Friday, 31 July 2015

Government, Private schools fight over extension of summer vacations

KARACHI: The Government of Sindh, Education & Literacy Department has notified with the approval of the competent authority that the summer ...

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Education secretary's strange logic

Saturday, August 01, 2015 - BY EXTENDING the Karachi school holidays to August 11, the Sindh education Department has hurt interest of children, ...

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Balochistan development: Economic corridor will ensure jobs, says Ji Ping

... especially in health and education, adding, “We promised that we will provide quality education and health facilities for the people of Balochistan.”.

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TMUC, TiE ink MoU to promote entrepreneurship

By bringing a range of international qualifications home, TMUC aspires to be recognized as the leading institution of borderless education, committed ...

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HEC ED post falls prey to ad hocism

ISLAMABAD - The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has given the charge of the post of executive director to its member human resource ...

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Education termed only way to prosperity

He said that the government had been spending billions of rupees since 2010 on provision of missing facilities in schools to improve education ...

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'Youth affected due to problems in education sector'

KARACHI: Without addressing the problems faced by education sector in Pakistan, it will remain difficult to reap dividends from the country's growing ...

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AIOU vows to educate Central Jail inmates

ISLAMABAD: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on Friday said the Central Jail Rawalpindi inmates would be educated through a special ...

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TEVTA will train 25000 prisoners in Punjab

LAHORE: The Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) will train 25,000 inmates in prisons across Punjab. The prisoners will ...

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Education Department, private schools at loggerheads over vacations extension

KARACHI: The Sindh Education Department and private schools managing bodies are in front of each other on matter of extending summer vacations.

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FJWU event stresses promoting women's role in S&T development

The participants were educated about the academic programmes and accomplishments of FJWU by showing an impressive documentary. A young ...

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Insurance companies and their promises

The main objective of the salespersons of insurance companies is only their assigned targets; they convince people who are not so educated by ...

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Inmate education: AIOU to expand efforts in Pindi central jail

Siddiqui said he believed education was essential for inmates to have a productive and respectable life after completing their imprisonment. He said ...

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Higher education: PU Faculty of Life Sciences gets new dean

Former Punjab University registrar Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan has been appointed the dean for Faculty of Life Sciences, a notification issued by the ...

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On the war path: Private schools to defy order on extended vacations

Education secretary Fazlullah Pechuho has warned the private schools associations to reopen schools from August 11 as per the notification issued ...

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Private schools reject govt decision to extend vacations

Shah said in view of notification issued by the Sindh government, he had already met with Secretary Education Sindh Fazullah Pechooho and ...

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Putting his cards on the dining table

He knew he had no choice but to find a job to finance his education. He started working at his aunt's restaurant in Lahore. “I spent my initial days ...

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Hillary Clinton rips rival Bush on his home turf

The two most high-profile 2016 candidates addressed the delicate issues of structural poverty, race in America, and income and education inequality.

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Ghost schools re-open by community participation in Mirpur Sakro

The local NGO Alif Ailaan education campaign along with partners' organization, Sindh Radiant Organization (SRO) and National Rural Support ...

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Private school associations reject extension of summer vacations in Sindh

The association's management team had met the secretary education earlier on Friday and asked him to take back the notification. However, the ...

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Private school associations reject summer vacation extension in Sindh

Speaking to Geo News later, Sindh Secretary Education Pechuho said the government and his ministry will assure implementation of directives issued ...

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Iran's working mums face sack after maternity leave

An austerity budget passed in March after a precipitous drop in global oil prices has left key Tehran ministries, including education and oil, struggling ...

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The three who topped in the science group. Photos by Fahim Siddiqi / White Star

KARACHI: Nine girls bagged all the top positions in science, general and special groups as the results of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi ...

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Swat is most beautiful place in the world: Malala Yousafzai

LONDON – Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai claimed that Swat is most beautiful ...

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Report says over 35000 madrassas operating in Pakistan

Titled 'The Madrasa Conundrum — The state of religious education in Pakistan', the report is authored by Umair Khalil, lead researcher of the ...

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Urban Unit launches vocational training program at Al Jazari Academy

Each course is accredited by the Punjab Board of Technical Education and registered with the Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority ...

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Thursday, 30 July 2015

Education dilemma in Pakistan

Friday, July 31, 2015 - Issues are prevailing in every society and in every culture. The tragedy of Pakistan is, its education having no solution since ...

