ISSUE NO.

28
The Monthly Newsletter of EME College
MONDAY 6TH APRIL 2009

CampBuzz

COLLEGE OF ELECTRICAL &

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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CampBuzz

Editorial
Board
OIC

Maj. M. Salman Rashed

EDITOR

Malik Basharat Ali Khan,

DME

CO-EDITORS

Rabia Maqbool, DEE

Jawwad Ahmed, DME

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Aneeqa Ishaq, DEE

Saqib Javed, DME
Nauman Bashir, DMTS
Syed M. Ather Ali, DCE

CORRESPONDENTS

Uzair Sukhera, DEE

Talha Aftab, DCE
Anas bin Aqeel, DME
Saran Ahmed, DME
M. Junaid, DCE
GC Sohaib, DME
Saad Zafar, DME

COMPOSER

M. Umar Bilal, DCE

PRINTERS

College of Electrical and

Mechanical Engineering
Printing Press
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THE EDITOR SAYS. . .

CampBuzz is back after a very Long March. And while A respected member of faculty, on the Anti-
tobacco drive, last month:
the rest of Pakistan was celebrating the ides of March
for some sinister judicial reasons, we at EME College “...I am against smoking my-
found reasons to celebrate as well. self...Main dunya se cigarettes
Obviously, the arrival of spring was the centre of our pee pee kar khatam karna
attentions. Flowers blossomed and trees turned green chahta hoon…”
once more. And of course, the fun fair cum spring festi-
val brought a much needed buzz around the college. We
take a look back at the event and the festivities in this
edition of CampBuzz.

The change we aimed to bring from the last issue was

very much welcomed by all corners, and we hope to build
on that. You will, hopefully, continue to see improve-
ments in this newsletter. So, watch out for CampBuzz in
more inspired ink and on slippery pages. Your feedback
in making the publication better is always welcome.
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NUST Student Appointments...

...for the students, or by the students
The issue of student appointments is a contentious one. How exactly does the mode of selection affects the performance of the
appointments is an altogether different matter. What we wanted to know was the extent of polarization in the opinion on how
the appointments are made. So we surveyed a bunch of random individuals on what they think as to whether student ap-
pointments should be selected by the college authorities or by the students themselves.
I believe that student appointments should be selected by I think what I am going to say goes against popular opinion, but
the students. I mean, we have to look what the job of these I sincerely think that NUST college appointments must be made
guys is, and I think that it is to form a link between the students by the college administration. This I believe because I think that the
and the administration, and only if students choose their repre- appointments should be based on merit, and the college people
sentative themselves would their voices be heard properly. In would have the best idea of the merit. We want the best people for
any case, that is what democracy is all about! the job, and this is how it should work.

