop. Ms. Huma Shahkir
gave over view of new product development, its
various categories and Product Innovation
Charter. Different types and the applied
strategies of pricing regarding general goods
and Fast Moving Consumer Goods were
presented by Mr. Asad Javed in this session.
SESSION 2: Branding, CRM and Sales
Promotion
Post lunch session was conducted by Ms.
Madeeha Irshad. She told the participants about
brand management, its importance, strategies,
brand equity, uses of logos,
and symbols etc. Ms. Sumaira
Shams presented CRM, its
goals, importance and
processes. The last session
was conducted by Mr. Khalid
Mehmood who defined sales
promotion, its types and
reasons. Notable feature of
the final day of the workshop
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was active participation by faculty and students
of various departments.
Management Sciences Department graced the
occasion by their presence.
Closing Ceremony
Worthy Director appreciated the efforts of the
faculty and the students. He emphasized on the
importance of teamwork for the growth of
organizations. Dr. Mushtaq Khan Jadoon and
Dr. Amjad Farid Hasnu also shared their words of
applause for the faculty and the students who
made the workshop successful. Certificates and
the souvenirs were distributed among the
organizers, the students and the guests of
honor.
Closing Ceremony of the event was held in
Azeem Shahzad Memorial Hall on Tuesday, July
2, 2010. Worthy Director CIIT Abbottabad,
Professor Dr. Khan Gul Jadoon, Prof. Dr Izhar
Hussain, Chairman Campus Graduate Program
Committee, Dr. Mushtaq Khan Jadoon, Head of
MS Department, Prof. Dr. Amjad Farid Hasnu,
Prof. Dr. Shehla Amjad, Prof. Dr. I. A. Raja,
faculty members and the MS students of
Department of Management Sciences, 9 July 2010
The presentation by Mr. Ahmad Qureshi was
quite comprehensive that covered all the
aspects related to Islamic Banking. He
highlighted that Meezan Bank has clearly
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Director CIIT Abbottabad lauded the efforts of
Meezan Bank and thanked all participants for
their kind participation.
3rd France- Pak Bi-National Symposium
July 13-19, 2010 & 4th AFERP held in
BESANCON, France
Islamic Banking in Pakistan
9.30 hrs. Director CIIT Abbottabad Professor Dr.
Khan Gul Jadoon, Prof. Dr. I. A. Raja, Head,
Environmental Sciences Department, Dr.
Mushtaq Khan Jadoon, Head Management
Sciences Department, faculty members of MS
Department and the students attended the
seminar. The representatives of Meezan Bank
included General Manager Mr. Saleem Khan,
Area Manager Mr. Alamzeb Khan and Marketing
Executive Mr. Ahmad Qureshi.
After the question answer session the Closing
Ceremony took place at 12.30 hrs. Dr. Mushtaq
Khan concluded the seminar. He highlighted the
importance of Islamic Banking with respect to
the ideology of Pakistan. He said that it is
unfortunate for all of us being Pakistanis that we
could not establish a system of Islamic Banking
in a state which was created on the basis of
Islamic ideology. On the other hand Israel was
created on the basis of Judaism and they have
adapted their system of government and
finance accordingly.
Participation of CIIT Abbottabad representative in
One Day Seminar on
The Department of Management Sciences, CIIT
Abbottabad organized a one day Seminar on
“Islamic Banking in Pakistan” in collaboration
with Meezan Bank Limited, Abbottabad on July
9, 2010. The opening Ceremony took place at
providing its services for the development of
study programs related to Islamic Banking and if
CIIT Abbottabad intends to start any new field
regarding Islamic Banking, Meezan Bank is
ready to support it.
established itself as the largest Islamic Bank in
Pakistan with the largest Islamic Banking branch
network in the country. The banking sector is
showing a significant paradigm shift away from
traditional means of business and is catering to
an increasingly astute and demanding financial
consumer who is also becoming keenly aware of
Islamic Banking. Meezan Bank bears the critical
responsibility of leading the way forward in
establishing a stable and dynamic Islamic
Banking system replete with dynamic and
cutting-edge products and services.
At the end of the presentation, various
questions were asked by the faculty members
and the students regarding the difference
between Riba and Profit, Musharika, Mudariba,
User accounts and other perspectives. In
response to Mr. Jamil Anwer's question,
Mr. Ahmad Qureshi told that Meezan Bank is
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Prof. Dr Rehana Rashid, Chairperson
Department of Chemistry, COMSATS
Institute of Information Technology
(CIIT), Abbottabad participated in the 3rd
France-Pak Bi-National Symposium held
from July 13-19, 2010 & 4th AFERP held
from July 16-18, 2010 in BESANCON,
France. She presented research work on
“The Alzheimer Disease and Role of
Pecan as Nutrient”- A burning health
issue of the modern era.
The Pakistani delegation comprised Prof.
Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Director, HEJ
research institute, University of Karachi
and Chief Focal Person, Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal
Bhanger, NCEAC, Jamshoro, Sindh, Prof,
Dr Habib- ur Rehman, Vice Chancellor
AJK, Muzafarabad and many others.
Pakistani Scientists Delegation with Organizers
of 3rd Bi national Pak-France Symposium
The important aspect of the symposium was the
linkage through regional program, Bio-Asia- an
initiative of French cooperation launched in
Asia, aiming at creating and reinforcing high
level collaborations and networks in the region
involved in research and development in the
field of natural substances, (from the study of
biodiversity to the development by sustainable
uses of natural substances in health, pharmacy,
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nutrition, agronomy, cosmetics and renewable
energies, which are major issues for life
sciences).
The split PhD and post doc fellowships were also
discussed to establish new South Asian
University linkage in order to promote research
culture through student teacher exchange
programs.
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SOUTH KOREA VISIT PROGRAM 2010
12-22 July 2010
Dear Readers
Its an honor for CIIT Abbottabad as one of its student Miss Yildiz Tehseen (FA08-PHM-009) got selected
for the South Korea visit Program 2010. She alongwith two other students from Pakistan got
selected after the screening of 168 applicants. Read out what she says about her experience!
The Embassy of Republic of Korea in Islamabad
selected 3 students from Pakistan after
screening 168 applicants for the Visit Korea
Program 2010. Luckily, I was one of the last 3
to have made it all the way to South Korea to
represent Pakistan and CIIT. The aim of the
program was to make undergraduate students
of 18 countries (from South East Asia) visit the
Korean educational institutes, industry, tourist
spots and more importantly understand the
Korean culture. The trip began on July 12, 2010
when I was joined by two other Pakistani
students at
Islamabad airport
whom I had never
met before. But it
took hardly few
hours, as three of
us got strongly
bonded together.
The cultural
exchange was the focal point of the visit as the
administrators of the program had made it
mandatory for each participant to have a home
stay with a Korean national. The PAI CHAI
University was the host coordinator with
NIIED for the trip. Its students were assigned
as guides with the total 60 visiting students.
The visiting students were paired up as
roommates, girls and boys separately. I was
paired up with a Nepali girl named Astha. The
first 5 days of the program had many attractions
in the city of Seoul. Starting from the Seoul
International Museum where the Korean
heritage rests and unfolds its history was the
start of the exciting 10 days.
Followed by the museum, a delightful but
uneatable lunch was waiting for us, which
included Pork, Tortoise, ducks along with some
traditional Korean
dishes (Kimchi and
Bipimbup). I had
only seen boar and
tortoise on Animal
Planet before
seeing them in
plates and dishes.
This was just the
start of the food dilemma. Tourist spots like
NANTA theatre, Insa Dong, Lottee world (an
amusement park) along with Korea University
and PAI CHAI educational institutes were the
part of the first 5 days excitement at Seoul. The
hotel stay at the Seoul was amazing, especially
the rooms and the facilities. Every individual was
assigned a roommate keeping in mind the
objective of the tour “cultural mix”, but had this
thing also been depicted in the food menu, like
having an Indian/Pakistani food one day and an
Indonesian/Chinese food on another, I thought
it would have been much more effective, rather
than opting for Korean food throughout the
menus. Another factor regarding the food was
the timing of lunch and dinner. For few of the
Asians like Indians, Pakistanis, Srilankans and
Bangladeshis, it was too early to have dinner at
5:30 PM but at the same time it was a good
opportunity to experience the Korean life which
was quite fascinating. By the time I left Seoul I
had found many good friends from Sri Lanka,
Nepal, Bangladesh and India.
Next we moved to Daejeon city, where we had a
home stay for two days. I was assigned a
student of Pai Chai University with whom I
stayed for two days. This was perhaps the
difficult time of the tour as many of the friends
would disperse to their assigned hosts. It was a
unique experience as I had to use body
expressions more than verbal expressions and
also at times had to communicate with the
family through writing. The food problem
reached its peak and the Pakistani biscuits that I
had with me as the brunch meal turned up as
the main menu items. In Daejeon, we visited the
Hyundai motors plant where 190 labors worked
and the machines did most of the work and
produced 100 cars in a day. The state of the art
technology and efficiency of engineers was the
surmise of this success. ETRI (Electronic
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Telecommunication Research Institute) was the
next prominent place where engineers research
on new ideas and innovations and develop
products which they sell to multinational
companies. Both these places were fully
equipped with modern technologies. After two
days of home stay, we moved to dormitory of Pai
Chai University. After living in a luxurious hotel,
shifting in a dorm was a bit absurd.
Daejeon beach and Korean monument were the
other two attractions in the Daejeon city apart
from visiting few shopping malls. Most of us had
found Daejeon as a better place to shop as
compared to the Seoul city. The traditional Mud
festival at the beach was a unique experience
as people turned up all muddy as they threw
mud on each other. It was an activity which
attracted the younger generation more. We
(Pakistanis) organized a musical/dancing
activity one day, where other participants sung
and danced on the tunes of Pakistani and Indian
music. Before leaving for Pakistan, we
presented Pakistan flag badges as souvenir to
all the other 17 countries representatives and
the best part of it was that we made the Indians
wear our flagged badges. On July 22, 2010 gifts
and certificates were distributed among all 60
participants and soon after that we left for the
Incheon international airport where our flight
was ready to take us back to Pakistan. It was my
first international trip which was most
interesting, exciting and the memory of which I
will cherish for ever.
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MoU signed between
CIIT Abbottabad and SMEDA for the establishment of
Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC)
Department of Management Sciences, 11 August 2010
CIIT Abbottabad has signed an MoU with
SMEDA for the establishment of
Entrepreneurship Development Center
(EDC) at CIIT Abbottabad. Professor Dr. Khan
Gul Jadoon, Director CIIT Abbottabd and Mr.
Shahid Rashid, Chief Executive Officer, Small &
Medium Enterprises Development Authority
(SMEDA) signed the MoU on behalf of CIIT
Abbottabad and SMEDA respectively. The
signing ceremony was held on Wednesday,
August 11, 2010. Professor Dr. Khawaja Farooq,
Prof. Dr. Syed Amjad Farid Hasnu, Prof Dr. Izhar
Hussain, Mr. Jamil Anwar, Mr. Afzal Shah, and Mr.
Mansoor Nazir Bhatti represented CIIT
Abbottabad while Syed Iqbal Kidwai, GM
Outreach, Mr. Javed Khattak, Provincial Chief,
Mr. Ashfaq Ahmed Afridi, Assistant Manager, and
Mr. Kamran Khan Regional Chief represented
SMEDA.
