Middle-level classes at schools set to resume from today on September 23, 2020In the wake of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) decision, the government on Tuesday decided to allow middle-level classes in the second phase of restoration of educational activities from today. According to a statement issued by the NCOC, Planning Minister Asad Umar, Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood, Interior Minister Brig (r) Ijaz Ahmad Shah, and […]
Educational institutions to reopen from September 15 on September 8, 2020As Covid-19 cases are on a continuous decline in the country, the government on Monday announced reopening of educational institutions across the country in phases starting September 15. The announcement was made at a press conference by Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr Faisal Sultan. The education minister […]
Radio Pakistan asked to vacate office building in Faisalabad on September 5, 2020The Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHTPA) has ordered the Radio Pakistan management to evacuate its building in Faisalabad or face demolition. According to the documents available with Daily Times, PHTPA deputy director has informed the manager of Radio Pakistan Faisalabad that the lease of the building has expired and that it should be […]
Corruption-tainted academician appointed Kohsar University VC on September 2, 2020Amid claims of merit and transparency, the Punjab government has appointed a person who is allegedly involved in mega corruption scandals, irregularities, appointments on favoritism and women harassment as acting vice chancellor of newly established Kohsar University Murree. According to a notification issued by Punjab Higher Education Department on August 31 on directions of Governor […]
Senate body tasks FIA with probing corruption charges against CDA Hospital on August 19, 2020The sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior, while taking up the long-pending issue of the Capital Development Hospital (CDA) Hospital’s alleged corruption in hiring process, dysfunctional cardiac center and ventilators during the past 10 years, on Tuesday decided to refer to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for further digging. Senator Javid Abbasi told […]
Employees sacked by AIOU hold protest against ‘discrimination’ on August 13, 2020After two-day protest outside the university, the dismissed daily-wage and contractual employees of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on Wednesday staged a protest outside the National Press Club (NPC) against the discrimination, demanded that the government reinstate them forthwith. Recently, the AIOU administration had terminated services of around 500 daily-wage employees and labourers. Besides this, […]
Over 20m children benefited from UK aid programme on July 29, 2020Over 10 million children including 4.7 million girls in primary school have got financial assistance from 2011 onwards under the UK support Pakistan program for educational reforms, said a Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2020 launched on Tuesday. The report, which was combined by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) in collaboration with some other organizations, assessed the education […]
IIUI promotes 16 non-teaching officials in violation of criteria on July 27, 2020Illegal appointments and promotions of teaching cadres are not the only matter of concern in the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), many irregularities are committed by varsity administration while promoting non-teaching officials as well, Daily Times has learnt reliably. According to a document available with Daily Times, the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of the university […]
Govt urges IHC to appoint Kulbhushan’s legal counsel on July 23, 2020The federal government on Wednesday approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for appointment of a legal representative for Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. The federation, through the defence secretary and the Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch of the General Headquarters (GHQ), has been made a party in the petition filed by the Ministry of Law and […]
FBISE announces SSC-II exam result; 91.26% stand successful on July 21, 2020Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) on Monday announced Secondary School Certificate (SSC-II) examinations, with eleven candidates securing third position in science group with same marks. The first position in science group of FBISE matriculation exams was shared by two female students Khunsha Nisha of Islamabad Model College for Girls F-6/2 and Menahil […]