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shaheen air line Passenger plane tyre burst made emergency landing Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport,
Apr 22nd
KARACHI: Passengers on-board an Islamabad-Karachi fight on Sunday escaped unhurt, when the plane suffered a tyre burst during landing at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, Geo News reported.
The plane of private airline Shaheeh Air coming from Islamabad made emergency landing.
According to details, a passenger plane of a private airline Boeing 737-400 More >
Change of syllabus irks Students of federal government schools (FGS)
Apr 22nd
ISLAMABAD - Students of federal government schools (FGS) and their parents have protested against change in syllabus. The change in the syllabus of class 5 has caused embarrassment among the students as they have already spent one month studying the old syllabus. “This is an anti-people act of the government as we More >
Teachers pin hopes on new minister minister of Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD).
Apr 22nd
ISLAMABAD, Teachers of the federal capital, who have been struggling hard for winning their rights for four years, have pinned all their hopes on the newly-appointed minister of Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD).
“In past, the CADD, a composition of 18 divisions was running without any political head but they More >
Graduation ceremony PAF Combat Commanders’ School, Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf (Sargodha)
Apr 22nd
LAHORE (PR) – The Graduation Ceremony of Combat Commanders’ Course was held at PAF Combat Commanders’ School, Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf (Sargodha).
Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force was the chief guest on the occasion.
In his address to the graduating Combat Commanders, More >
Blue-eyed teachers hold key posts in Punjab University PU
Apr 22nd
LAHORE – A number of Punjab University faculty members are holding additional charges of non-teaching key posts while the administration is reluctant to advertise the posts to employ permanent staff since long, TheNation learnt on Friday.
Sources privy to development told this scribe that some blue-eyed teachers of the administration are More >
City to have Daanish Technical University with the collaboration of the Middle East Technical University of Turkey: CM
Apr 22nd
City to have Daanish Technical University: CM
* Shahbaz says campus to be set up at Arfa Kareem Software Technology Park
* Bus Rapid Transit System to give new identity to Lahore
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced setting up of Daanish Technical University in the city, with the collaboration of More >
Govt contemplates ‘Own a School’ programme for capital level of education in the federal capital
Apr 22nd
Govt contemplates ‘Own a School’ programme for capital
ISLAMABAD: The government is contemplating on ‘Own a School’ programme to uplift the level of education in the federal capital.
The Prime Minister’s Task Force on Islamabad has initiated extensive work on the transformation of the education system of the capital beginning with three More >
Top 10 students to get scholarships top positions in matriculation (SSC) and intermediate (HSSC) examinations
Apr 22nd
MARDAN: Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti on Saturday said the provincial government would provide scholarships to 10 students of government schools getting top positions in matriculation (SSC) and intermediate (HSSC) examinations.
Addressing a meeting after laying the foundation stone of academic blocks of Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKU) here, he said More >
World Book Day celebrated in AJK US Agency for International Development (USAID) Pakistan
Apr 22nd
BAGH: Around 90 schools in AJK celebrated World Book Day on Saturday (21 April). The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Pakistan has also joined the students on the occasion.
Speech competitions over the importance of books were organised in schools of Chattar and Birpani to mark the day. USAID also More >
schoolteachers and students protest against lawyers blocked Ferozpur Road on Saturday
Apr 22nd
LAHORE
A large number of schoolteachers and students blocked Ferozpur Road on Saturday in protest against lawyers who allegedly beat two teachers.
The demo was organised by the Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) near Lahore General Hospital (LGH), Ferozpur Road, which later turned into a rally and the demonstrators marched to Cantt Katchery. More >
Government College, Township, organised a quiz competition
Apr 22nd
Quiz LAHORE
Government College, Township, organised a quiz competition in connection with the 74th death anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal on Saturday.
Annual dinner and prize distribution organised by PUNJAB University’s Institute of Business and Information Technology (IBIT)
Apr 22nd
Annual dinner and prize distribution LAHORE
PUNJAB University’s Institute of Business and Information Technology (IBIT) organised its annual dinner and prize distribution of sports competitions at its lawn.
PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran was the chief guest whereas Registrar Khan Raas Masood, faculty members and a large number of students attended More >
Delegation Government College University’s visits Iqbal mausoleum Old Ravian and national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal on his 74th death anniversary
Apr 22nd
Delegation visits Iqbal mausoleum
LAHORE
A DELEGATION of Government College University’s Majlis-e-Iqbal visited the mausoleum of Old Ravian and national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal on his 74th death anniversary on Saturday.
The delegation, comprising a large number of GCU students and teachers, laid a floral wreath at the Mazar-i-Iqbal and paid tribute to More >
Female students at International Islamic University (IIU) awarded prizes extra ordinary performance during the 24th annual cultural week
Apr 22nd
Islamabad
The female students who showed extra ordinary performance during the 24th annual cultural week of the International Islamic University (IIU) were awarded prizes at a colourful ceremony held here.
The prize distribution ceremony was attended by Ambassador of Bangladesh in Pakistan Suhrab Hussain whereas High Commissioner of Kenya in Islamabad Mishi More >
Facebook chief a role model for pupils, Gove
Apr 22nd
The Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been named as a role model for the Government’s education reforms.
The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, launched a review of the national curriculum with a plea for pupils to study a broader range of subjects. Mr Zuckerberg’s education history, he said, “powerfully underlines the lesson More >
Academies should replace youth custody
Apr 21st
Young offenders institutions should be replaced by neighbourhood “academies” to help cut the number of youths in custody by two thirds, a former chief inspector of prisons said in plans to be launched today.
Most young offenders should stay with relatives or be given accommodation nearby, with only one in More >
Students hold demo in DIK
Apr 21st
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 20: Hundreds of Students of Gomal University on Friday besieged vice chancellor’s office after boycotting classes, demanding arrest of the male student who had injured his female class-fellow with a knife on Thursday.
Mohammad Ashfaq Mahsood, a first year student of the agriculture department, injured his class-fellow More >
Pindi proves a poor host
Apr 21st
RAWALPINDI, April 19: As many as 2,000 expensive laptops are ready to be handed out to talented students invited from all over the country by Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Friday but Rawalpindi administration proved a poor host on Thursday in facilitating their overnight stay in Rawalpindi, More >
Security glitch in laptop ceremony
Apr 21st
ISLAMABAD, April 20: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif won the hearts of thousands of bright students for himself and his PML-N party by awarding laptops to them but at the concluding ceremony here on Friday, utterly broke the heart of two.
Misha Wali and Navishta Sahar Arif of Frontier Youth Academy More >
Militants target girls school in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency
Apr 21st
LANDI KOTAL, April 20: Unidentified miscreants blew up a government girls’ school in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on the night between Thursday and Friday.
Local officials said that a group of armed men entered the Said Ahmad Jan Kali girls school building at midnight and planted explosives alongside its boundary More >











