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PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SINGLE BOUT OF MODERATE AND HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL EXERCISE ON SELECTIVE ATTENTION IN YOUNG ADULTS by Farida ahmad in Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences 

ABSTRACT

Objectives: The primary objective of the study was to determine the effect of moderate intensity exercise and high intensity interval exercise on selective attention.

Methodology: This experimental study was conducted at Khyber Girls Medical College Peshawar from September 2020 to February 2021. A total 34 young adults were recruited who were called for two experimental sessions. During 1st experimental session, participants performed moderate intensity exercise of 15 minutes. Forward digit span test were done both before and after exercise. They were then called after one week for 2nd experimental session. Same steps were carried out but this time they performed high intensity interval exercise. The High intensity interval exercise consisted of one minute of low intensity alternating with one minute of high intensity exercise.

Results: The mean age of participants was 20 ± 2 years, body mass index (BMI) was 23 ± 4 kg/m2 and mean waist hip ratio was 0.81± 0.05. After 15 minutes of high intensity interval exercise, selective attention was significantly improved (P = 0.001).

Conclusions:  A single session of High intensity interval exercise was more effective at improving selective attention as compared to moderate exercise.

Key words: High intensity interval exercise, Selective attention, Young adults.

INTRODUCTION

Physical exercise (PE) is defined as “ a subset of physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive and has as a final or an intermediate objective of  improving or maintaining physical fitness” [1]. There are different types of PE, exercise performed at 50 - 63 %, 64 -76 % and 77 – 95% %   of heart rate maximum (HR max) are termed  low, moderate and high intensity exercises respectively. High intensity exercise has been further classified as continuous,  high intensity interval training (HIIT) and sprint interval training [2]. HIIT is a type of exercise characterized by short bouts of high intensity exercise alternating with same duration of rest or lower level of physical exercise [2]. Though PE positively affects selective attention and subsequently memory but unfortunately most of our population is not sufficiently active. A World Health Organization survey shows that 23% of males and 32% of females worldwide do not engage in enough physical activity; only 5% of the adult population worldwide meets the basic recommendations of physical exercise [3]. The situation is even worse in Pakistan, 24.4% males and 43.3% females are not sufficiently active. They consider lack of time, use of internet, cell phones and computers  as causes for noncompliance to exercise and sedentary behavior [4, 5]. Luckily HIIT  is less time consuming as compared to continuous moderate exercise and is preferred by most people [6-8]. It has recently emerged as an effective exercise paradigm for brain health [9]. The main advantage of HIIT is that it provides strong stimulus for neuronal growth. HIIT is especially beneficial for controlling attention and filtering out unnecessary information when performing any cognitive task[10]. However there are few studies on the effects of HIIT on selective attention.The effects of HIIT on brain health still need to be explored [11, 12]. Our study aims to add to the existing body of evidence by determining the effects of HIIT on selective attention in young adults.

Selective attention permits us to filter out insignificant information and focus on what matters. It also forms the basis for learning of complex material [13]. Unfortunately most of our young adults lose attention within 10 – 20 minutes after the start of a cognitive task[14]. The  importance of phonological loop and attention  in classroom teaching cannot be underestimated [15, 16]. Moreover it is equally important etiological factor in patients with attention deficit disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson disease [17-19]. The amount of attention we pay to a task is controlled by central executive in the frontal lobe of the brain which also has the capability to access long term memory stores so by controlling attention one can enhance memory as well[20].

There are different ways to improve attention and subsequently memory for example environmental modifications, attention process training, self‐regulatory strategies, use of external aids  and psychosocial support in adults with attention deficit disorder [21].  In addition , physical exercise is known to improve attention both in healthy and attention deficit population [22, 23].

MATERIALS AND METHODS

This experimental study was carried at the Department of Physiology, Khyber Girls Medical College Peshawar. For the within subject design, sample size was calculated by power analysis and effect size based on previous results of Labban et al.,[24]. Power analysis was calculated by using effect size of 0.50. A sample of 34 participants was enough to get power of .80.  After approval from ethical committee of Khyber medical university volunteers were recruited through personal contacts, notices and circulars. Young adult females age 18 – 25, were selected who had no history of psychiatric illnesses, psychiatric medications, smoking, neurological and musculoskeletal disorders. All of them fulfilled the exercise fitness criteria as assessed through physical activity readiness questionnaire [25].

After informed consent, anthropometric measurements of all the participants were taken such as weight, height, waist circumference and hip circumference.  Low, Moderate and high intensity of exercise was determined for each individual according to their age. First Maximum heart rate (HR max) was calculated for each individual by the formula 220 – age[26]. Exercise performed at 50 -63 %, 64 -76 % and 77 – 95% %  of HRmax was their low, moderate and high intensity levels respectively.  High intensity interval exercise comprised of  one minute high intensity exercise alternating with same duration low intensity exercise [2]. BMI was calculated by Quetelet’ s formula(weight in Kg/height in meter square [27]. Adopting a within subject design, participants were asked to come for two experimental sessions. Participants were asked to refrain from tea and other caffeinated drinks 24 hours prior to experiment. On first experimental day pre exercise selective attention was assessed through Forward Digit span Test (FDST) which is used extensively throughout clinical and research studies and has high validity and reliability among healthy adults and is a subset of Wechsler’s adult intelligent scale [28]. After this test participant were asked to perform 15 minutes of moderate exercise on tread mill (American Fitness, LK700T CORE) according to their individual levels calculated previously. We were closely monitoring the participants to keep their heart rate within the target ranges of moderate exercise. The subjects were assessed within 5 minutes of finishing exercise for selective attention again through digit span forward test. They were then called after one week for experimental session two. The same steps were carried out but this time they performed high intensity interval exercise for 15 minutes.

RESULTS

The mean age for participants in years was 20 ± 1 SD, mean BMI 23 ± 4 (kg/m2) and mean waist hip circumference ratio was 0.81± 0.05. The average Heart rate of the participants for moderate exercise was between 122 and 152 beats per minute, for high intensity most achieved heart rate of 153 to 190 beats per minute. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 20.  Statistical significance was considered at P < 0.05. Shapiro wilk test was used to check the normality of data. Wilcoxon signed rank test for serum FDST showed a positive significant change z = - 1.422, p = .15 with a small effect size (r = .1) and z = - 3.182, p = .001 with a medium effect size (r = .4) for MIE and HIIE respectively.

