Graduation Day Pictures

Alhamdo Lillah. The day for whcih I used to count the days has arrived at last. Wonderful, joy, happiness and feel of accomplishment are the words of day.

Join me in celebrating the day through viewing and commenting the pictures of the Graduation day. You might have to install Picasa photo viewer from Google.

Intehai Shuaq Hadiqa Kiani

My Hero: Muntazir Al-Alzaidi

Muntazir Al-Zaidi: Master in Communication: TV journalist: But this is not why i respect him. I respect him as he has expressed the feelings of all the Muslims to the Firoon of the time. I respect him as he expressed feelings of all the Iraqis to the world against the STATE Terrorism lead by BUSH, in the name of preemptive attacks.

Salam to Al-Muntazir: Salam to your family.

Yeh jaan tu aani jani hay, is jaan ki koi baat nahi.

Further info about the hero: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntader_al-Zaidi

MSA Farewell and Eid Milan Party

Yesterday (10-12-2008) MSA-AIT bid farewell to graduating students, including myself. I will remember the love and respect that was expressed in the party when my name was called for receiving the souvenir. The Korea house was full and the clapping continued from calling my name till I came back to my seat, after receiving the gift and shaking hands with faculties sitting in the front row. Marvelous, and memorable. The moments are a real treasure for me, as a Nemat from my Allah who bestowed it on this sinful person.

Thank you Allah, thank you all the MSA.

Final Defense

After Marathon Final Defense, which continued for 3 hours, the committee unanimously recommended that I should be graduating this Semester. Alhamd-o-Lillah.

Javed Anwer Sahib, Abbas Sahib, Imran, Zia ud Din, Dr. Asim Nisar, Waheed Noor, and Zeeshan Khan were there to congratulate me. Few of them even attended the presentation.

Now: I have to make some formatting changes in the Dissertation and have to change the way I responded to External Examiner's comments. Hopefully it will be done in couple of days. Also need to go for clearance procedure and Packing up.

See you after graduation on 19th. Dec. 2008.

Thanks to all those who helped me through material and means and prayed for my success.


More photos on Orkut

Need of Prayers for Final Exam

Finally the comments of External Examiners are in my hand. Thanks to Allah that overall the comments are positive, although have many recomendations for improvement. I have made all the changes recommended, and submitted final copy to my committee, and mentioned that few of suggestions will be carried out in future.

Now the date of Final Comprehensive Exam and Open Seminar is fixed on 8th Dec. 2008. Thanks Allah that the day has come so close. Please pray for my success. May Allah make all of you successful.

See you after 8th. Dec. 2008.

I Bet My 40s Are Totally Going To Rock

A nice reading for those turning 40 or recently turned 40.

I Bet My 40s Are Totally Going To Rock

By Ed Heidegger
39-Year-Old

You know what I'm really excited about? Turning 40! The Big Four-Oh. I've got one hell of a landmark birthday coming up, and I'm pumped! I may have spent these past 39 years meandering through life, focused only on petty concerns, without any direction or drive, but not anymore. My unremarkable....

Read more on The Onion

Paper is published online

Today my first journal paper is published online. Its Title is


Optimization and simulation of reservoir operation with sediment evacuation: a case study of the Tarbela Dam, Pakistan
Noor M Khan, Tawatchai Tingsanchali

Copy and paste

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121519566/abstract

or

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7173

Or Just Click on following Links

Link1
Link2


You can access Abstract free of cost,but for full article, an account with Wiley Inter science is required.

Regards,

Noor

The Mayors of the Moment

An American magazine Foreign Policy, has listed Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal as second among the three of the World's top mayors for the year 2008. Congratulations to All the Pakistanis, on this Global Acclamation.

The Link is

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4509&page=3

There is a debate going on, if the magazine listed the ranking of the mayors or not (http://fiverupees.blogspot.com/2008/11/mustafa-kamal-worlds-second-best-mayor.html). But for me, listing in the World's Top Mayors, as the Mayor of the moment is enough to buck up the guy for his efforts.

2008 Universities Ranking

The recent ranking may be seen on LINK

http://www.topuniversities.com/university_rankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/fullrankings/

My University in Pakistan, the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, is at 590 Number. The Web Site of the university, mentions that "We are proud of being in the list of top universities" I thin for the first time?

BUT I am proud because the UNIVERSITY is providing Graduate Level Education to Charging a small fee of just 120 US$/year. Compare it with the charges of AIT where I am studying. Its annual tuition charges from a student are about 5,250 US$/year (28 credits @ 375US$/credit). Further compare it with that of Harvard Univ (ranked No, 1) which are of order of 32,000 US$/year.

Should not I be proud of being affiliated to an institute, providing nearly free professional education of Masters level?