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Govt taking revolutionary steps to empower youth: CM

He said that programmes launched in education, health and skill development sectors with the cooperation of Britain are running successfully. He said ...

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INGOs electronic enrolment given to interior ministry

... of Islamic Development Bank, CAG Ogretim Isletmeler A.S. Education Development Center Inc. Global Partner, Global Relief Foundation Inc. Goal, ...

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Assets to be distributed before LG polls

... health, education, community development, information technology, finance and planning, together with revenue previously held by the provinces, ...

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Corporate Corner

Chamalang Beneficiary Education Programme (CBEP) is one of the largest social sector development programmes in Balochistan, being supervised ...

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Admin accused of nepotism, defiance of orders

To a question, he said that deduction of house rent of female computer teacher of education department is going on. However he assured that ...

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Man killed for honour

HRCP office bearers shared details with media about violation of rights of women, laborers and situation in health, education sector during the last ...

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Nankana schools showed 78.26pc result in SCC exam

The EDO Education said that total candidates appeared in SSC exam 2015 from public schools of the district were 6,609, out of which 5,172 declared ...

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Punjab govt, UK to enhance more ties

He appreciated the programmes launched in education, health and skill development sectors with the cooperation of Britain. He said that Punjab ...

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Education express: Express Education & Career Expo 2015 concludes

More than 30 universities and colleges participated in the education expo. As many as 13 competitions were organised for the expo in which a large ...

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SECP directed not to register NGOs for indefinite period

Others are Education Development Center, Ins; Global Partner; Global Relief Foundation Inc; Goal; HTSPE Ltd.; International Relief and Development, ...

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Govt to change GB's fate in five years: PM

... provide all possible resources for the development of these areas with special focus on provision of basic facilities in education and health sectors.

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Disparity in education

Sir: Education is considered a powerful tool for development and the strongest instrument for reducing poverty as well as improving health, gender ...

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British MPs offer help to Punjab government in skill development

The two sides also talked about cooperation in the fields of education and health, particularly skill development, and agreed to further enhance ...

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Increasing poverty

Due to poverty, many poor parents are unable to send their children to school and meet their educational expenses. This has led to an increase in ...

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Horrid state of education in Sindh

Education is one of the essential mainstays of development and prosperity. It is a moral obligation of the state to ensure this fundamental right to all ...

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Girls clinch top positions in SSC-II exams

The results were announced by the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) on Thursday. Anosha Asghar secured first position with 789 marks, ...

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SECP directives

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has directed all public companies to place website link of SECP Investor education ...

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British parliamentarians meet Punjab chief minister

Programmes launched in education, health and skill development sectors with the co-operation of Britain are running successfully. Punjab ...

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Crackdown: British Council among NGOs facing licence cancellation

Other INGOs receiving notices include Education Development Centre, Global Partner, Global Relief Foundation, Goal, HTSPE Ltd, International ...

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Summer vacations of schools and colleges extended by a week

According to the decision of the steering committee on education, all educational institutions were to have resumed classes on August 3, however, ...

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Undue pressure

There is an ongoing story on TV channels in which undue pressure was exerted over the principle of a prime educational institution in Lahore for ...

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Rights of patients: Workshop on health curricula at PU's ISCS

Prof Zakria said the ISCS was developing a medical education course that would address issues of health equity, human rights and gender-based ...

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Translating academic innovation into practical solutions

Pakistan is going through a very difficult period in its existence. Health care, education, agricultural productivity, water resources and civic services are ...

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Postings: Govt to appoint acting VCs at four universities

Requesting anonymity, an official of the Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) said that the decision to appoint acting VCs had been taken at a ...

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High achievers: Female candidates clinch all the top positions in matric exams

KARACHI: By announcing the results a day before the deadline, the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) ended the wait of 160,805 science ...

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SECP may cancel licenses of 23 INGOs including British Council

... member countries of Islamic Development Bank, Cag Ogretim Isletmeleri, Education Development Center, Global Partner, Global Relief Foundation, ...

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SBP to set up centers of excellence in Islamic finance at 3 institutions

The signing ceremony marks the beginning of the implementation phase of the FICF innovative Islamic finance education and research projects in ...

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Women educators baulk at training in other districts

Teachers' organisations have voiced strong protest against the step taken by Punjab Education Department for arranging training in other districts.