NS Faizan Zafar Secondly, I think that when student appointments are made on the
DE-28 ME basis of a ‘general election’, people with the pertinent abilities are
not able to come forward. Only popularity counts, not the capability
...definitely by the students... of the students. Students simply vote for their friends, and not for
the ‘right people for the job’.
NS Ossama Shabbir
DE-27 EE How do you think should the student appointments be made? NS Behroaz Javed
DE-29 ME
There just aren’t two ways 2% Students who get the re-
about it! Student representatives
must simply be chosen, or elected
10% sponsibilities of bearing a cer-
would be a better word, by the tain office in a student council,
students. or as the case here, as JNS or
SNS, must be chosen by the
I have heard people ranting about students. This I say despite the
merit possibly being compro- 88% fact that I am an office bearer
mised, but this is all rubbish. I myself because I feel it is better
know that student elections that way.
wouldn’t directly be related to the Honestly, I think we should
so-called-merit, but the important find a cross between these two
thing we must ask ourselves is poles, and come to a system in
that why would students elect which both the institutions have
someone who does not live up to a part to play in the selection.
some sort of merit? I think we are
old enough to make the choices JNS Jawad Aslam
and bear the responsibility. DE-28 ME
NS Abeer Sadiq Universities? I
DE-27 EE ...by the students obvi- I am not sure, but I do think
ously...apart from the fact that that student representatives
heard someone say
How student appointments are students are represented better should be chosen in some sort that students choose
made makes little difference to
once that happens, I think that of an election in which all stu- the office-bearers in
any of us. It doesn’t even affect election times are quite fun. I dents get a chance to voice their
the way things function...I think have had some experience in opinion. In most universities, APS (Army Public
the status quo should be main-
campaigning activities for stu-
tained. I don’t think we should be dent government while I was at
students choose their represen- School) in our cam-
tatives themselves…
wasting time on such things. school, and it was fantastic!
pus...
NS Qasim
NS Khushnood Qadir NS Owais Anzar NS Ahmad Rasheed
DE-29 Mts DE-28 Mts
DE-30 CE DE-29 ME
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SKIING AT RATTU
NS Abdullah Sharif
For skiing, a trip to the Army High Altitude School, Rattu
(Gilgit), was organized by the Sports and Adventure Society.
A total of 22 students and a faculty member left the college on
22nd February. After 24 hours of dangerous journey they
reached Gurikot beyond which they had to travel on foot for at
least 21 km due to record snow fall and land sliding. After a
tiring and extremely enjoyable walk of about 5 hours, the adven-
turous team finally got to its destination on the 24th of February.
The team members were greeted by Maj Fasih upon their arrival
at the Army High Altitude School. After taking a little rest they
were taken to the Nursery Slope to learn the basics of skiing.
In the following two days, 5 more sessions were carried out in-
cluding 3 late evening sessions until the adventurers finally
gained sufficient proficiency in skiing. On their last evening at
Rattu, Commandant AHAS, Rattu, hosted a farewell dinner for
the visiting adventurers and presented souvenirs. The return jour-
ney started on the 26th of February. The students got back to the
college on 28th February and found the experience one of a kind.
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Comrades in thick and thin
MOVIE NIGHT TUESDAY 17TH
MARCH
By our Correspondent, NS Talha Aftab
On the night of 17th March, the first movie night of
the new semester was organised by the AKS club. The movie
shown in the auditorium was “Valkyrie”. Starring Tom Cruise,
the movie was about an assassination plot organised against
Adolph Hitler during the Second World War. The movie was a
fine choice; it kept the audience engrossed throughout, who
enjoyed the storyline and some powerful acting. It was time
well spent on our part , and we thank the AKS for putting in
this effort.
INTER SPECIES DRAMATICS
COMPETITION 2009
By our Correspondent, NS Talha Aftab
The “Intra College Dramatics Competition” was held on Thurs-
day, 19th March in the Auditorium. This competition has a
reputation for being entertaining and it was evident from the
heavy student turnout that they anticipated something good.
They were not to be disappointed. The contest featured ex-
tremely entertaining performances all round. Participation was
dominated by the GC’s and their spirited antics made us laugh
hard throughout the event. Thoroughly enjoying each twist and
turn, the audience didn’t hide their appreciation, and whooped
and cheered with all their might. Chief Guest for the occasion
was the patron-in-chief of SPAL, Brig. Akhtar Nawaz and he
adjudged that the play ‘GHAJINI’, made by seniors from DE-
27, to be the winner. In his concluding speech he stressed the
importance of quality humour, while at the same time lauding
the participants for their courage, citing that it is a big deal to
have the confidence to come up on stage and deliver in front of
scrutinizing eyes. For us, the public at large, the event was a
treat, and perhaps our appreciation of every act will serve as
just reward for all the performers.
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The Original Sin:
Adam’s fall and Man’s Ascent! (Part I)
These black patterns of lines and curves, usually called
alphabets that you are going to gaze at for a few minutes
might transform the way you think. These little pieces of
wonder that give you knowledge and make you able to
comprehend many things that you don’t might just uproot
the classical concepts you have about our father Adam,
and his fall from heavens to earth.
Again, like always, nothing is fabricated! My humble opin-
ions and conclusions might be erroneous but if you have
the audacity to challenge what’s written in the Quran, you
have the right to remain silent, because then I won’t be
able to help you.
I envision you to challenge the way you perceive the fall
of Adam, for many of you might have never thought about
it! And like always, it’s never too late.
The common belief about the fall of Adam teems with
negativity. Though Muslims have never stressed upon
the negative side of the story as much as the Christians,
and they don’t have the concept of “Original Sin” but gen-
erally Adam’s fall is taught to be the result of God’s attrib-
ute of anger. I do not dare to disagree with religious theo-
logians, but I wish to share with you a hint of His attribute
of love, forgiveness and wisdom.
Let’s start with the creation of universe. According to
Quranic references (7:54) and authentic Hadeeths, God
simply said “Be” and from nothingness, everything
evolved. Moreover, it took just 6 days to create this entire
plethora of galaxies and endless space between them.
“Be” He said and nonbeing uncovered
Atoms to galaxies, “being” discovered!
They say it all took six days
The cosmos, the fashioner and His ways!
The amazement reaches its peak, when we find out that
Adam’s clay was knead for 40 days. The whole universe
was made in 6, and Adam’s clay was knead for 40 days!
Imagine the attention and the focus. And after perfecting
the molded clay, “He breathed His spirit unto Him” –
(38:72 Quran). He had created the entire universe from
nothingness, and it triggered and transformed from non-
being to being, with just an order
“Be” but there was something missing. There was nothing
that was “OF” Him!
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NS Nouman Bashir
The universe made looked so brim
He needed someone “OF” Him
He kneaded clay for forty days
The God, the breath and His ways!
Adam was made because God decided to place a vicege-
rent on earth. He informed angels of this endeavor and they
objected, “What! Will you place therein one, who will do
corruption and shed blood, while we glorify you in praise
and call you holy” – (2:30 Quran). God replied that He sim-
ply knew something that they did not. How could the angels
grasp His wisdom and what was He about to do?
Perhaps at this point, God offered trust. Heavens, earth
and mountains were called upon by the Almighty and of-
fered the trust. But they simply refused! And now God
turned to His lover, Adam. How could Adam not accept?
(33:72 Quran). His beloved offered him this “burden” that
even heavens, earth and mountains could not bear, but
what is burden and pain in love? Can a lover ever say no!
Now my Master, offered trust
Mountains, earth and heavens high
None could bear it but the dust
The beloved, the lover and his cry!
Adam’s children, including you and me were then taken out
from his loins and addressed at the Covenant of Alast
(7:172 Quran). We all testified that He indeed is our Lord,
the creator and the fashioner!
From His loins like drops from flask
Adam’s progeny was addressed
“Am I not your Lord” He asked
The assembly, the query and the yes!
Now comes the actual part, by this time God had created
Eve, as Adam’s companion and they were allowed to wan-
der free in paradise and do what they wanted to but the
only thing He asked of them, was to refrain from this
“tree” (2:35 Quran) else they’d be great wrongdo-
ers” (zaalimun in Arabic/unjust). Interesting to note here is
that whilst offering trust, at 33:72 (as mentioned above)
God declared Adam a “wrongdoer” (unjust/zaalim). And of
course, trust had been offered before this episode of He
asking him to refrain from this apparent “tree”. He calls
Adam a “wrongdoer” and He then asks him not to be a
wrongdoer? And then punishes Him for how He actually
designed Him? Is there a hidden meaning? Ponder your-
self!
TO BE CONTINUED...
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ASME Pages
Student Leadership Seminar held at EME College