Table 1:  Forward Digit Span Test Scores After Exercise

Figure 1: Forward Digit Span Test Scores before and after exercise FDST = Forward digit span test, M1=before moderate exercise, M2= after moderate exercise, H1= before high intensity interval exercise, H2 =after high intensity interval exercise

DISCUSSION

The objective of this study was to assess the effects of an acute HIT session on one aspect of cognitive function i.e. selective attention in young adults. We used digit span forward test (FDST) to assess selective attention. Moderate exercise did not affect attention while HIIT had a significant effect on selective attention. Mean forward digit span test scores before moderate exercise were 8.41 ± 2 and post exercise they were 8.86 ± 2 (P = 0.15). However HIIT had a significant effect on attention with mean FDST of 8.86 ± 1 and 9.86 ± 1 before and after exercise respectively (P = 0.001).

Results from previous research support our findings. There are several studies demonstrating a positive effect of HIIT on cognition and attention as measured by Victoria Stroop test, Reaction Time test and digit span tests [10, 29, 30]. Walsh et al., 2018 recruited 22 university students, nineteen of the participants were females aged 20 ± 1 year. They were called for two sessions; a HIIT and control visit on separate days. The HIIE session lasted for 11 minutes. Participants completed the d2 test which is another test for measuring selective attention [31]. Effect size analysis revealed a moderate effect size of 0.459 in favor of HIIE  with a P = 0.01 [32]. Our effect size was 0.486 and P = 0.001. Another study done at the university of Boston is also in line with our findings who checked inhibitory control, selective attention and declarative memory [10].However Study by Alves et al., 2014 does not match with our findings. They used both Stroop color word test FDST and concluded that HIIT improved the performance in Stroop color word test (P = 0.02) after performing 15 minutes of HIIT on cycle ergometer but no significant effect on FDST which may be attributed to the older age group that they recruited for their experiment  i.e. 53 years [33].

Another study by Kao et al demonstrated that HIIT was more beneficial at inhibitory control as assessed by modified flanker task in young adult males and females [10]. A study carried out in children 8 – 10 years of age, also report significant effect after HIIE. Stroop performance was improved after one  minute after ( P < 0.01), and improvements were maintained until 30 min after exercise cessation [34].

Tsukamoto recruited 10 males and used felt arousal scale (FAS) to assess arousal level and color word Stroop task for measuring attention and found significant increase after HIIE [35].

Previously it was thought that intensity affects cognition in a U shaped manner, meaning that if we continue to increase the intensity of exercise from low to moderate, cognition will improve but after a high intensity is reached cognition will deteriorate [36]. On the contrary, our and other recent research do not support this hypothesis [33]. In our study the high intensity exercise improved selective attention as compared to moderate exercise. Possible explanation for improved attention can be attributed to psychophysiological mechanisms such as improved cerebral blood flow which provides brain sufficient amount of glucose and oxygen and improved psychological wellbeing [11, 37].

It is also suggested that there is increased levels of epinephrine and nor epinephrine which leads to more  arousal and subsequently increased attention [38] .Following exercise there is increased allocation of attention resources [32]. When a person is engaged in any information processing operations involving encoding and decision making he uses attention resources to complete this information processing. Human beings select a limited amount of sensory input to process the information while neglect other unrelated sensory inputs through attention resource allocation [39].

CONCLUSION

Our study validated the previous results and showed that even a single bout of 15 minutes of HIIT improves selective attention and it is more effective as compared to moderate exercise of same duration.

Acknowledgements:

We acknowledge the participants for their contribution to the study.

Conflict of Interest.

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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Camelia Malik (lahir 22 April 1955) adalah seorang penyanyi dangdut dan aktris berkebangsaan Indonesia yang berdarah Minangkabau. Ia dijuluki sebagai “Diva Dangdut Jaipong”. Hal ini karena tari jaipongan menjadi ciri khasnya saat membawakan lagu dangdut. Mia juga merupakan adik tiri dari musisi Ahmad Albar karena ibunya Farida Al Hasni sebelum menikah dengan ayahnya telah memiliki seorang anak dari perkawinannya terdahulu. Ia pertama kali merilis singel “Colak-Colek” tahun 1970.

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A Historic Musical Evening in Kabul Nearly Five Decades Ago as Told by the Kabul Times

PHOTO CAPTION Mahwash watching one of the amateur singers getting his wrist tied up by Ustad Hashim. The young man holding the harmonium is Assef, one of the best tabla players in town and Ustad Hashim's younger brother.

Caption and photo printed in the article "How are Musicians Initiated?" (Kabul Times, July 11, 1973)

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A Historic Musical Evening in Kabul Nearly Five Decades Ago as Told by the Kabul Times

By Farhad Azad 

Let's travel to a night in Kabul in early July 1973. The air is mixed with the scent of نسترن wild roses and هل cardamom. This was no ordinary night in Kabul. This is the night when Mahwash, the celebrated "Female Vocalist of the Year" of Radio Kabul, steps onto a different stage, one steeped in the age-old traditions of classical music.

Golalaye Farida, the woman behind the stage named Mahwash, had already charmed her audiences with her voice, a gift first honed five years ago under Hafizullah Kheyal, a seasoned composer and vocalist of Radio Kabul. 

But tonight, she and a few other aspiring musical students seek a more profound path of learning, the kind found in the famed musician's quarter of Kharabat, where Ustad Mohammad Hashim, a legend with over 50 compositions to his name by this time, holds court with other ustads. 

A symphony of anticipation fills the air in Ustad Mashwash's friend's home. Ustad Hashim's two younger brothers, the dilruba virtuoso Nabi among them, bring life to the room. Among the gathered are vocalists Shah Wali Wali and the "stout" Ahmad Wali, alongside the "ruggedly handsome" composer Nainawaz. Mahwash's husband, a steadfast pillar of support, observes, and their four-year-old daughter absorbs in her play, adding to the unfolding scene.

