Volume 10 Issue 1
January - March 2015
COMSATS
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Abbottabad
Newsletter
Volume 10 Issue 1
January - March 2015
Editorial Board
Editor's Message
Patron
“The more we study, the more we discover our
ignorance”
Shelley
Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon
Editor-in-Chief
Zainab Irshad
Departmental Editors
Indeed sky is the limit for the acquisition of
knowledge. It is through knowledge that nations
gain supremacy over others. At the micro level, it is
the institutions that contribute to this cause. It has
been our endeavour at the CIIT Abbottabad not to
lag behind and to ensure that the ship of its affairs
continues to sail on placid waters. As it will be
borne out by the pages inside, students and faculty
are focused to play their role under the dynamic
leadership of CIIT.
I hope that the readers find it absorbing. Any
feedback will be most welcome.
Dr Arshid Pervez
LiSCENT
Dr Jamshed Iqbal
CADR
Dr Aneela Maalik
Chemistry
Ms Aniqa Zaman
ERC
Ms. Sana Malik
Computer Science
M. Tahir Khan
Electrical Engineering
Dr Javid Iqbal
Environmental Sciences
Ms. Rabiah Rustam
Humanities
Mr. Israr Wahid
Civil Engineering
Ms. Zohra Saleem
Management Sciences
Mohammad Shoukat
CITC
Ms. Adeela Mazhar
Earth Sciences
Dr Zahid Hussain
Development Studies
Mr. Adam Zahoor
CCDU
Alumni Reunion 2015
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Dr Ghulam Murtaza
Pharmacy
Ms. Nazia Khaqan
OOD
Visit of Prof. Dr Peter Langer
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Tree Plantation Campaign
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Waqar Azeem
Graphics Designer
Annual General Meeting of IEEE Islamabad
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Miss Saira Bhatti
Mathematics
Publishing Cell CIIT Abbottabad holds the rights to all the
content in the publication. No redistribution and copy is
allowed in any form without the explicit permission from the
editor.
Zainab Irshad
Editor-in-Chief
Table of Contents
News and Events
Seminar on Wildlife Conservation Awareness
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Visit of NBEAC
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16th Faculty Development Workshop
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Two Days Workshop on Women Leadership in Higher Education
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Thematic Workshop on Water Conservation and Purification
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Research
Research News
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List of Research Papers
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New Faculty Profiles
www.ciit-atd.edu.pk
Who is new
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Alumni Reunion 2015
14 March 2015
CIIT Abbottabad organized Alumni Reunion on
14 March 2015. A large number of graduated
students attended the event. They were given a
very warm welcome by the CIIT Abbottabad's
family. Addressing the audience, Director CIIT
Abbottabad Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon welcomed
the graduated students and advised them to work
hard in their professional lives. Event comprised a
series of activities including "Tribute to deceased
Alumni, campus updates, interaction of the last
semester students with the alumni, campus
updates, visit of Alumni round the campus and
stage activities etc”.
Dr Kashif Bilal, Assistant Professor, Department
of Computer Science, CIIT Abbottabad
expressed his gratitude on behalf of Alumni to
CIIT Abbottabad for arranging the mega event.
He stated that reunion is not only about the past
but is also about the present and future. It is about
what we may give to our institute, what we can do
for it, in whatever capacity, in terms of
accommodating our juniors at jobs and
internships, in terms of supporting the institute
morally and financially, and in whatever way we
can and importantly cherish the growth of
institute in terms of infrastructure, in terms of new
programs and departments, and in terms of its
achievements.
Study Trip of Faculty of Chemistry Department to NIFA
20 February 2015
Dr Ahson Jabbar Shaikh along with Dr Tauqir A.
Sherazi, Assistant Professors, Department of
Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad and MS Student Mr.
Sajid Javed visited NIFA (Nuclear Institute for
Food and Agriculture, Peshawer, Pakistan) on 20
February, 2015. They were shown the radiation
facilities, methods for the preparation of growth
media for edible mushrooms and production of
mushrooms.
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Prof. Dr Peter Langer visits CIIT Abbottabad
Department of Chemistry, 24 March 2015
Professor Dr Peter Langer, Department of
Chemistry, University of Rostock, Germany
visited CIIT Abbottabad on 24 March 2015.
During his visit he delivered a lecture to the
faculty and students of Department of Chemistry
and Department of Pharmacy, CIIT Abbottabad.
He also visited the Graduate labs of Chemistry
and Pharmacy departments and appreciated the
available facilities. In the evening, he left for
dinner at German Embassy where Prof. Dr Khan
Gul Jadoon, Director CIIT Abbottabad, Prof. Dr
Abdur Rehman Khan, Head Department of
Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad along with some
faculty members joined him.
Tree Plantation Campaign
A Provincial Government's Spring Planting Campaign in collaboration with
Department of Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad
Department of Environmental Sciences, 27 February 2015
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to the
human kind. It has profound effects on food,
health, energy consumption and other socioeconomic aspects. Trees, wood and forests can
provide part of solution to face climate change
and planting new trees is an attractive way to
mitigate climate change. Tree plantation can also
help society to adapt and resist the changing
climate. Faculty and Students from the
Department of Environmental Sciences, CIIT
Abbottabad joined hands with the Forest
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Department of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Government in Spring Planting Campaign at CIIT
Abbottabad. Prof. Dr Muhammad Maroof Shah
along with Dr Tahir Hayat and Miss Ghazal
Khursheed arranged the said activity on 27
February 2015 at CIIT Abbottabad campus.