By Hamza Bokhari, Degree 28.

The ASME Student Chapter of the College organized dience as well as from the judges. In the third phase,
a Student Leadership Seminar (SLS), held from Feb- participants were given a case study to work on and
ruary 27th to March 2nd. Student Sections from NED audience votes and the judges’ decisions were
Univerisity, Karachi; Quaid-e-Awam University, weighted equally in selecting the SDOB Vice-Chair.
Nawabshah; GIK Institute, Topi; UET, Lahore; UET,
Peshawar and the host Student Section of College of A team-building exercise was held in the CAE Lab
EME, NUST participated. with each student section planning and organizing an
imaginary event. The NED University team won this
The event was planned to fulfill three goals: exercise. This was followed by SpeedDesign Contest,
 To provide an opportunity for the ASME members in which participants had to design a football in de-
from all over the country to compete with each other signing software. UET Lahore won this contest.
in different contests.
 To train future leaders for the industry. The next
 To select members and Vice-Chair for the Student day, all the
District Operating Board (SDOB). participants
were taken
The participants arrived on the 27th and were enter- to Attock
tained with a movie at the Auditorium. The Seminar Oil Refin-
proceedings started on the 28th. Student Section Advi- ery, Mor-
sor Asst. Prof. Raja Amer Azim gave the opening ad- gah for an
dress to the participants. An introduction to SLS was educational
given by Mr. Fawad Kiramat, Chair of SDOB. This trip. Imme-
was followed by thought provoking presentations by diately af-
Dr. Jamil, HOD Mechanical Department, PIEAS and ter the trip,
Mr. Shakir Ayub from Ultimate CAD Solutions on Digital Design and Oral Presentation competitions
leadership training. were held. Participants had to justify their design for a
rock collecting Robot in DigitalDesign and give a
Phase I of SDOB started off with students from each presentation on a technical topic in Oral Guard Pres-
student section giving presentations on ‘How and Why entations Contest, with the winners chosen to be sent
I became an ASME member’ and ‘Why I want to be- to compete in Student Professional Development Con-
come an SDOB member’. Hamza Bokhari of EME ference (SPDC), being held in Singapore in April,
College was selected as a SDOB member from EME 2009. Umer Ilyas from EME College won the Digi-
College. The winners from this phase were promoted talDesign competition. Oral Presentation contest was
to Phase II of the competition. This phase consisted of won by Ali Safdar Cheema from UET Lahore.
members competing for a place in the Executive com-
mittee of SDOB. Participants gave their presentations The closing ceremony was presided over by the Com-
on ‘why I want to become SDOB Team Leader’ ‘my mandant EME College. He shared his thoughts on
achievements as ASME Student Leader’ and. This leadership techniques helpful to Engineers. He also
phase was marked with extraordinary enthusiasm and praised the ASME Student Section for organizing such
oratory skills shown by the participants. Each partici-
an important event successfully and gave his blessings
pant confidently defended his ideas and plans in face
of razor sharp, but constructive criticism from the au- to all the participants in the Seminar.
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Fun Fair:
Spring Festival
2009
By NS Ather Ali
Associate Editor