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Govt to set up university, sub-campus in every district

During question hour in the Lower House, the minister said that the government was taking numerous steps to promote higher education. He said the ...

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Sindh Education Deptt begins review of NEP 2009

KARACHI: The Curriculum wing of the Sindh Education & Literacy Department on Thursday initiated the review of National Education Policy 2009 in ...

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Posted by Imaduddin

During question hour in the House, the minister said the government is taking numerous steps to promote higher education as youth is real power ...

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Angelina Jolie Pitt visits Myanmar on a peace mission

Angelina arrived in Myanmar from Cambodia, where she was visiting health, education and conservation projects funded by the Maddox Jolie-Pitt ...

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No facility of invasive cardiac surgery at FGPC, minister tells NA

To another question, the minister said that Directorate General Special Education (DGSE) has established a resource centre for autistic children in the ...

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Schools in Thar

Sir: In a recent media statement, Naimatullah Khan, former City Nazim Karachi, deplored the state of education in Thar and expressed his willingness ...

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Pakistan, UK enjoy warm friendly ties

These ties exist in a wide range of cooperation including economic, culture and education. The presence of a large number of Pakistani diaspora in ...

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'US keen to expand ties in energy, education'

Dutch Ruppersberger identified education and energy as priorities of the US Congress in expanding economic cooperation with Pakistan. Both sides ...

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Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Summer holidays: Proposal for extension in school vacations

KARACHI: Education secretary Fazlullah Pechuho has sent a proposal to the office of Chief Secretary to extend the summer holidays of schools till ...

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Educating Pakistan: Thousands visit Express Education & Career Expo 2015

Talking to the media, Rajwana appreciated the effort of the Express Group and said such activities promote education. He said through such events, ...

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Technocrats to dominate district authorities

LAHORE - The Education and Health departments want to enhance the ratio of technocrats in the district authorities to be set up in each district after ...

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The most powerful weapon

Pakistan is among those developing countries that are struggling to provide basic necessities to their citizens, education being one of them. With half ...

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Faltering human capital

In a laymans explanation, countries are said to have more human capital if the people of a country are well educated, well nourished, skilled and ...

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'KP to construct disabled-friendly buildings'

... Department will construct a Tabdeeli Centre in Special Education Complex; Hayatabad for which she said 4 kanal lands has already been acquired.

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'KP government takes steps to transfer powers to grass-root level'

The Finance Minister appreciated the financial support extended by DFID for the reformation of Education, health and local government system in the ...

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Helping hands: People with various disabilities to be treated under one roof

She added the department will run 39 institutions in the centre, and impart education to 3,700 special children. She said the welfare department is ...

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No such thing as a free lunch: University of Peshawar raises fee by 10%

“A government university should enable a higher number of underprivileged students to attain higher education. The move will destroy the dreams of ...

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One student's extraordinary journey from FATA to UWC

No one in my family graduated, even from Matric and my mother isn't educated either. But I wanted to study. I started by going to a very basic school, ...

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Poor state: Polyclinic lacks facilities to carry out heart surgery

He said that the Directorate General of Special Education had established a resource centre for autistic children in the capital, adding that 24 autistic ...

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Fake appointments: Sindh govt to register FIRs against 'corrupt' education dept officials

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to register FIRs against the education and treasury officers involved in the appointment of 4,000 fake ...

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Poverty and unemployment have led Pakistani youth into the clutches of a dangerous habit

The government should invest in the education of people so that they can become educated and earn for their family. The government should also ...

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Nishan-e-Imtiaz awarded to Dr. Ishrat Husain, Dean & Director IBA

The IBA has received accreditations from the South Asia Quality Assurance Systems (SAQS) and National Business Education Accreditation Council ...

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Sindh extends summer vacations till August 11

KARACHI: Sindh Education Department on Wednesday extended summer vacations all over the province including Karachi, ARY News reported.

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NA passes “Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government Bill, 2015”

Minister of State for Education Muhammad Balighur Rehman said Higher Education Commission is implementing three programmes for hiring ...

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Services in the field of education: IBA director Dr Ishrat Husain to be awarded Nishan-e-Imtiaz

He adds that though he has previously been awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, it is the recognition for his services in education which adds greater meaning ...

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Punjab bans schools in houses

A key education expert associated with education department told Online that Punjab government has not only imposed ban on opening new schools ...