Divisional Forest Officer Mr. Azher Ali Khan and
his team launched the campaign by planting a
sapling. The faculty and students started planting
saplings with the help of forest staff. Director
CIIT Abbottabad Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon
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wished Forest Department to be part of the
plantation campaign in future, hence, extended
the invitation to get as many people from their
department involved as possible. CIIT has always
been on the forefront in community services and
matters of national interests. This time too as a
gesture of good will CIIT did not miss the
opportunity and ensured its maximum
representation by actively participating in this
noble task.
Virtual Private Network for Digital Library Access
By the grace of Almighty ALLAH 500 users
Area Network (LAN) from home and other
(Faculty, MS/PhD Students) for VPN (Virtual
remote locations using a Virtual Private Network
Private Network) have been registered at CIIT
(VPN).
Abbottabad. Users may connect to the CIIT Local
2 Days Workshop on Quantitative
Data Analysis using SPSS
Department of Mathematics, 10-11 March 2015
On request of Haripur University, two days
workshop on Quantitative Data Analysis using
SPSS was organized on 10-11 March 2015 for the
professors of different departments of Haripur
University including Departments of Agriculture,
Forestry, Business and Information Technology.
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Annual General Meeting of IEEE Islamabad
Department of Electrical Engineering, 21 March 2015
Student Activities Committee of IEEE Islamabad
Section holds Annual General Meeting in
different cities. This time, they organized the
meeting at CIIT Abbottabad campus on 21 March
2015. They were warmly welcomed by the HoD,
faculty and students of Department of Electrical
Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad. Hi tea and Dinner
in honor of visiting team was hosted by
Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT
Abbottabad. Executive committee, other local
members and guests were also invited. The
meeting included the executive report,
appointment of new officers, and awards
presentation. Faculty members and students from
to the following:
 Best Student Volunteer Award: Muhammad
Talha Bilal, UET Taxila
 Best Student Volunteer Award II: Mr. Salman
Bhatti, GIK Institute, Topi
 Best AG (WIE) Student Volunteer Award:
Miss Laiba Jawed
 Best Student Branch Award: IEEE UET
Taxila
 Best AG SB Award: IEEE WIE UET Taxila
SB
 Recognition Award: Mr. Ihtasham Zahid,
IEEE IIUI SB
 Recognition Award II: Mr. Awais Shafique,
SEECS NUST
different universities attended the meeting. Chief
Guest Dr Mansoor Malik emphasized on
organizing seminars in a more productive and
efficient manner. Dr Abdul Rasheed, Head
Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT
Abbottabad elaborated and emphasized the
importance of such meetings. Awards were given
Newsbite
Post Doctorate from University of Chicago
Department of Mathematics
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Dr Madad Khan did Post-doc in BioMathematics from Department of
Mathematics, University of Chicago, USA,
2014-15. The university is at number 09 in
world ranking.
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Dr Saima Anis did Post-doc in Geometric
Group Theory/Low-dimensional Topology
from Department of Mathematics, University
of Chicago, USA, 2014-15.
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Dr Wajahat Mahmood participates in International Conference
on Recent Innovations in Pharmaceutical Science
Department of Pharmacy, 3-5 March 2015
Dr Wajahat Mahmood, Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacy, CIIT Abbottabad along
with two of his MS Pharmaceutical Chemistry
students participated in the "International
Conference on Recent Innovations in
Pharmaceutical Science" held jointly by the
Ripah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, HEC
and Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan in
Islamabad on 3-5 March 2015. He updated the
audience with an oral presentation while his MS
students Mr. Wali Inam and Ms. Aisha Altaf
presented their posters.
Seminar on Wildlife Conservation Awareness
Department of Development Studies, 25 March 2015
The Wildlife Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is
implementing several activities for conservation
of wildlife in the province. One of the initiatives is
promoting conservation education and awareness
for sensitization of general masses and students at
the grass root level through formal and informal
approaches. Realizing the need to sensitize the
students at University and colleges, a campaign
has been initiated to deliver special lectures
throughout the province in various institutes.
Therefore, joining hands in the efforts of
conservation, Department of Development
Studies CIIT Abbottabad organized a seminar in
collaboration with the Wildlife department of the
Khyber Paktunkhuwa for awareness raising
regarding Wildlife Conservation on 25 March
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2015. DFO Wildlife Extension Mr. Niaz Khan
was the guest speaker at the occasion. He
deliberated on the importance of wildlife and
explained the concept in the light of Quran and
also highlighted different aspects of wildlife
conservation and role of local community and
youth in promoting awareness and contribution
towards the conservation efforts.
The issue was highlighted through an interactive
mode of lecture, discussion and wildlife video
d i s p l a y. A b o u t 2 0 f a c u l t y m e m b e r s o f
Development Studies Department and
Environmental Sciences Department and 200
students of Bachelor of Development Studies and
Environmental Sciences attended the seminar.
Students took keen interest in the different aspects
of conservation efforts as highlighted in the
seminar.
