The Punjab government has directed leading private schools to provide transportation for 50% of their students by October 1, 2024, or face action under the Punjab Private Educational Institutions Act. This directive follows the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) order aimed at improving student safety, reducing traffic congestion, and addressing environmental concerns. A meeting, chaired by […]
Why appointments of VCs in Punjab are always political and full of controversies?
Lahore: The appointment of Vice-Chancellors (VCs) for Punjab’s public sector universities has once again become a hotbed of political controversy. These appointments, which should ideally focus on merit and academic credentials, often become a battleground for political power plays, reflecting the deep-rooted influence politics holds in the higher education sector of Punjab. The standard […]
The evolution of television in Pakistan
The Institute for Art and Culture (IAC) launched a lecture series on the history of television as visual broadcast media in Pakistan. Veteran actors, news presenters, anchors, program hosts and engineers who laid the foundation of the first television network in South Asia will share their memories and expertise with students of film and television […]
Ajoka Theatre pays tribute to Saadat Hasan Manto
Ajoka Theatre presented a befitting tribute to legend of Urdu short stories Saadat Hasan Manto with the performance of the classic Toba Tek Singh based on a famous short story written by him at Alhamra Arts Council on Tuesday. This was the inaugural performance of Day 2 of the Manto Drama Festival arranged by Lahore […]
LUMS organises conference on CPEC
China Pakistan Management Initiative (CPMI) at Suleman Dawood School of Business of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) organised a conference on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – Managing the Change on Monday. The aim of the conference was to bring together ideas and opinions from academics, policymakers and practitioners informing industry practices and policy […]
When scholars, analysts, policymakers, writers and journalists got together under one roof
The Afkara-e-Taza ThinkFest 2019 brought together distinguished academics, writers, poets, artists, analysts and performers from all over the world. The Alhamra Arts Council was converted into an interactive space for panel discussions. After the success of the 2nd Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest in Lahore in January 2018 and the first ThinkFest in Karachi in December 2018, the […]
Govt committed to create national curriculum to remove disparities: Shafqat Mahmood
The third Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest organised by Information Technology University (ITU) kicked off on Saturday. Education & National Heritage Minister Shafqat Mahmood was the chief guest at the opening session. Addressing the first session, Shafqat Mehmood said that the government was trying to mobilise graduates across the country to improve literacy ratio from 58 percent to […]
Pakistani children in schools using educational supplies by int’l remittances
A recent research from the digital money transfer service World Remit revealed that hundreds of thousands of Pakistani children in schools have access to books and educational supplies due to international remittances. Pakistan is one of the top 10 remittance recipients worldwide and received $21 billion in remittances in 2018. These findings were calculated using […]
Sad to see we are playing football with refugees: Farhatullah Babar
Speakers at a seminar on Afghan refugees in Lahore on Friday called for enacting a Refugees Law including the internally displaced persons keeping in view all factors. This was the consensus at a seminar on refugees in Pakistan organised by non-governmental organization Society for Human Rights & Prisoners Aid (SHARP) at a local hotel. Addressing […]
Christmas to be celebrated with religious zeal today
Christmas will be celebrated today (Tuesday) with all religious zeal in the provincial capital. The Christian community living in the city had already completed all arrangements for celebrating the day. The Christian localities in Lahore including Youhanabad, Nishtar Colony and Gujjarpura were already decorated with lights, trees, bells and buntings. The day will start with […]