Chief justice of the Lahore High Court: Punjab govt issued notice on funds for private schools
Apr 11th
Chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the Punjab government and education secretary on a petition seeking details of disbursement of Rs 23.70 billion among private educational institutions over the years in the name of funds.
Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) Chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique moved More >
Painting exhibition Nairang Gallery LAHORE
Apr 11th
NAZISH Attaullah, former principal NCA inaugurated a six-day painting exhibition of Shahid Iqbal Sandhu titled “Light& Life” here at Nairang Art Gallery on Tuesday. Shahid Iqbal Sandhu held his first painting exhibition in 2003. He has a unique style of paintings and in his recent work, he has opted different More >
Punjab Textbook Board (PTB) sets up stall Urdu Bazaar LAHORE
Apr 11th
THE Punjab Textbook Board (PTB) has established a stall at Urdu Bazaar to ensure the availability of books.A PTB spokesman said that textbooks were being published by private publishers according to the Federal Textbook Policy 2006 and it was their responsibility to ensure their timely availability. He added that free More >
Singing workshop at Shakir Museum LAHORE
Apr 11th
A month-long singing workshop organised by the Pakistan National Council of Arts (Shakir Ali Museum) and the Ministry of Heritage and Integration started here on Tuesday.
Shakir Ali Museum Director Amna Pataudi told Dawn the workshop was being conducted by Sarwar Husain Dholla, a composer and singer. She said the classes More >
UoP Professor Dr Azmat Hayat vice-chancellor quits
Apr 11th
Professor Dr Azmat Hayat has resigned as the University of Peshawar vice-chancellor almost a month after being sent on forced leave over inaction against the ‘rowdy’ controller (examinations).
However, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor and university’s Chancellor Masood Kausar has yet to accept the resignation, Dawn has learnt.
A UoP source said Dr Azmat’s More >
The teachers tempted by administrative posts
Apr 11th
“The University has two distinct portfolios. One is academic in nature, whereas the other is administrative in function. It would not be advisable to switch over one in lieu of the other even as an ad hoc arrangement. It is waste of a good, highly-qualified professor in a subject to More >
School and College Teachers protest non-payment of hiring allowance
Apr 11th
School and college teachers here on Tuesday held a protest demonstration against the delay in payment of ceiling/hiring allowance to them and the ban on further hiring of houses.
The protest was organised by Tanzeem-i-Asataza Pakistan (TAP)’s Islamabad chapter outside the National Press Club.
Talking to Dawn, President of TAP Aziz Wahid More >
The University of Karachi LLB suppl exam begins today
Apr 11th
The University of Karachi on Tuesday announced that the LLB final (supplementary) examination would be held from April 11 to 19 at the Centre of Excellence for Women Studies.
It also announced that the forms for MA and double-MA (first and second year) examinations for external candidates would be accepted up More >
Inscribing Existence opens at Art Chowk Gallery
Apr 11th
An exhibition of artworks by Ilona Yusuf and Amena Bandukwala titled ‘Inscribing existence’ opened at the Art Chowk Gallery on Tuesday. Both artists have tried to explore two different themes in contrasting styles.
Ilona Yusuf’s work is to do with the issue of ‘memory and infinity’. Infinity is a subject that More >
Painting exhibition begins at Nomad Art Gallery
Apr 11th
When love and skill work together, expect fine art. The curator of Nomad Art Gallery brought together such works by two contemporary painters with a common interest of using colours as a primary means of expression. The exhibition will open on Wednesday but the preview day also saw a few More >
Lecture discusses on Urdu’s social, political history
Apr 11th
A lecture exploring the idea of ‘From Hindi to Urdu: A Social and Political History’ was organised by the Forman Christian College (FCC) departments of history and English on Tuesday.
The lecture was delivered by Beaconhouse National University’s School of Humanities Dean Prof Tariq Rahman and was based on his most More >
Education for women top priority: CM Shahbaz
Apr 11th
* Shahbaz says educated women would lead to establishment of civilised society
* Urges students to purge country of corruption, focus on hard work, merit
Staff Report
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif said that the Punjab government attached top priority to the education of women as it was a prerequisite for progress More >
Exhibition Watercolour Paintings, Cartoons at PNCA
Apr 11th
An exhibition of watercolour paintings by Dr Ajaz Anwar and cartoons by Anwar Ali was put on display by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA). The exhibition opened on Tuesday at the National Art Gallery. About 300 art pieces including paintings, reproductions and cartoons have been put on More >
University of Peshawar (UoP) announces scholarships for teachers
Apr 11th
The University of Peshawar (UoP) has announced fully-funded scholarships for university teachers of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences who want to pursue higher studies within Pakistan.
A notification of Directorate of Planning and Development of the university stated that the scholarships have been announced as part of More >
Students demand university in Fata, increase quota & their stipends
Apr 11th
Students from tribal areas and intelligentsia have urged the government to establish a separate university for Fata, increase quota for students in all professional colleges of the country and enhance their stipends.
Speaking at a function organised by the Fata Students Federation at Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday, Saeed Ahmed Safi, More >
GOVERNMENT College University’s students plant 2,000 saplings
Apr 11th
GOVERNMENT College University’s Botany Department students and faculty members planted 2,000 saplings at the varsity’s Old Anarkali and Kala Shah Kaku Campus as a part of tree plantation campaign on Tuesday.
The tree plantation campaign has been initiated by the Punjab Forestry Department across the province.
GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad More >
School for special children facing closure in Rawalpindi
Apr 11th
The Angels School exclusively meant for special children,
situated on Range Road in Rawalpindi Cantonment, is facing hardships to
continue its free services to its students because of lack of funds.
According to the school administration the school is free of charge and is being run entirely on funds and donations. The school More >
Prices of textbooks and notebooks register increase
Apr 11th
A great rush of students and parents was seen at bookshops in the city with start of a new session in government and private academic institutions.
Talking to ‘The News,’ parents said that booksellers were getting huge margin by selling notebooks and textbooks at almost double prices. Naveed Aslam, a grade More >
Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) to observe strike today over leader’s death
Apr 11th
The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) has given complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike call in Sindh for Wednesday (today) to press their demand for conducting postmortem and viscera test of their deceased leader Bashir Qureshi at a leading private hospital of Karachi. The party leadership suspects that Bashir Qureshi was More >
voiced their concern about four public sector universities of the province
Apr 11th
The PAC on Tuesday voiced their concern about four public sector universities of the province, which were not cooperating for an audit of their funds. “Karachi University, Sindh University, Shah Latif University and Quaid-e-Awam University have not provided their working papers and are not interested in conducting a scrutiny of More >