Worthy Director CIIT Abbottabad and CEO
SMEDA appreciated the efforts of Department
of Management Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad and
the team of SMEDA for their collaboration in the
establishment of EDC. Later on CEO, SMEDA
inaugurated the EDC.
The purpose of the EDC is to
l Act as a resource for regional SMEs' support.
l Identify the problems as well as
opportunities for SMEs in KPK Province
through Research and Consultations.
l Maximize awareness and disseminate
knowledge of Entrepreneurship amongst
the population, who have motivation, drive
and potential to organize, setup, and
manage a business of their own.
l Organize different capacity building
programs for promotion of SMEs of the
province.
l Develop the center to be the primary link
between the academia and Industry.
University of Life Sciences (UMB), Norway
organized one day workshop on “Human
Security in Practice: Linking livelihood
security and security reform in postconflict contexts of NWFP”. The event was
held in CIIT Abbottabad on July 19-20, 2010.
Director CIIT Abbottabad Professor Dr. Gul Khan
Jadoon inaugurated the workshop and
reiterated CIIT's vision to address the issues
and contribute to revive livelihood of the
affected people of Swat valley.
The main objective of the workshop was to
explore the ways in which local livelihood revival
intersects with local security issues in the postconflict areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in general
and Swat valley in particular, and to relate them
to wider discourse, policies and programs in
security and development. Stakeholders from
academia, developmental sector, and local
community representatives from Swat attended
the workshop. Dr. Ingrid Nyborg from UMB
Norway and Dr. Bahadar Nawab from CIIT
Abbottabad elaborated the potential of carrying
out intensive field research in Swat valley. They
accentuated on the impacts of conflict on
women and men's livelihood, potentials of
development activities in reviving livelihood
with local and external institutions and the
implications of policies and programs for
improvement. All stakeholders shared their
views and gave suggestions on how to cope with
insecurity and conflicts, selection of areas for
this research study, recruiting competent field
researchers and the involvement of local
people. Some of the participants stressed to
include such qualitative questions that would
also clear the reasons of starting the conflicts
from the community point of views. And the field
researchers must also interview the relatives of
those people who had connections with the
extremist elements in order to know the insight
of inconsistency. Workshop was concluded by
recommending some of the necessary
measures as home work before disbursement to
the field for intensive qualitative research.
Participation of CIIT Team in
ACU Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa
Mr. Jamil Anwar will be the Head of EDC whereas
Mr. Afzal Shah will be the Manager Training and
Research.
A team of COMSATS Institute
of Information Technology
(CIIT), comprising Professor
Dr. Iftikhar A. Raja and
Professor Dr. Izhar Hussain,
both from Abbottabad campus
participated in Association of
Commonwealth Universities
(ACU) Conference, held from
April 25-27, 2010 in Cape
Town, South Africa.
International Workshop on
Human Security in Practice: Linking livelihood
security and security reform in post- conflict
contexts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
19-20 July 2010, By Dr. Bahadar Nawab Khattak, Head Development Studies
Department of Development Studies, CIIT
Abbottabad in collaboration with the
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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies-Noragric, Norwegian
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ACU Conference Participants from Various Institutions
of Pakistan
July - September 2010
ACU Conference provided to
the CIIT team members an
excellent opportunity for
meeting with the top
Executives from the
Association of Commonwealth
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Universities as well as from a large number of
Universities/Academic Institutions of
Commonwealth countries and discussing with
them the points of common interest.
One of the objectives of attending ACU
Conference was to meet the delegates and
developing the understanding/linkages/
collaboration with Universities in the
Commonwealth countries, particularly, UK,
Basically, conference was focused on talks
relating to an important topic “Role of
Universities in achieving MDGs
Millennium Development Goals”. The
MDGs are eight international development goals
that all 192 United Nations member states and
at least 23 international organizations have
agreed to achieve by the year 2015, the details
of which are given at the end of this report.
Conference was focused on
talks relating to an important
topic “Role of Universities in
achieving MDGs (Millennium
Development Goals)”
During the conference, the role of universities in
achieving some of the goals laid down in MDGs
document were discussed and a declaration was
also signed at the end of the conference. The
team feels that from COMSATS platform, we are
already contributing significantly in achieving
the set targets.
Australia, Canada and with the Academic
Institutions of other Commonwealth States like
Sri Lanka and India. The team did its best to
meet and hold discussions with as many
heads/representative of various Universities as
possible. Positive response was received from
many of them and further work has been
initiated for fruitful results in this regard.
Eight MS Students Graduated in
Environmental Sciences
Department of Environmental Sciences
The Graduate program of Department of
Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad is
running efficiently at present. A number of
students graduate after fulfilling the
requirements of course work and research
work. Eight MS students also graduated in
Spring 2010. The external viva voce examiners
appreciated the quality of research work and
thesis produced by ES graduates.
Following students graduated:
Faiqa Masood supervised by Dr. Qaisar Mehmood
Hajira Haroon supervised by Dr. Qaisar Mehmood
Asad Ashraf supervised by Dr. Qaisar Mahmood
Zahida Yousaf supervised by Dr. Iftikhar A. Raja
Auriba Saleem supervised by Dr. Iftikhar A. Raja
Ali Salman Zafar supervised by Dr. Amir Haider
Malik
Sehrish Wali supervised by Dr. Bahadar Nawab
Abu Turab supervised by Dr. Bahadar Nawab
We wish all the graduating students a bright
future and good luck in their practical life.
Rao Naim Rashid and BES Graduate Ghulam Mujtaba Won
Scholarships for Higher Studies in South Korea
Department of Environmental Sciences
It's a matter of great honor for CIIT Abbottabad
that one of our faculty members and a student
have won merit scholarships in South Korea.
Former DOO of ES Mr. Rao Naim Rashid has won
scholarship from KAIST University in the
Department of Environmental Engineering
First Batch of
WATSAN Program Students Graduated
Department of Environmental Sciences
21 MS students from MS in Sustainable Water
Sanitation Health and Development graduated
in July this year after fulfilling all the
requirements. This program is being offered at
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
(CIIT), Abbottabad in collaboration with
Norwegian University of Life Sciences and
Tribhuvan University Nepal. CIIT Abbottabad is
the first educational institute around the world
to offer this program. The program is funded by
Norwegian Government. At the moment, few
international students from Nepal and Africa are
also studying in this program. The program on
Sustainable sanitation, Health and
Development is designed to provide the skill
and knowledge required to assess, plan,
execute and implement strategies for
sustainable sanitation and development. The
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program includes study modules, group works
and individual project. The students have the
opportunities to specialize in areas like:
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Rural/Urban Sanitation
Ecological Sanitation
Natural Treatment of Wastewater and
Reuse
Community Water Supply
Water Conservation/Rainwater Harvesting
Sanitation, Health and Rural Development
Policies, Institutions and Governance
The administration and faculty of the
Department of Environmental Sciences
congratulate all the graduates and wish them a
bright future!
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while BES graduate Mr. Ghulam Mujtaba won
merit scholarship from Myongji University. Both
have joined their respective universities in
August this year. We pray for their success in
higher studies.
Dr. Muhammad Irshad- The new Coordinator of MS WATSAN Program
Department of Environmental Sciences
Dr. Muhammad Irshad, Associate Professor of ES Department has been appointed as
Coordinator MS WATSAN program. He is also Convener of Undergraduate Research
program. He joined CIIT Abbottabad in March 2010. Formerly, he was serving in
Department of Environmental Sciences of Hazara University.
Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti assumes the charge as DOO of ES Department
Department of Environmental Sciences
Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti assumed the charge as Departmental Operating Officer (DOO)
ES after Mr. Naim Rashid left for S. Korea for PhD studies. Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmad is Assistant
Professor in ES Department and joined CIIT Abbottabad in 2005. He is among the pioneer
faculty members of Environmental Sciences Department. It is hoped that he will perform
his duties to the best of the satisfaction of administration and students.
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Syed Zulfiqar Ali Zaidi completes MS-Mathematics
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Zaidi, Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad
has successfully completed MS degree from
CIIT Abbottabad under the supervision of Prof.
Dr. A. M. Siddiqui, Department of Mathematics,
York Campus, Pennsylvania State University and
Prof. Dr. Tahira Haroon, Chairperson
Department of Mathematics, COMSATS
Institute of Information
Technology, Islamabad. His
master thesis was based on
Bio-fluid Mechanics under
title “Study of Flow of
Maxwell's fluid Through Arterial
Stenosis.”
Department of Mathematics
congratulates him on his success.
CIIT Abbottabad rises to the occasion
once again
CIIT Abbottabad's Flood Relief Campaign
Views of Miss Hasina Khan about the responsibilities of DOO
Department really appreciates her services and kind coordination with staff
“Responsibilities of DOO's office range from
allocation of courses to teachers, monitoring the
progress of their assignments, quizzes and other
exams as well as keeping an eye on the
observance of office hours by the staff,
conducting all types of correspondence within
COMSATS as well as with prospective candidates
for employment and admissions”
In addition to all these responsibilities,
Departmental Operating Officer may have to
teach one or two courses which put additional
pressure on the officer concerned. My view is
that the officer concerned has to be sufficiently
proactive and reasonably sound both in
academic as well as
administrative matters.
In my opinion, this job
requires devotion, attention
and complete involvement in
departmental affairs.
Personally I have performed
this duty for nearly three and a half years.
Though I was under extreme pressure, I gained
considerable experience about administration,
management and letter writing etc. I hope this
experience will be of great use for me in future.
Obituary of
Mr. Adam Khan
Department of Mathematics
Mr. Adam Khan, Advisor, Department of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad served the
department for more than 3 years. He was 69 years old. He died on August 6, 2010 due to
heart failure. He was born in Mohmand Agency, N.W.F.P, on May 9 , 1941. He did M.Sc
(Mathematics) in 1964 from UET Peshawar and then joined Engineering College,
University of Peshawar as lecturer. In 1976, he went to USA on study leave for higher
studies. In 1978, he did MS(Statistics) from Colorado University, USA.
From 1964 to 2010, he worked in several reputed educational institutions. Prominent among them are UET
Peshawar where he served the nation for 37 years, FAST- National University, Peshawar where he worked for 6
years, and Department of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad, where he served for more than 3 years as Advisor. He
worked as Chairman, Department of Basic Sciences, UET, Peshawar for 8 years in three different periods. He was
undoubtedly a successful administrator.
On March 16, 2007, he joined Department of Mathematics CIIT Abbottabad as Advisor. During his stay that can only
be described as colorful, at Department of Mathematics, he taught different courses of Statistics and Mathematics
and always guided junior colleagues. He was an accomplished scientist with more than 8 scientific papers and
articles to his credit.
Mr. Adam Khan was a very distinctive person. He was an extraordinarily gifted teacher. His lecture courses on
Probability Theory and Statistics attracted big crowds of students and were marked by the most unusual clarity, his
grip on the subject and his wonderful sense of humor. He was rare in other ways too. He was very kind, polite,
gentle, compassionate and generous human being. His death is indeed a great loss for CIIT Abbottabad. May
Almighty ALLAH rest his soul in peace, Ameen!
NEWSLETTER
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Pakistan is passing through one of the major
disasters of its history. CIIT Abbottabad has
always been in the forefront in all these
disasterous situations and helped the affected
people. A Flood Relief Campaign has been
launched under the supervision of worthy
Director Prof. Dr. Khan Gul Jadoon. To reach the
affected population, a team of CIIT
Abbottabad's students and faculty went to
DOABA and Charsadda. District Charsadda is
the worst affected area during the recent floods.
