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The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has constituted a fact finding committee to probe into the allegations of irregularities in the Foreign Faculty Hiring Programme (FFHP) at GCU Lahore’s Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences. According to the HEC, the Committee will also review the operation of FFHP at other universities. The sources in the HEC […]

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a workshop here on Tuesday stressed the need to take effective steps for reconstruction of the society on positive lines and addressing the socio-economic challenges being faced by the country at present. The two-day training of trainers (ToT) workshop organised under the ‘Hum Pakistani’ initiative was held at the Allama Iqbal Open […]

Work on fencing of Malpur Forest land has resumed after a break of a week. The project for fencing of Malpur Forest land was started by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to protect it from encroachments and adverse possessions. Due to blockage in traffic movements, work on the project remain halted for one week, however, […]

Speakers at a conference here emphasised the need to promote the culture of pluralism, tolerance and accommodation for building a harmonious society in the country. The international Paighame-e-Pakistan Interfaith Conference titled ‘Global Peace through Dialogue’ was organised by the University of Lahore in collaboration with the Kul Masalk Ulema Board. The Christian, Sikh and Hindu […]

An 18-member delegation comprising members of parliament from ASEAN region led by Dato Azmi Abdul Hamid, President of Majlis Perundingan Islam Malaysia (MAPIM), left Friday after a successful visit. The purpose of visit by members of the parliaments of Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Singapore was to get insight of the Kashmir […]