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Pakistani diaspora in UK acting as bridge: Sartaj Aziz

... he mentioned the wide ranging ties including cooperation in economy, culture and education. A statement from the Foreign Office said there was a ...

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Posted by Parvez Jabri

... role in fighting terrorism. They stressed the importance of enhancing bilateral trade and cooperation in various fields, especially education.

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NA passes ICT Local Govt Bill, 2015

On education, Minister of State for Education and Professional Training, Muhammad Balighur Rehman, informed the House that the Higher Education ...

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PIA to acquire three more ATR-72-500 Turboprop aircrafts

Minister of State for Education and Professional Training Muhammad Balighur Rehman informed the House that the Higher Education Commission is ...

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NA passes “ICT Local Govt Bill, 2015”

Minister of State for Education Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman said that the Higher Education Commission is implementing three programmes for ...

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Harshaali's mom clueless about Salman Khan funding her daughter's education

Salman has reportedly decided to fund the education of his film's co-star Harshaali Malhotra. PHOTO: PINKVILLA. Recently, rumour had it that ...

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The Kashmir contention

Educated Kashmiris returned from Delhi and Lahore and sought retribution from the Mahrajas and their colonial patrons. Their efforts resulted in the ...

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Mehmooda stresses for children's proper upbringing

She appreciated the social services of Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD), a welfare organisation for providing educational and ...

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Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Chinese language centre at UET

To make Higher Education; intellectual, cultural and economic exchange possible with China, UET inaugurated its Chinese Language Centre.

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Outgoing Spanish envoy calls on President

“Pakistan has investor-friendly policies and urged Spanish companies to invest in Pakistan in various sectors including energy, education, agriculture ...

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KP govt bans students, employees unions in public sector varsities

An official source told The Nation that the Higher Education Archives and Libraries issued a circular to all the public sector universities and asked them ...

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Conmen let loose in human trafficking field

They had mostly victimised their innocent students studying at their private educational academy they had established at Daska several years ago.

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Arshia bags top position in SSC exams

Islamabad - Maintaining its past outstanding performance in Board of Intermediated and Secondary Education Rawalpindi examinations, Grammar ...

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'Forced marriage a hindrance to girl education'

Islamabad - Forced marriages are a major obstacle in accessing girls' right to education in rural areas of Pakistan, said Sameena Nazir, Executive ...

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Education via corruption

During that same period the four provincial and federal governments spent Rs537.6 billion or 2.1 percent of GDP on education. But billions often lose ...

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Change in the air

Today it is about 200 times less, although some increases did occur during my tenure as chairman Higher Education Commission. We should also be ...

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Mobilink partners with PCP to provide ICT labs to schools

... project is being carried out by Mobilink under their 'Make Your Mark' (MYM) ICT Enhancement Programme to support the local education sector.

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UET establishes Chinese Language Centre

It aims to impart Chinese language skills to its engineering and social sciences students, who aspire to get higher education from China. “Being an ...

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Higher education in Scotland

The major threat to the quality of education comes from its unchecked commercialisation, be it at the national or international level. Scotland, which ...

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FBR decides to launch Withholding Tax Module of 'Iris'

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to launch Withholding Tax Module of "Iris" for which training and education of withholding agents ...

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Admission-seekers cautioned against unaccredited courses

The national watchdog for higher education, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), has cautioned students about the universities offering ...

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Water sustainability issue: USPCASW plans series of seminars/workshops

This has serious effects in terms of health, education, and productivity losses. Data on water quantities and qualities across scales in Pakistan is ...

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Fraudster who sold fake govt jobs arrested

CCC Deputy Director Kamran Ataullah told a media briefing at the FIA office in Saddar on Tuesday that the suspect had links in the education ...

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At risk: Pakistan's child rights efforts stunted

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is lagging in its commitment to educate its children and is simply “sugarcoating statistics” to appease the outside world.

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Unpaid, unmotivated: Teachers await salaries for past eight months

The problem is recognised by the education secretary, Fazlullah Pechuho, who has written a letter to the anti-corruption and enquiries wing. In a letter ...

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What's biggest problem of Pakistan? Vote now and BadalDou

These include energy crisis, rising population, illiteracy, low standard of education, unemployment, corruption, global warning and its impact on ...

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Outgoing Ambassador of Spain pays farewell call on President - Business Recorder

The President called for more people to people contacts and exchange of delegations in trade, education and culture to further strengthen bilateral ...