March, the month of beautiful and blis- the party. This time, SPAL went a step
sufferer must bribe the ‘police’ to get
tering flowers and colours, which marks further and students from other univer-
out of the jail. It was an amusing sight
the beginning of the most liked season sities were also cordially invited toto see some really cool ‘hot pursuits’
on earth, also brings some festivities have fun with Emenents. through the sports ground with the
and events wrapped with it, diverse to police ambitiously chasing a ‘suspect’.
every culture and tradition. This march Unusual for a strictly formal armed Add to that a number of escape at-
became more special and eventful for forces’ college with a mighty legacy, tempts as well and all this made the jail
the College of Electrical and Mechanical stall one of the busiest ones throughout
Engineering along with all the fuss and The event was not only  the day. For some romantic typos and
activity going on. Society for Promo- ‘secret admirers’, a group of ASG stu-
tion of Arts and Literature (SPAL), after memorable and diffi­ dents setup the song dedication and
a break of almost two years organized cult to erase off one’s  flower dedication stalls with the appar-
yet another main event for the col- memory, it also set a  ent goal of “help you say something to
lege’s tasteful audience, and on Sunday, your I-like-you-in-that-special-way”.
March 29, a Spring festival and Funfair difficult benchmark  Who knows, maybe someone finally
was held. for the future ones to  had a chance to say something to the
one they ’admired’ so fondly. Well,
Arrangements for one of the biggest
come and surpass.  March comes after the Valentine month
extracurricular events held in the col- Great event!  after all, doesn’t it?
lege started weeks before the actual
happening date, and everyone was
invited to put in his or her part to the event was as much fun as one could
make this joyful event, even more suc- have asked for: students and other
cessful. SPAL called out for student/ members of the college family arranged
faculty/anyone-in-EME managed stalls stalls portraying various aspects of our
for the funfair, and the response was society, as well as how we like to have
overwhelming: with over thirty stalls to fun. From mehndi stalls, where friends
grace the funfair, many enjoyed best of chose to get a fellow peer in his/her
both worlds. The actual event kicked ‘mehndi ceremony’ with another friend
off at 10:30HRS with students and to stalls of Islamic literature and holy
their family, faculty members and their scriptures, one got everything he or she
peers, armed forces personnel posted in would ask for having a good time. Sen-
EME College along with their families, ior students setup a so called ‘EME
students from other NUST schools JAIL’ in which one could have anyone Celebrations underway
(NBS, SEECS, MCS etc.) invited to join abducted into it by paying off, and the
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Amidst these, some really inno- over. The movie was a pleasure during the entire course of the
vative stalls were also laid out by to watch and everyone enjoyed event making sure nothing un-
our brilliant students: not only the movie, which helped wear pleasant takes place. Also, SPAL
do they study well enough to off the tiredness from all day’s
setup an administration camp
get some 4.0’s, they can pump constant adrenaline push. where one could contact for any
out a lot of ideas for interactive technical or miscellaneous help
entertainment as well: the fun- The biggest party event ran for a he/she might need. A lost and
fair saw a ‘Khota’ stall: a real full twelve hours, through the found counter was also formed
amusement with a donkey cart, day till the very night, with the to make sure no one lost any
giving rides to ones interested in eventual conclusion of the event valuable items.
having a taste of some ‘desi sa- at 2100 HRS.
wari’. A similar stall also presentApart from the fun and enjoy- Overall, SPAL once again pulled
was the wheelbarrow stall, off a great and admira-
where a similar feat was being ble event, with every-
achieved with the help of a brick thing as good as it could
moving wheelbarrow. Stalls for get and no short com-
food and other miscellaneous ings, and made sure that
edibles were also readily avail- everyone knows how
able in ample amount, to keep much of a fun and great
the hungry tummies filled. place College of EME
can be, along with it’s
strong academic excel-
lence. Campbuzz con-
gratulates whole of the
SPAL team, the students,
faculty and everyone
ment aspect of the event, SPAL else who participated for making
made sure everything goes as this funfair ’09 an event, not
planned. The Security measures only difficult to forget, but also,
taken, with so sensitive law and great benchmark for the future
order situation in our country ones to come.
were impeccable as everyone
The fun didn’t stop on the stalls was com-
and all that: the best of the lot pletely
was about to come as a grand scrutinized
bonfire and open air movie was and given
arranged after sunset. Tired from a security
the day activities, the students clearance
sat Around a blazing bonfire, before en-
and sang songs, and cracked tering the
jokes. Group singing contests college
and enjoyment with peers was premises,
at its peak here, when everyone Armed
was treated with a great anime Forces
movie, “BOLD” which was Staff was
shown at the open air movie on the
night, right after the funfair was watch
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Success Story!!! Sorry Dude...

Photos by our Correspondent NS Saran Ahmed

Two of the students came up with a stall of traditional dress,

food and music items of Gilgit and Chitral at the funfair.
The Northern Areas of Pakistan, especially the valleys like tion of mesmerizing folk music. All this to manage would
Gilgit and Chitral have always fascinated people by its beau- have taken a lot of their effort and energy as they would have
tiful cultural values. Hand-woven dress items, particularly had to arrange the commodities at display all the way from
traditional foods and unique tops of music have attracted, and Gilgit and Chitral especially for the Fun Fair.
continue to do so, thousands of domestic and foreign tourists
towards itself. Keeping in view this significance, two of the
students of the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engi-
neering, GC S. Mohiuddin and GC Ahsan Jameel (both DE-
29 CE) decided to put a glimpse of that culture on display for
us right in the college at the Fun Fair. Their stall was among
the very successful ones around, receiving a lot of apprecia-
tion from all round.

The two students arranged a stall of traditional dress items

like the “shoqa”, “chugha”, traditional caps and coats. They
also managed to come up with a host of traditional culinary
delicacies like “Mul”, “Shirkringe”, “Brud”, “Rishok”. Visi-
tors to their stall would also know about the other interesting
objects at their stall as well. Among these was their presenta-
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Youth Leadership Symposium

By NS Nauman Bashir, Associate Editor
From the 23rd to the 25th of January this year, GIKI hosted
the first Youth Leadership Symposium. The event was
held in collaboration with the FLP (Future Leaders of
Pakistan) and the GIKI WES (Women’s Engineering Soci-
ety). Obviously some of us Emenents HAD to go! So on
Friday (23rd), we, namely: Yusra Farhat Ullah(29ME),
Salman Asghar(28MTS), Sana Mehmood(27EE), Sohaib
Qureshi(29ME), Qurat ul Ain(27CE), Nouman Bashir
(29MTS) and Fatma Faruq(29CE) set off towards Topi
accompanied by Director SPAL Ms Sumera Batool.