Students of Development Studies Department
grab First Position in Social Innovation Mela, LUMS
Department of Development Studies, 20-21 March 2015
It is a matter of pride for CIIT Abbottabad in
general and Department of Development Studies,
CIIT Abbottabad in particular that two students of
the department Mr. Niqash Ahmad (BDS-3) and
Mr. Irfan Naseem (BDS-5) participated in the
International Social Innovation Challenge held at
LUMS Lahore on 20-21 March 2015 and stood
first in the competition.
The event brought together social entrepreneurs
from Pakistan and academics and field
practitioners from India, US and UK onto a single
platform. There were four panel discussions
during the two days event, an exhibition and
social innovation challenge. The topics for panel
discussions were:
 Engaging Environments; How can
Universities Facilitate the Cause of Social
Justice and Community Engagement?
 Lessons from the Field; Studies of Enterprises
such as the Gulmit Carpet Weaving Center in
Hunza.
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 Success Stories from around the Globe
assuring the Evolution of Social
Entrepreneurship in Today's World.
 Celebrating Innovation; Many Notable
Enterprises in Pakistan have shown
Commitment in Improving the Lives of Low
Income Consumers.
For the social innovation challenge, participants
had to present an idea which aimed to accomplish
empowerment of rural women through economic
and social incentives. The criteria of judgment
was based on forecast of outcomes, scale of
innovation of idea, implementation process, and
impact in both qualitative and quantitative terms.
In addition to prove the sustainability of the idea,
there were only three minutes given to explain all
the content to audience.
Besides winning the competition, the students
also got short listed for Global Innovation
Challenge; an event expected to be held at O.P.
Jindal Global University in India.
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Accreditation of EPE Program from Pakistan Engineering
Council
Department of Electrical Engineering
The accreditation visit conducted by PEC during
level is striving for excellence in MS and PhD
the last quarter reported positive
levels. For this reason a thorough survey has been
recommendations and EPE program is accredited.
done to improve the research work by publishing
Applications for BEE and BCE are submitted for
research in the world's leading Journals like IEEE
accreditation in this quarter and the visits are
and ICT etc. The preparation of the course outline
expected to be conducted in the coming quarter
at undergraduate and graduate level is another
for which necessary arrangements and
step towards the concept of objective based
preparations have been made by the department.
learning which shall prove beneficial in
Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT
accreditation by ABBOTT, an internationally
Abbottabad after excelling at the undergraduate
known accreditation body.
Farewell Party Arranged in Honor of Fall 2011 Batch
Department of Electrical Engineering, 15 March 2015
IEEE Students' Branch, CIIT Abbottabad
organized a farewell for the Batch Fall 2011 on 15
March 2015. Event started with a marvelous
performance of Mr. Sajjad Ahmed, one of the
national level dance competition winner. This
performance was about a social issue and was
highly appreciated by the audience. Dr Abdur
Rasheed, Head Department of Electrical
Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad congratulated all
students for completing four years of their studies
successfully. Event contained different
performances including singing, dancing and
dramatics. Each performance was appreciated by
the audience.
Organizing team consisted of Engr. S. Asmat Ali
Shah, Engr. Aniqa Zaman, Engr. Jalil ur Rehman
Kazim and Engr. Muhammad Arif.
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Department of Environmental Sciences, 30 March 2015
Dr Muhammad Javid Iqbal, Assistant
Islamabad on 30 March 2015.
Professor, Department of Environmental
Participants from all corners of Pakistan
Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad participated in
and FAO representatives reviewed FCT
a Consultative Meeting to Review “Food
comprehensively and suggested new
C o m p o s i t i o n Ta b l e a n d D i e t a r y
dietary guidelines with improvement in
Guidelines for Pakistan” at Planning
food contents.
Commission, Nutrition Division,
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Visit of National Business Education Accreditation Council
10-12 March 2015
Delegation from National Business Education
Accreditation Council (NBEAC) visited CIIT
Abbottabad on 10-12 March 2015. They went
round the campus and met faculty and students.
They also visited the Library and were highly
appreciative of all facilities.
Delegation comprised the following:
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Mr. Adil Amin Kazi, HoD , FAST Islamabad
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Ms. Sania Tufail, Program Manager, NBEAC
Dr Tashfeen Azhar, Professor, University of
Management & Technology, Lahore
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Dr
Huma
Amir,
Assistant Professor, IBA
Karachi
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Dr Syed Azhar Hussain Shah, Regional Head
National Bank, Abbottabad
CIIT Abbottabad's Student Participates in the Flobal Ugrad
Cultural Exchange Program
Department of Electrical Engineering
It is an honor for CIIT Abbottabad as one of its
student of Electrical Engineering Department Mr.
Qaiser Nawab (SP12-EPE-098) got selected for
the Global Ugrad Cultural Exchange Program
2014-15. He along with 118 other students from
Pakistan got selected after screening of 10,000
applicants.
“Global UGRAD Cultural Exchange program
empowers the students to actively participate in
establishing cordial relations with the people of
Pakistan and USA". He was selected as Cultural
Ambassador for the subject visit. He represented
his culture and gained exposure to the diversity of
US culture. He visited 16 states of USA during the
visit and highlighted Pakistan's soft image. While
introducing COMSATS Institute of Information
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Technology, he presented CIIT Abbottabad's
Newsletters to representatives of state department
in USA. They were impressed by the significant
achievements of the institution in a short span of
time.