Dinner, a fragrant feast, was a mere prelude. As Waleh, the Kabul Times' roving eye, later recounts, the air grows thick with a palpable sense of ritual, of history being made. The ceremony begins…

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How are Musicians Initiated?

By Abdul Haq Waleh

Expert from the July 11, 1973 issue of Kabul Times  (written in English) 

Mahwash brought to Ustad Hashim a tray containing suit material [cloth for a suit], some cash and candies. She was asked to present it to another Ustad Mohmmad Nabi who accompanies Ustad Hashim on the dilruba. 

Ustad Nabi asked Ustad Mashwah, as the custom goes, what was there on the tray. She replied with humility that there were a few unworthy gifts she wanted to present to Ustad Hashim. 

He asked again why present these to Ustad Hashim and not to others because there were quite a few ustads in town. She believed Ustad Hashim tops them all as far as his teaching techniques and compositions were concerned. She wanted to be his pupil and learn classical music from him. 

Then came another question from Ustad Nabi from which Mashwash was apparently not prepared. Perhaps they do not rehearse the whole ceremony because they like it spontaneous. Ustad Nabi inquired as to how she would behave after initiation. 

Mahwash looked blank and after a few moments of hesitation, the word was passed to her husband and he whispered it into her ear. She said she would behave as his daughter should. 

Then Ustad Nabi emphasized with enough seriousness the amount of request required by an ustad and the quantity of hard work to be put in by the pupil. Afterwards, he took Mahwash's hand and placed it on the harmonium. Ustad Hashim took a string from the tray and tied it around her wrist. This symbolized that she was his pupil for life, tied up to him through that string.  

Almost all the amateur singers extended their hands to be tied up in a similar manner and the smiling Ustad complied with generosity. But he did not utter a word before or after the ceremonies. Perhaps the traditions require that the Ustad should not say anything. That was why the ceremony was conducted by another ustad. And Mahwash passed the tray, serving each with a few candies which symbolizes a sweet future. 

But the question is that thousands of her admirers want her to sing popular songs which they are in a position to appreciate classical music. But Mahwash is bent on learning classical music so that one day she may be able to answer questions which may reveal whys and wherefores for her.  She believes she has the right to pursue her own interests while her admirers are entitled to their own likes and dislikes. She will sing for them songs that may be hits after mastering the art of singing under an ustad. This sounds quite convincing to me and perhaps her countless admirers will be looking forward to the opportunity. 

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By Farhad Azad 

Captured with Candor

Abdul Haq Waleh's prose is a time machine, transporting us to a space in time where tradition and ambition collide. He paints a vivid tableau: the hushed whispers, the scent of instruments, the palpable scene as Kabul's musical elite gather for a pivotal moment. He writes, “Nainawaz was so much carried away by music that the pretty hotels announced a few times that dinner was ready but he did not allow anyone to move.” And this line as well, “Ustad Hashim was playing the ever ready harmonium and the little lady in her black crepe dress was singing one of his compositions.” 

Mixed Classes Learning Music

In this rarified space, social boundaries blurred. Mahwash, the middle-class songbird, sought the wisdom of Ustad Hashim, the maestro of Kharabat's musician class. Alongside her, the aristocratic composer Nainawaz defied societal norms. Both songbird and composer shared passion for music transcended class divisions, a testament to art's unifying power. Yet, this mingling was not without risk. Both had faced familial backlash for pursuing their artistic dreams. As the poet Samy Hamed observed years later, this society loved the music but shunned the musicians, a paradox whose shadow did not hover over this historic night. 

Women's Place in Music

Mahwash, a woman singing openly, not just on the radio but in public concerts, was a radical shift. Just two decades earlier, female vocalists entered Radio Kabul shrouded in burqas, their voices celebrated, their identities concealed. Mahwash and other female arts defiances signaled a shift in the tectonic plates of a conservative society fully supported by Zahir Shah, the gentlemen monarch. Three years after this historic evening, the Ministry of Culture would bestow the title of "Ustad" upon Mahwash.

Ustad Mohammad Hashim's Influence on Popular Music 

Ustad Mohammad Hashim Chishtis (1934-94), the unsung hero of popular music on Radio Kabul, shaped a generation of composers who defined Kabuli pop. He mentored Shah Wali Wali Taranasaz (1927-2007) and Nainawaz (1934-79), whose compositions were the bedrock for vocalists like Ahmad Zahir, Mahwash, Ahmad Wail and many more. A tabla virtuoso from childhood, the elder son of master tabla player Chacha Mahmoud Chishtis, Ustad Hashim’s musical innovations extended beyond tradition, reaching into diverse genres. He famously reimagined a Western guitar, playing it with a river stone, and his legacy extends to the melodies that defined Kabul’s modern sound.

"The Culture of the Coups"

The timing of this musical gathering was eerily prescient. A mere three weeks later, Kabul's fragile peace would shatter, ushering in an era of political upheaval. Daoud Khan’s coup, the first of many to follow, as writer Rahnaward Zaryab noted, would forever alter the course of Kabul’s history. But on that early July night, amidst the scent of wild roses and the promise of music, the future remained unwritten, a melody hanging in the balance.