Transport was arranged by GIKI and so we got a glimpse

of the multitude of other students attending the event with
us. We arrived around noon and were free to roam around
till evening since we unanimously decided to skip the
screening of “The Dark Knight”.

Rested and settled, we set out for the first session,

“Developing the Why?” First, we were introduced to the
FLP, an organization that aims to foster leadership in Paki-
stani Youth and provide them with appropriate resources
and guidance. We were also introduced to the GIKI WES.
We were all divided randomly into groups of five or six.
So here we were sitting with unfamiliar people, in an unfa-
miliar auditorium, listening to an unfamiliar man (Mr
Naveed Mirza)! This interactive session required that each
group come up with solutions for problems facing Pakistan
and present them. Incidentally all of us Emenents were
chosen as group leaders by our group members! Nouman,
Yusra, Salman, and Sohaib even went on stage to present,
out of all the many other talented students! This successful
session demanded a good night’s rest, which some of us
got!
Day 2 began at 9:30, with the session “the magic of self
direction”. Groggy and hungry, we still dived right into
this personal workshop on goal setting. Eventually it too
led to another audience wide discussion on Pakistan!
Clearly our youth is really concerned and this concern is
eagerly expressed only in verbosity!!! After a short break,
the next session introduced us to 3 guest speakers: Mr Ah-
san Iqbal (PMLN), Ms Ferzana Raja (PPPP) and Dr Fer-
zana Bari (Human Rights Activist) and. each of them
talked about their personal struggles and what Pakistani
leaders need.
This somewhat exhilarating session was followed by a Q\A
between the audience and speakers. Some of us got a bit car-
ried away, obviously! The last session was a primer on leader-
ship skills; everything a leader should be in one presentation.
Next up was “Entertainment Night”, which we skipped in favor
of a very heated discussion on, you guessed it, Pakistan,
amongst ourselves.
Day 3 began with a summary session, followed by
“Entrepreneurship Club Presentation” (a wing of the FLP),
where we learnt how to not only make a business plan but all
the basic tools for business start up. This session ended and we
were rushed for an YLS photograph and then back to home.
Overall the food was good; we had coupons for lunch and din-
ner and access to the cafeteria which we frequented religiously.
The accommodation was satisfactory but the organization and
management not so much. We returned motivated with a tran-
sient yet deeper appreciation for EME, and anxiety over having
lost some of our luggage (which GIKI returned to us later). The
best part of the whole experience was the company and the
knowledge we gained from our sessions; we can all be some-
one greater and bigger than what we deem ourselves to be, we
only have to try hard enough!
 Let’s help Stop TB Together!
24th March was marked World Tuberculosis Day. TB accounts for approximately 2 million
deaths annually, and there are about 10 million new cases of the disease worldwide.
They say it starts by a cough and spreads like a pandemic. They
say the disease is dominant in Asia, with Pakistan as one of the
largest contributors to the disease. They have named the vicious
bacterium-spread disease as Tuberculosis or TB in short. Accord-
ing to the World Health Organization (WHO) someone is in-
fected by TB every second, enveloping about one-third of the
world’s population. In the ongoing essay I would be discussing
some steps towards the curtailment of TB in Pakistan. I would be
opening my essay by discussing the role of the government in
preventing the spread of TB to the role of anti-TB professionals
and patients individually. I will be discussing how every person
can connect through an invisible yet powerful chain to help stop
TB in Pakistan.
Firstly and most importantly we must cater for the barriers which
face a common person in accessing the programs intended to help
curb TB. These might include physical and financial barriers
along with social and cultural hurdles that can slow down the
progress towards effective anti-TB cure strategies. All the afore-
mentioned hindrances are directly related to the policies under-
lined by the ruling government of the country. Therefore it is the
responsibility of the Pakistani government to extend their full
support towards any new development underway to promote the
anti-TB campaign. Social Barriers are the most common problem
in our male-dominated society, but the revolutionary change
seems to be in our near future!
Secondly and equally importantly are the steps to expand our
existing network of National TB Control programs, or NTP’s for
short, in the areas where the probability of this epidemic is at a
higher risk. This in turn can be achieved by continuously updat-
ing and reviewing the statistics regarding the incidence, preva-
lence and death-rates associated with the disease. This study can
be further strengthened by assessing the pace at which the disease
of the victim is diagnosed before the diseased is treated properly.
The treatment centres must be made fully computerized accord-
ing to the international standards with softwares developed that
can keep the updated information mentioned above in an organ-
ized manner. These data can be individually collected from the
far flung areas of Pakistan, like remote areas of Baluchistan and
Frontier where the risk of the pandemic breaking due to refugees
and natural disasters is greater and then can be centralized
through the network (so developed) to the main NTP centre in
Pakistan. This head-NTP can then have all the vital information
NS Ahmed Zia, 28 ME
regarding the control and spread of the disease and in turn can
easily communicate with its international counterparts to keep
the treatment facilities updated.
Thirdly, the treatment related to the TB should not only be re-
stricted to the NTP centre, but should on a broader perspective,
provide its training facilities to the staff of the other local private
and government hospitals. Most of the people in Pakistan are not
very rich or some might have a particular hospital related to
them free like the railway hospital etc that the patients feel more
comfortable to go to. Therefore the staff of some of the selected
clinics must be properly trained by the anti-TB professionals.
The staff must possess the skills of proper communications with
the patients and the higher authorities to eliminate the risk of a
communication gap hindering the development towards TB
cure. The attitude of the staff with their patients plays a key role
in development of such communication skills. They must be soft
-spoken and tolerant- a trait seriously lacking in Pakistan. The
staff must monitor the daily intake of the patients properly so as
to prevent them from developing a resistance to the drugs. If by