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16th Faculty Development Workshop
23-27 February 2015
16th Faculty Development Workshop (FDW-16) was organized and conducted by Campus Faculty
Development Forum (CFDF) on 23-27 February 2015. 22 new faculty members from Departments of
Management Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences, Electrical Engineering,
Computer Science, and Mathematics participated in the workshop and received certificates on successful
completion. The following topics were covered in addition to practice of microteaching:
Lesson Planning
Professional and Personal Ethics
Classroom Management
CUOnline / Course Portal Services
Attributes of a Good Teacher
Academic Leadership
Microteaching Concepts
Research Methods and Skills
Communication and Presentation Skills
Effective Teaching Skills and Strategies
Assessment, Evaluation & Measurement
Creative Thinking in Instructional Design
Teachers' Behavior and Students' Discipline
Knowledge Management Support for Teachers
Panel Discussion: Grading Philosophy / Educational Psychology
Question Paper Setting Techniques / Marking & Grading
Microteaching Demonstration / Video Recording
Curriculum Design through Outcome Based Learning
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Department of Mathematics
D r Z a h i d A h m a d , A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r,
Department of Mathematics, as an invited speaker
delivered a talk on '' Gravitational Collapse with
Anisotropic Pressure'' in the International
Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics” in the
University of Punjab, Lahore on 10-14 February
2015.
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Two Days Workshop on Women Leadership
in Higher Education
Department of Management Sciences, 21-22 February 2015
A two days workshop on Women Leadership in
Higher Education was organized by Department
of Management Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad on
21-22 February 2015. Dr Noor Jehan, Vice
Chancellor, University of Swabi presented the
inaugural address.
On the second day of workshop, Dr Funda
Sivrikaya Serifoglu, President of Duzce
University and Dr Nigar Demircan Cakar, VP
Duzce University, Turkey presented their
introductory session. Talks were delivered on
various topics including the following:
 Importance of Women Leadership in Higher
Education delivered by Dr Noor Jehan
 Gender Discrimination particulary in KPK
delivered by Dr Noor Jehan
 Self Grooming, Creative Thinking, and Self
Leadership delivered by Dr Musarrat Jabeen,
As s ociate P rofes s or, Department of
Development Studies
 Introduction to TULIP (Turkish University
Leadership Improvement Program) by Dr
Funda Sivrikaya Serifoglu
 Transformation via Women Leadership by Dr
Nigar Demircan Cakar
 Stress and Conflict Management by Dr
Bushra Hameed and Dr Nasreen Ghuffran
The workshop was ended by exchanging warm
regards and greetings among organizers, speakers
and participants of the event.
CIIT Abbottabad grabs Second Position in Mega Challenge
4-5 March 2015
It is a matter of great honor for CIIT Abbottabad
universities and colleges participated in the event
that the students of CIIT Abbottabad participated
and CIIT Abbottabad grabbed second position by
in Mega Challenge 2015 (MC 15) organized by
winning the following competitions:
Government of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK) in
 First position in English Declamationcollaboration with FAST Peshawar. 37
Humorous, won by Mr. Hassnain Khan
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Second position in Naat competition won by
Miss Anza Malik
First position in Photography won by Mr.
Hassnain Khan
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First position in Sketching won by Mr. Faizan
COMSATS Literary Society (CLS), Funkada
and Aadrish worked together to get this
position.
Thematic Workshop on Water Conservation,
Purification and Recycling
Department of Development Studies, 27-30 March 2015
Department of Development Studies, CIIT
Abbottabad has been holding thematic workshops
on water issues since two years. The topic of this
year's workshop was “Water Conservation,
Purification and Recycling” which was
organized by the Department of Development
Studies and the Department of Environmental
Sciences jointly. The workshop was organized on
28 March 2015 as part of the ongoing event in
Pak-China Business Forum held on 27-30 March
2015 at Pak-China Business Centre Islamabad.
The participants of the workshop were primarily
the students and faculty of the Department of
Development Studies and the Department of
Environmental Sciences from CIIT Abottabad
and the students of many other universities from
Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The workshop
offered a distinguished list of some very
renowned people from the field of water
conservation.
After the welcome address by the Dean, Faculty
of Business Administration Dr Qaiser Abbass,
Chief Guest Mr. Sajjad Ahmad, DG Environment,
Ministry of Climate Change opened the session
and highlighted the efforts of his ministry and
importance of such workshops in sensitizing the
society about environmental issues. Dr Mathias
Winige, Ex-Rector University of Bonn, Germany
shared the outcomes of his work on “Future of
Glaciers and Indus River System in Pakistan”. Dr
Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman, Pakistan Council
of Research in Water Resources delivered a
detailed presentation on the role of his instate in
policy making and its implementation regarding
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water conservation. Ms. Sadia Yaqoob from
UNICEF delivered an interesting and thought
provoking speech in which she introduced the
inequities in the provision of water for domestic
consumption. Water aid and Plan International,
UN Habitat and Norwegian Church aid also
introduced the role of different NGO's and
INGO's in the provision of safe water and
improved sanitation in Pakistan.
