Posts tagged sindh
Three buses of Sindh varsity come under fire
Mar 22nd
HYDERABAD: March 22: Motorcycle-riding assailants opened fire on three Sindh University buses carrying students from Hyderabad to Jamshoro on the Super Highway on Wednesday morning but luckily no one was hurt.
Drivers refused to drive the buses after the incident, forcing hundreds of students to leave for Jamshoro town on foot More >
Sindh schools used as godowns
Feb 18th
Influential landlords using 1,158 schools as godowns: Pir MazharUmerkot, Jan 10: Senior Sindh Minister for Education, Pir Mazharul Haq said 1,158 schools established in the province by the previous rulers are being used as godowns by influential landlords.
The minister said this on Sunday while addressing on the second death anniversary More >
Asians, Europeans keen to invest in Sindh
Feb 10th
Livestock, dairy, poultry and fisheries seen as potential areas
KARACHI: Various companies of Asia and Europe have shown interest in investing in livestock, dairy, fishery and poultry sectors in Sindh, informed Secretary Investment and DG Sindh Board of Investment (SBI), Mohammad Younus Dagha.
The provincial government wants to highlight the potential of More >
sexual exploitation and Child abuse cases increasing in Pakistan
Feb 8th
Islamabad
One could well imagine how vulnerable our children are to sexual exploitation and abuse by seeing the 2.27 per cent reported increase in such cases last year.
The tally of girls and boys abused in the country grew from 2,255 in 2010 to 2,303 in 2011, according to Sahil, a nongovernmental More >
Workshop on embellished fabric held United States Agency for International Development
Jan 31st
The United States Agency for International Development on Monday held a stakeholders workshop under its Entrepreneurs Project where findings of a study on the embellished fabric sub-sector in Pakistan were presented to key players for review.
The study was conducted in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces by entrepreneurs and their More >
provincial education minister takes notice of closed schools
Jan 27th
Karachi The provincial education minister on Thursday took notice of closed schools in different parts of Sindh. Senior Minister for Education and Literacy Pir Mazharul Haq directed the secretary education to ensure that the academic activities soon began in these closed schools.
He issued these directives after returning from London where More >
‘increase School fee cannot be raised in middle of session’ All-Private Schools Management Association, Sindh,
Jan 23rd
KARACHI, The All-Private Schools Management Association, Sindh, has stated that any increase in the tuition fee being charged by its member schools will not take effect from now, in the middle of an academic session, but from April 1 when the new academic session will begin.
A meeting of the association More >
issues of child labour No progress on domestic lavel
Jan 23rd
LAHORE: Human rights activists and members of the Christian community highlighted the issues of child labour and domestic workers on Sunday at a service marking the second death anniversary of Shazia Bashir, a teenager who died while working as a maid. The Human Liberation Commission of Pakistan (HLCP) had organised More >
All Pakistan Private Schools Owners’ Association APPS Owners’ Association holds elections
Jan 18th
LAHORE – Mirza Kashif Ali and Rana Tahir Saleem on Tuesday were elected the All Pakistan Private Schools Owners’ Association president and general secretary, respectively. According to a press release, the polling for the new office bearers for the year 2012 was held across the country. In Punjab, the panel More >
Sindh Information Minister Marri stresses acquisition of modern education
Jan 15th
Karachi Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri has said that knowledge was the only tool that could play a vital role in human progress and defend the coming generations against future challenges.
She said this while talking to the delegation of Students of a private university on Saturday.
She said that Information Technology More >
Sindh Middle School Project, around Rs 3.43m earmarked for education in rural areas
Jan 13th
Under a stipend programme, initiated by Sindh Middle School Project, around Rs 3.43 million has been earmarked for female students, under its “Enhancement for Teaching Profession” in rural, urban slum and underdeveloped areas of Sindh, for the year 2001-2002.
Elucidating details of the Programme, Project Manager SMSP Mrs Talat Jaskani said More >
Food insecurity highest in Sindh: survey The National Nutrition Survey (NNS) 2011
Jan 10th
KARACHI, Jan 9: The National Nutrition Survey (NNS) 2011 has determined Sindh as the poorest and most food deprived province of the country, with only 28 per cent households having food security.
The details of the survey, which was conducted last year after a decade, show that little has changed over More >
education minister Sindh warns teachers to refrain from demonstrations
Jan 3rd
Pir Mazhar warns teachers to refrain from demonstrations Karachi
The teachers should not become a part of any demonstrations and remain away from such activities because the Reform Support Unit and World Bank (WB) as well as donor agencies are monitoring their performance. Poor performances of the teachers might create hurdle More >
APSMA notifies fee schedule for fee collection for ‘summer vacations
Jan 3rd
APSMA notifies fee schedule
Karachi
All-Private Schools Management Association (APSMA), Sindh, has announced the schedule for fee collection for ‘summer vacations (June and July)’ on Monday. The students of Class X will pay the tuition fee up to March 2012 in the month of February 2012, before issuance of admit cards. All More >
Workshops for building cops’ capacity to curb human rights violations Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP)
Jan 2nd
KARACHI – On the directives of Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, capacity building workshops were organised to invigorate police’s capacity of curbing human rights violations and promote greater citizen-police interaction. According to a statement issued on Sunday, two workshops were conducted by former Sindh IGP Niaz More >
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, early life shrouded in mystery
Dec 25th
Jinnah’s early life shrouded in mystery KARACHI – There is a need to carry out research on the primary educational life of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, because without preserving history, true education cannot be provided to our younger generation, Senior Sindh Education and Literacy Pir Mazharul Haq said on Saturday. More >
Cultural festivities planned to celebrate Quaid’s birth anniversary National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage
Dec 24th
Cultural festivities planned to celebrate Quaid’s birth anniversary
ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa (The National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage) planed to arrange colourful cultural programmes here on December 25 to celebrate the birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Lok Virsa has created a specially designed colourful float to pay homage More >











