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Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan
Full text linkThe paper aims to describe in brief the contribution of seven leaders of Pakistan librarianship, viz. K.B. Khalifa M. Asadullah, Prof. Dr. Abdul Moid, Dr. Abdus Subuh Qasimi, Muhammad Shafi, Fazal Elahi, Khawaja Nur Elahi and S. V. Hussain. The early library developments are given for better understanding of the role of these leaders
Mustansar Hussain Tarar\u27s travelogue "Lahore Awargi" historical consciousness
Full text linkThe study of archeology is a subject in which all curious minds, which are not fully acquainted with this favorite pastime, are nevertheless more or less interested. Investigating about the past is a sign of curiosity and inquisitiveness for all minds, but such studies leave deep impressions on the mind of course, the eye that has become accustomed to the bustling streets of Anarkali, the busiest markets of the modern city, its thriving industries, its commercial activities and the bustling business, and the eye that is accustomed to the varied and crowded scenes of the astonishing railway station. It is the mill which connected the capital of the Punjab with the great centers of Indian civilization, where men from the remotest regions of the extreme north and east of the empire could be seen. All are well mannered, peaceful and contented. An eye which has become accustomed to the view of the trees outside the gates of the city and the scenery of the bazaar with the excellent canal flowing alongside them, would certainly be repulsive if shown the present view of Lahore.The outstanding quality of Mustansar Hussain Tarar\u27s travelogues is that his readers love things, landscapes, nature, civilizations, traditions, clothes, seasons, flowers and even the hardships of travel
Mediapipe based Preprocessed VGGFace2 Dataset
No full textVGGFace2 Dataset and Face Mesh PreprocessingIntroductionThe VGGFace2 dataset is a large-scale face recognition dataset containing over 3.31 million images of 9,131 identities, with an average of 362 images per identity. The dataset is designed to include extensive variations in pose, age, illumination, ethnicity, and profession, making it one of the most diverse and challenging face recognition datasets available. For more details, please refer to the original publication:VGGFace2: A dataset for recognizing faces across pose and age - DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.08092
Preprocessing Using MediaPipe 3D Face MeshOn this dataset, we applied the MediaPipe-based 3D face mesh algorithm to accurately detect faces while removing all background elements, including hair. Our preprocessing strictly retained facial landmarks, ensuring that only the essential facial features were preserved. This approach significantly enhanced the accuracy and generalization of our model, as the model was trained exclusively on landmark-based facial data.
Training and PerformanceThe preprocessed data was utilized to train Xception model, which resulted in remarkably accurate outcomes due to the strictly landmark-based facial representation. The model demonstrated robust performance including explainable-AI, proving that eliminating unnecessary background elements contributed positively to its efficiency and reliability.
CitationIf you use this dataset or the preprocessed version in your work, please cite both of the following:
VGGFace2 Dataset:
@article{Cao2018VGGFace2, title={VGGFace2: A dataset for recognizing faces across pose and age}, author={Cao, Qiong and Shen, Li and Xie, Weidi and Parkhi, Omkar M and Zisserman, Andrew}, journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08092}, year={2018}}
DOI: [10.48550/arXiv.1710.08092](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1710.08092) Preprocessed Dataset using MediaPipe:@dataset{Shah2025_MediaPipe_FaceMesh, title={MediaPipe-based 3D Face Mesh Preprocessed VGGFace2 Dataset}, author={Shah, Syed Taimoor Hussain and Shah, Syed Adil Hussain and Zamir, Ammara and Qayyum, Kainat and Shah, Syed Baqir Hussain and Fatima, Syeda Maryam and Deriu, Marco Agostino}, year={2025}, doi={10.5281/zenodo.15078557}} DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.15078557](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15078557)
ContactFor any questions or further details, please feel free to contact us.Syed Taimoor Hussain ShahPolitoBIOMed Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyEmail: [email protected]: 0000-0002-6010-677