Around 12000 families have been made
homeless and presently 200,000 people are
living in camps. Most of the villages in 32km
square have been completely washed away by
flood water. All the belongings of the people
have been taken away and most of the people
are living in worst conditions.
Our team distributed 200 packs of food items
containing 5 kg rice, 3 kg Daal, 2 kg sugar, I kg
Ghee, 1/2 kg dates, 1/4 kg tea and salt. The
food items were given away to 200 victimized
families. Besides this, 10 Daigs of rice in three
villages and two camps were also distributed.
Other than the food items, around 60 special
packs of female clothes and other personal used
materials prepared by our females students
were also distributed among the females in the
camp.
The flood relief team went to Kohistan (Dubair)
July - September 2010
on Friday, August 13, 2010 and distributed food
items in 200 affected households. Dubair is a
small town on Karakuram Highway between
Besham and Dasu. More than half of the village
houses and shops were completely washed out
by Dubair Nullah. The road connection of down
country with Gilgit-Baltistan and China is cut off
at this place and the only food supply to upper
Kohistan is through army helicopters and to
some extent by a trolley cable built over the
Nullah.
On August 28, 2010, COMSATS Flood Relief and
Rehabilitation Committee visited Pashtoon
Garhi of District Nowshera. This village has
3500-4000 households in five Mohallas i.e.
Kandi Payan, Kandi Bala, Rahim Abad, Ajab
Bagh and Shaheed Abad. The village is situated
on the right bank of the Kabul River hardly 600700 meters away from the river. No government
or private organization was able to reach the
worst affected Kandi Payan of Pashtoon Garhi.
CIIT Abbottabad's team was the first one to
reach there for helping the victimized people.
Following activities were done in the village:
1. Free Medical Camp:
A free medical camp was established in the
village. A group of seven senior, five junior and
four medical students' (altogether 16)
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volunteers from Ayub Medical College
accompanied us. The medical doctors were
specialized in the fields of:
2. Gyne
3. Medicine
4. Surgery
5. Peads
6. Dermatology
7. ENT
8. Eyes
Library Information Services
3. Research survey in the village
Research survey was carried out in Pashtoon
Garhi. During the survey, the focus was on
understanding the wealth ranking, livelihoods,
drainage, sanitation and water supply systems,
and damages in the village. The objective of the
research survey was to look into the possibility
of long term research and development
interventions in the village.
The doctors checked 300 registered
patients (majority of them were women
and children) and we provided free
medicine to all of them. The major
diseases in the village were:
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Internship program at Library
Library Information Services has introduced
Internship program for the library science
graduates of Hazara division. Four candidates
were selected through this program for a period
of three months. Assignments based training
was given to them in different library
departments. At the end of internship,
certificates will be awarded to the successful
candidates.
Library Orientation Classes
The Library staff arranged library orientation
sessions in Library for the new students. Main
objective of these orientations was to promote
Library services, HEC Digital Library Program, EBooks, Book Bank and library culture in the
university.
Scabies
Disease of Gastro-intestinal tract
Viral Conjunctivitis (eye)
Wounds and superficial injuries
Depression
Bar-coding of Library Books
Bar-conding of library books was started in the
last week of July and more than 25% of the work
is completed. This project will help the library
staff to issue books and other material through
barcode reader, saving the time of readers as
well as the staff.
Presentation by LibMax
(Library Management Software)
Libmax is a comprehensive automation solution
for Library systems, catering management and
distribution of all materials, print, electronic
and digital.
Libmax arranged a presentation on August 9,
2010 about their latest library software in
collaboration with Library Information Services,
CIIT Abbottabad for the COMSATS Library Staff
as well as Library Heads of Local Educational
Institutions.
2. Distribution of clothes, shoes and
food
Packets of female, male and children
clothes along with shoes were distributed in
more than 200 poor households. A list of most
deserving households was prepared with the
help of local activist before the visit. Priority was
given to widows and female headed
households. Food items were also distributed
among the widows in the village.
A cash amount was also distributed in the village
among the poorest widows and females and few
poor males. This money was donated by few
faculty members of CIIT Abboattabad.
On the way back another village (Behram Khel)
in Nowshera Kalan but on the other side of the
Kabul River was visited. The story of human and
animal loss and damages to property and assets
was even worse than Pashtoon Garhi in this
village. The same items were distributed among
150 households in this village but due to lack of
time medical camp could not be established
there.
NEWSLETTER
Student Affairs Progress session Spring 2010
Presently, we have launched the COMSATS
medium and long term engagement and the
following three projects have been initiated:
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Adopt a student
Adopt a family
Adopt a village
CIIT Abbottabad needs your continuous
financial and moral support and requests you to
give a serious thought in adopting any or a mix
of the above packages.
The flood Relief Committee greatly appreciates
the great support of the administration and all
volunteers and wish that we continue our relief
and rehabilitation interventions.
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Report by Student Affairs
Admissions for the Session Fall 2010 have been
concluded successfully. More than 895 students
were inducted. The semester Fall 2010 started
on September 15, 2010 after Eid holidays. The
completed student files and the student folders
have also been handed over to the respective
departments.
Interviews for Taleem Fund will be conducted at
department level in FA10 semester as well. Miss
Zahida Bibi, a student of MBA was nominated for
HEC Japanese Need Based Scholarship Program
for the year 2010. She will also earn a stipend
from the same scholarship in addition to
complete fee.
Two students, Mr. Syed Hamid Ali Shah and Mr.
Saadat Ilyas of Electrical Engineering
Department were nominated for CIIT
July - September 2010
Endowment Fund Scholarship (CIIEF) in year
2010. Their complete fee dues are being paid by
the CIITEF.
Student Affairs successfully registered
graduates for both convocations, on Friday, July
30, 2010, by getting the alumni registration
forms. Students participated with full zeal and
spirit. The gowns and invitation cards were also
distributed through Student Affairs with the help
of convener gown committee and his team of
Ushers. Student Affairs was also involved in the
line-up and movement of graduates at the
venue.
The institute medals will be awarded to our
awardees on September 22, 2010 in Islamabad.
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COMSATS Community ISP
CITC supporting Land and Planning Section,
Municipality of Fujairah (UAE)
Access to HEC Journals
CITC, Software House has developed and
deployed application to automate work flows of
Land and Planning Section, Municipality of
Fujairah (UAE). It is a very unique experience.
Initially we are focusing on major sections of the
municipality, Land Section and Planning section.
We are supporting them in many ways like:
COMSATS Institute of Information
Technology, Abbottabad is
providing access to more than
32,000 high quality, peerreviewed journals, databases,
and articles through HEC's Digital
Library Programme. In addition to
this, thousands of E-books are
also on offer on different subject
areas like Science and
Technology, Social Sciences and
Humanities. Students and faculty
can access these resources from
the campus through IP address.
COMSATS Community ISP is
managing IP based HEC journals
access. These journals are
directly accessible from both
faculty local area network and
student's local area network
including computer labs inside the
campus.
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Access of these journals is playing an important
role in research conducted by faculty and
students of Abbottabad campus. For the
promotion of research activities we have
hosted a journals proxy. This journals proxy is
accessible over the web. Researchers can now
access HEC journals directly from their homes.
Procedure for accessing HEC journals
from Home
HEC journals can easily be accessed from home
or outside the campus network. Browse
http://journals.ciit.net.pk website and a
valid username and password is required for it.
We hope this facility will uplift the research
activities of our faculty and students. For
further information please contact Incharge
COMSATS Community ISP.
Registration form is available on http://www.ciit.net.pk/HEC_Journals_AForm.doc. After
filling in the registration form, one can get the username and password.
NEWSLETTER
We have defined their SOP's for flow of data
and decisions to facilitate automation of the
procedures and improved information flow.
Existing work flows have been enhanced to
improve efficiency and new workflows have
also been defined for smooth operations.
We have automated the following workflows
of Land and Planning sections:
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Acquisition of new Residential Land,
Acquisition of new Agricultural Land,
Renting Industrial Land,
Extension of Land,
Inheritance of Land,
o Generation & approval of “DEEDS”
(agreements),
o Renewal processes for rented lands,
o Lands definitions and maps attachments,
o Land Operation including but not restricted
to merging and dividing lands and
o Partial paperless environment in first
phase.
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We have developed a dynamic Workflow
Management Framework to cope with
existing workflows and integrate new
workflows into the system.
Automated intelligent path detection and
selection for load balancing.
Failsafe path detection and forwarding
mechanism for application flow.
Integration of the system with overall
F u j a i ra h e - G o v t f i n a n c i a l s y s t e m
Implemented Role Based Security Model with
time specific rights assignments.
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CIITIX-WiFi 1.1 released
This is a patch release removing few bugs.
Web GUI can now read the logs more swiftly.
Kernel has been upgraded along with
upstream patches of apache & php. A new
July - September 2010
addition to this release is a custom
certificate generating mechanism. For
further details, visit CIITIX-WiFi website.
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Research & Development (HPC/Open Source)
COMSATS Course Portal
It is stated with profound pleasure
that downloads of our local linux
based distributions, CIITIX & CIITIXWiFi, have crossed the 1 Tera Bye
mark (1.389 TB exactly), easily
making it the most popular
distribution to come out of Pakistan.
The users range from one corner of
the world to another from Australia,
Asia, Africa, Europe to North/South
America.
We also hope to release more
specialist turn-key solutions in near
future to enhance CIIT's reputation
and contribute to the open source
community.
from
Complexity to Simplicity
Institutional visits of Chemistry Faculty;
Introducing Chemistry Graduate Program
The Department of Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad
has successfully completed series of visits to
various institutions of the region. The objective
was to introduce the importance and need of
research to expedite the regional natural
resources through the Chemistry graduate
program at CIIT Abbottabad. Teams led by
senior faculty members visited different
universities and colleges in Mansehra,
Abbottabad, Haripur, Wah and Islamabad. They
gave briefing about the ongoing graduate
program of Chemistry, facilities available at CIIT
Abbottabad and edge cutting research and
quality education.
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Complicated user interface.
Difficult to comprehend.
All individual portal accounts have to be
regenerated after every new session.
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Portals need to be merged.
No bulk uploading and download facility.
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Attachment is necessary in uploading an
Assignment.
Improper organization of contents on
server.
Teacher c an not set due date of an
assignment.
Students can see assignments even
after the due date has passed and
upload solution against them.
Assignments need to be uploaded as
some document.
Students could send assignments with
any name they wish.
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BoS Meeting
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Department of Chemistry, 24 September 2010
The BoS meeting was held on September 24,
2010 at Department of Chemistry, CIIT
Abbottabad. The meeting was chaired by
Dr. Rehana Rashid. The BoS committee
consists of the most eminent Scholars from all
over Pakistan. The committee includes Dr.
Saeed Arayin (Ex-HOD, Department of
Chemistry, University of Karachi), Prof. Dr.
Nazr-ul Islam (Institute of Chemical Sciences,
University of Peshawar), Dr. Muhammad Ali
(University of Sargodha, Sarogadha), Dr. Haq
Nawaz Bhatti (Department of Chemistry,
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad), Dr.
Ahmad Adnan (GCU, Lahore) and faculty
from Department of Chemistry.
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Simple and user-friendly interface.
Easy to comprehend.
No need to regenerate portals.
Every person has his own
account.
