By: Shabir Hussain Jhatial  This year Hamdard University Attached Rufaida College of Nursing was assigned by the Hamdard University to arrange Christmas Celebrations with the theme , "Unity in Diversity" to foster unity among different segments of Pakistani society. The Deputy Speaker Sindh Assembly, Honorable Anthony Navid was the Chief Guest while His Grace Cardinal Arch Bishop Joseph Scouttis blessed this Celebratory-Cum-Thought Provoking event as Key Speaker. Besides University's Vice Chancellor Sayed Shabib-ul-Hassan & Deans of the University, a large number of christian families of students, employees and guests at Madanatul Hikmah Campus Gadap Town met to commemorate the happiness and joy on the Birth of Lord Jesus.  The hall was twinkling with colourful lights baloons and a beautifully decorated twinkling ChristmasTree. The beautiful rhyms and christmas songs sung by carol further added the blissfulness of the X-Mas. The Chief Guest Deputy Speaker Sindh Asse...

By: Shabir Hussain Jhatial The land of Sindh, known as the Bab-ul-Islam (Gateway of Islam) and the Land Sofia (The Mystics who believe in Pluralism) witnessed the birth of Muhammad Ali on December 25 , 1876 in the small town of Jhirk جھرک , present-day in Thatta District. He was born to Poonja Bhayee Jeena جینا, and his caste 'Jenna' was later anglicized as ' Jinah that came in Sindhi and Urdua as جناح till then. Jinnah Sahib played a crucial role in restoring the provincial status of Sindh and East Bengal, which had been revoked in 1935 from Maharahtar aand theited Province of Bengal.  He was a strong advocate for the rights of minorities, including Muslims, Christians, and Scheduled Castes (Hindus). This earned him the trust and respect of these communities across the India. Two of them were Shri Ambekar Yadav (Hindu ) and *S.P.Sangha (Christian) In 1940, during the Lahore session of All India Muslim League, the Christian leader S.P. Singha was present, and in 1946, as...

 By: Shabir Hussain  It was a refreshing Alumni meeting of incredible leaders with a spiritual aura and blissful sprouting from blissful faces inside the majestic archetecure of AKU-SONAM. The purpose of this sample meeting from the Metropolis called by Out Reach Associate Dean Dr. Rafat Jan was to gauge the impact and status of the Alumni in Pakistan and around the world. Besides the high ups of AKU's Advancement Officials the distinguished professors of AKUSONAM and the Alumn who are in the positions at various Universities and, in the Government sector deliberated on the impact, status and issues faced in the larger society. The Dean Dr. Salima Wallani in her brief presentation encompassed the diffusion of almost 5000 Diploma, Undergraduate, Masters &  PhD Alumni who are serving at AKUSONAM , across the 🇵🇰 and continents and, that a significant number of those that have been recognized globally as among the bests in 100 renowned nurses. Dr. Rafat Jan told that m...

By: Shabir Hussain  The professional journey of Ms. Rehana Elahi from a Registered Nurse to her existing position as senior leadership at Shaukat Khanam Memorial Hospital and Research Center(SKMH &RC) is an inspirational story of consistency and eventual success in one's impeccable career progress.   Known to me as fellow PRN BScN student in Aga Khan University School of Nursing & Midwifery (AKUSONAM) way back in 1995-97, I can still reflect her character and traits as a passionate and focussed learner yet working with team with joyful spirit spirit despite challenging course demands of PRN BScN spearheaded mostly by foreign faculty from Canada and UK then. After a brief service with the Punjab Government, she left for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and then to UK for higher professional education.  It was in 2018 that as Director Nursing Sindh I met her in an strategic meeting under Federal Minister MoNHSR&C, where she represented the Prime Minister's ...

By: Shabir Hussain  The College of Nursing, National Institute of Child Health (CON-NICH), has achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming the first institute under Health Department Sindh to complete 04-Yr Nursing Degree Program with thumping success. Not only did it complete the course on time, but also excelled in education, training, and professionalism at par with other best nursing colleges of Sindh. It is noteworthy that in 2019, when PNMC,the Federal and Provincial Governments phased out the Three-Year General Nursing Diploma and introduced a four-year degree program, all colleges under provincial government management across the country lagged behind by one year without induction. However, Nursing College NICH stood out, achieving the first admission in year 2020. Their first batch of BSN had achieved a 100% passing rate and commenced one year internship. They are now conducting Evidence-Based seminars on final research papers of the second batch of Semester VIII. The...

