Women’s rights activists stress on providing women with comfortable working environment on December 22, 2018National Working Women’s Day was celebrated on Friday to pay tribute and acknowledge the services of working women in the country. Celebrations of Working Women’s Day was organised by Sangat Development Foundation (SDF) in collaboration with Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry (WCCI), Working Women Alliance (WWA) and Working Women Unity (WWU) at WCCI. Besides […]
Madeeha’s spirit will fly high with the colourful kites on Basant: Shahid Nadeem on December 20, 2018LAHORE: Ajoka Theatre welcomed the Punjab government’s decision to life ban on Basant. Ajoka Theatre Executive Director Shahid Nadeem and the writer of acclaimed play “Here Comes Basant Again” said, “Pakistan’s most popular festival was banned 10 years ago for baseless reasons, blaming kite flying instead of cracking down on the chemical string makers and […]
UMT confers degrees upon nearly 1,500 students on convocation ceremony on December 19, 2018The annual convocation of the University of Management & Technology (UMT) conferred degrees upon 1,327 on Tuesday. Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar presided over the convocation ceremony. A total of 1327, 820 male and 507 female students graduated at convocation. Some 721 students of Bachelors, 177 of Masters, 423 of MS and M.Phil and six […]
Jalaluddin Rumi remembered on 745th death anniversary on December 18, 2018Legendary Persian poet and jurist Jalaluddin Rumi was remembered by Lahore College for Women University (LCMU) Persian Department on his 745th death anniversary on Monday. Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan was the chief guest whereas LCMU Vice Chancellor Dr Farkhanda Manzoor, Iranian Consular General Reza Naziri, faculty members and large number of students attended […]
Posts of PITB chairman, ITU VC lie vacant on December 13, 2018Punjab government has failed to appoint Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) chairman and vice chancellor of Information Technology University (ITU) up until now. Since the removal of founding VC of ITU and chairman of PITB Dr Umar Saif, these seats were vacant and government was unable to appoint any one on these vacant posts. Sources […]
Educationists, scholars from UK visit LUMS, express desire to collaborate on December 5, 2018A delegation of educational professionals from across the United Kingdom (UK) visited the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on Tuesday. The delegation included the leadership and other educational professionals from the University of Surrey, Oxford Brookes University, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Open University, Royal Holloway, University of Reading, Cranfield University, University of Portsmouth, University of […]
Sharjah Art Foundation’s director to curate second edition of Lahore Biennale on December 1, 2018LAHORE: The Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) announced the appointment of Sharjah Art Foundation President & Director Hoor Al Qasimi as curator for the second edition of the Lahore Biennale. The Lahore Biennale will be held in early 2020. It will present new commissions, large-scale installations and discursive programming that will take place at various venues. […]
Ajoka Evening kicks off with presentation of ‘Talismati Tota’ by Savera Nadeem on November 27, 2018Ajoka Theatre organised its inaugural Ajoka Evening with the dramatic reading of Ajoka Theatre Co-Founder Shahid Nadeem’s fictional play “Talismati Tota” by the eminent actress Savera Nadeem accompanied by a group of Ajoka actors on Monday. The event was organised at the same historic venue where Ajoka formally started its journey 35 years ago with […]
PTI to give Shehbaz’s blue-eyed another shot as HEC chairman on November 23, 2018LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) led Punjab government is considering appoint former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif’s blue eyed Dr Muhammad Nizamuddin as Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) chairperson. According to sources, Dr Muhammad Nizamuddin who was one of his favourite educationists, and with whom he has close ties with, comes from a very strong political […]
PTI govt to change VC appointment criteria in Punjab on November 7, 2018LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led Punjab government has decided to change the criteria of appointment of vice chancellors (VCs) in public sector universities of Punjab. The government intends to replicate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) model of appointing vice chancellors, as per reports. Sources in the Higher Education Department claimed that the PTI government has constituted an […]