No need to merge the portals
Facilitates bulk uploading and
download.
Attachment is not necessary in
uploading an assignment.
Proper organization of contents
on server.
Teacher can set due date of an
assignment.
Students cannot see assignments
after due date and cannot upload
solution.
Assignments can be sent as text.
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No facility to view the names of students
who have yet not submitted their
assignments.
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No reminders facility.
Proper naming is followed for
assignments uploaded by
students.
Provides facility to view the
names of those students who
have yet not submitted their
assignments.
You can set reminders.
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Need to manage individual courses as
separate portals.
View and manage courses at one
place.
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SPORTS REPORT
By Mr. Gulzar Raza, Sports Officer
CIIT Abbottabad participates in
Commissioner Hazara Division
Basket Ball and Table Tennis Tournament
July 2010
CIIT Abbottabad Participated in
Commissioner HAZARA
Basketball and Table tennis
Championships. CIIT
Abbottabad won Table Tennis
doubles while got third position
in Basketball match.
NEW
Badminton
Courts built for
boosting the
Sports
activities
Engineer Toufail Ahmed Khan of CIIT Abbottabad
making first shot for the opening match of
Commissioner Hazara Cup Table Tennis singles
Two new Badminton Courts
in front of old Faculty block
and a separate Badminton
Court for CITC near old
exam office have been built
this year for providing the
students, faculty and
administrative staff an
opportunity to get
themselves involved in
healthy sports activities.
COMSATS Faculty in action
NEWSLETTER
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RESEARCH
List of Published, Submitted and Accepted
Research Papers
(July-September 2010)
Department of Chemistry
Published Papers
1. A. H. Malik, S. Nasreen, Q. Mahmood, Z. M. Khan, R. Sarwar, G. Jilani and
Afsar Khan, “Strategies for Low-Cost Water Defluoridation of Drinking Water-A Review of Progress”,
J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 2010, 32, 550558. IF: 0.190
2. A. Zahoor, I. N. Siddiqui, Afsar Khan, V. U. Ahmad, A. Ahmed, Z. Hassan, S. S. Khan and S.
Iqbal, “Two New Glycosides from Conyza bonariensis”, Nat. Prod. Commun. 2010, 5, 10991102. IF:
0.745
3. Wajid Rehman, Bakhtiar Muhammad, Zonera Hassan, Jamil Khan, Nadia Bashir,
Abdullah Khan and Gulzar Hammed, “Synthesis, characterization and biological activities of
some organotin(IV) complexes”, Asian J Chem. 22 (8) 6215-6223, 2010. SCI, IF= 0.3
4.
Afshin Maleki, Amir Hossein Mai, Royce Ehrahimi and Jamil Khan, “Evalution of Barley
Straw and its Ash in Removal of Phenol from Aqueous System” , World Appl Sci J., 8 (3): 369-373,
2010. SCI Index
Accepted Papers
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I. N. Siddiqui, V. U. Ahmad, A. Zahoor, A. Ahmed, S. S. Khan, Afsar Khan and Z. Hassan,
“Two new Diarylheptanoids from Alnus nitida”, Nat. Prod. Commun. IF: 0.745
L. Wu, D. Wu, Q. Mahmood and Afsar Khan, “The sulfide oxidation in an electrolytic sulfide
oxidation chamber using a graphite anode”, J. Chem. Soc. Pak. IF: 0.190
S. S. Khan, Afsar Khan, V. U. Ahmad, A. Ahmed, U. Farooq, S. Arshad, S. Bader, A.
Zahoor, I. N. Siddiqui, B. Sener and N. Erdemoglu, “Two New Disulfated Triterpenoids from
Zygophyllum fabago”, Helv. Chim. Acta, 2010. IF: 1.435
Mohammad Asgher, Mohammad Yaqoob, Amir Waseem and Abdul Nabi, “Flow injection
methods for the determination of Retinol and a -Tocopherol using lucigenin enhanced
chemiluminescence” Luminescence, IF: 1.2
Department of Environmental Sciences
Published Papers
1. Chong-jian Tang, Ping Zheng, Qaisar Mahmood and Jian-wei Chen, “The effect of substrate
concentration on stability of anammox biofilm reactors”, Journal of Central South University of
Technology, 17(1) (2010) ,79-84, SCI, IF:0.283
2. Jian-wei Chen, Qi-xing Ji, Ting-ting Chen, Caihua Wang, Ping Zheng and Qaisar
Mahmood, “Floatation and control of granular sludge in a high-rate anammox reactor”. Water
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Research, 2010; 44(11):3321-8, ISI, IF : 4.355
3. J.B. Xiong and Q. Mahmood, “Adsorptive removal of phosphate from aqueous media by peat”,
Desalination 259 (2010) 5964, ISI, IF :2.051
4. Bingzhi Li, Xiangyang Xu, Liang Zhu, Wei Ding and Qaisar Mahmood, “Catalytic ozonation of
industrial wastewater containing chloro and nitro aromatics using modified diatomaceous porous
filling”, Desalination, 254(2010)90-98, ISI, IF : 2.051
5. Chong-Jian Tang, Ping Zheng, Lei Zhang, Jian-Wei Chen, Qaisar Mahmood, Bao-Lan Hu,
Cai-Hua Wang and Yi Yu, “Enrichment features of anammox consortia from methanogenic
granules loaded with high organic and methanol contents”, Chemosphere 79(2010):613-9 , ISI,
IF: 3.253
6. Amir H. Malik, Sadia Nasreen, Zahid Mahmood Khan, Rizwana Sarwar, Ghulam Jilani,
Qaisar Mahmood, Afsar Khan, “Strategies for low-cost defluoridation of drinking water-A review
of progress”, Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan , 32(4) 551-558, 2009, SCI, IF :0.221
7. Wu Donglei, Liu Ping, Luo Yan Zhang, Tian Guang Ming and Mahmood Qaisar, “Nitrogen
transformations during co-composting of herbal residues, spent mushrooms and sludge”, Journal of
Zhejiang University Science B. ISI, IF: 1.1
Accepted Papers
Department of Management Sciences
Published Papers
1. Dr. Iqtidar Ali Shah, Zainab Fakhr, Shakil Ahmad and Khalid Zaman, “Measuring Push,
Pull And Personal Factors Affecting Turnover Intention: A Case of University Teachers in Pakistan”.
Journal of Review of Economic and Business Studies, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 167-192, June 2010.
2. Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Khalid Zaman and Dr. Iqtidar Ali Shah, “Relationship between
Rewards and Employee's Performance in Cement Industry of Pakistan”. Journal of International
Academic and Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 19-29.
3. Atif Rao, Abida Jadoon, Khalid Zaman, Aisha Ismail and Rabia Seemab, “Trade
Liberalization, Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from Pakistan (1980-2009)”,
Journal of International Academic Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 30-37.
4. Khalid Zaman, Dr. Waseem Ikram and Dr. Mehboob Ahmad, “Growth-Inequality-Poverty
(GIP) Hypothesis in Rural Pakistan (1964-2006): An Investigation Using Bounds Test”, International
Journal of Rural Management, Vol. 5, No. 2, 217-230 (2009). DOI: 10.1177/097300521000500205.
5. Muhammad Waseem, “Relative Importance of Pay Level Satisfaction, Career Development
Opportunities, and Supervisor Support in Perceived Organizational Support” Journal of Yasar
University, Turkey, No. 19_Vol. 5, July, 2010.
1. Anhui Hu, Ping Zheng, Qaisar Mahmood, Lei Zhang, Lidong Shen, Shuang Ding,
“Characteristics of nitrogenous substrate conversion by anammox enrichment”, Bioresource
Technology, SCI, IF: 4.3
2. Naim Rashid, Kisay Lee and Qaisar Mahmood, “Glucose-induced biohydrogen production by
Chlorella vulgaris under diverse photoperiods” , Bioresourse Technology, SCI, IF: 4.45
3. Abida K Khan, Saadia Nasreen, Zareen Akhter, Qaisar Mahmood and Rehana Rashid,
“Antimicrobial studies of selected synthesized organotin complexes”, African Journal of
Microbiological Research, SCI, IF: 0.409
4. Chong-Jian Tang, Ping Zheng, Ting-Ting Chen, Qaisar Mahmood, Ji-Qiang Zhang,
Shuang Ding, Xiao-Guang Chen, Jian-Wei Chen and Da-Tian Wu, “Enhanced nitrogen
removal from pharmaceutical wastewater with innovative SBA-ANAMMOX process”, Water Research,
SCI, IF: 4.355
1. Khalid Zaman, Muhammad Mushtaq Khan, Mehboob Ahmad and Waseem Ikram, “Does
Female Enrolment Rates cause Economic Growth in Pakistan?”, Asian Social Science, Canadian
Center of Science and Education, Vol 6, issue 11, 2010.
2. Malik Fahim Bashir, Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal, Khalid Zaman and Iqtidar Ali Shah, “Return
on Higher Education by Different Degree Programs: A Case Study of Public Sector In Pakistan”, The
Fed Uni Journal of Higher Education, 2010.
3. Dr. Iqtidar Ali Shah and Dr. Neeta Baporikar, “Gender Discrimination: Who is responsible? An
Evidence From Pakistan" International Journal of Women Studies”, Taylor & Francis, California, USA.
Submitted Papers
Submitted Papers
1. Bilal, M., A. Jaffrezic and C. Walter, “EEM fluorescence characterization of farm manures and
farm waste impacted natural water”, Water air and soil pollution, 2010
2. Jaffrezic M. Bilal and G. Gruau, “Riparian, shallow groundwater or hillslope control of dissolved
organic carbon during storm events in an agricultural headwater catchment”, Applied geochemistry,
2010.
3. Jaffrezic, E. Jardé, A.M. Pourcher, M.GourmelonM.P.Caprais, M. Bilal, M. Derrien R. Marti
and S. Mieszkin, “Microbial and chemical markers: runoff transfer in pig slurry and cattle manureamended soils”, Journal of Environmental quality.
4. Nosheen Mirza, Qaisar Mahmood, Arshid Pervez and Mohammad Maroof Shah,
“Investigation of arsenic tolerance mechanisms in Arundo donax”, Journal of Hazardous Materials,
ISI, IF: 4.125
5. Muhammad Saqib Khan, Mohammad Maroof Shah and Qaisar Mahmood, “Assessment of
Pesticide Residues on Selected Vegetables of Pakistan”, Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan ,
32(4) 551-558, SCI, IF : 0.019
6. Ji Bing Xiong, Qaisar Mahmood and Min Yue, “The potential of Sedum alfredii Hance for the
biosorption of some metals from synthetic wastewater, Desalination, SCI, IF: 2.051
1. Khalid Zaman, Muhammad Mushtaq Khan, Mehboob Ahmad and Waseem Ikram,
“Growth, Employment, Exports and Wagner's Law: Evidence from Pakistan's Agriculture Sector
(1960-2009)”, International Journal of Rural Management, Sage Publisher, India, 2010.
2. Aisha Ismail, Khalid Zaman, Atid Rao, Abida Jadoon and Rabia Seemab, “The Role of
Exports, Inflation and Investment on Economic Growth in Pakistan (1980-2009)”, Business and
Economics Research Journal (BERJ), Turkey, 2010.
3. Khalid Zaman, Iqtidar Ali Shah, Muhammad Mushtaq Khan and Mehboob Ahmad,
“Estimating Working Poverty: Evidence from National, Rural and Urban Poverty (1979-2006)”, Journal
of Poverty, Chicago, 2010.