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[ad_1] The airplane from Kabul touched down in Qatar round 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Two 13-year-old musicians — Zohra and Farida, a trumpet participant and a violinist — disembarked and ran towards their trainer. Then, witnesses mentioned, they started to cry.The women had been a few of the ultimate scholars affiliated with the Afghanistan Nationwide Institute of Track — a famend faculty that has been a goal of the Taliban up to now partly for its efforts to advertise the schooling of women — to be evacuated from Kabul for the reason that Taliban regained energy in August.They joined 270 scholars, academics and their family members who, fearing that the Taliban would possibly search to punish them for his or her ties to tune, have made the adventure from Kabul to Doha, the capital of Qatar, with the primary workforce leaving in early October. Maximum arrived up to now week, boarding 4 particular flights organized via the federal government of Qatar, after months of delays. They ultimately plan to resettle in Portugal, the place they be expecting to be granted asylum.“It’s this type of large aid,” Ahmad Naser Sarmast, the top of the college, mentioned in a phone interview on his long ago from greeting the ladies on the airport on Tuesday. “They are able to dream once more. They are able to hope.”The musicians are amongst loads of artists — actors, writers, painters and photographers — who've fled Afghanistan in fresh weeks. Many have left as a result of they fear about their protection and notice no means of being profitable as the humanities come underneath executive scrutiny.The Taliban is cautious of nonreligious tune, which they prohibited outright once they led Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. Whilst the brand new executive has no longer issued an respectable ban, radio stations have stopped enjoying some songs, and musicians have taken to hiding their tools. Some have reported being attacked or threatened for appearing. A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, mentioned in an interview with The New York Instances in August that “tune is forbidden in Islam” however that “we’re hoping that we will convince folks to not do such issues, as a substitute of pressuring them.”The Afghanistan Nationwide Institute of Track had lengthy been a goal of the Taliban. The varsity embraced trade, adopting a coeducational style and devoting assets to finding out each conventional Afghan tune and Western tune. The Taliban issued widespread threats towards the college; Sarmast was once wounded via a Taliban suicide bomber in 2014.Afghanistan Underneath Taliban RuleWith the departure of the U.S. army on Aug. 30, Afghanistan temporarily fell again underneath keep watch over of the Taliban. Around the nation, there's standard anxiousness in regards to the long term.The varsity turned into identified for supporting the schooling of women, who make up a couple of 3rd of the scholar frame. The varsity’s all-female orchestra, Zohra, toured the sector and was once hailed as a logo of a contemporary, extra revolutionary Afghanistan.When the Taliban consolidated keep watch over over the rustic in the summertime, the college was once pressured to close down abruptly. Taliban officers started the use of the campus as a command middle. Scholars and group of workers most commonly stayed house, anxious they might be attacked for going outdoor. Some stopped enjoying tune and started studying different talents, reminiscent of weaving.Within the ultimate days of the American warfare in Afghanistan, the college’s supporters led a frantic try to evacuate scholars and group of workers. At one level, seven busloads of folks seeking to flee waited on the airport in Kabul for 17 hours, however had been not able to board their airplane when the gate was once closed amid fears of a terrorist assault. After that, the college started evacuating folks extra slowly and in small teams. However difficulties in acquiring passports left some musicians caught for months in Afghanistan.

Perceive the Taliban Takeover in AfghanistanCard 1 of 6Who're the Taliban? The Taliban arose in 1994 amid the turmoil that got here after the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989. They used brutal public punishments, together with floggings, amputations and mass executions, to put into effect their laws. Right here’s extra on their starting place tale and their report as rulers.Who're the Taliban leaders? Those are the highest leaders of the Taliban, males who've spent years at the run, in hiding, in prison and dodging American drones. Little is understood about them or how they plan to manipulate, together with whether or not they are going to be as tolerant as they declare to be. One spokesman advised The Instances that the crowd sought after to disregard its previous, however that there can be some restrictions.A lot of superstar artists, together with the cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, introduced improve. The federal government of Qatar supplied safe haven and helped negotiate with the Taliban to make sure secure passage.“We are hoping that in the future, the cases in Afghanistan shall be encouraging for them to go back house and participate in construction their nation’s long term,” Lolwah Alkhater, an assistant overseas minister in Qatar, mentioned in a remark.On Wednesday, a bunch of scholars will play a live performance in Doha to rejoice the college’s reunion. Some of the songs shall be “Sarzamin-e Guy,” which interprets to “My Fatherland.”“Once I see them I’m simply glad,” mentioned Marzia, an 18-year-old violist and a conductor for the Zohra orchestra, talking of her fellow scholars. “I see they all glad and so they be happy.” [ad_2] #Miles #Kabul #Celebrated #Track #Faculty #Reunites

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Drug De-addiction awareness programme-cum-seminar held at Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura

Shakir bhat

Sopore

The Drug De-addiction awareness programme-cum-seminar was held at Auditorium Hall of Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura on April 26, 2023. The event was organized by the Block Development Council Sopore in collaboration with Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-K. The aim of organizing the event was to create awareness among the youth and general public about the menace of drugs, the dreadful effects of drugs and the steps to be taken to eradicate this threat from the society. The event started with a Bike Rally that was flagged off by Dr. Farida Khan, BDC Chairperson Sopore, for spreading awareness among people against the harmful and fatal effects of the menace of drug abuse. She herself rode the bike with placard ‘Say No To Drugs’. She emphasized the need for people’s involvement and administering pledges against drug abuse in schools and colleges of Kashmir valley regularly. She also stressed that society needs to come forward and take collective responsibility to tackle the problem and to conduct such programmes on a regular basis.

While welcoming the audience, Dean Faculty of Agriculture Prof. Raihana Habib Kanth described the drug menace as an epidemic which is spoiling the future of the Nation as a termite and sought the help of the youth to create awareness among all.

Dr. Aakash Yousaf (Psychiatrist) on the occasion threw light on the psycho analytics of drug abuse leading to detrimental effects on the social as well as the personal life of the drug abusers. Ms. Huriya Farooq (Clinical Psychologist) delivered a lecture on recovery alternatives, treatment facilities available in District Baramulla and counseling facilities available at Drug De-addiction Centre, Baramulla. Mr. Altaf Hussain, Incharge Police drug de-addiction Centre said that Police and Anti-Narcotics Task Force have been campaigning against drug trafficking by adopting a zero-tolerance policy and we have to strengthen our resolve to destroy the entire network of drug dealers and drug traffickers. Advocate Asif Khan, Bar Association Sopore, in his address highlighted the legal aspects of drug abuse. Dr. Rayees Ahmad, SDPO Sopore, delivered an impressive power point presentation regarding ill effects of drug abuse and its mitigation. Mr. Umer Farooq, UG scholar of the faculty highlighted the Islamic perspective on drug abuse. A pledge regarding drug abuse was also taken by students and other participants present on the occasion. A mega plantation drive was also organized by the Faculty of Agriculture in collaboration with Social Forestry Department. The guests who were present on the occasion included Dr. Zulfikhar Ali, BMO Sopore, Mr. Abdul Salam, ZEO Sopore, HoD’s of all divisions, scientists, students and non- teaching members of the Faculty. The vote of thanks was presented by Dr. Ajaz Qureshi.

