58pc of Rawalpindi’s students inoculated

Rawalpindi: District Health Authority’s Chief Executive Officer Dr. Faiza Kanwal said that over 58 percent of students aged 12 to 17 had so far been inoculated against the fatal coronavirus since the launch of the vaccination drive from September 2021. Giving details of the campaign being carried out in the entire district, the CEO informed that […]

COMSTECH official meets OIC secretary-general

COMSTECH, Coordinator-General Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, called on Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Barahim Taha, at OIC General Secretariat, in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Prof. Choudhary briefed the Secretary-General of OIC about the preparations for the 31st Executive Committee Meeting of COMSTECH being held on January 27, 2022, in Islamabad, […]

PU awards Ph.D. degrees to five scholars

Punjab University has awarded five Ph.D. degrees to scholars. Anam Muzamill, daughter of Muzamill Javed in  Communication Studies for her thesis  ‘Media and Crime Narratives: Influence of Televised Crime Content on Viewers Risk Perception’. Muhammad Habib Ul Haq, son of Muhammad Siddique, in Environmental Sciences on ‘Recycling Potential Assessment of Asphalt Roads in Lahore’. Rabia Nawaz, daughter […]

KMU 5th convocation: Governor urges medical

PESHAWAR: Governor and Chancellor of  Khyber Medical University (KMU) Peshawar, Shah Farman urged fresh medical graduates to serve humanity. He was speaking as chief guest to the 5th convocation of Khyber Medical University (KMU) on Thursday, the lone public sector medical university of the province. In addition to the present Vice-Chancellor of the university Prof […]

KP Youth Employment Programme

A  well-attended Graduation Ceremony held at KP IT Board Peshawar, celebrated empowering success of 3000 women on employable digital skills under the Women Empowerment Through Digital Skills Programme.   The event included employers and dignitaries.  Minister for Science, Technology and IT, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Atif Khan was the Chief Guest. Amid the COVID-19, KP Youth Employment Programme, the flagship programme […]

HEC issues fresh list of illegal universities, colleges in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has issued a fresh list of over 140 ‘fake, illegal, unlawful and unrecognized’ educational institutions in the country. Among them, two are from Islamabad, including the privately-owned Islamabad Law College as well as Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts. According to the HEC, any other institution not included […]

Science expo on 28th

Islamabad : January 15, 2022 is the deadline for registration of stalls for the first-ever Pakistan Science Expo being arranged by the Pakistan Science Foundation  under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology for  projects in the fields of Science, Technology and Innovation. According to PSF Principal Scientific Officer Syeda Rehana Batool, this is […]

Stipendium Hungaricum scholarships announced

Islamabad: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme (2022-23) for students across Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The programme, launched by the Hungarian Government, is for bachelor’s, master’s and PhD courses. The HEC said it was the only nominating agency in the subject scholarship programme. The last date for […]

Islamabad.The Higher Education Commission has issued a list of over 140 fake and illegal educational institutions,including

 Islamabad Law College and Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts. According to the HEC,  institutions not included in the list of recognised universities, institutions, and campus(es) available on its official website ‘may also be termed as non-recognised. Admission in such institutions with 96 in Punjab,5 in Sindh, 11 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 3 in AJK  […]

Class boycott deferred by FDE Employees

Islamabad : The Federal Government Education Joint Action Committee (FGEJAC) on Tuesday announced to defer class boycott  with assurance by the Government to meet their demands.  A delegation of the Ministry of Education, headed by the Additional Secretary Mohayuddin Wani on Tuesday held detailed talks with the FGEJAC, the representative body of the protesting employees of […]