Dr Bahadar Nawab, Head Department of
Development Studies, CIIT Abbottabad
discussed the role of academia in water
conservation, purification and recycling. The
presentations were followed by the panel
discussion. Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon, Director
CIIT Abbottabad presented shields as souvenirs to
chief guest and other distinguished members of
the panel.
Welcome Party (Fresher's Night)
Department of Electrical Engineering, 10 March 2015
IEEE Students' Branch of CIIT Abbottabad
and co-curricular activities. Event contained
conducted a Welcome Party for the Spring 2015
different performances including singing,
batch on 10 March 2015. Dr Abdur Rasheed,
dancing and dramatics.
Head Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT
Organizing team included Engr. M. Waqas Zeb,
Abbottabad was invited for his address. He
Engr. Aniqa Zaman, Engr. Madiha Sultan and
focused on the importance of engineering
Engr. Umer Fareed.
education in current scenario and advised
students to maintain a balance between curricular
Research News
HEC Start-up Research Grant approved
Dr Muhammad Azeem, Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad has
won HEC Start-up Research Grant (Rs. 0.5
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Million) for the project titled "Isolation and
Identification of Insect repelling Compounds
from Indigenous Plants".
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Book published by Dr Dost Muhammad
Department of Mathematics
It is a matter of honor for CIIT Abbottabad in general and
Department of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad in particular that
Prof. Dr Dost Mohammad, has published his long awaited book
on Topology. It's first three chapters fully cover the
undergraduate as well introduction to MS level, the rest of the
book covers the course at Graduate level.
Congratulations to him from the CIIT Abbottabad's Family!
Dr Talat Nazir participates in Higher Seminar in Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Dr Talat Nazir, Assistant Professor, Department
of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad participated in
Higher Seminar in Mathematics (MAM seminar)
at the School of Education, Culture and
Communication (UKK), Malaradalen
Department of Mathematics.
He presented some proofs of Common fixed point
results for various types of commuting maps
satisfying generalized contractive conditions.
Nigerian Student’s Interest at CADR for PhD Research
TWAS fellowship Scholar Raji Akeem Adewale,
has chosen Prof. Dr Jamshed Iqbal of CIIT
Abbottabad for his PhD research supervision. He
is one among the three Nigerian students who
have been selected for this scholarship among 300
students who applied for this prestigious
scholarship. It's indeed a great honor for CADR
that it has been recognized internationally
because of the high quality research work and
students from everywhere are willing to be a part
of it. We officially welcome our new fellow and
wish him all the best for his research at CADR,
CIIT Abbottabad.
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Awards Won by Environmental Sciences Faculty
Dr Arshad Mehmood Abbasi wins Best Book Award
Dr Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Assistant Professor, Department of
Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad has won “Best Book
Award” under the program “HEC Outstanding Research Awards”
for his book titled “Medicinal Plant Bio-Diversity of Lesser
Himalayas-Pakistan”.
Award was conferred upon him in a commemorative award ceremony
which was held on 13 March 2015 at HEC Islamabad. Award consists of
a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 300,000.
Dr Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti wins Innovation Award
Dr Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti, Assistant Professor, Department of
Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad has won “Innovation
Award” for his project titled “Industrial Water Treatment”.
The award was given to him on the occasion of 4th Invention to
Innovation Summit 2015 held on 4 March 2015 in the University of
Punjab. Award Ceremony was organized by IRP in collaboration with
the University of Punjab, Pakistan Science Foundation and University
of Management and Technology.
Congratulations to them from the CIIT Abbottabad's Family!
HEC Research Project Approved
An NRPU-HEC project titled “Radical
Cations/Anions as Potential Modulators for
Photoswitching Properties: A Theoretical
Approach” submitted by Dr Tariq Mahmood,
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Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,
CIIT Abbottabad has been approved by the
Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.