any means a person is overdosed, he/she might develop a resis-
tance to the disease- a symptom called MDR-TB abbreviated for
Multi-drug Resistant TB. The MDR-TB then has to be treated
by a second line dose of drugs. But the main objective of the
NTP or any other clinic or centre must be to properly diagnose
the disease first to get the patient the required medication. Oth-
erwise it would just result in a waste of time and energy of both
the patients and the staff, not to mention the financial burden on
the already poverty-stricken patient.
At the same time it is the duty and sole responsibility of the pa-
tient to fully co-operate with the doctors and staff in taking the
required medications. The patient must abstain from smoking, as
smoking and other drugs have shown the disease to have wors-
ened over time. The staff must make sure before the patient is
diagnosed with TB that the patient is not suffering from diseases
like AIDS. AIDS, abbreviated Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome, attacks the immune system of the body and weakens
it. The TB patient already has the lungs infected to an extent
ISSUE NO. 28
that the diseased coughs very now and then. Thus AIDS aug-
ments in worsening the already TB-stricken patient and causes
the cure difficult and death most certain. The staff must be
trained to properly conceal the identity of the patient in this
regard and keep it as a confidential record to treat the patient
accordingly only and must not dispense the information to any
other unreliable sources. If not, the patients that are diagnosed
in future will hesitate to let the staff check if they are HIV
positive or not which will result in hampering the treatment of
the disease.
Fourthly, it is the responsibility of the concerned authorities to
be vigilant of the fact that the disease of TB is prevalent in
refugee camps and prisons. This might be the case when there
is some kind of war or a natural disaster and the people are
living in a group where the chances of this disease multiplying
are enormous. Thus the required staff must be properly
equipped and trained for these uncommon situations that may
arise anytime. The disease can also be spread through the in-
LIVING IN A DIGITAL MESS
Living in this era of “technology” one happens to come across
several bizarre scenarios, which simply do not seem to make
sense. Internet is the rule of law in this era and most up to date
professionals in computers happen to be engineers in Pakistan.
Almost everyone knows that the job postings are mostly an-
nounced online; in fact many smart people would join the online
hiring portals and subscribe to mailing lists to stay abreast of
these openings, yet most of our engineers appear totally naïve
when it comes to the maintaining of mailing lists. In this entire
college, full of engineers, we hardly have any mailing lists
(yahoo groups etc) of which all the students of a class are part of.
Working with the officer in-charge placement office I have had a
good deal of experience of the total chaos we have in our college.
Seeing from this end of the world my fellow engineers seem to be
living in a world almost a decade back! Yes, its true. Let me be
specific in quoting examples. I have been trying to ask the stu-
dents from various disciplines to work on improving their yahoo
groups. Now most of the classes have separate groups for sepa-
rate sections: it seems like they prefer to live in close clan socie-
ties! Groups are configured not to accept mails from non-
members, making it impossible to mail them any urgent news
regarding some job opening.
The most interesting part is that the mailing list of 27 computers
is the most flawed of all! Mails sent to their yahoo group address
simply get lost in the communication network backbone or
maybe routers all over have been configured not to forward mails
from placement office to 27 Computers!
Its not only the group of 27 Computers in serious trouble, the
Mechanical 27 hasn’t really been able to bring all the class fel-
PAGE 13
Lastly, cure of TB can be accelerated by running campaigns and
displaying slogans throughout Pakistan. Special Questionnaires
can be made and distributed to the schools and colleges of the en-
tire country to access the symptoms in people so that they may be
treated accordingly. Awareness regarding common diseases like
TB and HIV should be imparted to the students through interactive
presentations by the professionals to the students. More research
affiliated works in order to have the up-to-date cure against TB
must be facilitated in universities of Pakistan.
Today Pakistan is facing an economic crisis as is any other country
of the world. Amidst the crisis, proper facilities regarding TB are
truly a difficult task. But we hope that as the dust settles down,
every concerned authority will be able to see through the eyes of
the sufferers and help provide them with affordable and timely
treatment that would not only relieve their sufferings, but would
also help in alleviating the socio-economic burden on our country!
By Uzair Sukhera
DE-27 EE
lows on one single group: it appears to me as if they aren’t much
interested in useful mails. The only well organized groups are of
27 Mechatronics and 27 Electrical: both having almost all the
class on-board. This doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone gets
all the mails! The email address of 27 Mechatronics group seems
too tedious to get hold of. You have to see every time if you have
entered all the scores (“-“) correctly. So we are left alone with 27
Electrical’s yahoo group. Phew! We have one living example in
which no problems are registered. All relevant information gets
through “unharmed” or without being “bounced back”.
The dimensions of this digital mess extend much beyond. The
traditional flow of information from the Cadet Battalion is still
through the Staff (reminds me of postmen). News regarding the
closing of college due to strikes, for example, or that of the start
of semester is conveyed through the “traditional-old-fashioned-
IONs”. Emails seem to be a thing of next century here! Most
funny situation occurs when I ask my fellow SNS about the
change of uniform to summer uniform and they tell me they don’t
know it: I end up informing them that Army has taken off sweat-
ers. Gosh! Do these college appointments do anything worth-
while or not is a separate issue but at-least the Cadet Battalion
can do us a favor by passing on info to our “representatives”.
Welcome to the world with digital-divide. We have technology
but we don’t know how to use it or even worst of all do not want
to use it! Those who feel concerned with this mail and want to
bring a difference are most welcome to contact the writer and we
can help bridge the digital divide through the ICT and Entrepre-
neurship Club.
contact: uzairsukhera27@ee.ceme.edu.pk
 HOD Basic Sciences and Humanities
Brig Dr. Muhammad Rafiq Dhillon

