HEC accepts teachers’ demands as protest ends
Islamabad : The universities’ teachers protest ended in success after the Higher Education Commission (HEC) accepted their demands and agreed that all issues related to promotion policy for BPS faculty of Public Sector Universities will be resolved by May 15, 2022, said a press release issued by the All Pakistan Universities BPS Teachers Association (APUBTA). […]
Pakistan Post invites entries for int’l letter writing competition
Islamabad : Pakistan Post has invited potential candidates under 15 years of age to submit their work for the international letter-writing competition, an initiative of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the last date of submission is April 15, 2022. According to Pakistan Post, the theme for the 2022 competition was ‘Write a letter to […]
International Women Day celebrated at PMAS-AAUR
he Directorate of Women Development Studies Centre (WDSC) of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) organised a seminar at University’s main campus here on Friday. The University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Qamar-uz-Zaman was the Chief Guest while Ms. Samina Nazeer (President PODA-Pakistan) and Rizwana Ahsaan (EuroGender, Consultant) & Uzma Batool (FAO) were guests […]
Microsoft EDU Day to Digitalize Education System
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Microsoft organized “Microsoft EDU Day 2022” to digitize Pakistan’s education system with the aim of digitizing the education system and changing the learning practices of institutions across Pakistan. No obstacle to achieving the goal of knowledge transfer, – This collaboration will be beneficial for government officials, school leaders and teachers in […]
UoP employees announce to launch complete strike from Monday.
PESHAWAR: The teaching and non-teaching staff of the University of Peshawar (UoP) on Thursday announced to launch a complete strike from Monday next after accusing the university administration and the provincial government of turning deaf ear to their genuine demands. The employees were already on protest and they had set a one-week deadline for the […]
First ‘International Alumni’s Mathematics UET Conference’ held
PESHAWAR: University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Mathematics Alumni Society organized the First International Conference of UET’s Alumni of Mathematics. Apart from Pakistan, the conference was attended by mathematicians from Canada, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, UAE, Nigeria and Algeria. Saudi Arabia-based Dr Shahzad Sarwar Chaudhry, founder and president of UET Mathematics Alumni Society, […]
Riphah International University organized International E-Conference on Ecolinguistics and Ecological Narratives
Two days international e-conference on Ecolinguistics and Ecological Narratives was concluded at the Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Riphah International University, Islamabad on 10th March 2022. At the conference, twenty-eight international speakers from sixteen countries presented their research on much-needed topics of ecology. More than twenty-five institutes were engaged in the conference. Famous researchers […]
Colleges of merged districts provided 45 vehicles
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has started providing transport facilities to the colleges in the tribal districts. Initially, 45 vehicles were provided to the colleges of merged areas on Wednesday whereas buses would be provided in the next phase. This project aimed at extending transport facilities to the government colleges would cost Rs 1.18 billion […]
BARD Foundation Establishes 2 Deans’ Chairs at LUMS
LAHORE: The Bilquis and Abdul Razak Dawood (BARD) Foundation has made a generous donation to establish two endowed chairs at LUMS – the Abdul Razak Dawood Dean’s Chair at the Suleman Dawood School of Business, and the Bilquis Dawood Dean’s Chair at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School for Humanities and Social Sciences. These endowed chairs […]
Health Ministry, STMU signed an MoU for furthering UHC
Islamabad : The Ministry of Health and the Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University (STMU) signed here, a Memorandum of Understanding the stipulates for joint efforts by the signatories to further the agenda of Universal Health Coverage UHC in Pakistan. The three-year extendable MOU provides for aligning medical and public health education, training, service and research with UHC. […]