LAHORE, Feb 10: The University of Management and Technology (UMT) hosted the 11th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (ICCS-11) at its campus on Friday.

Addressing on the occasion, UMT Rector Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad welcomed all delegates from Pakistan and abroad to the ICCS-11. He commended the leadership of the Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences for their unwavering commitment to the cause of organizing and networking all statistical professions.

Dr Hasan said that statistics had been a strong suit of Muslims throughout the history and even today.

“Islam is all about counting and accounting, forecasting and preparation. Thus, quantitative understanding, analytical tools and statistical sciences are rooted in our faith as Muslims”, he said.

Dr Hasan said the expanding population of the Muslim word was a liability and a blessing as well. The challenge before the Muslim statisticians was to plan ahead for the Ummah so that this huge human potential was utilized positively for the betterment of the Muslim world.