4. Malik Fahim Bashir, Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal, Khalid Zaman, “Estimating Private Rate of
Return on Higher Education in Pakistan (M.Phil & PhD Degress)”, Review of Economics and Business
Studies, Romania, 2010.
5. Muhammad Mushtaq Khan, “Effectiveness of Communication Technology in Health Care Services:
The Case of Lady Health Workers in Pakistan”, Public Health, Elesvier, 2010.
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Accepted Papers
July - September 2010
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ABSTRACTS
Department of Mathematics
Department of Chemistry
Published Papers
Two New Glycosides from Conyza bonariensis
1. KHALIDA INAYAT NOOR & SAQIB HUSSAIN, ”GENERALISATION OF CLOSE-TO-CONVEX OF
COMPLEX ORDER”, Journal of Quality Measurement and Analysis JQMA 6(1) 2010, 49-56
2. Saqib Hussain, “Some applications of MillerMocanu lemma on certain classesof meromorphic
functions”, Elsevier Inc, 2010.
3. Madad Khan and Tauseef Asif, "Characterizations of semigroups by their anti fuzzy ideals", Journal
of Mathematics Research, Vol. 2, No 3(2010), 134-143.
4. Madad Khan, Faisal Iqbal and Nouman, A. Khan, "On Anti Fuzzy Ideals in Left Almost
Semigroups", Journal of Mathematics Research, Vol. 2, No 3(2010), 203-210.
Accepted Papers
Department of Pharmacy
Published Papers
1. Abdul Jabbar Shah, Nizar Noorali Bhulani, Sara Haroon Khan, Najeeb ur Rehman and
Anwarul Hassan Gilan, “Calcium Channel Blocking Activity of Mentha longifolia L. Explains its
Medicinal Use in Diarrhoea and Gut Spasm”, Phytotherapy Research. 131(2); 471-477, 2010,
IF: 1.772. Wiley. England
2.
Sheikh Yaeesh, Qamar Jamal, Abdul Jabbar Shah and Anwarul Hassan Gilani,
“Antihepatotoxic activity of Saussurea lappa extract on D-galactosamine and lipopolysaccharide
induced hepatitis in mice”. Phytotherapy Research. June 2010; 24(S229-S232. IF: 1.772. Wiley.
England.
3. Samra Bashir, Anwar H. Gilani, Anwar A. Siddiqui, Shahid Pervez, Saeed R Khan,
Noorjehan Sarfraz, Abdul Jabbar Shah, “Berberis vulgaris root bark extract prevents
hyperoxaluria induced nephrolithiasis in rats through inhibition of calcium oxalate crystallization and
antioxidant effect”. Phytotherapy Research, August 2010; 24(9):1250-1255. IF: 1.772. Wiley.
England.
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Studies on Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronq. led to
the isolation of two new glycosides trivially
named as erigeside E and F (12), along with two
n e w s o u r c e c o m p o u n d s ;
benzyl-?-D-glucopyranoside (3) and 2p h e n y l e t h y l - ? - D - g l u c o p y ra n o s i d e ( 4 ) .
Compounds 1, 3, and 4 are aromatic glycosides,
while compound 2 is an alkyl glycoside. Their
structures were elucidated through mass
spectrometric, and 1 D- and 2D-NMR
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spectroscopic technique, including H NMR, C
NMR, HMQC, HSQC and HMBC.
Department of Development Studies
1. A. Khan, Y. B. Jun and M. Z. Abbasi, “Characterizations of ordered semigroups in terms of (\in,
\in v \q)-fuzzy interior ideals”, Neural Computing with Applications. IF: 0.825
2. A. Khan and Y. B. Jun, “Soft ordered semigroups related to fuzzy sets”, International Journal of
Computer Mathematics. IF: 0.546
3. A. Khan, M. Shabir and Y. B. Jun, “Generalized fuzzy AG-groupoids”, International Journal of
Fuzzy Systems, (ISI listed Journal).
4. Madad Khan and Tauseef Asif, Characterizations of semigroups by their anti fuzzy ideals,
Journal of Mathematics Research, Vol. 2, No 3(2010), 134-143.
5. Madad Khan, Faisal Iqbal and Nouman, A. Khan, On Anti Fuzzy Ideals in Left Almost
Semigroups. Journal of Mathematics Research, Vol. 2, No 3(2010), 203-210.
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A. Zahoor, I. N. Siddiqui, Afsar Khan, V. U. Ahmad,
A. Ahmed, Z. Hassan and S. S. Khan, S. Iqbal
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Accessing Potential, Quality and Socio-Economic Impacts of
Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting in Abbottabad
Qasim Mubashir and Mahmood Tahir
This research was carried out in three regions of
city Abbottabad i.e. Balolia, Kakul and Mirpur
which represent remote settlement, town and
an urban area respectively. From social
dimension, findings of this study suggest that
rainwater harvesting can serve as a valuable
management tool even in those areas where
municipal water supplies are not readily
available. It provides water at doorstep in
remote communities where ground water is not
available due to deep water table and
technology is not suitable because of uneven
topography. In Balolia and Mirpur, women and
children fetch few liters of water in small
containers from distant springs to meet all
domestic needs everyday. While in rainy
seasons people make use of rainwater by
conventional techniques and use it for different
domestic consumptions other than drinking.
Rooftop rainwater harvesting practice saves
time and energy needed to fetch water from faroff resources which can be utilized in different
income generating activities and children could
spare more time for their education. In this way,
this study establishes a direct relationship
among rainwater harvesting, income level of a
household and education of children. Average
rooftop area of surveyed households was 2120
square feet. With this catchment area a
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household can annually collect 211311 liters of
rainwater. Assuming 50 liters per capita per day
water demand, this amount of water can
sufficiently provide full water coverage in nine
month of the year except 3 dry months i.e. May,
November and December (Average HH size 7.5).
Economically, comparing cost of water from
other resources, rainwater harvesting system at
household level is very attractive as the
apparatus of this system is simple enough to be
managed at household level with very low
operation and maintenance cost. However,
storage tank is the most expensive component
of the system but employing household labour
and skills, this cost can potentially be reduced.
For instance, at present market prices,
construction of a cistern tank of 2000 liters
capacity costs around Rs. 1200. Hence,
investment on rainwater harvesting system
potentially offers free water without any major
cost in future. From quality perspective,
chemically rainwater is the best alternative of
ground water and can be used for any potable
and non potable purpose without treatment as
pH, TDS, EC and total hardness as CaCo3 were
within WHO permissible limits but slightly
turbid. Biologically rainwater showed heavy
contamination which makes the treatment
necessary before direct human consumption. In
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general, rainwater has not shown better or
worse results. However, treatment of present
contaminants can be done at domestic level with
low cost techniques like sand coal filtration,
exposing to sunlight ultra violet radiation etc.
Based on results, it is concluded that rainwater
harvesting systems were shown to be a relatively
low cost option for universally improving a
households' geographical and temporal access
to a water source, increasing convenience,
decreasing collection times and overall
increasing a households' 'felt' water security.
Department of Mathematics
Generalisation of Close-to-Convex of Complex Order
(Pengitlakan Dekat-kepada-Cembung bagi Peringkat Kompleks)
Khalida Inayat Noor and Saqib Hussain
Using the concept of operator I? ,? (? ? ?1,? ? 0),
we study some new classes of analytic functions.
Some inclusion relationships are investigated.
We also show that these classes are closed under
convolution with a convex function. An
application of the results is also discussed.
Some applications of MillerMocanu lemma on certain classes
of meromorphic functions
Saqib Hussain
In this paper, making use of a linear operator, we
introduce and study certain new classes of
meromorphic functions. We derive some
inclusion results. These classes contain many
known classes as a special case.
Jumps in Prices and Valuation of the Corresponding Options
Sultan Hussain
In financial markets some rare events, i.e.,
release of an unexpected economic figure,
major political changes or even a natural
disaster in a major economy, can lead to brusque
variations in prices. There is no perfect hedging
and it is difficult to price the options in this case.
No approximations are developed for the value
function as well as for the perfect hedging in this
case. One can try to obtain some results in this
direction.
Department of Management Sciences
Measuring Push, Pull and Personal Factors Affecting Turnover Intention:
A Case of University Teachers In Pakistan
Dr. Iqtidar Ali Shah, Zainab Fakhr, Shakil Ahmad and Khalid Zaman
It has been observed that professional and
qualified teacher's retention has become a
challenge for Higher Education Institutions
(HEIs) in Pakistan as the turnover rate has
significantly increased in recent years. The main
objective of this paper is to access personal,
push and pull factors and to find out which
factors contribute more to turnover intention.
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Primary data was collected from 100 teachers of
5 HEIs using questionnaire methods. The results
indicate that all factors (personal, pull and push)
have contributed in the employees' turnover
intentions. However, some facets of personal
factor have significantly contributed in turnover
intentions.
Relationship between Rewards and Employee's Performance in the
Cement Industry in Pakistan
Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Khalid Zaman and Dr. Iqtidar Ali Shah
This study empirically examines the relationship
between rewards and employee's performance
in cement industry in the Khyber
Pakhtoonkhawa Province (KPK) of Pakistan. The
study is based on primary data collected from
one hundred and forty employees of various
cement industries in Pakistan. A self designed
questionnaire was used for data collection. The
data was analysed using the techniques of rank
Trade Liberalisation, Financial Development and Economic Growth:
Evidence from Pakistan (1980-2009)
Rao Muhammad Atif , Abida Jadoon, Khalid Zaman, Aisha Ismail and Rabia Seemab
This study investigates the impact of financial
development and trade openness on GDP
growth in Pakistan using annual data over the
period 1980-2009. The analysis is based on the
bound testing approach of co-integration
advanced by Pesaran et al (2001). The empirical
results confirm the validity of trade led growth
and financial led growth hypothesis in Pakistan.
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A co-integrated relationship between economic
growth, trade openness and financial
development was noticed in both the long-run
and short-runs. Further analysis showed that
trade openness and financial development
Granger-cause economic growth in the period of
study.
Relative Importance of Pay Level Satisfaction,
Career Development Opportunities, and Supervisor Support in
Perceived Organizational Support
Muhammad Waseem
This paper presents the relative impact of
POS than supervisor support and pay level
supervisor support, pay level satisfaction &
satisfaction. The results suggest that
career growth opportunities on the development
organizational leaders must adequately address
of perceived organizational support (POS) of
employee needs through the effective use of
employees. Survey data were collected from
different human resource practices including fair
banking sector professionals working in the
rewards, effective leader-member relationship
branches of four major private commercial
and proper career growth opportunities. These
banks of Pakistan in Hazara Division. The
programs bring about perceived organizational
findings of this study highlighted that “career
support which in turn can lead to positive
growth opportunities” is a stronger predictor of
organizational outcomes.
Department of Pharmacy
Calcium Channel Blocking Activity of Mentha longifolia L. Explains its
Medicinal Use in Diarrhoea and Gut Spasm
Abdul Jabbar Shah, Nizar Noorali Bhulani, Sara Haroon Khan,
Najeeb ur Rehman and Anwar-ul-Hassan Gilani
Mentha longifolia has a reputation in traditional
medicine in the indications of diarrhoea and gut
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correlation coefficient and multiple regression
analysis. All the findings were tested at 0.01 and
0.05 level of significance. The result concludes
that there is a direct relationship between
extrinsic rewards, intrinsic rewards and the
employees' performance. It is also found out
that recognition techniques used in cement
factories are good for the maximum
performance of employees.
