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BAN ON CONSTRUCTION:The landowners have threatened to defy Section 144, imposed by the district administration to restrict concrete construction in the ‘red zone’ of Balakot. “We have no alternative source of income. If ban on construction is not lifted by the district administration, we will be left with no other option but to violate it,”…
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KARACHI, Feb 8: The Sindh education department has sought the chief minister’s approval to change the schedule of summer vacation in schools and colleges this year to avoid classes during Ramazan beginning in the July end. The decision to allow the educational institutions across the province to observe summer vacation during July and August instead…
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KARACHI: Zakir Ali Khan, a great proponent of the vision and mission of reformer and educationist Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, passed away here Wednesday after a protracted illness, announced Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) in a press release. He was 86 years old. Born in July 1926 in Rampur, Zakir Ali Khan…
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ISLAMABAD: International Labour Organisation (ILO) in collaboration with the European Union under its project “Combating Abusive Child Labour II” on Wednesday announced a national level photo competition on the fight against child labour. The competition encourages journalists, students and general public to enter their photographs depicting various aspects of child labour. The best photos will…
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MIRAMSHAH: Tribal elders on Wednesday threatened to set on fire the house of their lone member of the National Assembly (MNA), Kamran Khan, and block the Ghulam Khan-Khost Road if the government did not build the Fata Medical College in North Waziristan. Speaking at a news conference, tribal elders including Malik Rab Nawaz Khan, Malik…
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The academic session 2012 for students of degree classes (BA, BSc and BCom) will begin on Wednesday at all colleges affiliated with the University of Karachi, but a spokesman for KU said that those who have not yet obtained admission can still receive and submit admission forms to the colleges where seats are available. Although…
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LAHORE The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP), in collaboration with Routes2Roots (R2R), an Indian non-profit organisation working for peace and dialogue between Pakistan and India, announced an exchange between Pakistani and Indian students as a culmination of a 17-month project, “Exchange for Change.” To mark the successful completion of the project, a 19-member delegation will…
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LAHORE: (Tuesday, February 07, 2012): Punjab University students’ team from various departments, showing outstanding performance, has won “Team Trophy,” consecutively third time, in inter-university competitions held at FAST National University Islamabad from February 3-5. The competitions was named “Awaz Tamasha 2012,” and speech, calligraphy, photography, painting, sculpture, drama, music, film, essay writing, novel writing and…