Seminar on drugs held at UoH campus
HARIPUR: University of Haripur organised a seminar on drugs and its impacts on youths here on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, District Police Officer Kashif Aftab Abbasi here asked students to play their role in elimination of drugs as it is one of the biggest challenges of the younger generation. The university students and faculty […]
VCs of KP varsities concerned at huge cut in recurrent grants
PESHAWAR: Expressing serious concern over the huge cut in the recurrent grants for Higher Education Commission for the fiscal year 2022-23, the vice-chancellors of public sector universities on Wednesday urged the HEC not to accept the trimmed funds and press the government to make sufficient allocation for running the higher education institutions in a smooth […]
International Advisory Board lauds GIK’s role
SWABI: Members of the International Advisory Board (IAB) of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology have acknowledged the impact made by the institute and lauded its contribution to the world of science and innovation. Prof Dr Fazal Ahmad Khalid, Rector, GIK Institute, presided over the meeting on Wednesday. The IAB meeting […]
Advisory committee tells KU admin to appoint SMBB Chair’s regular director
Special Assistant to Sindh Chief Minister Waqar Mehdi has expressed anger over the delay in appointing a regular director to Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (SMBB) Chair of Karachi University. On Monday, the advisory committee of the SMBB Chair held a meeting to review progress work on the SMBB Chair. On the occasion, Sindh Minister for […]
Prof Athar Ata appointed as permanent Fuuast VC
Prof Dr Athar Ata on Wednesday assumed the charge of the vice chancellor of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (Fuuast). Dr Ata is a chemistry professor and is currently the chairmen of the chemistry department at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. He graduated from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, with a […]
Pak-Japan Centre inaugurated
Islamabad : First-ever Pak-Japan Centre was inaugurated in Pakistan at National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) jointly by Lt Gen (r) Javed Mahmood Bukhari, Rector NUST, and Mitsuhiro Wada, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, says a press release. The facility has been established through the collaborative efforts of NUST & Plus W Inc. a […]
Micro scholarship programme launched
Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has inaugurated English Access Micro Scholarship Programme in collaboration with US Consulate. The purpose of this initiative is to provide youngsters (aged 13 to 19) access to education and employment opportunities through language teaching in Gujranwala Region. US Consul General, William K. Makaneole was the chief guest of this […]
Minister awards excelling cadets
MANSEHRA: Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions Senator Talha Mahmood on Monday visited the Pakistan Scouts Cadet College Batrasi and met with the faculty members and cadets. “You should focus on your education to serve the country,” he said at a ceremony held at the premises of the college. The principal of the college, […]
UHS researcher wins Rs21.5m HEC grant
LAHORE:The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a grant of Rs21.5 million for a research project of the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on early-stage screening of patients with colorectal cancer. Immunology Department’s Head Dr Shah Jahan will conduct the research with the approved grant. This is the sixth research funding won by the stalwart […]
JDC provides eight walk-through gates to KU
Jafaria Disaster Management Cell (JDC), a non-governmental organisation, Founder Syed Zafar Abbas on Monday donated eight electronic walk-through gates to the University of Karachi. The walk-through gates were handed over to acting registrar KU Professor Dr Maqsood Ali Ansari by Abbas. The KU administration had installed three e-walk-through gates at the Silver Jubilee Gate, two […]