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List of Research Papers
Department of Electrical Engineering
Published Papers
 Abdul Waheed Malik, Benny Thornberg, Qaisar Anwar, Tor Arne Johanson and Khurram Shahzad,
“Real Time Decoding of Color Symbol for Optical Positioning System”, International Journal
Advanced Robotic Syst, Volume12 page 1-12, 2015
 Z. Jahangiri, S. Khattak, Laiq Hasan, Tauseef Ali and Samee U. Khan, “Automatic Player Detection and
Identification for Sports Entertainment Applications”, Pattern Analysis and Applications, page 1-12,
2015
 Anzar Mahmood, Nadeem Javaid and S. Razzaq, “A Review of Wireless Communications for Smart
Grid”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ,Volume 41 page 248-260, 2015
 Aftab Jadoon, S. Razzaq, A. Khan, Fatima Khursheed and Owais, “HEMSs and Enabled Demand
Response in Electricity Market: An overview”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ,Volume 42
Issue 1, page 773-785, 2015
 Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ahmed Bilal Awan, Anzar Mahmood, S. Razzaq, Adnan Zafar, Guftaar Ahmed
and Sardar Sidhu, “Combined Emission Economic Dispatch of Power System including Solar Photo
Voltaic Generation”, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 92 page 82-91, 2015
Department of Environmental Sciences
Published Papers
 Rafiq Ahmad, Y. Z. Fodil, C. Passaquet, J. N. Ahmad, Sabaz Ali Khan, and A. Repellin, “Cloning,
Heterologous Expression and Enzymatic Characterization of a New cysteine Protease Inhibitor Gene
from Maize Zea mays L.) leaves”, Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2015
 Amjad Hassan & Abdul Rehman Khan, “Epigenetic Regulation of Inflammatory Cytokines and
Associated Genes in Human Malignancies”, Mediators of Inflammation, 2015
Department of Chemistry
Published Papers
 Muhammad Nadeem Arshad, Aisha Bibi, Tariq Mahmood, Abdullah M. Asiri and Khurshid Ayub,
“Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of Triazine based Hydrazone Derivatives;
A Comparative Experimental-Theoretical Study”, Molecules, Volume 20 page 5851-5874, 2015
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Taj-ur-Rahman, Mohammad Arfan, Tariq Mahmood, Wajiha Liaqat, Mazhar Amjad Gilani,
Ghiasuddin, Ralf Ludwig, Khair Zaman, M. Iqbal Choudhary, K.F. Khattak and Khurshid Ayub,
“Isolation, Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Studies of 7-(4-methoxyphenyl)-9HFuro[2,3-F]chromen-9-one: A new Flavonoid from the Bark of Millettiaovalifolia”, Spectrochimica
Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular spectroscopy, Volume 146 page 24-32, 2015
Muhammad Nadeem Arshad, Abdullah M. Asiri Khalid A. Alamry, Tariq Mahmood, Mazhar Amjad
Gilani, Khurshid Ayub and Abdulhadi Saleh Birinji, “Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Spectroscopic and
Density Functional Theory (DFT) Study of N-[3-anthracen-9-yl-1-(4-bromo-phenyl)-allylidene]-NBenzenesulfonohydrazine”, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy,
Volume 142 page 364-374, 2015
Fazl-i-Sattar, Zakir Ullah, Ata-ur-Rahman, Abdur Rauf, Muhammad Tariq, Asif Ali Tahir, Khurshid
Ayub and Habibullah, “Phytochemical, Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Study of
Diospyrin and Non-bonding Interactions of Diospyrin with Atmospheric Gases”, Spectrochimica Acta
Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Volume 141 page 71-79, 2015
Tran Quang Hung, Ngo Ngoc Thang, Do Huy Hoang, Tuan Thanh Dang, Khurshid Ayub, Alexander
Villinger, Stefan Lochbrunner, Gerd-Uwe Flechsigand Peter Langer, “Synthesis and Properties of 5,7Dihydropyrido[3,2-b:5,6b'] diindoles”, Eur J Org Chem, Volume 5 page 1007-1019, 2015
Umar Farooq, Khurshid Ayub, Muhammad Ali Hashmi, Rizwana Sarwar, Afsar Khan, Saleha Suleman
Khan, Izharul Haq Ali Shah, Manzoor Ahmad, “Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Studies
of a New Rosane Type Diterenoid from Stachysparviflora”, Rec. Nat. Prod. Volume 9 Issue 3 page 329335, 2015
Shaikh, A. J., Rabbani, F., Sherazi, T. A., Iqbal, Z., Mir, S. and Shahzad, S. A., “Binding Strength of
Porphyrin - Au-Nanoparticle Hybrids based on Number and Type of Linker Moieties and a Simple
Method to Calculate Inner Filter Effects of Gold Nanoparticles using Fluorescence Spectroscopy”, The
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Volume 119 page 1108-1116, 2015
Sherazi, T. A., Zahoor, S., Raza, R., Shaikh, A. J., Naqvi, S. A. R., Abbas, G., Khan, Y. and Li, S.,
“Guanidine Functionalized Radiation induced Grafted Anion-exchange Membranes for Solid Alkaline
Fuel Cells”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 40 page 786-796, 2015
A. M. Al-Taweel, S. Perveen, G. A.Fawzy, Afsar Khan, R. Mehmood and A. Malik, “Abeliaside, A new
phenolic Glucoside from Abeliatriflora”, Nat. Prod. Res, 2015
M. A. Hashmi, Afsar Khan, M. Hanif, U. Farooq, and S. Perveen, “Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and
Pharmacology of Olea Europaea (Olive), Evid. Based Complement”, Alternat. Med, 2015
M. A. Hashmi, Afsar Khan, U. Farooq, M. Rani, V. U. Ahmad, A. R. Khan, “A New Secoiridoid
Glycosidic Lignan Ester from the Leaves of Olea ferruginea”, Magn. Reson. Chem. 2015, 53 (2),
163–166.
