BEIJING: The China-Pakistan Joint Research Center for Nutrition and Health unveiled in Beijing, China and Karachi respectively on the sideline of the 2021 Sino-Pakistan Conference on Research and Application of Food and Medicinal Resources both online and offline. The center is launched jointly by the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) of the Chinese […]
Education
BB’s Legacy, or Lack Thereof
It says so much about so many things that 14 years after the assassination of former two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto, there’s not much more known about who killed her and why than on the day of the incident itself. That PPP was in government in the five years immediately following the murder, and still, […]
HEC offers scholarships for Pakistani students in collaboration with China, Hungary
China and Hungary have announced scholarships for Pakistani students for the 2022-23 in-take collaborating with Higher Education Commission (HEC). Students can apply before January 3, 2022, for the Chinese government scholarships. Meanwhile, those who wish to apply for the Hungarian scholarship can get themselves registered before January 17, 2022. Chinese Government Scholarship Program sponsors international […]
Sources Said What?
Former President Asif Zardari has opened yet another can of words by revealing that somebody recently sought his help with a “formula,” suggesting that it had something to do with setting up a new, or different, government. Subsequent events haven’t helped clarify matters even if some of them were meant to do just that, since […]
Winter vacations in educational institutes to be started from 3 January, says NCOC
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has taken the final decision for winter vacations in educational institutions. The vacations will commence from January 3, 2022 (except in areas affected by extreme weather conditions or fog). The decision was taken at the NCOC meeting chaired by Asad Umar on Friday. Federal Minister Education Mr Shafqat […]
I6th convocation at LCWU
Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) organized its 16th convocation ceremony for the students who have completed their degrees in 2019 and 2020. The 3-day long convocation has been dated from 14 December to 16 December at the Iqra Auditorium of the university. President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi, Chancellor of LCWU and Governor Punjab […]
LHC seek explanation over changing school’s winter vacations
On Thursday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) sought an explanation from the government over changing the school’s winter vacations schedule from December 20 to January. A single bench of the LHC, comprised of Justice Shahid Karim, heard a case on smog in Lahore. “Smog has been hazardous for health, why the schools are not being […]
Govt facilitates research to provide solutions to indigenous problems: Shibli Faraz
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13 (APP):Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Senator Shibli Faraz on Monday said that the government was facilitating the academia as well as research and development (R&D) organizations to focus on providing solutions to the indigenous problems. The minister was speaking as the chief guest at opening ceremony of the two-day 18th International […]
Government plans to construct Pakistan’s first E-commerce university: SAPM
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on E-Commerce, Senator Aon Abbas Buppi on Thursday said the government would soon lay the foundation of Pakistan’s first E-commerce university. “We would soon be setting up the first e-commerce university, which would enhance the capabilities of e-commerce trader’s not only in Pakistan but also in the emerging E-commerce […]
Around 77,210 applications submitted under EUSP so far; 23,740 in process
ISLAMABAD: As many as 77,210 applications have been submitted and 23,740 application cases are in process of submission since the reopening of the Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme (EUSP) web portal in the first week of September 2021. According to an official source, the last date to submit scholarship applications for the year 2021 has been […]