[theresa-of-liechtenstein]

4, 23, 35? any character :)

thanks for asking!! going to try and include all of them bc i rarely talk about a good chunk of many of these characters but also don’t want to leave the main ones out dhfdk

4. what kind of clothes do they wear

aileen, clarence, oliver, rowena, farida, and bennie all have your basic run-of-the-mill workwear, as they all work in an office setting. lorraine has much more freedom with what she wears on a daily basis and is a big fan of oversized button-ups

23. a random fact

aileen grew up on a sheep farm and was the only one of four children who took an interest in agriculture. unsurprisingly, her favorite animal is sheep. it also explains how she approaches her job. after politics, she plans to take over the farm: but that would imply her leaving her position of power...and does she really want to do that? 👀

clarence loves animal crossing. nothing to do with trends, though, because he has never seen a switch in his life. one of his younger cousins introduced him to the game during a particularly bad family Christmas dinner. this has nothing to do with my current obsession with animal crossing pocket camp. honestly. i wrote that detail before i started playing

oliver can appear kind of vacuous but he’s actually incredibly intelligent. he won a quiz show during university and he’s considered that his sole accomplishment ever since. never mind the fact that he’s the leader of a major political party and also the head of the government.

bennie strongly dislikes chocolate. 

35. how is their imagination?

on principle, rowena won’t be caught daydreaming during work. but she is secretly a prolific fanfiction writer, so one might wonder how she came up with stories if she’s working most of the time. she writes under a pen name though so don’t bother trying to find her ao3

farida constantly imagines every possible consequence of a decision, which is sometimes scary. she’s usually stressing about something or other, which is borne out of an intense need to prove herself to others. in truth, everybody wishes they could be as competent as she is, but she is completely unaware of their admiration for her. send help

ask me questions about aileen, clarence, oliver, rowena, farida, bennie, or lorraine!

[dil-e-be-ikhtiyaar]

Ab tak dil-e-ḳhush-fahm ko tujh se hain ummeedein Ye akhiri shama bhi bujhaane ke liye aa

-Ahmad Faraz

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One of the most endangered groups in Afghanistan is artists. Many have fled since the Taliban came to power in August, or they've been forced to give up their work because of the hard-line Islamic regime's stance against most forms of self-expression. Meanwhile, Afghan artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, which has one of the biggest Afghan immigrant populations in the U.S., are stepping up to help. Chloe Veltman of member station KQED reports.

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🇫🇮 FINLAND 🇫🇮

— caliel 🕊️

1. Nama: Belva Dzaky Aulia

Panggilan: Belva

TTL: Wonogiri, 31 Mei 2001

pesan: Jaga kesehatan, jaga semangat, betah betah ya di HI UNAIR, nikmati segala prosesnya

2. nama: madelyn nora

panggilan: madelyn

TTL: kediri, 14 oktober 2001

pesan: Nikmatin setiap proses IRFEST yaaa soalnya nanti bakal banyak kenangannya. Terus selama kuliah di hi nanti jangan nyerah. Kalo mungkin nanti kmu ngerasa jenuh bosen apa stress tetep inget2 mimpi kamu apa knp sampek pilih HI. Harus komit dan bertanggung jawab sama pilihannyaa dongsss. Okkayyy bisaa.. Semangattttt

— members ✨

1. Nama: Nailah Syauqi Awwalun

Panggilan: nailah

TTL: Jakarta, 19 Januari 2002

Asal daerah: Palu, Sulawesi tengah

Pesan: Semangat irfest nya yaa! Semoga kita bisa cepet2 ketemu di Kampus B!

2. Nama: Diaz Zulfa Farida Aini

Panggilan: Diaz/di/az/yaz

TTL: Jombang, 05 Okt 2002

Asal daerah: Jombang

Pesan: you're incredible don't forget that

3. Nama : Ahmad Rajendra Rafa'a Azis Panggilan: Azis

TTL : Sukoharjo, 18 Juli 2002

Asal daerah : Solo

Pesan : "pokoke sing tenang"

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General Short Bio (Finland)

Nama Caliel: Belva Dzaky Aulia

Nama panggilan: Belva

TTL: Wonogiri, 31 mei 2001

Asal daerah: Wonogiri

Pesan: Untuk nailah, jaga semangatnya jaga kesehatannya ya, sama tolong untuk sering muncul di grup at least bisa tau kondisi kalo nailah itu ada, semangat kuliahnya ya, jangan lupain Belva.

Nama Caliel: Madelyn Nora Abidin

Nama panggilan: Madelyn

TTL: Kediri, 14 Oktober 2001

Asal daerah: Kediri

Pesan: Nikmatin setiap proses IRFEST yaaa soalnya nanti bakal banyak kenangannya. Terus selama kuliah di hi nanti jangan nyerah. Kalo mungkin nanti kamu ngerasa jenuh bosen apa stress tetep inget2 mimpi kamu apa knp sampek milih hi. Harus komit dan bertanggung jawab sama pilihannyaa dongsss. Okkayyy ... Semangattttt

Nama: Nohan Rembulan Wahyu Wandira

Nama panggilan: Nohan/noi

TTL: Demak, 28 November 2001

Asal: Demak

Pesan: let's get to know each other more!! semangat irfestnya nailah!

Nama: Rakhmi Ayu Handayani Rosady

Panggilan: Rara

TTL: Bandung, 28 juli 2002

Asal: Gresik

Pesan: semoga lancar terus ospek sama kuliahnyaa ... semangattttt!!!

Nama : Delindya Santoso Putri

nama panggil: delin

tmpt tanggal lahir: 9 december 2001

asal daerah: surabaya

pesan: semoga bisa berteman

Nama : Rabiah Labiba Pasaih Putri

nama panggilan : bia

Tempat, Tanggal lahir: Jakarta, 17 Februari 2002

Askot: jakarta selatan

kesan pesan: semoga kita bisa survive guys

Nama : Ram Ratu Raisa T.