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spasm. This study was carried out to provide a
possible pharmacological basis to its medicinal
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use in hyperactive gut disorders. In a castor oil
induced diarrhoeal model, the crude extract of
Mentha longifolia (Ml.Cr) provided 31-80%
protection, similar to loperamide. In isolated
rabbit jejunum preparations, Ml.Cr caused
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inhibition of spontaneous and high K -induced
contractions, which suggests spasmolytic
activity, mediated possibly through calcium
channel blockade (CCB). The CCB activity was
further confirmed when pre-treatment of the
tissue with Ml.Cr caused a rightward shift in the
Ca++ concentration-response curves (CRCs),
similar to verapamil. Loperamide also inhibited
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spontaneous and high K -induced contractions
and shifted the Ca++ CRCs to the right. Activitydirected fractionation revealed that the
petroleum spirit fraction was more potent than
the parent crude extract and aqueous fraction.
This data indicates that the antidiarrhoeal and
spasmolytic effects of the crude extract of
Mentha longifolia are mediated through the
presence of CCB -like constituent(s),
concentrated in the petroleum spirit fraction and
this study provides indirect evidence to its
medicinal use in diarrhoea and spasm.
Antihepatotoxic activity of Saussurea lappa extract on
D-galactosamine and lipopolysaccharide induced hepatitis in mice
Sheikh Yaeesh, Qamar Jamal, Abdul Jabbar Shah and Anwar-ul-Hassan Gilani
The effects of aqueous-methanol extract of
Saussurea lappa Clarke root (Sl.Cr) was
investigated against D-galactosamine (D-GalN)
and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced hepatitis
in mice. Co-administration of D-GalN and LPS (1
ìg/kg) significantly raised the plasma
transaminase levels (ALT/AST) as compared to
the control group (p < 0.05). Pretreatment of
mice with different doses of Sl.Cr significantly
prevented the D-GalN and LPS-induced rise in
plasma levels of ALT and AST in a dosedependent manner (p < 0.05). Post-treatment
with Sl.Cr (600 mg/kg) significantly restricted
the progression of hepatic damage induced by
D-GalN and LPS. The improvement in plasma
enzyme levels was further verified by
histopathology of the liver, which showed
improved architecture, absence of parenchyma
congestion, decreased cellular swelling and
apoptotic cells in treatment groups as compared
to the toxin group of animals. These data
indicate that the Sl.Cr exhibits hepatoprotective
effect in mice and this study rationalizes the
traditional use of this plant in liver disorders.
Berberis vulgaris root bark extract prevents hyperoxaluria induced
nephrolithiasis in rats through inhibition of calcium oxalate
crystallization and antioxidant effect
Samra Bashir, Anwar H. Gilani, Anwar A. Siddiqui, Shahid Pervez, Saeed R Khan,
Noorjehan Sarfraz and Abdul Jabbar Shah
Berberis vulgaris is a widely used plant for the
treatment of urolithiasis. To evaluate its
antiurolithic potential, the crude aqueousmethanol extract of Berberis vulgaris root bark
(Bv.Cr) was tested in an animal model of
urolithiasis, developed in male Wistar rats by
adding 0.75% ethylene glycol in drinking water.
Bv.Cr (50 mg/kg) inhibited CaOx crystal
deposition in renal tubules and protected
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against associated changes including polyuria,
weight loss, impaired renal function and the
development of oxidative stress in kidneys.
Activityguided fractionation revealed the
concentration of antiurolithic constituent(s)
mainly in the aqueous fraction. These data,
indicating the presence of antiurolithic activity in
Berberis vulgaris root bark, rationalize its
medicinal use for the treatment of urolithiasis.
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ABSTRACTS OF MS THESES
Department of Environmental Sciences
Solid Waste Management practices in Nawanshehr, Abbottabad
Ali Salman Zafar
Supervised By: Dr. Amir Haider Malik
Today, Nawanshehr Town is one of the most
famous towns in Abbottabad. It is situated on the
bank of Murree Road, few kilometers eastwards
from main city of Abbottabad. Its population was
19,871 in 1998, but it is estimated to be over
36,000 in the year 2009. It is very unfortunate
that Nawanshehr, like many other cities of the
country, still lacks proper solid waste collection,
transportation and disposal facilities. The
uncollected waste poses serious risk to public
health through clogging of drains, formation of
stagnant ponds, and providing breeding places
for mosquitoes and flies with consequent health
risks of many diseases. The present study
highlights the current status of solid waste
generation and disposal practices in Nawanshehr
along with its possible management. It involved
the surveys of different places such as general
stores, tailor shops, cotton processing and
quilting, carpenter and timber shops, chicken
shops, sanitary stores, medical clinics and
butcher shops during the month of July 2009. It
is estimated that on an average 7-8 tons of
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is generated daily,
of which 2-3 tons is collected by the local
administration and dumped at “Salhad” Solid
Waste Dumping Site. Major proportion of the
generated MSW goes to open drains of the town
and taken away to the Mandrocha Katha by the
water flow, worsening the drinking water
facilities of this natural water stream. It is further
carried to Daurr River. It was recommended that
organic waste may be employed for many
beneficial uses. With the collaboration of
industrialists, a small scale fertilizer factory may
be established, which uses the same organic
waste matter with some modification to produce
fertilizer for the local farmers. This will fulfill the
fertilizer demands of local farmers to increase
crop productivity. There are areas where people
are raising cattle. The animal waste produced by
these cattle is straightway going into the streams
or is discarded in the open area, which means it is
not being utilized. This waste can be efficiently
used to produce biogas.
Land-use Change Analysis of District Abbottabad using
GIS and Remote Sensing
Auriba Saleem
Supervised By: Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Raja
Land-use is the manner in which human beings
utilize the land and its resources. It is the human
alteration of natural environment into built
environment such as fields, pastures, and
settlements. Recently, more attention is being
given to land-use change. It has become a key
issue that needs to be addressed urgently.
Land-use change is a global issue and
Abbottabad district, our region under study, is
also continuously undergoing land-use change.
The combined use of GIS and remote sensing is
very useful in detecting land-use change. In this
thesis we investigate the land-use change in
Abbottabad district using advanced techniques
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of GIS and remote sensing. The objectives of
our study are; to analyze the land-use changes
in the last decade using GIS and Remote
sensing techniques, to develop land-use maps
for different years using advance techniques of
remote sensing, and to study the causes and
impacts of land-use change in Abbottabad
district. We classify Landsat imagery of 1998,
2005, and 2009 into five major land-use classes;
vegetative land, forest, settlement, water, and
bare land. We compute the conversion of landuse classes in the study region, and then get the
land-use confusion matrix in ENVI. Our results
show that the vegetative land and bare land
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decreased while settlements, water area, and
forest increased in the last 10 years.
Furthermore, the study indicates that the bare
land is decreased by 11.39%, 34.13% of which
is converted to settlement, 20.7% to vegetative
land, 7.9% to forest, and 2.12% to water area.
Most of the losses of vegetative land are
converted to settlement. The main directions of
land-use change are that settlements and forest
are enlarged, and vegetative land and bare land
are encroached. Land-use change has
devastating consequences not only on the
overall environment of the Abbottabad district
but also on the livelihood of the people.
Therefore, this study is useful for the planning of
Abbottabad district, and monitoring the
dynamics of land-use change resulting out of
changing demands of increasing population.
Integrated Treatment of Waste Water
from Dyeing and Printing Industrial Units in Kim's Industry
Hattar, Haripur, Pakistan
Faiqa Masood
Supervised By: Dr. Qaisar Mahmood
The present study demonstrates the
(50% biomass). Relatively better results were
bioremediation potential of anaerobic bacteria
observed at alkaline pH 8 for both hydrolyzed
obtained from a septic tank and cattail plants
and non-hydrolyzed form of RB19 dye. For
(Typha angustifolia) for the treatment of
hydrolyzed form of RB19 dye, 83% decoloration
Reactive Blue 19 dye. The anaerobic sludge
was observed with 10.15% degradation.
bacteria and cattails used in this study were not
Keeping 50% anaerobic bacterial sludge, the dye
previously exposed to these kinds of xenobiotic
concentrations used were 50~300 mg/L; the dye
compounds. The wastewater from dyeing and
decoloration percentage for hydrolyzed form
printing units is notoriously known to contain
was in range of 71.8 to 86.4%. Variable dye
strong color, a highly fluctuating pH and
treatment efficiencies (38.16 to 67.6) were
significant COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand)
observed for two forms of dye at different
values. Variable sludge amount of 30%, 50%
concentrations when treated by 250 g/L of T.
and 70% were used with fixed amount of dye
angustifolia. Overall, anaerobic biomass at
concentrations at pH 7-8 and at the temperature
alkaline pH (8) showed better potential to treat
of about 25ºC. Subsequently, 50% sludge was
RB19 dye. This observation that unadapted
selected to treat variable concentrations of RB19
sludge bacteria can decolorize RB19 dye is
dye. At neutral pH, for hydrolyzed form of RB19
important because it opens up the prospect of
dye, the maximum dye decoloration was 73.2%
developing anaerobic treatment systems which
at biomass concentration of 70% under neutral
can easily decolorize dyes in industrial
conditions. The dye degradation was 15.9%
wastewaters and also possesses potential
under these conditions. The non-hydrolyzed dye
advantages over systems using defined bacterial
decoloration for various sludge concentrations
cultures.
were in range of 43.2 (30% biomass) to 56.1
Treatment and Reuse of Caustic Rich Wastewater from
Bottling Plant of Shezan Industry Hattar, Haripur, Pakistan
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processes including drink production, labeling,
packaging, lubricating and washing of bottles
and equipments. The present study is aimed to
reduce the wastage of water in the beverage
industry and to introduce water conservation
strategies to reduce the volume of liquid
discharge from bottling plants. Various
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removes all dissolve solids present in water. The
best treatment option was the use of IE/RO or
N/RO combinations that removes impurities to
optimum water quality to be used in boiler and
washing in bottling industry. For the reuse of
effluent discharged from bottle washer, it is
proposed to treat it first with ion exchanger and
then RO membrane can be effective treatment
option to produce good quality of boiler feed
water.
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CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT WINS VARIOUS
CIIT FUNDED PROJECTS
The four faculty members of Department of Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad have won CIIT funded
projects worth Rs. 800,000/- (0.8 Million Rs.). The details of the projects are as follows:
1. Title of Project: Isolation , Structure elucidation and biological Activity of Nepeta Suaris
Principal Investigator: Dr. Umar Farooq
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Rehana Rashid
Worth: Rs. 200,000/2. Title of Project: Synthesis of Biologically active molecule based on Thiazole Schiff Base Derivatives
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ather Farooq Khan
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Umar Farooq
Worth: Rs. 200,000/3.Title of the Project: Synthesis, Characterization and Studies of thermal behavior of nano-catalyst
and nano-materials.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Abida K. Khan
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Rehana Rashid
Worth: Rs. 200,000/4.Title of the Project: Development of Polymer based chelating resins for solid phase contraction of
various metal ions.
Principal Investigator: Dr. S. Tauqir Sherazi
Worth: Rs. 200,000/NEWSBITE
Hajira Haroon
Supervised By: Dr. Qaisar Mahmood
Water is a major component of the beverage
industry. Approximately 1 to 4 liters of fresh
water is required to produce 1 liter of soft drink.
