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‘Education key area to Pakistan, US collaboration’ Islamabad : Education is a key area where collaboration between the two countries can help improve ties and suggested that universities in the United States can look towards opening a campus here in Pakistan. Relations between Pakistan and the US have the potential to grow and scale up in the years to come, provided both sides recalibrate their relations meticulously. This was stated by two visiting strategic analysts from the US - Daniel F. Runde, Senior Vice President at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and former ambassador and Senior Assistant Secretary of the State Robin Raphel - at an event that was hosted by the Centre for Law and Security CLAS. Dr. Faisal Mushtaq, Chairman & CEO Roots Millennium Education Group & TMUC, welcomed the guests and CLAS Executive Director Rehman Azhar moderated the session. Welcoming the guests, Dr. Faisal Mushtaq said that he will ensure to consolidate and connect the two countries through education to an advanced level now by collaborating TMUC with the prestigious universities in the USA. Daniel Runde, a Republican, who has held senior positions at USAID and the World Bank Group observed that Pakistan and US should foster ties beyond security and defence areas and mineral trade with Pakistan can be utilised to strengthen its ties. He also said that both countries can become partners in energy. Ambassador Robin Raphel, who had served in Pakistan as a diplomat and held the important position of Assistant Secretary of South Asia and Ambassador to Tunisia, also struck a note of optimism for the growth of Pak -US relation. She stressed that both states should focus on forging their relations in non-security areas such as climate change, research, and education. Ambassador Masood Khan, currently President of TMUC and Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship MiTE, said that Pakistan looked forward to working with President Trump’s administration, adding that it had done so during the previous Trump administration. Ambassador Khan recently returned from Washington where he has served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States. The event was attended by TMUC and CLAS faculty, researchers, scholars and corporate executives. CLAS Executive Director Rehman Azhar, a renowned anchorperson, said that CLAS would hold a series of such dialogues to promote closer ties between Pakistan and the other nations and foster better trade and investment ties with them.BUFFALO, N.Y. — Today Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was joined by Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin to announce that Schumer will be bringing the lifesaving HEARTS Act to the Senate floor this week for a unanimous consent vote to be passed into law. In 2023 Hamlin had went into cardiac arrest during a Bills game, and since then Hamlin has made it his mission to bring awareness to heart health and more. “For months, Damar, the Buffalo Bills and I have worked together on bipartisan legislation to make CPR training accessible and put AEDs in schools across America, and now we are on the one-yard line. This week I will bring the lifesaving HEARTS Act to the Senate floor to be passed into law,” said Sen. Schumer. “Damar has used his voice and turned his inspirational story of recovery into a mission to help millions of children. This legislation goes beyond the field and stretches thousands of miles outside Buffalo. Let’s get the HEARTS Act into the end zone and bring AEDs to schools across America. This bipartisan legislation will save lives, and everybody should support it.” “Since experiencing cardiac arrest, I’ve been honored to work with partners who understand how important it is to provide CPR education and have access to AEDs to save lives,” said Damar Hamlin, Buffalo Bills safety, member of the NFL Smart Heart Sports Coalition and National Ambassador for the American Heart Association's Nation of Lifesavers movement. “I’m very grateful to Senator Schumer for his work making this common-sense legislation a priority. My journey has shown us that no one expects cardiac arrest to happen - and we all need to be prepared. Working together, we have the chance now to protect kids and impact the next generation. I hope that every Senator will lend their support for this bill and that my experience with cardiac arrest will help lead to lasting change. Let’s get this done.“ Schools with AEDs, children who experience cardiac arrest are seven times as likely to survive as children in schools without AEDs, Senator Schumer said during the announcement. During the announcement, Schumer also highlighted the importance of CPR training for students and adults in schools, saying that for every minute without CPR, chances of survival drop by 10% . With more people confident in their ability to perform CPR, people experiencing cardiac arrest will get the care they need more quickly. “On behalf of the NFL and more than 40 members of the Smart Heart Sports Coalition, I applaud Senator Schumer, Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills organization, and all our teammates who have helped move this commonsense, lifesaving measure forward. We urge the Senate to get this important bill over the goal line and onto the President’s desk. Doing so would be a win for our schools and the health and safety of young people across the country,” said Jeff Miller, NFL Executive Vice President of Communications, Public Affairs, and Policy. “The bipartisan HEARTS Act will save lives from cardiac arrest by ensuring schools nationwide have cardiac emergency response plans in place, students and staff are trained in CPR and campuses are equipped with AEDs. These proven measures could be the difference between life and death for the up to 23,000 children who experience a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital each year. Every second counts when someone experiences a cardiac arrest, and schools can’t wait one more minute to have the resources they need to save lives. We urge the Senate to send the House-passed HEARTS Act to the president’s desk for signature,” said Nancy Brown, chief executive officer of the American Heart Association. “As a medical professional who has performed CPR and AED, I know firsthand that when cardiac emergencies happen, this technology save lives,” said Congressman Tim Kennedy. “The HEARTS Act will help provide schools with these life-saving devices and put CPR training in reach for more staff and families. I commend Senator Schumer for his work on this critical legislation, and Damar Hamlin for turning a harrowing experience into action that will save lives on and off the field.” “Over the past two years, we have worked tirelessly to make AEDs and CPR training more accessible in our community. Through our initiatives, we have supported the training of over one hundred thousand community members, empowering each of them with the knowledge and confidence to act in an emergency. Grants to schools for AEDs will ensure that students, staff, and families have access to critical resources when every second counts. Our team has experienced first-hand the impact of these life-saving measures with Damar Hamlin and Kim Pegula. This bill will make Western New York, and communities around the country safer, and ultimately save lives,” said Terry Pegula, Bills Owner/CEO/President. To learn more visit newsroom.heart.org/news/bill-that-would-save-lives
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