Nama panggilan: Acha

Ttl : Sidoarjo, 5 Desember 2002

Asal daerah : surabaya

Pesan : semoga bisa jadi temen baik yaa, santai aja kalo sama akuu hehe. bahagia bareng dan lancar kuliahnya sampe luluss✨

Nama:Diaz Zulfa Farida Aini

Panggilan:Diaz/di/az/yaz

Ttl:Jombang,05 Oktober 2002

Asal:Jombang

Pesan:Stay healthy ya biar bisa meet up bareng

Nama : Odilia Nayla

nama panggilan : odi

TTL : Jakarta, 19 Agustus 2002

Asal Daerah : Jakarta

Pesan : Semangat kuliahnya, semoga betah dan semoga kita bisa temenan ya

Nama : Gerald Zefanya Ginting Munthe

Panggilan: Gerald

Tempat/Tgl. Lahir : Jakarta, 14 April 2002

Asal daerah : Surabaya

Pesan : Tetap semangat, jangan berhenti berusaha!

Nama lengkap : Rifqi Dirga Syahputra

Nama panggilan : Dirga

Asal daerah : Bekasi

Ttl : Bekasi, 9 September 2002

Pesan : mari berteman dan berbahagia

Nama : Ahmad Rajendra Rafa'a Azis

Nama panggilan: Azis

Ttl : Sukoharjo, 18 Juli 2002

Asal daerah : Solo

Pesan : pokoke sing tenang

Nama lengkap: Muhammad Fathur Rahman Ikram

Nama panggilan: Fathur

TTL: Makassar 31 Oktober 2001

Asal daerah: Ngawi, Jawa Timur

Pesan: Salam kenal, manteman!

nama lengkap : M. Rizal Hafiz

nama panggilan : Rizal

asal daerah : Sidoarjo

ttl : Trenggalek, 4 Juli 2002

pesan : hati-hati sama Dirga

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Finlandia

1. Nama : Ahmad Rajendra Rafa'a Azis Nama panggilan : Azis TTL : Sukoharjo, 18 Juli 2002 Asal daerah : Solo Pesan : pokoke sing tenang

2. Nama : Diaz Zulfa Farida Aini Nama panggilan : Diaz TTL : Jombang, 05 Okt 2002 Asal daerah : Jombang, Jatim Pesan : Jangan lupa tersenyum meskipun banyak masalah😊

3. Nama: Rakhmi Ayu Handayani Rosady Panggilan: Rara TTL: Bandung, 28 juli 2002 Asal: Gresik Pesan: semoga lancar terus ospek sama kuliahnyaa ... semangattttt !!!

CALIEL

1. Nama : Madelyn Nora Abidin Nama panggilan : Madelyn TTL : Kediri, 14 Oktober 2000 Asal daerah : Kediri Pesan : Nikmatin setiap proses IRFEST yaaa soalnya nanti bakal banyak kenangannya. Terus selama kuliah di hi nanti jangan nyerah. Kalo mungkin nanti kmu ngerasa jenuh bosen apa stress tetep inget2 mimpi kamu apa knp sampek ilih hi. Harus komit dan bertanggung jawab sama pilihannyaa dongsss. Okkayyy ... Semangattttt✨🍜🚀

2. Nama : Belva Dzaki Aulia Nama panggilan : Belva TTL : Wonogiri, 31 Mei 2001 Asal daerah : Wonogiri Pesan : Semangat di HI ya timtammm, jangan menyerah di HI, jangan bosen sama rugas tugasnya. Stay ngejurnal dan sehat selalu xixixi

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SETUKIL DARI SATU JAM MELIHAT, MENDENGAR, TERPESONA PADA NAJWA SHIHAB.

Pontianak. 08092019. 13:13.

Waduh mulai dari mana ya ini.

Lama terlalu lama yaaa ndak cerita-cerita. Kita mulai dari yang baik-baik dulu.

Kisah kemarin.

Siapa yang ndak pernah dengar nama Najwa Shihab? Sebutkan satu kata tentangnya tak akan cukup.

Pintar.

Bernas.

Berani.

Keren!! (Liat dia pakai sepatu vans klasik dipadukan rok serta kaos hitam)

Sebulan sebelum kedatangannya ke Pontianak, ada pengumuman pendaftaran peserta workshop untuk content creator di Pontianak sebanyak 25 orang, salah dua pembicaranya adalah Rara Sekar dan Ben Laksana. Waduh mimpi apa nih Pontianak didatangi manusia-manusia ini? Kalau kedatangan Weni Dangdut Academy Indosiar sudah biasa, bahkan Cupi Cupita juga pernah, ya walau Pak Jokowi sejak jadi Presiden sudah 10 kali ke Kalimantan Barat, tapi kan baru kali ini ada Rara Sekar, Ben Laksana, plus Mbak Nana (Najwa Shihab) datang berbondong-bondong.

Eh tapi ternyata lamaran saya ditolak. Pengumumannya sekitar 1 minggu sebelum acara workshop tersebut diadakan. Memang tidak diumumkan di media sosial, hanya dikirimkan pemberitahuan ke alamt e-mail masing-masing.

Waw terhempas rasanya.

Segala pujian selama ini tentang postingan saya rasanya menguap di udara.

Yang awalnya semangat menanti tanggal 7 September, kemudian jadi huhu malas-malasan rasanya.

Alhamdulillah di Sabtu pagi ada beberapa kegiatan yang perlu saya lakukan. Jadilah ada sibuk-sibuknya dikit (dibaca: jadilah ada kegiatan pelipur lara dikit-dikit). Kemudian pukul 10:30, saya dapat DM di instagram bahwa ada acara talkshow gratis bersama Najwa Shihab dari seorang adik kelas ter-andalan. Paling andalan karena jaraaaang komunikasi tapi munculnya di saat-saat random, misalnya ngasi kipas angin waktu awal-awal saya nyantri di Jogja dulu, atauuu menawarkan beli kaos Benyamin S idola saya, dan pemberitahuan workshop narasi.tv ini juga datangnya dari dia, million thanks yaaa Farida! :3

Ya kita ringkaskan lah ceritanya hingga ke pukul 11:00, sudah satu jam sejak acara talkshow. Sesungguhnya walaupun itu acara gratis tapi seharusnya ada pendaftaran melalui e-mail sebenarnya. Saya jelas sudah tidak bias daftar karena cara sudah dimulai. Tapi yaudalah modal bismillah, saya coba datang, kalau rejeki saya ya masih bisa ikut, kalau ndak ya setidaknya sudah mencoba. Dan ternyata alhamdulillaah masih bisa masuk ruangan.