Brig Dr. Muhammad Rafique Dhillon, who or presented in international conferences.

has a wealth of experience, is an interna- On 2nd February 2004, he got retired from
tionally known mathematician and intel- Dr. Dhillon was posted to Pakistan Mili- the Army, and NUST inducted him as Pro-
lectual. He was interviewed by the Editor, tary Academy, Kakul in 1985, and he con- fessor and Head of Department. Now his
CampBuzz, and he very kindly let us have tinued to serve there till 1992. There, he journey at EME College has entered 18th
an insight into his life. was Incharge of the PMA Computer Club, year. He has also authored a book at EME
and was responsible for computerized as- College titled“Ordinary Differential Equa-
Born in District Gujranwala, Dr. Dhillon sessment of all the cadets. During his stay tions and Boundary Value Problems” and
did his matric from District Council High at the PMA he authored a book titled it is being taught at other engineering uni-
School Sakrand, District Nawabshah, “Essentials of Mathematics” which is still versities as well.
Sindh. Later on, he joined Govt. College being used by the cadets there. In 1992 he
Nawabshah for F.Sc and from the same was posted to the College of Army Educa- Dr. Dhillon got married in 1978 in Gujran-
institution he did his B.Sc. After his B.Sc tion, Upper Topa Murree Hills, on promo- wala. He is blessed with two sons and a
he joined University of Sindh, Jamshoro to tion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. daughter. His elder son is a Networks En-
pursue his Masters in Applied Mathemat- gineer and is associated with HITEC Uni-
ics, and was awarded the degree in 1972. versity, while the younger one, Captain
Mohsin Rafique is a courageous Army
Brig Dhillon joined Pakistan Military officer and a renowned basketball player.
Academy Kakul as a cadet in 1973 and He has been famous at Military College
was commissioned in 1974 in the Army Jhelum and PMA for his three-pointers in
Education Corps (AEC). He has the dis- basketball.
tinction of serving the country’s premier
institution, Military College Jhelum (MCJ) Dr. Dhillon considers Mathematics as the
from 1975 to 1978. The initial class he back bone for Engineering and has devel-
taught there has five Major Generals today, oped the courses accordingly. He is satis-
serving at very apprised appointments of fied with the feedback from the students
the Pakistan Army. In 1993 Lt Gen ® Syed Shujaat Hussain, who go abroad for higher studies after
the then Rector NUST, and Brig Syed Bachelors at EME College. The students,
He was recommended by the Army to do Raza Hussain (later Maj Gen), the then according to him, have never ever faced
M.Phil. in Mathematics from Quaid-i- Commandant EME College, came to know any problem regarding Mathematics dur-
Azam University, Islamabad in 1979. He about Dr. Dhillon. They approached MS ing their higher studies abroad, because of
was fortunate enough to have a supervisor Branch GHQ and got him posted to the their strong foundation developed at EME
like Professor Dr. Asghar Qadir (presently College of E&ME, which he joined on College.
DG NUST CAMP) at the Quaid-i-Azam 24th November 1993. He is the founding
University. Dr. Qadir also rightly judged Head of Department and pioneer of the Dr. Dhillon is of the view that EME Col-
the credentials of Dr. Dhillon, and soon Department of Basic Sciences and Hu- lege has grown tremendously in terms of
after the completion of M.Phil, recom- manities, with Mathematics as its back- infrastructure, academics, and especially
mended him to GHQ for a permission to bone. On his promotion to the rank of the research culture over the years. He
do PhD, keeping in view the research po- Colonel and later on Brigadier, EME Col- feels the students here are excellent and it
tential and the direction in which Dr. Dhil- lege resisted his posting out so that they is always a pleasure to teach such extraor-
lon was heading. GHQ too was pleased to could make optimum use of his abilities. In dinarily brilliant students. He always takes
give a green signal, and Dr. Dhillon con- 1997 he was desperately required as First pleasure in teaching. He is of the view that
tinued his research, and submitted his PhD Principal of the newly established Army when his students are following him, a
thesis in 1985. After successful evaluation Public College, Multan, and the then Corps peculiar type of shine is visible on their
by foreign subject experts, he was awarded Commander Multan, Lt Gen Salahuddin faces; he enjoys this shine. In his message
Ph.D. in July 1986. His main focus was in Tirmizi moved heaven and earth to get to the students, he urges that there are three
the field of Relativistic Astrophysics, and him. However, Rector NUST and Com- important things to be kept in mind: Pious
he presented his PhD research work in 4th mandant EME College were keener to re- Intentions (Nek Niyyat), Hard Work
Marcel Grossman Meeting on General tain him in order to benefit from his exper- (which nobody else can do for them), and a
Relativity, Rome, in June 1985. Remarka- tise. After a lot of struggle they were even- Positive Attitude. If these three things are
bly, 85% of his research work has been tually successful in getting his posting or- followed in letter and spirit, the students
published abroad in international journals der to Multan cancelled. will definitely succeed.
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3RD APDC at EME College On the Shoulders of Giants...

