IHC serves notices to respondents in ICA

ISLAMABAD, Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday served notices to respondents in a petition seeking to make the ‘Quran Sharif’ education with translation as compulsory in curriculum. A division bench comprising Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani and Justice Babar Sattar heard the intra court appeal (ICA) regarding the above matter. The ICA said that it was […]

Baluchistan to get first ever girls cadet college in Quetta

ISLAMABAD, Baluchistan government has initiated efforts to establish first-ever Girls Cadet College in Quetta to provide standard education to girls in a modern, disciplined and advanced learning environment. The government has also decided to establish boarding schools in every district of the province at a cost of Rs10 billion to provide modern quality education to […]

HEC approves IRSIP grant for 127 partial support for 17 PhD Scholars

ISLAMABAD, The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved 127 cases of PhD scholars for International Research Support Initiative Programme (IRSIP), in addition to seven cases of Partial Support for PhD Studies Abroad. The Selection Committee’s meeting was held at HEC Secretariat, with Executive Director Dr.Shaista Sohail in the chair. Under IRSIP, HEC offers a six-month […]

5 day training of master trainers begins

LAHORE,The Literacy & Non-Formal Basic Education (L&NFBE) Department has initiated a five-day training of master trainers about Accelerated Learning Programme for the Primary Section (ALP-P) in five districts with the technical assistance of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).Additional secretary, director training, deputy chief adviser JICA and provincial coordinator JICA-AQAL project were present. Under the […]

Taliban says girls to return to school ´soon as possible´

Kabul, The Taliban said on Tuesday Afghan girls will be allowed to return to school “as soon as possible”, after their movement faced international fury over their effective exclusion of women and girls from education and work.The Taliban´ spokesman meanwhile announced the remaining members of Afghanistan´s all-male government, weeks after the militants seized Kabul in […]

MoU signed for school buildings assessment

PESHAWAR: The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Peshawar and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education Department (E&SED) are collaborating to carry out an assessment of school buildings in the province. UET Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Iftikhar Hussain and E&SED Secretary Muhammad Yahya Akhunzada signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU). Under the MoU, UET Peshawar […]

VCs appointment process at Universities begins

LAHORE: Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) has started process of appointment of vice-chancellors (VCs) at four public sector universities of the province by notifying Search Committees for this purpose. These universities include Emerson University Multan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Engineering & Technology (MNS-UET) Multan, University of Sahiwal and University of Sargodha. The HED Punjab […]

‘Subversive activities’ on social media: GCU issues notices to two teachers

LAHORE:Government College University (GCU) administration has issued show-cause notices to two of its faculty members for allegedly being involved in subversive activities on social media. s per the notices, the faculty members allegedly violated “clear-cut instruction regarding use of social media for the employees.” These notices were issued to Prof Dr Hamid Mukhtar of GCU […]

QAU improves by Times Higher Education subject ranking

Islamabad : Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has significantly improved its ranking in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University subject rankings, 2022. QAU ranked 251-300 in Physical Sciences, 401- 450 in Life Sciences, and 251-300 in Clinical & Health Sciences respectively. Recently QAU has secured the top spot among Pakistan’s higher education institutions and ranked […]

Arid University centrally digitalised UMS inaugurated

Rawalpindi : To reduce the workload and facilitate both students and employees, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR), here on Monday, launched the University Management System (Centrally Digitalised/Paperless System) on campus. Prof. Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman vice-chancellor of the university was the chief guest along with Muhammad Aqeel Sultan, Registrar and Nadeem Ahmad Malik, […]