Maka karena itu, saya niatkan untuk berbagi beberapa penemuan saya di acara talk show tersebut. Salah satu peserta bertanya kepada Mbak Nana, “Bagaimana jika kelak Mbak Nana tidak terlahir sebagai anak dari seorang Quraisy Shihab? Bagaimana jika lahirnya bukan di Jakarta dengan segala privilege yang ada, jika lahirnya di kabupaten terpencil di Kalimantan Barat?”

Wadu. Ndak disangka-sangka ternyata pertanyaan ini bikin Mbak Nana bergetar mau nangis jawabnya. Selanjutnya saya coba tulis transkripsi jawabannya yaaa, semoga ndak salah-salah.

“Berbicara tentang Abi Quraisy Shihab selalu membuat saya hampir menangis.

Setiap pagi, Abi selalu berada di posisi yang sama, duduk, sedang menulis, sedang membaca. Contoh pembelajar seumur hidup. Ia hidup dengan Al Quran selama puluhan tahun. Belajar sejak usia 13 tahun di Mesir, sejak usia 13 tahun dikirim oleh orang tuanya untuk belajar, TIDAK BOLEH PULANG kalau belum jadi Doktor, dan Ia tidak pulang puluhan tahun hingga benar-benar menjadi Doktor. Ketika pulang, ia menjadi seoran Pendidik, Ulama, yang berusaha menyebarkan inshaAllah rahmat hidup dengan Al Quran, dan tidak pernah sekalipun merasa lebih pintar, lebih tau banyak hal, padahal kedalaman ilmunya mashaAllah. Ketika dicaci, ketika dituduh macam-macam, anaknya tidak berhijab, ia tetap sabar. Salah satu ajarannya….

SURGA ITU LUAS, JANGAN BERUSAHA MEMASUKINYA DENGAN MERASA PALING BENAR DAN SALING MENYALAHKAN.

Misalkan angka 10 itu bukan mutlak 5 + 5, bisa 1 + 9, bisa 6 + 4, bisa 3 + 7, ada banyak jalan meraih kunci surga. Tidak perrrrrnah (yaaa, Mbak Nana memberi penekanan sedemikiannya) sekalipun Abi merasa dirinya lebih tahu. Dan saya merasa beruntung, bukan karena Abi orang kaya karena kami tidak pernah kaya, bukan karena Abi pernah jadi menteri, karena hanya 3 bulan dan tidak ada SEDIKITPUN (ya, ini pakai penekanan lagi) kenikmatan duniawi yang kami dapatkan dari posisi itu, tapi saya diajarkan untuk mau menerima perbedaan, untuk tidak menganggap bahwa orang lain yang berbeda itu musuh, karena Abi cinta pada ilmu, dan saya beruntung karena itu.

Dan sekarang, bukan berarti kalian yang di daerah, yang jauh dari pusat kota tidak bisa mendapatkan kesempatan dan akses yang sama. William Tanuwidjaya, founder Tokopedia, berasal dari Pematang Siantar, yang hidupnya susah, yang pertama kali menyebutkan ide tentang tokopedia justru ‘dilepeh’, hingga ia katakan kesuksesan yang sekarang didapatkan adalah hasil dari berkali-kali kegagalan. Ahmad Dzaky, founder Bukalapak, anak orang sederhana sekali, memulai Bukalapak dari kamar kos kecilnya, tapi lihat apa yang ia capai sekarang. Kemudian pak Soetopo, masih ingat kan? Anak seorang guru SD yang ibunya juru ketik di Pengadilan, hingga kelas 2 SD belum mampu membaca, kemudian menjadi lulusan terbaik di UGM bahkan Doktor, dan sekarang walau sudah meninggal, orang masih menyebut-nyebut namanya, karena dedikasinya. Pada saat sakit kanker stadium 4 masih bekerja, luar biasa.

JADI BUKAN KARENA LOKASI GEOGRAFIS, BUKAN TERLAHIR DARI KELUARGA SEPERTI APA, TAPI DARI KEMAMPUAN DAN USAHA KITA, DARI KEINGINAN KITA UNTUK MENCARI CARA MEMPEROLEH BANYAK HAL DARI BERAGAM KEGIATAN. SEKALI LAGI, TIDAK PENTING KITA BERADA DI MANA, APALAGI DUNIA SEKARANG SUDAH TERKONEKSI. INI MENJADI SENJATA KITA ( seraya mengangkat handphone / tablet di tangan ) UNTUK BANYAK HAL. DUNIA MENJADI TIDAK TERBATAS. INI AKAN MENJADI JALAN, AKSES KITA UNTUK MELAKUKAN HAL APAPUN. KARENA PENTING SEKARANG UNTUK MENYIAPKAN DIRI UNTUK MENGHADAPI APA YANG AKAN TERJADI BUKAN HANYA 5, 10, 20 TAHUN LAGI, DALAM 5 TAHUN PUN DUNIA SUDAH AKAN SANGAT BERUBAH KARENA TEKNOLOGI.

Sepuluh profesi yang paling diincar di dunia saat ini belum tercipta pada 10 tahun yang lalu. Dunia akan sangat berubah sedemikian cepat. Jadi sekarang kita jangan mengincar hanya satu pekerjaan tertentu, karena apa yang akan dikerjakan bahkan belum diciptakan sekarang. Dunia akan berubah sedemikian cepatnya. Oleh karena itu skill yang sekarang harus kita kembangkan bukan cuma ilmu atau kemampuan tertentu karena haqqul yakin setengah jam nanti ada penemuan baru. Perkembangan pengetahuan bisa tidak relevan karena setiap saat akan ada hal baru. Jadi yang perlu kita siapkan sekarang, di Pontianak, Jakarta, di manapun kalian berada, adalah KEMAMPUAN KITA UNTUK SELALU MAU BELAJAR HAL YANG BARU, TELATEN, PUNYA SEMANGAT TINGGI, SELALU MAU BERADAPTASI, SIAP DENGAN PERUBAHAN. LEARN, UNLEARN, RELEARN. Belajar, ketika sudah tidak relevan, berani menantang diri sendiri untuk meninggalkan paradigma lama, dan belajar another point. Itu yang akan menjadikan KITA RELEVAN, KAPANPUN, DI MANAPUN, DALAM SITUASI APAPUN.”

