Education News
PUNJAB University (PU) once again turns into violence zone Academic Staff Association (PUASA)
May 17th
LAHORE
PUNJAB University (PU) once again turned into a violence zone on Wednesday when some students, allegedly belonging to Islamia Jamiat Talaba (IJT), broke dozens of flowerpots and windowpanes of Vice Chancellor office during a protest demonstration.
PU officials also claimed that two faculty members were also manhandled by some elements after More >
Event on beggary LAHORE GOVERNMENT College for Women, Township
May 17th
Event on beggary LAHORE
GOVERNMENT College for Women, Township on Wednesday arranged a seminar about menace of beggary. A press release here on Wednesday said a documentary was also shown to the students there, which highlighted the evils of beggary and how a mafia involved in this evil “profession” worked. A group More >
ALLAMA Iqbal Medical College AIMC wins Urdu debating competition LAHORE
May 17th
AIMC wins debate LAHORE
ALLAMA Iqbal Medical College (AIMC) has won Urdu debating competition and got runners up trophy in the overall All Punjab Medical Intercollegiate Debating Competition, 2012 held in CMH Medical College here on Wednesday. A press release here said famous poet Zahid Fakhri and CMH Medical College Principal Lt More >
The Mohajir Sooba Tehreek women Rallies demand creation of Mohajir province
May 17th
Karachi
The Mohajir Sooba Tehreek (the movement for a Mohajir province) staged rallies in different parts of the city on Wednesday for the creation of a Mohajir province. One such rally was also held at the Arts Council roundabout, causing massive gridlock in the area.
The participants urged the armed forces to More >
Dr Khalil Chishty welcomed home karachi like a celebrity first reached Islamabad from New Delhi
May 17th
Karachi
After 20 years of separation from his family, Dr Khalil Chishty finally landed in his hometown, Karachi, on Wednesday night. The atmosphere at the airport was electric, as scores of media persons stood in position, waiting for the 80-year-old Pakistani doctor to emerge from the passenger lounge.
Chishty, who reached Islamabad More >
Roots School System’s RSS Annual Parents Day held the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA)
May 17th
Islamabad
The Roots School System’s Gulzar-e-Quaid, Gulrez and E-11 campuses held their Annual Parents Day at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA).
Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan Republic to Pakistan Alik Orozov was the chief guest on the occasion.
Students of RSS exhibited beautiful performances on the theme of ‘Dancing Colours of the More >
organises cultural extravaganza at main campus of at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML)
May 17th
NUML organises cultural extravaganza Islamabad
Seven regional campuses and the main campus together put up an exotic show of performances, speeches and cultural dances to provide an opportunity to students to let their vocal, artistic and literary senses to feast further at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) here on Tuesday, More >
final exams for matriculation and postgraduate programmes begin on May 21 Allama Iqbal Open University AIOU
May 17th
Islamabad: The final examinations for matriculation and postgraduate programmes of the Allama Iqbal Open University for the Autumn Semester 2011 will begin on May 21 across the country.
AIOU Controller of Examinations Muhammad Bashir Chaudhry has said that roll number slips of the matriculation and More >
scheduled meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) of Bahria University
May 17th
Bahria University’s BoG meeting held Islamabad
The 24th scheduled meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) of Bahria University was held here on Wednesday. Chaired by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila NI (M), who is also pro-chancellor and chairman of the Bahria University Board of Governors, the meeting More >
Protesters defy curfew in Egypt
May 16th
Jets fly low over Cairo’s demonstratorsNEW: Protester: “This is the start of the rest of my life”Inmates have escaped from multiple prisonsEl Baradei calls on Mubarak to leave and “save” EgyptMubarak’s new deputy meets with the head of the militaryEditor’s Note: This article is being updated constantly by CNN reporters worldwide. More >
USAID to fund teachers education research project
May 16th
HYDERABAD, May 15: The USAID Teachers Education Programme has approved allocation of Rs1.53 million for a research project to be carried out by the faculty of education, University of Sindh.
Anjum Pervaiz, provincial director of the programme met acting vice-chancellor Prof Dr Parveen Shah and handed her over a cheque of Rs200,000 More >
23 caught cheating in exam centres
May 16th
KARACHI, May 15: As many as 23 candidates were caught using unfair means at different examination centres of the Higher Secondary School Certificate annual examination in the city on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) said that all the cases had been handed over to the More >
Two students drown in the capital’s rural area
May 16th
ISLAMABAD, May 15: Two students drowned in a nullah in the capital’s rural area on Tuesday.
Police said six first-year students from a private college at Satellite Town went to Angoury Nullah at Satra Meel for picnic. Four of them went into the water for swimming but Naveedur Rehman and Chaudhry More >
PUASA Call to quash FIR against teachers
May 16th
LAHORE, May 15: The Punjab University Academic Staff Association general body has demanded quashing of a fake FIR registered against university teachers and an action against the police officials who have registered the case.
The PUASA general body, chaired by president Amir Sarwar, stressed that the civil administration be asked to More >
IJT threatens protest if killers not arrested within 24 hours
May 16th
LAHORE, May 15: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) has lambasted the police for its failure to arrest nominated killers of Jamiat leader Awais Aqeel, who was killed in a Punjab University hostel on Sunday night.
Condemning the incident, the Jamiat demanded the killers be arrested within 24 hours, otherwise a massive More >
Eighth annual Conference on management of economy
May 16th
LAHORE, May 15: The Lahore School of Economics will host its two-day eighth annual conference on management of the Pakistan economy from Wednesday (today), to start timely debate on important policy issues.
According to a press release, the focus of the conference will be ‘Towards Accelerated Economic Growth in Pakistan: Its More >
Primary teachers rally for demand increase in their pay
May 16th
KARAK, May 15: Teachers of government primary schools held rallies in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday to demand increase in their pay.
In Karak, the teachers staged a sit-in outside the office of district coordination officer at the end of a rally took out at the call of All More >
Consultation workshop in Metro Events
May 16th
Seminar on Pak-Afghan trade
TWO-DAY seminar entitled “Pak-Afghan trade: dynamics, challenges and prospects”, organised by department of political science at Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayum Hall, University of Peshawar, at 10am.
Consultation workshop
ELEMENTARY and secondary education department has organised one-week consultation workshop on ‘Early childhood education’ to be held at Pearl Continental Hotel, More >










