First Convocation of the West Pakistan University of Engineering & Technology December 21, 1964. (1964-6)

The stamp shows the front view of the Engineering University and its insignia. The words “W.P. Engineering University Lahore” appear on top while the words “First Convocation December 1964” at the bottom. The denomination 15 Paisa and the words “Pakistan” in Urdu, Bengali and English and “postage” appear to-wards the right hand side.
The Commemorative will be available for sale on and from the 21st December, 1964 at all important Post Offices in Pakistan, at Philatelic Bureau and Philatelic Counters at Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Multan, Lyallpur, Sialkot, Murree, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Khulna, Dacca, Sylhet, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Moenjodaro and some of the Pakistan Diplomatic Missions abroad.
The West Pakistan University of Engineering and Tech-nology, Lahore came into being as a realization of the recommendations of the Commission on National Educa-tion to establish a Technical University in each Wing of the country. In West Pakistan, because of the initial facilities it offered, the Government College of Engineering and Technology, Lahore which was started in March, 1923 was upgraded to serve as a starting point for the pro-posed University. The College had been affiliated with the University of the Punjab and was awarding B.Sc. degrees in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Mining Engineering.
The West Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore on its establishment assumed the functions of holding examinations and awarding degrees. It has also introduced a number of new courses. Bachelor courses in Chemical Engineering and Architecture were started from the session 1962-63 and in Town Planning from the session 1963-64. The enrolment of students is also being increased gradually. By the end of Third Plan period the total students population is estimated to be 2,500 as against 447 in 1960. To meet the requirements of the new industries expected to come up during the Third Plan period post-graduate courses leading to M.Sc. degrees in Public Health Engineer-ing, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Struc-tural Engineering, Hydraulics and Irrigation Engineering, Highway Engineering, Geodetic Surveying, Automobile Engineering, Mechanics of Machines, Production Engineer-ing, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Petroleum Engineering (Refining), Glass and Ceramics Engineering and Town Planning will be started. Courses leading to Ph.D. degrees will be started after 1970 when M.Sc. Courses would have been fully established.
The proposed expansion of courses and increase in the students enrolment have necessitated long term develop-ment. According to the proposals now under active consideration of the Government the estimated total cost of the project would work out to nearly Rs. 550 lacs to be spent during the Second and Third Plan periods on acquisition of more land adjacent to the existing Campus, construction of new buildings and purchase of equipment for instruction and research laboratories. The construc-tion work has already been taken in hand. Residences for 48 Teachers are nearing completion and construction of 2 hostels for 500 students is being taken up. This will be followed by construction of new Academic Blocks, Laboratories, Hostels, Student Teacher Centre and Resi-dences for teaching and administrative staff besides Hospital, Market etc.
The University has sent up-to-date 26 teachers for higher studies and training in U.K., Canada and the United States. At the time of establishment of the University in 1961 there were three Ph.D. on the staff and now the number has increased to ten. It is proposed to send 87 more teachers for getting higher education leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees during the Third Five Year Plan period. The University is celebrating the First Convocation on the 21st December 1964 and the Pakistan Post Office is issuing this Stamp to commemorate the occasion.

Universal Children Day October 5, 1964. (1964-5)

The theme of the design is child education. A slate and a wooden slab is shown in the design and first six alphabet of Bengali appear on the Slate, whereas on the on the wooden slab the hand of a child is shown scribbling Urdu alphabets. The word ‘Universal Children Day October 5, 1964’, the denomination and the word ‘Pakistan’ in English, Urdu and Bengali also appear on the stamp.
The commemorative will be available on sale on and from the 5th October, 1964 at all important Post Offices in Pakistan, at philatelic Bureau and Philatelic Counter at Karachi , Hyderabad , Quetta, Multan, Lyallpur, Sialkot, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar Khulna, Dacca, Sylhet, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Moenjodaro and some of the Pakistan diplomatic Mission abroad.
“Today’s children are tomorrow’s citizens”. Children are admittedly a delicate, sensitive hut a virtually important section of national life demanding tremendous effort, loving thought and immense care. Conscious of it’s responsibilities towards children. Pakistan along with a number of other nations, observes the first Monday iii October every year as the “Universal Children Day”. This year the day falls on the 5th October, 1964.
The purpose of celebrating Universal Children Day is to remind ourselves of our duties towards children, as parents, as teachers and as citizens. The programme also aims at inculcating in children a sense of responsibility towards others and of encouraging them to develop to the fullest, their inherent faculties. In Pakistan the Day is sponsored by the Pakistan Council for Child Welfare in co-operation with the Central and Pro-vincial Governments, the social welfare agencies, educational and other civic agencies of the country. The Council is the watchdog for the child. It studies and points out the weak-nesses in the social structure and is constantly drawing the attention of the Government, the public and the parents to the special need of children. This is being done through the celebration of the Universal Children Day, through confer-ences, through studies and recommendations, through publica-tions and press and radio publicity. The council takes a keen interest in promoting talent in children. It also organizes periodical exhibitions of their paintings and hand work.
The council is also running two pilot services in Karachi. These services are provided through the “Ashiana” and the “Nasheman”. The East-Pakistan Council of Child Welfare has now set up the first rehabilitation centre for disabled children in Dacca. “Nasheman” is a home for girls who are in need of care and protection. Here the girls are given education and training in home-crafts according to their special needs and problems. In “Ashiana” residential care is given to foundling babies and also to babies whose parents are temporarily unable to make adequate arrange-ments for them due to some emergency such as the sickness or death of the mother.
It is most encouraging to see how happy and thriving are all the babies who have been placed in families.