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Search - Radio Pakistan

He called for more people to people contacts and exchange of delegations in trade, education and culture in order to further strengthen bilateral ...

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Community Based Interventions- Protecting the Right to Learn @ Pakistan Herald

Pakistan has suffered from the worst attacks on education than any country in the world. With over 1000 schools destroyed in KPK province, 105 ...

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Official alleges massive corruption in BISE Kohat

PESHAWAR: An official of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Kohat, has alleged massive irregularities in the purchase of stationery and ...

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Education pressure forces two girls to end lives | AAJ News - Aaj TV

WEB DESK: Aisha, a girl student of Gojra, committed suicide as she could not obtain sufficient marks in the Matriculation Examination conducted on ...

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Ehtesab Commission files reference against Ziaullah

The NAB, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, alleged that as a minister for technical education, industries and mineral department in the previous provincial ...

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The visit is a learning experience for both, the APS students from Peshawar and for those they ...

“No schools, no education, no books except what the perpetrators of the Dec 16 massacre prescribe,” said a Pakistani guest while explaining to an ...

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Monday, 27 July 2015

Hameeda addresses prize distribution ceremony for outstanding students in metric examination

Secretary Crescent Education Trust Mian Altaf Saleem, Principal Nasreen Altaf, members of the steering committee, teachers, parents and students ...

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Saving local languages

Urdu immersion programmes have been in our educational policies since decades. It is used dominantly in our mass media; and the emergence of ...

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400 lax teachers shown the door

It may be added that contrary to the poor performance of the public-sector educational institutions in the examination, renowned private-sector Kashmir ...

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Position holder appears to be cart vendor

Talking to newsmen at Daska, he said that he always loved doing hard working, and added that he was fond of getting education but had not enough ...

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Long overdue: HEC in race against time to set house in order - The Express Tribune

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is yet to implement the decisions of its governing body. On May 27, the body had decided on the formation ...

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Start of term: Universities announce admission schedule - The Express Tribune

... and various other higher education institutions have announced the admission schedule to undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes.

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Admission Anxiety

Education needs to be more accessible to the youth. Old ways of multiple lists, long queues, last-minute attestation demands and photocopy requests ...

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Scientific alliance: Belarusian experts in Pak to advance partnerships

The Belarusian delegation includes experts in the fields of agricultural sciences, geoinformatic systems, education and unmanned aircraft vehicles.

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Efforts stressed for free, quality education

All Pakistan Workers Confederation in a press conference Monday demanded that all political parties should make efforts for free and quality ...

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Protecting the children: Implement security measures at schools, SHC tells chief secretary - The ...

Advocate Faisal Siddiqui, who moved the contempt application on behalf of a group of NGOs, recalled that the chief secretary, the education secretary ...

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Easy, fast and convenient - The Express Tribune

A student recently wrote to me asking about the ranking of my university, since according to her, her goal for higher education (in this case a PhD) is to ...

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Country needs 10,000 Phds in 10 years: Ahsan Iqbal - Business Recorder

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal Monday said Pakistan needed 10,000 PHDs at educational institutions in ...

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NA passes National University of Medical Sciences Bill 2015 unanimously - Business Recorder

The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the bill says that Army Medial Corps (AMC) is imparting quality medical education at different tiers across the ...

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Women's education in a shambles: Is Pakistan suffering from a case of “under-implementation' of ...

The condition of women's education in Pakistan is miserable. The country has failed to provide good quality, equitable and sufficient education to half ...

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Fruit vendor obtains second position in matric exams

The boards of intermediate and secondary education in Punjab announced the results this past week. Daska city's Ali Hamza told newsmen that he ...

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More than 61000 millionaires leave India due to security, tax

The factors of the outflow, according to the report, include turmoil in home country, security concerns and optimising education of children. Most of the ...

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Sunday, 26 July 2015

ICD approved as first local TOEFL test taker

LAHORE: Education Testing Service (ETS) of the United States has approved Pakistan's Institute of Career Development (ICD) as country's authorized ...

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Taboos on gender equality

Societal notions of the role of women being limited to the home makes women lose out on acquiring education, which severely confines their mobility ...

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AIOU provides fee concession to needy students

“We earmark over Rs 100 million in our budget annually for supporting the needy students, enabling them to carry on their education. This financial ...