Author: Poststructuralist Discourse (and the Concerns of Intizar Hussain)
No full textThis article begins by discussing the author's intention in relation to Russian formalism and new criticism, and then proceeds to explore the ideas about the author in post-structuralist discourse. It alludes to the social, political, and philosophical aspects of the differences between Western and Urdu criticism on this matter. Intizar Hussain, an important Urdu writer, expressed reservations in this regard, so his concerns are presented alongside a detailed analysis of the views of Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault. This is done to clarify the author's concept in the words of these Western intellectuals and to elucidate the nature of the concerns raised by Urdu writer
Author: Poststructuralist Discourse (and the Concerns of Intizar Hussain)
No full textThis article begins by discussing the author's intention in relation to Russian formalism and new criticism, and then proceeds to explore the ideas about the author in post-structuralist discourse. It alludes to the social, political, and philosophical aspects of the differences between Western and Urdu criticism on this matter. Intizar Hussain, an important Urdu writer, expressed reservations in this regard, so his concerns are presented alongside a detailed analysis of the views of Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault. This is done to clarify the author's concept in the words of these Western intellectuals and to elucidate the nature of the concerns raised by Urdu writer.</p
Hydraulic simulations to evaluate and predict design and operation of the Chashma Right Bank Canal
Full text linkIrrigation systems / Irrigation canals / Flow control / Velocity / Canal regulation techniques / Hydraulics / Simulation models / Design / Operations / Crop-based irrigation / Distributary canals / Water delivery / Policy / Protective irrigation / Water allocation / Water requirements / Sedimentation / Water distribution / Equity / Water conveyance / Pakistan / Chashma Right Bank Canal
Biography of Dr Ishrat Hussain: IBA organises book launch ceremony
No full textThis article is about the book look launch ceremony that was held for Dr. Ishrat Husain for his biography authored by Dr. Sibtain Naqvi, Unravelling Gordian Knots – The Work and Worlds of Dr Ishrat Hussain, at The IBA City Campus. Esteemed speakers including, Dr Hussain, Dr S Akbar Zaidi, Executive Director, IBA, Dr Syed Noman ul Haq, Dean, UMT, Lahore and Sibtain Naqvi, book author, were invited to the stage
Existentialism in Intizar Hussain\u27s Fiction
No full textThe philosophy of existentialism is the philosophy of human life. Extant is in every respect primary, unique, self-aware, and self-reflective. Existentialism is a movement based on the inner struggle of the individual. War, conflict, and industrial development have adorned literature with existential themes such as fear, mental confusion, lack of recognition, alienation, sense of loneliness, moral and spiritual decline, futility, and the desire for death. Due to the partition of India and political and social uncertainty, we find all these qualities in Intizar Hussain\u27s fiction. The characters in his stories are victims of existential anguish, torture, and a sense of guilt. They mourn the loss of individual identity as well as national identity. His stories have an atmosphere of strange helplessness, hopelessness, and inaction
Theoretical and experimental revelation of the structural, dielectric, optical and magnetic properties of Sr1−xNixFe8SnO15 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6) V-type hexagonal ferrites
No full textA novel V-type hexaferrite with the substitution of strontium by divalent nickel, having the chemical formula Sr1−xNixFe8SnO15 (x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6), is synthesized by employing a sol–gel auto combustion method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns confirmed the hexagonal phase for all the samples; however, an extra peak due to SnO2 was observed. With the increase in the Ni2+ concentration, the values of lattice constants a (Å) and c (Å) and unit cell volume decreased slightly, and the crystallite size was calculated to vary in the range of 19 to 21 nm for all the samples. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis indicated that the average particle size lies in the range of 70–110 nm for all the samples. The samples have the maximum dielectric constant (ε′) and minimum electrical modulus (M′) at low frequency (<100 Hz); when the frequency is gradually increased, both the parameters stabilized and became constant, with real permittivity values from 61.4 to 37.4 between 1 kHz and 10 MHz, which are high values for hexaferrites. AC conductivity increased exponentially with the increase in frequency, while Ni content had little effect on these values. The polarization versus electric field (P–E) loops showed electrical polarizability but represented a lossy behavior that lessened with increasing Ni2+ content. The optical band gap energy values increased slightly with Ni2+ substitution over the unsubstituted sample. The saturation magnetization (Ms) increased with Ni substitution from 31.1 emu g−1 in the pure V ferrite to a maximum value of 43.6 emu g−1 for x = 0.4, and remanence magnetization (Mr) values were also significant. However, a drastic decrease in coercivity (Hc) was observed with Ni substitution, from a reasonably hard ferrite (Hc = 2218 Oe, 176.5 kA m−1) for x = 0.2 to very soft ferrites with x = 0.4 and 0.6 (Hc of around only 200 Oe, 16 kA m−1, a ten-fold decrease). The small grain size, reasonable Ms, and great variation in Hc with x between hard and soft ferrites while maintaining some Mr signify that these V-type hexaferrites could also be interesting materials for potential spintronic, magnetic memory, and microwave absorption applications
Ganpat Rai Bheel (Author Bio)
No full textGanpat Rai Bheel (39) is an organic intellectual, a columnist, translator and an Ambedkarite anti-caste activist. Bheel has published about 210 essays/articles in local newspapers in Sindhi and Urdu languages on the problem of caste among Dalits and Muslims, Dalit politics and activism, and actively defends a Dalit cause. He has also edited and got published an autobiography of Mama Faizoo (Faiz Muhammad Sheedi), an Afro-Sindhi who had been a member of several splinter local Black and Dalit associations during his lifetime. In 2016, he also translated B.R Ambedkar’s biography from Urdu to Sindhi and published it from the platform of Pakistan Dalit Adab Forum. Some of his essays have been translated in Urdu, Hindi and English. He also co-authored a Dalit Manifesto in 2016 for Dalit Sujaag Tehreek, a group of anti-caste activists who strived to the mainstream anti-caste narrative.
In addition to that, he published and edited Dalit Adab consistently from 2007 to 2018. Owing to financial constraints, Bheel could not have published Dalit Adab, and SCFP is also now almost a dormant organization. Nonetheless, he continues to influence local Dalit activism through his essays in newspapers, and social media blogging. He has also edited and published other Dalit organization’s literature such as Kolvansh, a newsletter of Pakistani Kolhi Itehad, and the newsletters of Bheel Intellectual Forum (BIF); the local caste-based associations of Dalits.
Presently, Ganpat Rai Bheel is translating the works of B.R. Ambedkar, and writing a book on ‘Being Dalit in Pakistan’ in which he mounts the critique of Sindhi nationalist politics from the Ambedkarian perspective. In his writings, Ganpat Rai draws parallels between Sindhi nationalism and Hindu nationalism and shows how the empirically existing problem of caste is buried under Ashrafiya-Savarna hegemonic ideology. No wonder, Bheel’s essays have been neglected by the dominant intellectual lobbies, and his perspective on Sindhi nationalist politics has been derided as archaic, and destructive of Sindhi national whole. The writing and publication of this book will be a great booster for local Dalit activism to negotiate issues of political representation with conviction and certitude.
Ganpat Rai is a school teacher at government school in Mithi, a town in the middle of the Thar Desert in Tharparkar, Sindh. Son of an elementary school teacher, he was born and raised in a Dalit family in a far-flung village in Tharparkar. In the mid-90s he developed an interest in politics after perceiving that oppressed castes can be redeemed from the scourge of caste through class struggle. He joined ‘Tabkati Jedojahad’, a Trotskyites’ group, and began writing for social injustice and for the rights of poor class in general. In the late 90s, he came to know about Dalit struggle through BBC radio programs and some early columns of VT Rajshekhar that were passed to him by Khursheed Qaimkhani
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