New York World Fair April 22, 1964. (1964-2)

13 paisa; Depicts the Fair symbol the ‘UNISPHERE’, and the Pakistan Pavilion; the two are placed side by side and are in white shaded blue against a blue background.
Rs. 1.25 Depicts the Pakistan Pavilion in blue, superim-posed on an orange background consisting of a large ‘UNISPHERE’ in white shaded with orange.
Pakistan is participating in the Fair and expects thereby to lead to better understanding and appreciation of her policies, ambitions and aspirations and inciden-tally also to develop opportunities for greater trade and investment.
The Pakistan Pavilion in the Fair is divided into:—
A. Exhibit Areas. B. Other Areas (1) “Historic Past” section. (1) Sales Counter.
(2) “Handicrafts” section. (2) Section showing Women’s activities -
(3) “Progressive Present” section. (3) P. I. A. and Tourist Counter.
(4) “Promising Future” section. (4) Restaurant
The HISTORIC PAST: Section will present pieces of antiquities giving prominence to the Muslim cultural heritage and yet not ignoring the earlier civilizations. The HANDICRAFTS Section will display craftsman-ship of embroidery, wood, ivory, marble and brass work,which has been kept alive from many centuries in the past. The PROGRESSIVE PRESENT Section intends to highlight Pakistan’s resources in raw materials, its capacity to turn them into manufactured goods and efforts being made to export them to various destina-tions all over the world. Jute and Jute manufactures, Textiles, Machinery, Leather and Leather manufactures, Fish and Prawns, Sports Goods, Carpets and Surgical Instruments will constitute the main subjects of exhibits in this section. The section “PROMISING FUTURE” would arrange to link up a symbolic presentation of the present advanced stage of development in Pakistan in important sectors with a projection of future plans, the undertone being to emphasis readiness of Pakistan to fruitfully absorb foreign investments in larger measure.
The RETAIL SALE BOOTH is sponsored by the W.P.I.D.C. Its purpose is to sell to the visitors small souvenirs of Pakistan handicrafts for creating commer-cial demand for them. Items on sale will be hand-woven textiles, embroidery, brassware, zari work, marble art, replicas, jewelry etc.. collected from in all over the coun-try. In the SOCIAL ACTIVITIES section, the A.P.W.A. has planned to put up a diorama of a typical scene of women working in the villages, women’s activities being Tourist literature about Pakistan’s landscape, snow-bound mountains, green valleys, fertile plains, oriental bazaars and other similar sights will be available from this section. A Pakistani restaurant will be an important feature of the Pakistan Pavilion. It is in two parts—out-door and in-door—and will seat 80 persons at a time. It will serve such typical Pakistani dishes as chicken tikka, kababs, pulao, curries and other oriental delicacies. The Commemoratives will be available for sale on and from April 22, 1964, at all im-portant Post Offices in Pakistan, at the Philatelic Bureau, Karachi and also at the various Philatelic Counters at Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Multan, Lyallpur, Sialkot, Murree, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Khulna, Dacca, Sylhet, Chittagong and Rajshahi and at some of the Pakistan Diplomatic Missions abroad.

Save the Monuments of Nubia March 30, 1964. (1964-1)

13 paisa: Depicts the ‘Temple of Thot’ on the left and an inset of three standing figures on the right. This inset is relevant to the ‘Temple of Thot’ and represents Queen Nefertari (in the middle) and her maids performing some ritual.
50 paisa: Depicts a side view of the rock con-taining four colossal figures of Rameses II. This is generally known as the Temple of Abu Simbel. A partial view of the river Nile and its banks is also shown on the left.
NUBIA, 300 mile-long strip of land, runs along the River Nile in parts of Egypt (U.A.R.) and Sudan. This stretch of land is strewn with countless temples, tombs, and statues of varying sizes carved out of sandstone, hewn from the priceless quarries of Nubia. Temples are also built into the sides of cliffs of the Lybian and the Arabian mountains, bordering the Nile. These monuments of Nubia, ranking amongst the most magnificent on earth and more than 4,000 years old, indicate the rise and fall of various dynasties in the Land of Pharaohs. The temples include, among others, those of the Philae. Amada, Kal-absha and Abu Simbel.
Egypt, long known as the Gift of Nile, requires more and more water for irrigation purposes to feed its growing population and meet its expanding requirements. For irrigation in spring and summer, a dam was built on the Nile at Aswan between 1899 and 1902. This has however. been found to be inadequate, and an immense volume of water is lost to the sea. To make gainful use of this water and to achieve better and higher-group yields, as also hydro-electric energy, work has already begun on the Great Aswan Dam. Within five years, the middle valley of the Nile will be turned into an artificial lake, some 300 miles in length. With the emergence of this lake, the monu-ments of Nubia would have been submerged and lost. At the instance of the Republics of the U.A.R. and of Sudan, the UNESCO has started operations for removing the monuments of Nubia to safer places.
Pakistan Post Office is issuing a set of two Commemo-rative Postage Stamps in response to the appeal of the UNESCO and thus joins the large community of nations who are interested in preserving for future generations the wondrous structures, the veritable open-air museum, of what once was Nubia. The Commemoratives in question will be available for sale on and from 30th March, 1964 at all important Post Offices in Pakistan, at the Philatelic Bureau, Karachi, and also at the various Philatelic Counters in Karachi, Hyderabad. Quetta, Multan, Lyallpur, Sialkot, Murree, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Khulna, Sylhet, Dacca, Chittagong and Rajshahi, and at some of the Pakistan Diplomatic Missions abroad.