24th to 26th April 2009
Keeping up with the tradition of high level competition and
crowning the intellectual supremacy of the students, the Col-
lege of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering is all set to
host the third serving of the All Pakistan Declamation Con-
test for the year 2009-2010 from the 24th to 26th of this
month.
A total of 35 teams have registered so far for the event, and
universities from all over Pakistan are going to take part with
full zeal and zest.
A very healthy competition is expected, and we would be
treated to a fantastic blend of humorous and serious speeches
in both Urdu and English. The Editorial Board of CampBuzz
welcomes all the participants and wishes them the very best
of luck.
GPAs Announced!
GPAs are possibly the worst combination of numbers we
encounter in our college life, but they are always dramatic.
So when the GPA of the last semester was displayed on the
25th of March, there was much excitement around as stu-
dents from all departmens and degrees braced for those aw-
ful three digits.
When our institution was, last year, ranked at a respectable 376
among international universities by the Times Higher Education
Universities Ranking, many met this with disbelief. While most of
us mock our own institution in flippant self-denial, there are those
working tirelessly to bring prestige and laurels to the institution
and the country. Dr. Afzaal Malik, Head of the Mechanical De-
partment, stands out in this respect.
Barely two months after breaking the news of Dr. Afzaal Malik
being awarded the Star Laureate by the South Asian Publications,
we are proud to acknowledge that the erudite faculty member is a
well sought-after commodity for students interested in research in
his areas of expertise.
In this regard, CampBuzz has learnt, Muhammad Munawar, a PhD
scholar from UET Lahore, got in touch with Dr. Malik to seek his
academic blessings for an original research paper on “Minimizing
surface roughness in turning process by considering the machine
tool condition using Taguchi method”. While this represents the
respect accorded to Dr. Malik by students of other institutions, this
is also testimony to his exceptional ability. No wonder then, that
Dr. Malik is author to over 120 international research papers.
Remarkably though, it is not only in Pakistan that Dr. Malik stands
out in his field; Students from all over the world, including those
from well-reputed international universities attempt to flock to him
for guidance. Only recently, a 3rd year undergraduate student from
India’s famed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT, Guwahati), M.
Usha Kiran, expressed serious interest in carrying out a research
internship under Dr. Malik’s guidance in the summers. Similarly,
Dr. Michael P Paidoussis, a professor at Canada’s MacGil Univer-
sity, which was ranked 20th in the world in 2008, also shared Dr
Malik’s research work.

Students’ preference for him as a research instructor is in recogni-

tion of Dr. Afzaal Malik’s excellence in the field of Mechanical
Engineering, and we should feel honored in having such a giant on
I guess GPA is there... whose shoulders to stand on.

Department of Mechanical Engineering LEFT RIGHT LEFT

welcomes new faculty member
The Department of Mechanical Engineering wel-
comes a new addition to the faculty in Mr. Raja Abid
Rabbani. He comes after a few very respected faculty
members like the previous HOD Dr. Ejaz Malik and
Dr. Basharat have just left the ranks of the depart-
ment.
It is clear from these names that Mr. Rabbani has to
replace that he has very big shoes to fill, and we hope
that he would be able to do so in apt manner.
He comes having graduated from the University of
Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxilla. Later he
proceeded to Sweden for his higher studies and
completed his Masters degree from Luleu University,
Sweden.
A chorus of banging feet went up at the drill court at EME College on the
2nd of April, as Jauhar and Nishtar Companies locked horns for the Drill
Competition.
While the sight of a few scores of
Gentleman Cadets vying for
marching perfection might have
been an inspiring one, the level of
precision in marching and the co-
ordination the Cadets showed dur-
ing the competition was truly mar-
velous. This was witness to the
levels of commitment and profes-
sionalism EME College infuses in
its Cadets. To the feelings of many present there it was the best competi-
tion of the decade. After a wonderful display by both sides, it was the
Nishtar Company which reigned supreme winning the competition.
Havaldar Tazir was declared the Best Drill Instructor.