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ThePrint
April 29, 2018
First female Vice-Chancellor of Punjab University. The prestigious Punjab University in Lahore got its first female Vice-Chancellor (V-C) after 136 years, the Pakistan Daily reported. Nasira Jabeen's appointment was made by the search committee, on the directives of the Punjab Higher EducationÃâà...
Mother Nature Network (blog)
April 29, 2018
A huge milestone has been achieved in granting transgender their rights in the country through Pakistan's first ever transgender school.Named The Gender Guardian, the school offers a full 12 years of academic education from primary level to matriculation & leading up to college. pic.twitter.com/Ãâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 29, 2018
CHICAGO: Pakistan's relations with the United States "are very crucial", the country's envoy said Saturday during an address here at a university, Geo ... In this regard, Chaudhry, while speaking at the International House at the University of Chicago, further said the US and Pakistan need to partner withÃâà...
The Nation
April 28, 2018
Through the campaign over 2000 students from eleven universities in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Quetta were encouraged to work towards ... The objective of the youth campaign was to involve youth from higher education institutions in Pakistan with the SDGs through orientation and awareness.
The Nation
April 26, 2018
The chief minister said that the universities of both China and Pakistan had signed agreements for skill development for CPEC projects. ... Technical Education, Professor Dr Sarosh Lodhi, vice chancellor, NED University, Sun Ping'an, Chancellor of Guizhou Aerospace Vocational and Technical College etc.
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
April 22, 2018
A Catholic church on the premises of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad “will leave a message of love and harmony” throughout Pakistan, according to ... “I feel such an initiative should be followed by other major educational Universities as it would promote interfaith harmony while also addressing anyÃâà...
The Nation
April 21, 2018
The Times Higher Education (THE) has been along in years and is a reliable data provider for ranking universities across continents. THE is further considered to be a ... What makes a university global is indeed intricate to appreciate without understanding the national contexts. Most of the developingÃâà...
gulfnews.com
April 18, 2018
Dubai: Deserving and talented Pakistani students will be offered scholarships worth Dh1 million by the Skyline University College in Sharjah. Pakistan Association in Dubai (PAD) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the university to facilitate the students who will be able to apply forÃâà...
The Nation
April 9, 2018
During stops to Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad, the representatives participated in college fairs, visited schools and universities, and met with students andtheir parents to share ... With more than 4,700 institutions of higher education, the United States has options that fit every career goal and pocketbook.
The Verge
April 4, 2018
But according to a report from Times Higher Education, KAIST's president Sung-Chul Shin said he was “saddened” by the threatened boycott, and denies that the university is building autonomous weapon systems at all. “As an academic institution, we value human rights and ethical standards to a very highÃâà...
UrduPoint News
April 4, 2018
A 60-member delegation comprising eight faculty members and 52 course participants of 108th National Management Course, National Management College, Lahore called on Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar here at the Supreme Court building on Wednesday as part of their inland study tour.
DunyaNews Pakistan (blog)
April 4, 2018
Referring to a recently published report by the “US News” Tsinghua University of China has overcome Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Computer Since major, and has ranked number one worldwide. According to QS ranking system (accepted by HEC in Pakistan), six Chinese universities areÃâà...
Dental News Pakistan
April 4, 2018
LAHORE: After the intervention of Supreme Court, the management of the Red Crescent Medical and Dental College has returned around Rs300 million it had received in the form of 'donations' from over 260 students. The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar along with other judges made a surpriseÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 4, 2018
An Asian Development Bank study in 2016 reported that four out of ten Pakistani women say they cannot work because a male family member will not allow them to do so. These gender norms even affect women who earn university degrees, as only 25 percent of women college graduates in Pakistan workÃâà...
Daily Times
April 4, 2018
When Dr Abdus Salam returned to Pakistan in 1980 after winning the Nobel Prize in Physics for his valuable contributions towards the electroweak unification theory, he was invited to a ceremony in Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad's Department of Physics to honour him for his excellence in the subject.
Geo News, Pakistan
April 4, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar ordered on Wednesday the closure of Hashmat Medical and Dental College in Jalalpur Jattan, Gujrat. The Supreme Court also ordered the Federal Investigation Agency to register an FIR against the college administration. The chief justiceÃâà...
The New Yorker
April 2, 2018
Students at Obaid-Chinoy's high school often went to college abroad, but her father insisted that she stay in Pakistan. She ended up at Greenwich University, in Karachi. “Boy, did I make the lives of my teachers hell,” she said. “I was always challenging them. I just wanted out.” Two years later, she applied toÃâà...
gulfnews.com
March 24, 2018
At this, the chief justice observed that he would also order all private medical colleges, except for Aga Khan Medical College, to refund the additional fee. He directed the ... Dr Asim Hussain requested the bench to exempt the University of Health Sciences (UHS) and the PMDC from refunding the excess fee.
The Quint
March 23, 2018
However, Bhagat Singh thrives in the folklore of Pakistan and people of the older generations (like my grandfather) still seek to commemorate him for his ... Singh moved to Lahore to study in the National College set up in the famous Bradlaugh Hall on Rattigan Road behind the Central Model School.
The Express Tribune
March 23, 2018
KARACHI: According to global institution International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, Pakistan ranks third among the countries facing water shortage. ... These views were expressed by the organisers of awareness seminar on International Water Day held at the federal Urdu university, department of geology.
Economic Times
March 23, 2018
The event was well attended, including by members of the Henry Jackson Society, postgraduate students from King's College London, University College of London and the University of Westminster, members of the print and TV media, representatives from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), theÃâà...
TechJuice
March 23, 2018
Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan is reimbursing fees of students under the Prime Minister Youth Development program for selected ... domicile for the specified areas under the scheme and are enrolled on merit in a Masters, MPhil or Ph.D. program in an HEC verified public sector university.
DAWN.com
March 22, 2018
ISLAMABAD: After opposition from the Higher Education Commission (HEC), a parliamentary body on Wednesday rejected a bill seeking a quota for religious minorities in university admissions. Presided over by MNA retired Col Dr Amirullah Marwat, the National Assembly Standing Committee on FederalÃâà...
gulfnews.com
March 22, 2018
“I had very high aspirations to go to a good university. If I didn't get a scholarship, I would have gone to a normal one or moved back to Pakistan, most probably. I was looking at the best universities but I couldn't have afforded them,” Ansari said. “I basically had to tell my school the whole situation, what wasÃâà...
The Academia Mag
March 22, 2018
Dr Mukhtar said HEC initially focused on ensuring equitable access to quality higher education as well as relevance of research to indigenous needs. He said the number of universities in Pakistan in 2002 was 59, which had now soared to 188 public and private sector universities combined. The chairmanÃâà...
gulfnews.com
March 13, 2018
NUST is the only Pakistani university which ranks among 500 universities in the world at number 437. It offers 124 programmes to more than 16,000 students in various study fields for graduation, post-graduation and the PhD. Around 50,000 students appear for admission tests every year to compete forÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 11, 2018
Pakistan's so-called university of jihad is led by a man who proclaims himself "the father of the Taliban,” and counts some of the world's most notorious terrorists among its alumni. It also receives millions of dollars in aid from the government of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province along theÃâà...
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
But the vice chancellor of Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), Prof Uzma Qureshi, was suspended by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib ... Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafiq, health secretary Najam Shah and higher education secretary Nabeel Awan were present in the court.
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
"Further admissions in any of the distance education programmes being offered by universities are stopped immediately till finalisation of recommendation[s] by the committee," read a missive sent to the varsities by HEC Quality Assurance Division Consultant Muhammad Ismail. After conducting physicalÃâà...
