BAHAWALPUR: A copy mafia active in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Bahawalpur during the ongoing intermediate examination was busted. As per details, the gang had established an examination centre in a private college in Tehsil Yazman, where they were facilitating their preferred candidates by allowing them to copy with the collusion of the examination centre staff and private college management. Upon discovering the illegal activities, BISE Chairman and Commissioner Nadir Chattha took action. The staff of the examination center was suspended, the examination center was moved from the private college to Government College Yazman and new examination staff was appointed.
The centre was allegedly catering to certain candidates, with the examination staff and college management involved in systematic copying activities orchestrated by the copying mafia gang. The operation was exposed when water-soaked answer sheets were discovered in the examination staff’s office, located in the kitchen of the private college building. The water-soaked answer sheets were being dried, leading to the revelation of the copying mafia’s activities. The intermediate examination papers were being conducted in this examination centre from April 19. The resident inspector of the centre had been absent from duty since April 19, allowing the copying mafia to be fully active by that date. The staff of the exam centre was promptly suspended, and an inquiry was initiated. Those suspended include Examination Center Superintendent Muhammad Imran, Deputy Superintendent Hafeez Ahmed, and the Resident Inspector. The BISE chairman also replaced all unused answer sheets at the examination centre.
IUB SEMINAR DISCUSSES NEW TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY HISTORY: The Anthropology Department of the Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB) organised a one-day international seminar on “Constructing the Past through Material Culture.”
Speakers discussed the impact of urbanisation and agriculture on archeological sites and how new technologies are being used to identify them. Separately, IUB’s Girls Guide Society arranged a seminar on Labor Day to highlight the importance of workers’ rights. Guest speakers discussed government initiatives to improve workers’ welfare. Dr Rebecca Robert and Afifah Khan, Department of Anthropology and Archeology, University of Cambridge, were the keynote speakers. Prof Dr Rubina Bhatti, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences was the chief guest and Prof Dr Shazia Anjum, Director of Culture was the guest of honour.
LABOUR DAY SEMINAR: The Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB) Girls Guide Society organised a seminar on Labour Day under the theme of greatness of hard work.
Prof Dr Rubina Bhatti welcomed the guests of honour of the event while Dr Musawar Hussain Bukhari highlighted the Chicago workers’ sacrifices on May Day in 1886. Director Labor Malik Farooq Ahmed said that on the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, a 1314 helpline has been established for the welfare of workers. “Workers’ wages have been fixed at Rs 32,000 and efforts are underway to provide them with a conducive environment. Child Protection Unit and Education Department are working for the education and welfare of children to eliminate child labour.”
Prof Dr Rubina Bhatti, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, was the chief guest while the Director of Labour Malik Farooq Ahmed was the guest of honour. Prof Dr Musawar Hussain Bukhari, Registrar Muhammad Shajiur Rahman, Treasurer Abdul Sattar Zahoori, Director Press Media and Public Relations Dr Shahzad Ahmed Khalid, Advisor Girls Scouts IUB Dr Sarfraz Batool, President Sania Iqbal and Dr Shabana Nazar were also present.