ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched loan and laptop programmes for youngsters on Tuesday as part of an attempt to promote self-employment and entrepreneurship. Addressing a ceremony in Islamabad, he said that persons between the ages of 21 and 45 might benefit from a loan of up to Rs7.5Continue Reading
KARACHI – After a winter hiatus, all educational institutions in Sindh and the plains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa resumed on Monday. Government schools and colleges opened on the first day of school, but private institutions in Sindh remained closed, with plans to reopen on January 4. Parents have requested that theirContinue Reading
The shocking results of the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) annual examinations have exposed the dire state of Sindh’s educational system. On Saturday, the board’s official Facebook account revealed the surprising findings, revealing that not a single student from Karachi’s 25 government colleges or its 13 private colleges managedContinue Reading
The first public school for the Sikh community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is slated to open in Peshawar. The initiative will be the first of its type, allowing students from the Sikh community and other minorities to get an education in a more conducive setting.According to reports, the project began overContinue Reading
The National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), guided by a vision aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has unlocked yet another milestone achievement by ranking among the top 200 international institutions in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022. According to facts, the university not only maintainedContinue Reading
The International Islamic University of Islamabad has declared that all of its “Constituent Units shall stay closed from May 2nd to May 6th, 2022 (Monday to Friday) in conjunction with Eid Ul Fitr 2022.” The holiday notification has been authorised by the President of the Islamic University. After an unusuallyContinue Reading
Dr. Arif Alvi has recommended that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the Vice-Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) take action to combat student harassment and racial profiling on Balochistan campuses.The president’s action came on Friday, after he heard the Balochi students’ plea against ethnic profiling in a written petition inContinue Reading
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has abolished the need for Ph.D.-qualified faculty members to establish the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) programme in colleges or universities.The concession was made to address a nursing shortage in the country’s hospitals. Previously, for the introduction of MS/MPhil/equivalent degree programmes, such schools wereContinue Reading
On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan complimented Turkey’s system of structured and organised religious education, emphasising the need of bilateral cooperation in this field to exchange best practises and information. Prof. Dr. Ali Erbas, the Head of Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs, who had come to meet him, was conversingContinue Reading
The government will grant 2.6 million merit-based scholarships totaling 28 billion rupees to meritorious students, according to Farrukh Habib, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. Our flagship Ehsaas Program, which is ranked fourth in the world, benefits seven million people, he said at a convocation in Faisalabad on Saturday.Continue Reading
