92,000 students get scholarship under PM’s Ehsaas Programme: Farrukh By: APP on February 24, 2022ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Thursday said the government had so far granted around 92,000 scholarships on merit to male and female students from all public sector universities under the Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme, a key component of Prime Minister’s Ehsaas Programme. The minister, on his Twitter handle, said by […]
PMC to address issues of Balochistan’s medical students By: APP on February 17, 2022ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical Commission Council on Thursday decided to make the final policy for the regularization of students already enrolled in three newly recognized medical colleges of Balochistan. According to PMC, the council and Chief Secretary Balochistan discussed the matter of regularization of students inducted in the three public medical colleges of Balochistan prior to […]
PM launches portal to address scholarships complaints, ensure meritocracy By: APP on February 17, 2022ISLAMABAD: On Thursday, Prime Minister Imran Khan launched a portal exclusively to register the complaints related to the educational scholarships, which he believed, would ensure meritocracy, transparency and uplift the students with more hunger and drive. Linked with the Prime Minister Citizen Portal, the facility would help the scholarship holders to register their complaints regarding […]
Shafqat takes briefing about performance, targets of education ministry By: APP on February 14, 2022ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood reviewed the performance and targets achieved by each organization under performance agreement signed last year on September 22. While chairing a weekly review meeting of the ministry and attached organizations on Monday he said, the ministry was graded to 91.2 percent on […]
Make breast cancer topics part of higher education syllabus: Samina Alvi By: APP on February 3, 2022LAHORE: First Lady Mrs Samina Arif Alvi has said that there is a great need to make breast cancer topics part of syllabus of higher education to contain the deadly disease among women. Addressing an awareness seminar at Shakir Ali Auditorium of the National College of Arts (NCA) here on Thursday, she said young women […]
Women University Swabi start online educational activities By: APP on January 21, 2022PESHAWAR: Women University Swabi has decided to launch online educational activities after corona cases were reported on the campus. According to a statement issued here on Friday, the university’s administration has directed officials concerned to prepare themselves for transition to online classes and other online educational activities as quickly as possible to save precious time […]
Illegal Monal By: Daily Times on January 12, 2022Here we go round and round the mulberry bush! Chief Justice Athar Minallah does not believe in going slow. Just a day after the Islamabad High Court had declared the naval club built on the federal capital illegal, his gavel historically pounded against the ever-so-popular Monal Restaurant. By calling into question the perks being enjoyed […]
HEC declares 147 universities, colleges illegal across country By: Web Desk on January 11, 2022On Tuesday, Higher Education Commission (HEC) has declared 147 unregistered universities and degree awarding institutes illegal across the country, including 97 institutes in Punjab, reported Daily Times. The education authority has warned that getting admission to these institutes would be illegal. Meanwhile, 10 degree-awarding institutes in Lahore have been declared invalid. These included: Institute of […]
Educational institutions in Punjab reopen after winter holidays By: Web Desk on January 7, 2022LAHORE: On Friday (today), all government and private schools in Punjab have reopened after the winter holidays. However, the winter vacations were started in educational institutions of Punjab from December 23 till January 6. Meanwhile, due to rain and an increase in cold, the attendance of the students at the schools is low. On Thursday, […]
China-Pakistan joint research center for nutrition and health unveiled By: APP on December 29, 2021BEIJING: 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 […]