(applause dari seluruh penonton) dan kemudian moderator minta Mbak Nana untuk menutup dengan Kata Najwa untuk mahasiswa.

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Whaaa sekarang laptop saya sudah menunjukkan pukul 15:11. Hanya menyalin rekaman sepanjang 8 menit dan video sepanjang 56 detik membutuhkan waktu selama ini, jelas karena sudah jarang menulis. Eh tapi pas udah mulai nulis, malah alhamdulillaah susah berhenti.

Semoga sharing yang ini bermanfaat ya, karena saya bikinnya benar-benar niat berbagi atas kesempatan yang saya dapatkan kemarin, walau juga sambil melamun dan nonton youtube Joe Hisaishi-San.

Alhamdulillaah ‘ala kulli haal.

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Creative Confluence: South Asian Community 

Reflections, Connections, and Dialogue 

Exhibition * Performances * Talks * Films * Studio Tours 

September 14-December 17 

Multiple Locations across the DMV 

INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/1300219983846587 

A celebration of creativity and diversity in the DMV’s South Asian communities curated by Samia Mahbub Ahmad, Nadia Amdad, Ryan Artes, Shanthi Chandrasekar, Nilimma Devi, Ameena Fareeda, Harjant Gill, Farida Hughes, Anila Kumari, Shyama Kuver, Alif Laila, Neha Misra, Adrianna Morgan, Pratisha Pradhan, Rachana Saurabh, Priya Sekar, Manoj Singh, Jasmine Smith, Shobha Subramanian, Nimi Trehan, and Nikita Yogaraj. 

Co-presented by AA&CC and the DC South Asian Arts Council. 

Images left to right: Partition by Pothik Chatterjee. Murali ki ye Dhun (The Melody of the Flute) by Sushmita Mazumdar.

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Cesaret Senfonisi

Cesaret Senfonisi, Farida ve Zohra Ahmadi’nin hikayesini anlatıyor. Afganistan Ulusal Müzik Enstitüsü’nün geçen yıl Taliban’ı ele geçirmesinden sonra ülkeden tahliye edilen son öğrencilerdi. Afgan Ulusal Müzik Enstitüsü (ANIM) ülkenin tek müzik okuluydu ve Afganistan’ın ilk kadın topluluğu olan dünyaca ünlü Zohra Orkestrası’na ev sahipliği yaptı. ANIM’in direktörü Dr. Ahmad Sarmast, tahliyelerini…

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Jamia Millia Islamia Personalities

JMI Faculty

Akhtar Wasey

Farhat Basir Khan

Farida Abdulla Khan

Furqan Qamar

Imran Ali

Mohammad Mujeeb

Mohammad Zahid Ashraf

Mukul Kesavan

Nuzhat Parveen Khan

Shohini Ghosh

Zafar Ahmad Nizami

Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi

JMI Faculty education

Professor Emeritus Islamic Studies, former Head of the departmentof Islamic Studies and former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Languages.

Professor of Photography

Former Dean of the Education faculty of Jamia.

Professor of Management, Former Vice-chancellor of Central University of Himachal Pradesh, and Adviser to Planning Commission (Education)

Professor of Chemistry, adjudged number one scientist in India in the field of Analytical Chemistry by Stanford University.

Former VC of the Jamia.

Professor, Department of Biotechnology

Professor, Department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia

Professor, Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia

Director, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre

The former head of the Department of Political Science.

Professor of History and former head of the department of Islamic Studies.

Founders of Jamia Millia Islamia

Mahmud Hasan Deobandi

Mohammad Ali Jauhar

Hakim Ajmal Khan

Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari

Abdul Majeed Khwaja

Zakir Hussain

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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with the new Chair of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the State House, Abuja. The President’s Personal Assistant (Photography), Sunday Aghaeze, confirmed the meeting in a pictorial report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the new EFCC boss was formally introduced to the president during the engagement. President Muhammadu Buhari receives new EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa [PHOTO CREDIT: @BashirAhmaad] President Muhammadu Buhari receives new EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa [PHOTO CREDIT: @BashirAhmaad] The Senate had, on Wednesday, confirmed Mr Bawa, who was nominated by the president on February 15, as the substantive Chair of EFCC, following his successful screening. Mr Bawa’s appointment was endorsed by the lawmakers after a voice vote by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. Mr Bawa, an indigene of Kebbi and certified anti-money laundering specialist, has Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. ALSO READ: VIDEO: What Bawa told Senate about himself NAN reports that the commission had, at various times, been headed in substantive and acting capacities by Nuhu Ribadu, Farida Waziri, Ibrahim Lamorde, Ibrahim Magu and Mohammed Umar.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with the new Chair of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the State House, Abuja. The President’s Personal Assistant (Photography), Sunday Aghaeze, confirmed the meeting in a pictorial report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the new EFCC boss was formally introduced to the president during the engagement. President Muhammadu Buhari receives new EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa [PHOTO CREDIT: @BashirAhmaad] President Muhammadu Buhari receives new EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa [PHOTO CREDIT: @BashirAhmaad] The Senate had, on Wednesday, confirmed Mr Bawa, who was nominated by the president on February 15, as the substantive Chair of EFCC, following his successful screening. Mr Bawa’s appointment was endorsed by the lawmakers after a voice vote by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. Mr Bawa, an indigene of Kebbi and certified anti-money laundering specialist, has Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. ALSO READ: VIDEO: What Bawa told Senate about himself NAN reports that the commission had, at various times, been headed in substantive and acting capacities by Nuhu Ribadu, Farida Waziri, Ibrahim Lamorde, Ibrahim Magu and Mohammed Umar.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with the new Chair of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the State House, Abuja. The President’s Personal Assistant (Photography), Sunday Aghaeze, confirmed the meeting in a pictorial report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the new EFCC boss was formally introduced to the president during the…