M. A. Hashmi, H. S. Shah, Afsar Khan, U. Farooq, J. Iqbal, V. U. Ahmad and S. Perveen, “Anticancer
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and Alkaline Phosphatase Inhibitory Effects of Compounds Isolated from the Leaves of Olea ferruginea
Royle”, Rec. Nat. Prod., Volume 9 Issue 1, page 164–168, 2015
Accepted Papers
 M. A. Khan, H. Khan, M. Saeed, A. Rauf, T. Basharat and Afsar Khan, “Urease Inhibition of Fixed Oils
and Fractions of Caralluma tuberculata: Component Identification by GC-MS”, J. Chem. Soc. Pak.,
2015
 S. Perveen, A. M. Al-Taweel, G. A.Fawzy, A. M. El-Shafae, Afsar Khan and P. Proksch, “Cytotoxic
Glucosphingolipid from Celtisafricana”, Pharmacognosy Magazine., 2015
 M. A. Hashmi, R. Hameed, Afsar Khan, U. Farooq, V. U. Ahmad and S. Perveen, “A New Dimeric
Secoiridoid Glycoside from the Leaves of Olea ferruginea Royle”, Helv. Chim. Acta., 2015
 Muhammad Yar, Muhammad Arshad, Ariba Farooq, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Khurshid Ayub, Asma Ejaz,
Anupriya Kumar and Ichiya Ninomiya”, “Synthesis and DPPH Scavenging Assay of Reserpine
Analogues, Computational Studies and In-silico Docking Studies in AChE and BChE responsible for
Alzheimer's Disease”, Brazilian J Pharm Sci., 2015
 Sobia Tabassum, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Khurshid Ayub and Rene Wilhelm, “First Examples of Carbene
Catalyzed Allylation of Benzaldehyde with Allyltrichlorosilane”, J. Iranian Chem. Soc., 2015
Department of Mathematics
Published Papers
 Mursala Khan, “An Improved Exponential-type Estimator for Finite Population Variance using
Transformation of Variables”, Journal of Statistics Application & Probability, Volume 4 Issue 1 page 15, 2015
 Mursala Khan, “Improvement in Estimating the Finite Population Mean under Maximum and Minimum
Values in Double Sampling Scheme”, Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability Letters, Volume 2
Issue 2 page 1-7, 2015
 Naveed Ahmed, Umar Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Zaidi, Saeed Ullah Jan, Asif Waheed and Syed Tauseef
Mohyud-Din, “MHD Flow of an Incompressible Fluid through Porous Medium between Dilating and
Squeezing Permeable Walls”, Journal of Porous Media, Volume 17 Issue 10 Page 861-867, 2015, IF:
0.467
 M. Abbas, J. K. Kim and T. Nazir, “Common Fixed Point of Mappings satisfying almost Generalized
Contractive Condition in Partially Ordered G- metric Spaces”, Journal of Computational Analysis and
Applications, Volume 19 Issue 6 Page Page 928-938, 2015, IF: 0.72
 M. Abbas, M. R. Alfuraidan and T. Nazir, “Fixed Point Results for Set-contractions on Metric Spaces
with a Directed Graph”, Fixed Point Theory and Applications, Volume 14, 2015, IF: 2.49
 M. Abbas, T. Nazir and D. Gopal, “Common Fixed Point Results for Generalized Cyclic Contraction
Mappings”, Afrika Matematika, Volume 26 Page 265-273, 2015
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M. Abbas, T. Nazir and S. Radenovic, “Common Fixed Point of Mappings satisfying Rational
Inequalities in Ordered Complex Valued Generalized Metric Spaces”, Afrika Matematika, Volume 26
Page 17-30, 2015
Madad Khan, Y. B. Jun, Muhammad Gulistan and Naveed Yaqoob, “The Generalized Version of Jun's
Cubic Sets in Semigroups”, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, Volume 28 Issue 2 Page 947-960,
2015, IF: 0.93
Faisal, Madad Khan, Bijan Davvaz and Shamsul Haq, “A Note on Fuzzy Ordered AG-groupoids”,
Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems”, Volume 26 Issue 5 Page 2251-2261, 2015, IF: 0.93
Feng Feng, Hamido Fujita, Young Bae Jun and Madad Khan, “Decomposition of Fuzzy Soft Sets with
Finite Value Spaces”, Scientific World Journal, 2015, IF: 1.219
Madad Khan and Saima Anis, “An Analogy of Clifford Decomposition Theorem for Abel-Grassmann
Groupoids”, Algebra Colloquium, Volume 21 Issue 2 Page 347-353, 2015
J. Zhan, Madad and Saima, “Characterizations of Regular and Intra-regular Abel-Grassmann's
Groupoids”, J Mul Log and Soft Comp., Volume 23 Page 97-111, 2015, IF: 1.047
Madad Khan, Violeta Leoreanu-Fotea and Syeda Kokab, “Fuzzy Right Ideals of Intra- Regular Abel
Grassmann's-Groupoids, An. St. Univ. Ovidius Constanta, Volume 22 Issue 3 Page 95-113, 2015, IF:
0.23
Xiaoyan Liu, Feng Feng, Ronald R. Yager Bijan Davvaz and Madad Khan, “On Modular Inequalities of
Interval-valued fuzzy soft sets characterized by soft J-inclusions, Journal of Inequalities and
Applications, IF 0.77
Feng, Madad Khan, Saima and Nadeem, “Certain Characterizations of Fuzzy Soft Regular AbelGrassmann's Groupoids”, An. St. Univ. Ovidius Constanta,, 2015, IF: 0.23
Madad Khan, Saima Anis and Faizullah, “Some Characterizations of Intra-regular Abel-Grassmann
Groupoids”, Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology Volume 7 Issue 9 Page
1848-1855. ISI Indexed
B. Davvaz, Madad Khan, Kifayat Ullah and Usman Ashraf, “Right regular Abel-Grassmann's
Groupoids characterized by their Fuzzy Ideals”, Sci. Int., Volume 26 Issue 1 Page 17-28, 2015
Madad Khan, Muhammad Gulistan, Usman Ashraf and Saima Anis, “A Note on Right Weekly Regular
Semigroups”, Sci. Int., Volume 26 Issue 3 Page 971-975, 2015, ISI Indexed
Madad Khan, Tariq Aziz and Naveed Yaqoob, “Generalized interval-valued fuzzy right ideals of Abel
Grassmann's Groupoids”, Analele Universitatii Oradea Fasc. Matematica, Tom XXI (2014), Issue No.