 By: Shabir Hussain Jhatial PRN BScN -1995 Alumni Principal CON Korangi Ex.Director Nursing Sindh Though I am a prolific writer and commentator of professional events and free lancer yet when it comes to writing about AKUSONAM, it stirs deeper levels of consciousness to be cautious when it comes my Alma Mater Aga Khan School of Nursing & Midwifery(AKUSONAM) For me it is the "Zero Point" that refers to a scale from which strengths and weakness in quality can be measured and compared with. Or it is like a Qibla (in a literary sense) of Nursing & Midwifery with which institutes across the country and region set the directions to pursue excellence in their own adaptive ways.  A few days ago I witnessed student-led /organized SPIRIT-24 Research Symposium in jam-packed AKUH' Central Auditorium with faculty and AI Generation Nursing Scholars. This was simply a majestic academia congregation blended with three majestic civilizations of Greek-Roman, Arab-Persian and th...

 By: Shabir Hussain Jhatial PRN BScN -1995 Alumni Principal CON Korangi Ex.Director Nursing Sindh Though I am a prolific writer and commentator of professional events and free lancer yet when it comes to writing about AKUSONAM, it stirs deeper levels of consciousness to be cautious when it comes my Alma Mater Aga Khan School of Nursing & Midwifery(AKUSONAM) For me it is the "Zero Point" that refers to a scale from which strengths and weakness in quality can be measured and compared with. Or it is like a Qibla (in a literary sense) of Nursing & Midwifery with which institutes across the country and region set the directions to pursue excellence in their own adaptive ways. A few days ago I witnessed student-led /organized SPIRIT-24 Research Symposium in jam-packed AKUH' Central Auditorium with faculty and AI Generation Nursing Scholars. This was simply a majestic academia congregation blended with three majestic civilizations of Greek-Roman, Arab-Persian and the...

By: Shabir Hussain Jhatial Karachi, the capital of Sindh's historic areas like Lyari, Kharadar, Mithadar, and Keamari, remainex the hub of Pakistan's Independence Movement. Until 1965, Karachi was Pakistan's capital, embracing millions of migrants in 1947. This city of lights and progress is now known as the "Mother of the Poor" because of its humanistic approach without discrimnation of ethnicity and belief.  Key figures like Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Abdullah Haroon, G.M. Syed, Liaquat Ali Khan, and the Memon and Kutchi communities of Khara Dar & Mitha Dar played pivotal roles in its development. In public welfare, Abdul Sattar Edhi's family and the Seelani Welfare Trust  are renowned entitities of Southern Sindh. Another great  Philanthropist and industrialist Mohammed Bashir Jan Muhammad has been a contiuing force behind social services for a century now. The MBJ School of Nursing, under the leadership of Madam Talat Shah, has emerged as a new beacon of exc...

Shabir Hussain Jhatial In continuation of the multiple initiatives taken by Health Minister Dr. Azra Fazal Pechu, the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) Karachi's Executive Director Doctor Prof. Nasir Saddal & E.D of Sindh Institute of Child Health & Neonatology (SICHN) Dr.Prof. Jamal Raza held an strategic meeting with Parliamentary Secretary of Sindh Assembly  (H) Ms. Nidda Nisar Khuhro & Dir (Dev) Health Department Dr. Dabeer Ahmed Khan to chalk out a plan to develop advance ly skilled Nursing Force by establishing two institutes: one at NICH College of Nursing and another at College of Nursing Korangi. After the brain storming session the distinguished leaders endorsed in principle inputs of  principals of both Nursing Colleges i.e. NICH & Korangi Ms Shabana Wazir Solangi & Mr. Shabir Hussain Jhatial the feasibility who were called for brief and prospect from nursing aspects. The learned heads of institutions and government officials assigned bot...