Bulk of fresh water is required during the soft
drink processing. During the process of soft
drink production, a considerable amount of
waste water is generated during different
techniques like neutralization (N), Ion Exchange
(IE), and Reverse Osmosis (RO) alone or in
combination were tested to treat wastewater
samples from Shezan Industries, Hattar. The
present study showed that neutralization was
though effective to lower pH towards neutral or
even below neutral value; however, it resulted in
increase of TDS and conductively due to creating
acidic conditions. IE caused removal of hardness
from the wastewater samples; RO could achieve
nearly absolute removal efficiency in that it
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Department of Mathematics
Dr. Sultan Hussain , Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad attended “All
Pakistan Mathematical Association Conference” held on June 22-23, 2010 at Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad. He presented his paper titled “Hedging of the American Style Option on
a Dividend paying Stock” .
Mr. Waqar khan, Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad attended the All Pakistan
Mathematical Association Conference. The conference was held in Quaid-i-Azam UIniversity,
Islamabad on June 22-23, 2010. He presented his research paper titled “The Exact Solutions of
Viscous Flows in Porous Medium”.
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ARTICLES
Bennet and Brassard in 1984, hence named as
BB84 protocol. This protocol used circular and
rectilinear bases for photon polarization. The
protocol works as under:
Quantum Cryptography, an introduction
By Mazhar Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Brief History of Cryptography
Cryptography (derived from Greek word
meaning hidden writings) is the art of encoding
and decoding messages. This skill has ancient
history. The purpose of cryptography is
transmission of message in such a way that only
intended recipient receives it. Cryptography
uses certain algorithm to scramble the message
into unreadable form. The algorithm is termed as
cipher and resulting unreadable text as cipher
text.
Cryptography went through evolution as there
was continuing war between code writers and
breakers. The history of cryptography started
with ancient ciphers which were simple
substitution ciphers. With the breaking of simple
ciphers, symmetric key cryptography was
introduced. Key distribution remained a problem
in symmetric cryptography. Ever evolving
technology and development of high
computational resources posed threats to
symmetric cryptography and world moved to
public key cryptography or asymmetric key
cryptography. This type is characterized by a pair
of keys; separate for encryption and decryption.
However, the security of public-key encryption
depends on the assumed difficulty of certain
mathematical operations, such as factoring
extremely large prime numbers. The problem
with this is that the difficulty associated with the
mathematical operations is assumed and not
proven. If efficient algorithms are discovered,
the security will no more be there. The second
problem is the threat of quantum computers. The
theoretical ability of quantum computers to
essentially process large amounts of information
in parallel would remove the time barrier to
factoring large numbers. Thus, public-key
encryption, though secure at the moment, faces
a serious threat as quantum computing comes
closer to reality. Currently, however, this method
is still widely used, especially for the encryption
of financial information sent over the internet.
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Quantum Cryptography
Quantum cryptography solves the problem of
symmetric key cryptography as it can establish a
secret key between two users who are located at
distance. Any eavesdropping is detectable in
such case. High power quantum computers do
not pose any threat as quantum cryptography
does not depend on any assumed difficulty of
mathematics.
Quantum cryptography uses polarization
property of photons to do the trick. Three bases
are chosen for measuring the polarization of the
photon, each giving one of the two possible
measurements. These bases and possible
measurements are:
Rectilinear (+) in which a photon can be
vertically or horizontally polarized.
Circular (o) in which a photon can be leftcircular or right-circular polarized.
Diagonal in which a photon can be 45o or
135o polarized.
Any of the above given bases can be used to
determine the polarization of a photon with
respect to that bases. However, an important
factor to note here is that if a photon is measured
twice using different bases, the later
measurement will cease all the properties of
previous measurement with different base.
Suppose a photon is measured under rectilinear
base and its polarization is found to be vertical.
Then it is measured under circular base and its
polarization is found to be left-circular. This
second measurement will cause the rectilinear
property of the photon to vanish. If we measure
the same photon third time under rectilinear
base, it may or may not be horizontal. Hence we
cannot find the polarization property with two
bases at a time.
First protocol to establish a secret key using
quantum transmissions was developed by
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It is important to note that transmissions between
Alice and Bob take place on two different types of
channels. The photon transmissions are quantum in
nature and occur on what will be called a quantum
channel, such as optical fibre. The discussions
between Alice and Bob about the types of
measurements occur on a classical channel, such as
copper cable, telephone or email. The properties of
these two channels are very different.
Assuming that two people named (using the
popular cryptographic notation) Alice and Bob wish
to communicate securely. Their method for keyexchange starts with Alice transmitting a stream of
random bits as polarised photons and continually
swapping randomly between the rectilinear and
1. Alice prepares photons randomly with either
rectilinear or circular polarizations.
2. Alice records the polarization of each photon
and then sends it to Bob.
3. Bob receives each photon and randomly
measures its polarization according to the
rectilinear or circular basis. He records the
measurement type (basis used) and the
resulting polarization measured. (It is
important to remember that the polarization
The process can be clarified by following example:
Step
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Description
Bases used by Alice to prepare
photons
Polarization of photons sent by Alice
Bases used by Bob
Results of Bobs measurement
Bob publicly tells Alice which type of
measurement he made on each
photon
Alice publicly tells Bob which
measurements were the correct
type
Alice and Bob each keep the data
from correct measurements and
convert to binary
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sent by Alice may not be the same
polarization Bob finds if he does not use the
same basis as Alice.
4. Bob publicly tells Alice what the
measurement types were, but not the
results of his measurements.
5. Alice publicly tells Bob which measurements
were of the correct type.
6. Alice and Bob each throw out the data from
measurements that were not of the correct
type, and convert the remaining data to a
string of bits using a convention such as:
left-circular = 0, right-circular = 1
horizontal = 0, vertical = 1
The string now possessed by Alice and Bob,
10010101 is the secret key.
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0
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diagonal encoding schemes. Bob at this point has
no idea which schemes are being used for which bit,
and so he will also swap randomly between
schemes. Alice will now contact Bob insecurely and
tell him which scheme was used for each photon,
Bob can say which ones were guessed correctly and
all the incorrect guesses are discarded. Both parties
now share a secret key, with no useful information
leakage to an eavesdropper. In fact it will become
immediately apparent to both if someone is
monitoring the photons in transit, because their use
of an incorrect filter is likely to change the polarity of
photons before they reach Bob. If, when comparing
a small part of their shared secret key over a public
channel they do not match, it will be clear to both
Alice and Bob that the photons have been observed
in transit.
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FATIGUE
can increase heart rate and blood pressure.
Fix: Gradually cut back on coffee, tea, chocolate,
soft drinks, and any medications that contain
caffeine. Stopping suddenly can cause caffeine
withdrawal and more fatigue.
By Dr. Khalida Mushtaq
Assistant Professor/Senior Medical Officer
No. 8: Hidden UTI
Fatigue (also called exhaustion, lethargy,
and tiredness) is a state of awareness usually
associated with physical and/or mental
weakness, though varying from a general state of
lethargy to a specific work-induced burning
sensation within one's muscles. Physical fatigue
is the inability to continue functioning at the level
of one's normal abilities. It usually becomes
particularly noticeable during heavy exercise.
Fatigue is considered a symptom, as opposed to
a medical sign, because it is reported by the
patient instead of being observed by others.
Fatigue and 'feelings of fatigue' are often
confused.
normal range and prevents that sluggish feeling
when your blood sugar drops.
Fix: Always eat breakfast and try to include
protein and complex carbs in every meal. For
example, eat eggs with whole-grain toast. Also
eat meals and snacks throughout the day for
sustained energy.
Fix: Antibiotics are the cure for UTI's and the
fatigue will usually vanish within a week.
No. 4: Anemia
No. 9: Diabetes
Anemia is a leading cause of fatigue in women,
an iron deficiency anemia, putting women at risk.
Red blood cells are needed because they carry
oxygen to your tissues and organs.
In people with diabetes, abnormally high levels
of sugar remain in the bloodstream instead of
entering the body's cells, where it would be
converted into energy. The result is a body that
runs out of steam despite having enough to eat.
If you have persistent, unexplained fatigue, ask
your doctor about being tested for diabetes.
Causes of Fatigue
There are following causes of fatigue (tiredness);
Fix: For anemia caused by an iron deficiency,
taking iron supplements and eating iron-rich
foods, such as lean meat, liver, shellfish, beans,
and enriched cereal can help.
Number 1: Not Enough Sleep
No. 5: Depression
It may seem obvious but you could be getting too
little sleep. That can negatively affect your
concentration and health. Adults should get
seven to eight hours sleep every night.
You may think of depression as an emotional
disorder, but it contributes to many physical
symptoms as well. Fatigue, headaches, and loss
of appetite are among the most common
symptoms. If you feel tired and “down” for more
than a couple of weeks, see your doctor.
Fix: Make sleep a priority and keep a regular
schedule. Ban laptops, and cell phones, from
your bedroom. Still having trouble? Seek help
from a doctor. You may have a sleep disorder.
Fix: Depression responds well to psychotherapy
and/or medication.
No. 2: Sleep Apnea
No. 6: Hypothyroidism
Some people think they're sleeping enough, but
sleep apnea gets in the way. It briefly stops your
breathing throughout the night. Each
interruption wakes you for a moment, but you
may not be aware of it. The result: you're sleepdeprived despite spending eight hours in bed.
The thyroid is a small gland at the base of your
neck. It controls your metabolism, the speed at
which your body converts fuel into energy. When
the gland is underactive and the metabolism
functions too slowly, you may feel sluggish and
put on weight.
Fix: Lose weight if you're overweight, quit
smoking,
Fix: If a blood test confirms your thyroid
hormones are low, synthetic hormones can bring
you up to speed.
No. 3: Not Enough Fuel
Eating too little causes fatigue, but eating the
wrong foods can also be a problem. Eating a
balanced diet helps keep your blood sugar in a
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If you've ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI),
you're probably familiar with the burning pain
and sense of urgency. But the infection does not
always announce itself with such obvious
symptoms. In some cases, fatigue may be the
only sign. A urine test can quickly confirm a UTI.
Fix: Treatments for diabetes may include
lifestyle changes, insulin therapy, and
medications to help the body process sugar.
No 10: Dehydration
Your fatigue can be a sign of dehydration.
Whether you're working out or working a desk
job, your body needs water to work well and keep
cool. If you're thirsty, you're already dehydrated.
Fix: Drink water throughout the day so your
urine is light colored. Have at least two cups of
water an hour or more before a planned physical
activity. Then, sip throughout your workout and
afterwards drink another two cups.
No 11: Heart Disease
When fatigue strikes during everyday activities,
such as cleaning the house or weeding the yard,
it can be a sign that your heart is no longer up to
the job. If you notice it's becoming increasingly
difficult to finish tasks that were once easy, talk to
your doctor about heart disease.
therapeutic procedures can get heart disease
under control and restore your energy.
Number 12: Shift Work Sleep Disorder
Working nights or rotating shifts can disrupt your
internal clock. You may feel tired when you need
to be awake. And you may have trouble sleeping
during the day.
Fix: Limit your exposure to daylight when you
need to rest. Make your room dark, quiet, and
cool. Still having sleep issues? Consult your
doctor. Supplements and medications may help.
