stresses enhancing Par ty leadership over armed forces

BEIJING

President Xi Jinping has stressed breaking new ground in enhancing the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) over the armed forces to provide a strong political guarantee for achieving the centenary goal of the People s Liberation Army Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) made the remarks in an instruction to a meeting on the Party building in the armed forces The meeting was held in Beijing on Thursday and Friday

In his instruction, Xi required earnest review of the historic achievements and important experience in Party building since the Party s 18th National Congress as well as continued efforts in advancing full and rigorous self-governance of the Party and the governance of the military with strict discipline in every respect Xi also emphasized concentrating efforts on addressing prominent issues faced by Party organizations at all levels, in aspects such as maintaining the Party s absolute leadership over the military and ensuring stronger combat readiness

Xi’s instruction was studied at the meeting He Weidong a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the CMC, addressed the meeting

He emphasized the importance of fully implementing the system of ultimate responsibility resting with the CMC chairman, sharpening the military s capabilities of combat readiness, strengthening its organizational system, improving conduct, enforcing discipline and combating corruption PLA warplanes to deliver mock combat demonstration during open-day event Chinese warplanes in active service will deliver mock combat demonstrations among other flight performances to the general public at the upcoming People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force open-day event in a move to show its development on a path toward becoming world-class Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), the event will also commemorate the great triumph organizers announced on Friday The PLA Air Force open-day event and the Changchun aviation show will b e h e l d i n C h a n g c h u n , N o r t h e a s t China s Jilin Province from Wednesday t o S u n d a y, f e a t u r i n g a i r d y n a m i c p e rformances ground static displays exhibition halls and other related activities the Global Times learned from the PLA Air Force In addition to traditional flight performances by teams including the Bayi, the Red Falcon and the Sky Wing as well as parachuting performances by teams including the Blue Eagle and the Bayi this year s event will add several new performances Senior Colonel Zhang Shouhai of the PLA Air Force Staff said at a press conference held in Beijing on Friday

The last two decades have seen tremendous activity in the field of Robotics As part of its efforts to promote Robotics in Pakistan, NUST College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (CEME) has been holding the National Engineering Robotics Contest (NERC) since 2003 Over 200 teams from all over the country took part in the 19th annual edition of this prestigious competition held in the second and third week of July NUST CEME organised the event in collaboration with STEM Careers Program and HEC The five-day event was split into nine categories, including Indigenous Robots, Modular Robots for Schools and Universities, Robowars, Aero, etc What set the competition apart was the demographic diversity it entailed A special award Akhtar Nawaz Prize was dedicated for those teams that came from far-flung areas of Pakistan

The event sponsors included MRS Technologies, Graana, Headstart School, Sapient Hall School, Robotics World Pvt Ltd , Education Resource Network and Buraaq Tractors Dr Rizwan Riaz NUST Pro-Rector Research Innovation and Commercialisation was the chief guest

Pakistani Student in Bahrain sweeps top position in Federal Broad

ISLAMABAD s ta f f r e p o r t

A Pakistani student in Bahrain Adeena Asim has bagged top position in the Federal Board Matriculation Examinations According to results, Adeena Asim of Pakistan Urdu School, Isa Town, secured 1070 marks and held 1st position in Bahrain Adeena Asim has given full credit to her parents for this marvelous success She aims to continue working hard after reaching this milestone

Energetic manifestoes like ‘Apni Zameen Apna Makaan’, the Sindh Gov t

SINDH s ta f f r e p o r t

Trying times are the best test of how great an institution actually is The catastrophic floods that took the entire country by storm last year has, to date, given replete examples of the commitment of the Sindh government to its people and their welfare In a bid to continue working on its people-centric agenda Sindh People s Housing for Flood Affectees (SPHF) has now emerged as a unique flagship project wherein the government of Sindh, under the visionary leadership of Foreign Minister Pakistan and Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, aims to not just help the downtrodden victims of their province stand up but take a confidence stride towards prosperity