Smart classroom, fine arts exhibition opens at GCWUS By: APP on July 4, 2023Managing Director (MD) National Academy for Higher Education, Higher Education Commission Noor Amina Malik and Vice Chancellor (VC) Government College Women University Sialkot (GCWUS) Prof. Dr. Rukhsana Kausar inaugurated the smart classroom and Fine Arts Department’s final degree exhibition at the University on Monday. Addressing the ceremony, the MD National Academy for Higher Education said […]
Temperature falls as AJK recieves heavy rain spell By: APP on July 4, 2023Mirpur and outskirts on Monday lashed with cats and dogs rains opening the beginning of the monsoon rains that also partially hit various other parts of Azad Jammu Kashmir in South breaking the heat spell to greater extent in the region. Various parts of the AJK State reportedly lashed with torrential rains that played havoc […]
Over 18,500 food-poisoning patients reach hospitals By: APP on July 4, 2023An emergency-like situation was created in Punjab public and private hospitals after around 18,500 patients reached hospitals due to overeating and food-poisoning during and after the Eid days. Around 3,000 people were admitted to Lahore’s government and private hospitals during the holidays, with complaints of stomach pain, heartburn, stoma irritation and high blood pressure. The […]
HEC bars varsities from granting new affiliation to colleges By: APP on July 4, 2023The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced a complete ban on granting new affiliations to colleges and institutions by universities, including affiliations in programmes, to ensure the quality of education. According to HEC, the decision comes as part of HEC’s ongoing review of the Affiliation Policy/Criteria aimed at enhancing the standards of higher education in […]
BRI’s 10 Years By: Yasir Habib Khan on July 4, 2023This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. So far, China has signed more than 200 cooperation documents on the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” with 152 countries and 32 international organizations. Over the past ten years, central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have actively integrated into the overall situation of […]
The Marauding Elite By: M Alam Brohi on July 4, 2023Notwithstanding the complexion of the pre-partition All India Muslim League dominated by dynastic elite–knighted landlords, feudal chiefs, sardars, nawabs, sajadahnashins–led singlehandedly by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and whatever the rationale behind the creation of Pakistan, the common people of this part of India and East Bengal played the central role in forcing the All India Congress […]
Punjab cabinet approves new GOR for homeless employees By: APP on July 4, 2023The 19th cabinet meeting, chaired by caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi at his office on Monday, approved construction of a new government officers’ residence (GOR) for homeless provincial government employees, as the CM ordered timely steps for development of a new residential colony. The meeting lauded the exceptional cleanliness arrangements made during the Eidul […]
Sindh IGP for action against culprits involved in disposing of bodies of newborns By: APP on July 4, 2023Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon on Monday directed the officers concerned to take legal action against culprits involved in secretly disposing-off the bodies of newborns at the garbage sites or unattended routes and other places. He issued these directions in a letter to the Additional IGP – Karachi, Deputy IGPs of […]
RWMC cleanliness drive continues after Eid in Murree By: APP on July 4, 2023Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) on Monday said that the cleanliness drive was in full swing in Murree while heavy machinery and excavators were being used to remove rubbish from the roads. Talking to media persons, he said that the Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) was making all-out efforts to […]
Food centers on Yarik-Hakla motorway soon: minister By: APP on July 4, 2023Federal Minister of Communications Mufti Asad Mehmood on Monday said that service areas housing accommodation and food centers would be opened on Yarik-Hakla Motorways, soon, to facilitate motorists. He said accommodation and food centers would be established in the limits of Dera Ismail Khan, Mianwali and Rawalpindi. He said that such a center had already […]