Number 13: Food Allergies
Some doctors believe hidden food allergies can
make you sleepy. If your fatigue intensifies after
meals, you could have a mild intolerance to
something you're eating, not enough to cause
itching or hives, just enough to make you tired.
Fix: Try eliminating foods one at a time to see if
your fatigue improves. You can also ask your
doctor about a food allergy test.
14: CFS and Fibromyalgia
If your fatigue lasts more than six months and is
so severe that you can't manage your daily
activities, chronic fatigue syndrome or
fibromyalgia are a possibility. Both can have
various symptoms, but persistent, unexplained
exhaustion is the main one.
Fix: While there's no quick fix for CFS or
fibromyalgia, patients often benefit from
changing their daily schedule, learning better
sleep habits, and starting a gentle exercise
program.
Fast Fix for Mild Fatigue
If you have mild fatigue that isn't linked to any
medical condition, the solution may be exercise.
Research suggests healthy but tired adults can
get a significant energy boost from a modest
workout program. In one study, participants rode
a bike for 20 minutes at a mild pace. Doing this
just three times a week was enough to fight
fatigue.
Fix: Lifestyle changes, medication and
No. 7: Caffeine Overload
C a f fe i n e c a n i m p r o ve a l e r t n e s s a n d
concentration in moderate doses. But too much
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Meta-heuristic Paradigms for Generators
Maintenance Schedule Optimization
the intellectual behavior of honey bees. The
purpose of this algorithm is to optimize
multivariable functions.
By Sidra Mumtaz
Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering
The main concern in controlling large power
production systems is to make the best use of
accessible resources, which requires substantial
planning. In the power production system, the
production output of individual unit is calculated
on hourly basis to fulfill the load demand. The
significant aspect in power production system is
to maintain units/generators in the proper
schedule, so that reliability of system can be
achieved. Maintenance problems received less
attention in the past, therefore, research in this
area did not have much effect but now the role
of maintenance in new industrial environment is
increasing day by day. Optimized generators
maintenance schedule (OGMS) plays an
important role in increasing the efficiency and
effectiveness of power system. It also intensifies
the power system's ability to be competitive and
meet its objectives. OGMS could save millions of
dollars, therefore, maintenance scheduling in
the power system plays a very important role in
overall operations. Even though the subject of
OGMS modeling is recently developed, but the
interest in this area is increasing unexpectedly.
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The complex GMS problem is solved for different
sized power production systems by using metaheuristic paradigms, which include genetic
algorithms (GA), particle swarm optimization
(PSO), virtual bee algorithms (VBA) and
harmony search algorithms (HS). Meta-heuristic
methods are more robust and more competent
heuristic methods. Meta means 'beyond' or
'higher level' and heuristic means 'to find'.
Generally, Meta-heuristic techniques are used to
solve those problems, which have not
appropriate problem-specific algorithm.
GA is a search procedure, which is used in search
problems to compute exact and optimized
solution and is considered as global search
heuristic technique. GA is a specific evolutionary
algorithm, which is based on evolutionary
biology such as inheritance, mutation, selection
and crossover. This powerful
technique is used to solve
complex multi-objectives
optimization problems, such as
generator maintenance
scheduling and unit commitment
etc.
PSO is a population based search
algorithm. It shows the social
behavior of birds in a swarm.
The initial intent of the particle
swarm concept was to
graphically simulate the graceful
and unpredictable choreography
of a bird flock, with the aim of
discovering patterns that govern
the ability of birds to fly
synchronously, and to suddenly
change direction with a regrouping in an optimal
formation. This concept of bird flock introduces
a simple and competent optimization algorithm
to solve GMS problem very robustly.
The VBA was first developed by Xin-She Yang in
2005. VBA is an optimization algorithm based on
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Music-based harmony search algorithm is a
relatively new meta-heuristic technique. This
meta-heuristic technique was developed by
Z.W.Geem, J.H.Kim and G.V.Loganathan in
2001. It is used to solve multi-objective
optimization problems. HS is influenced by the
observation that the main purpose of music is to
find out the perfect harmony. This harmony in
music is similar to explore the optimum solution
in optimization process.
The objective function to solve the GMS problem
is devised on reserve basis by taking into
account maintenance window constraint, load
constraint and crew constraint. Also, the GMS
objective function is evaluated by maximizing
the minimum reserve margin during each
generation.
The results comprise maximizing the minimum
net reserves on weekly basis, generator
maintenance schedule and manpower/crew
distribution for execution of GMS. The results
obtained show the effectiveness and feasibility
of proposed approaches to power systems
ranging from small to large sizes, however, the
simulation results achieved by using GA are
more promising and robust.
Analytical Applications of
Chemiluminescence in liquid phase
By Dr. Amir Waseem
Department of Chemistry
Chemiluminescence (CL) is defined as
electromagnetic radiation (ultraviolet, visible, or
infra-red) produced when a chemical reaction
yields an electronically excited intermediate or
product, which either luminesces (direct CL) or
donates its energy to another molecule,
responsible for the emission (indirect or
sensitized CL) as shown below:
1. A + B
2. A + B
[I]*
Products + Light
[I]* + F F* F + Light
Reaction mechanisms for 1: Direct CL
Reaction mechanisms for 2: Indirect CL
Where A & B are reagents, I is a intermediate
and F is a fluorophore
Minimal instrumentation is required and since no
external light source is needed, the optical
system is quite simple. Strong background light
levels are excluded, reducing the background
signal, the effects of stray light, and the
instability of the light source, leading to
improved detection limits. Over the last 30
years, the phenomenon of CL in the liquid phase
has become a well-established and widely
applied branch of spectrometry in analytical
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chemistry. Because of its simplicity, low cost,
and high sensitivity and selectivity, CL-based
detection has recently become a useful
detection tool in flow injection, column liquid
chromatographic and capillary electrophoretic
systems, which together with its potential in
immunoassays makes this technique an
interesting field of research for scientists in a
wide variety of disciplines, including the clinical,
pharmaceutical, and biomedical sciences and
environmental and food analysis.
Different CL reactions have been used for
different analytical purposes. Oxidation of
luminol (5-amino-2,3- dihydro-1,4phthalazinedione) and luminol-type derivatives
in alkaline media, producing an excited 3aminophthalate ion (Fig. 1), are the most
representative examples of direct CL reactions.
Oxidants such as permanganate, hypochlorite,
iodine, or hydrogen peroxide can be used, the
reaction being catalyzed by metal ions,
ferricyanide, some metallo-complexes (hemin,
hemoglobin), and enzymes (peroxidase). This
reaction can be used for determination of
catalysts, oxidants, inhibitors, or substances
that are readily oxidized and are indirectly
determined by measuring the reduction in CL
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emission. Lucigenin (10,10'-dimethyl-9,9'bisacridinium dinitrate) and other acridinium
derivatives are among the most efficient CL
substances and emit intense green light when
oxidized by hydrogen peroxide or oxygen in
alkaline media. In presence of metal ions as
catalysts, the CL emission is more intense.
Another frequently used CL system involves the
use of the tris-(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II)
2+
complex (Ru(bipy)3 ) which produces an
emission from the excited state [Ru(bipy)32+]*
that can be obtained in different reactions which
imply electron transfer and regeneration of the
Ru(bipy)32+ species.
Ru(bpy)32+ e Ru(bpy)33+ a n a l y t e
[Ru(bpy)32+] * Ru(bpy)32+ + hí (ëmax 610
nm)
For these reactions the CL intensity is linearly
proportional to the concentration of any of the
reagents, enabling their determination by
suitable adjustment of the concentrations of the
2+
other reagents. Ru(bipy)3 is the most studied
and exploited inorganic compound used in
electro-generated CL (ECL). This alternative is
based on the production of CL emission directly
or indirectly as a result of electrochemical
reactions: reactive species formed
electrochemically diffuse from the electrode and
react either with each other or with other
chemicals to produce light from a CL reaction in
the vicinity of the electrode.
The best known example of indirect or sensitized
CL is based on the peroxyoxalate (PO) reaction,
which involves the H2O2 oxidation of an aryl
oxalate ester in the presence of a fluorophore.
This reaction follows a chemically initiated
electron-exchange luminescence mechanism via
a high-energy intermediate, 1,2-dioxetanedione,
the emission wavelength is fluorophoredependent. The main disadvantages of this
system are the insolubility of POs in water and
their instability towards hydrolysis, which
requires use of organic solvents. The reaction
can be used to determine many species, for
example H2O2 and analytes converted into H2O2
by either enzymatic or photochemical postco lu m n re a ctio n s , h ig h ly f lu o re s ce n t
compounds, or compounds with no native
fluorescence but which can be derived
chemically by use of fluorophoric labels. In
recent years new CL reactions have been
developed by testing the analyte with a wide
range of strong oxidants, for example MnO4 (in
acidic or alkaline media), ClO-, Ce(IV), H2O2, IO4 ,
Br2, N-bromosuccinimide, and reductants, under
different chemical conditions. If oxidation of the
molecule is known to give a fluorescent product,
or if the analyte itself has a typical structure that
might be fluorescent, there is usually a possibility
that oxidation of the analyte will result in CL
emission.
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Department of Computer Science
Atta ur Rehman Khan
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: MS (CS), CIIT Abbottabad
Research Interests: VANET's, Security, Mesh Networks
Faisal Rehman
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: MS (CS), CIIT Abbottabad
Research Interests: Wireless Mesh Networks
Saad Mustafa
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: MS (CS), CIIT Abbottabad
Research Interests: Wireless Networks
Muhammad Junaid
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: MS (Information Security), NUST
Research Interests: Cryptographic based Security, Analysis of Algorithms
Networks Security Issues
Department of Electrical Engineering
Aamir Shahzad
Designation:Lecturer
Qualification: MS (Electronics & Communication Engineering),
Myongji University, South Korea.
Research Interests: Fiber Optic Communications Multimedia broadcast systems
Sidra Mumtaz
Fig. 1 Chemical structures of some ch
emiluminescent reagents
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: MS (CE), CIIT Abbottabad
Research Interests: Soft Computing, Intelligent Control Systems,
Power System Planning, Optimization
Uzair Khan
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Qualification:MS (CEME), NUST, Pakistan
Research Interests: Linear and Non Linear Modern Control Theory.
Mr. Zeeshan Ali Afsar, Lecturer, Department of Management Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad
has assumed the charge as the new Departmental Coordinator. He has done Masters in
English Language & Literature from Hazara University, Manasehra.
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Department of Mathematics
Tahir Abbas Malik
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: M.Phil, (Statistics), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Research Interests: Bayesian Econometrics
Shamsul Haq
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: MS (Mathematics), CIIT Abbottabad
Research Interests: On Fuzzification in Abel Grassmann’s Groupoid.
Muhammad Abid
Designation:Research Associate
Qualification: M.Phil (Statistics), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Research Interests: Sampling Techniques
Department of Management Sciences
Tariq Farid
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: MA (HRM), Durham University, United Kingdom
Research Interests: HRM
Assad Rafaq
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: M.Sc, University of Bradford, UK
Research Interests: Finance, Accounting and Management
Department of Pharmacy
Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: PhD, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Research Interests: Pharmaceutics
Arham Shabbir
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: M.Phil, BZU, Multan
Research Interests: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Arshad Mahmood
Designation: Lecturer
Qualification: M.Phil, IUB, Bahawalpur
Research Interests: Formulation Development of Creams, Characterization of the
cosmaseuticals through topical studies on Human Skin
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