By Muhammad Faisal Kaleem

ISLAMABAD: The first distance education university in South Asia, the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is a computerised institution but unfortunately, with many flaws in the basic academical procedures, the university still issues roll number slips to its students filled with information of different examination centres for each paper. According to the AIOU students and […]

ISLAMABAD: According to informaion received by Daily Times, from reliable sources, the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) administration has decided to withdraw the decision of giving land to the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). The decision was made as a strong resistance came in a referendum conducted by the varsity’s Academic Staff Association (ASA) on Tuesday. […]

ISLAMABAD: Finally the administration of the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) has woken up and filled the slot of Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, which was lying vacant since June 9. According to available notification, Professor Dr.Amin Badshah has been notified as acting Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences with effect from July 12 of the current year. […]

RAWALPINDI: The ownership of a sealed temple in Gawalmandi has become the subject of a dispute between the Hindu community and the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), following alleged attempts to convert the place of worship into a commercial plaza. The Swami Narayan Temple, located in Gawalmandi’s main square, is a single-storey building spread over […]

  ISLAMABAD: A professor has appeared as an “iron lady” by holding seven positions at the same time in the country’s top ranked Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU). Reliable sources at the varsity told Daily Times that QAU’s Vice Chancellor Dr.Javed Ashraf fled to the USA last week for the celebration of the Eid festival with his […]

ISLAMABAD: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has allegedly failed to award degrees/certificates to 75,000 students despite completion of their respective courses. Reliable university sources told Daily Times that 75,000 students were waiting for their degrees since years after they completed their educational programmes. The said that the university’s examination wing and degree verification section […]

ISLAMABAD: There has been no compliance with the laws as several administrative slots in the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) have been filled by the faculty. Routine work in the directorate has also suffered due to this nonprofessional attitude. According to an available list provided by reliable sources in the FDE, above 30 officials serving […]

ISLAMABAD: Unnecessary and biased transfers of the faculty in the educational institutions across the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) has badly impacted on the teachers’ performance which has led to the suffering of enrolled students. The Daily Times, through an investigation, has learnt that despite the sanctioned teaching staff many schools and colleges of the Federal […]

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) devises some certain sort of rules for its recognized universities but the compliance in Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) seems otherwise, Daily Times learnt reliably. According to HEC Ordinance 2002, to formulate policies, guiding principles for higher education institutions, and cause evaluation of the performance of these institutions, were among the […]

  ISLAMABAD: Despite some deadly attacks on educational institutions in the country, several educational institutions in the federal capital still lack appropriate security arrangements unlike their claims to “improve” the security measures”. Daily Times has learnt from an available document issued by FDE in the wake of Army Public School attack which took 141 people […]