1, 153-160.
Madad Khan, K. P Shum and M. Faisal Iqbal, “On Minimal Ideals of AG-Groupoids”, Southeast Asian
Bulletin of Mathematics, Volume 38 Page 389–399, 2015
Madad Khan, Venus, Gul Zaman and Naveed Yaqoob, “Characterizations of Ordered Gamma Abel
Grassmanns's Groupoids”, Discussiones Mathematicae: General Algebra and Applications, Volume 34
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Page 55–73, 2015
 Ma, Xueling, Zhan, Jianming, Madad Khan, Aziz and Tariq, “Some Characterizations of Intra-regular
Abel Grassmann's Groupoids”, Ital. J. Pure Appl. Math, No. 32 Page 329–346, 2015
 Ma, Xueling, Zhan, Jianming, Madad Khan, Aziz and Tariq, “Characterizations of Regular AbelGrassmann's Groupoids by the Properties of their (∈,∈∨qk)-fuzzy Ideals”, Ital. J. Pure Appl. Math.,
Volume 32 Page 309–324
Accepted Papers
 Mursala Khan and Sultan Hussain, “An Improved Class of Ratio-type Estimators for Finite Population
Mean under Maximum and Minimum Values”, Science International, 2015
 Muhammad Shakil, H. A. Wahab, Muhammad Naeem, Saira Bhatti and Muhammad Shahzad,
“Modeling The Predator Prey Interactions”, Network. Biology, Volume 5 Issue 2, 2015
 Hafiz Abdul Wahab, Anwar Jamal, Saira Bhatti, Muhammad Naeem and Muhammad Shahzad,
“Application of Homotopy Perturbation Method to the Navier-Stokes Equations in Cylindrical
Coordinates”, Computational Ecology and Software, Volume 5 Issue 2, 2015
 M. Abbas, M. R. Alfuraidan and T. Nazir, “Common Fixed Points of F-contractions on Metric Spaces
with a Directed Graph”, Carpathian Journal of Mathematics, 2015, IF: 0.642
 M. Abbas, D. Illic and T. Nazir, “Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points of Generalized Weak Prešic
Type k-step Iterative Method for a Class of Operators”, Filomat, IF: 0.753
 D. Illic, M. Abbas and T. Nazir, “Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points of Prešic Operators on Partial
Metric Spaces”, Mathematische Nachrichten, 2015, IF: 0.658
 M. Abbas, W. Shatanawi and T. Nazir, “Common Coupled Coincidence and Coupled Fixed Point of CContractive Mappings in Generalized Metric Spaces”, Thai Journal of Mathematics, 2015
 M. Abbas, B. E. Rhoades and T. Nazir, “Fixed and Common Fixed Point Results for Expansive Type
Mappings in Generalized Metric Spaces”, Advances and Applications in Mathematical Sciences, 2015
 H. A. Wahab, Saira Bhatti and Muhammad Naeem, “A Comparison of Perturbation Techniques for
Nonlinear Problems”, Journal of Prime Research in Mathematics, 2015
Department of Computer Science
Published Papers
 A. N. Khan, M. M. Kiah, M. Ali, S. A. Madani and S. Shamshirband, “BSS: Block-based Sharing
Scheme for Secure Data Storage Services in Mobile Cloud Environment”, The Journal of
Supercomputing, Volume 70, page946-976, 2015
Accepted Papers
 Saad Bin Ahmad, Saeeda Naz and Salahuddin Swati, “UCOM Offline Dataset- a Urdu Handwritten
Dataset Generation”, The International Arab journal of Information Technology, 2015
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Who is New
Department of Computer Science
Sardar Khaliq-uz-Zaman
Lecturer
Qualication: MS, CIIT Abbottabad
Research Interests: Load Balanced Task Scheduling in Energy
Efcient Large-scale Computing Systems, Cloud Computing
and Data Centers Systems.
Kashif Nasr
Lecturer
Qualication: MS, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Research Interests: Wireless Network, Wireless Sensor
Networks, and Network Security.
Mohammad Babar
Lecturer
Qualication: MS, University of Salford, Greater Manchester,
UK
Research Interests: WiMAX, LTE, 4G Technologies, Real Time
Communications, VoIP and Human Computer Interactions.
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New Faculty Profiles
Tree Plantation Campaign
27 February 2015
Two Days Workshp on Women Leadership in Higher Education
21-22 February 2015
Alumni Reunion
14 March 2015
Visit of Dr Peter Langer
24 March 2015