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AIOU offers fee concession for poor students - The Nation

“We earmark over Rs100 million in our budget annually for supporting the needy students, enabling them to carry on their education. This financial ...

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Hanging in appointments - The Nation

The tenure of three vice chancellors - Dr Khaleequr Rahman of Government College University (GCU), Dr Faizul Hassan of University of Education ...

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Support for US ground offensive against IS increasing - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

In contrast, those with less education are divided, with nearly as many supporting (45pc) and 47pc opposing the deployment of US ground forces.

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Indian state sets schoolbag weight limit - Samaa TV

"As a rule of thumb the bags must be ten percent of the child's body weight," local education secretary Mr Nand Kumar wrote in the executive order.

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Basic facilities: Survey of kilns ordered - The Express Tribune

The ADC said action would be taken against kiln owners who had failed to provide education and health facilities to workers and their children. “I have ...

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Back to school: Second phase of enrolment drive to commence in fall - The Express Tribune

Talking to The Express Tribune, K-P Elementary and Secondary Education Director Rafiq Khattak said the first phase of the campaign was ...

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Metric results: Action to be taken against heads of schools doing poorly - The Express Tribune

He said last year, the Education Department had stopped annual increments of heads of those schools with less than 10 per cent pass percentage.

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Live green: Govt depts urged to promote plantation - The Express Tribune

The department has also asked the School Education and Higher Education Departments to issue instructions to educational institutions to plant trees ...

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Departments urged to allocate 1pc of every project for tree plantation - thenews.com.pk

... school education and Higher Education Departments, Lahore to issue instructions to plant maximum number of trees inside/outside their schools, ...

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Fruit-seller secures 2nd position, vows to continue 'profession' to support family, education

He said that he didn't have enough resources to acquire education in a good private educational institution, thus, he studied at government-run ...

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Pak-US student exchange programmes vital to promote understanding

This opportunity of students exchange programme being offered under the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) also plays an ...

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Dismal condition of schools across the country - when will the government take necessary steps for ...

Proper and quality education provides lifelong benefits to children. It just doesn't give knowledge to children but also makes them better persons.

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'Studying in US will change your life'

KARACHI: Education USA at the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) hosted a pre-departure orientation in Karachi for 40 ...

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Govt to spend 4% of GDP on education, health by 2018: Dar

Addressing the meeting of the University of Health Sciences (UHS) board of directors, he said the health and education were among top priorities of ...

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Girls outshine boys in SSC annual examination 2015 - Daily Times

Only and only education should be the main goal of the students before entering into professional life and joining other fields,” he added. He also ...

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Violation of rules - Daily Times

But the biggest issue is the fact that in the company, an engineer with more than 16 years of education is offered a salary of Rs 20,000, while a driver ...

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Double budgetary allocations for health, education: Dar - Pakistan Observer

The board was also apprised that the university had maintained its position in Higher Education Commission's Ranking 2014 and was among the 'Top ...

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Girls outshine boys in SSC Annual examination 2015 - Pakistan Observer

“Only and only education should be the main goal of the students before entering into professional life and joining other fields,” he added.

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NFC's TORs bar govt to monitor provinces' social sector performance - Pakistan Observer

Reportedly a large share of provincial budget allocated for health, education sectors in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa lapsed for being unspent and ...

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50,000 educators to be regularised - Daily Times

RAWALPINDI: Punjab School Education Secretary Abdul Jabbar Shaheen has ordered to regularize 50,000 educators recruited across the Punjab ...

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Saturday, 25 July 2015

Outages students' biggest headache

They expressed their desire to join the Education Department in future. They also expressed their concern over the bad performance of hockey team.

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Pindi BISE announces SSC results

He said that the position holder students were being encouraged by sending them abroad to visit international educational institutions. “This will ...

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Girls lead the way in Multan BISE

Addressing the ceremony, Punjab minister for Special Education Asif Saed Manais said that the Punjab Government eliminated Booti Mafia from the ...

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Buner's Asif Ali youngest tehsil councillor

Asif Ali looked very happy with his victory and said, “My first focus will on education because literacy rate in Buner is comparatively low.” He recalled ...

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Position holders handed awards

LAHORE - The Lahore Board on Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore has formally announced the results of Matriculation Annual ...

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Govt plans to spend 4% of GDP on education, health by 2018: Dar | Pakistan Today

Addressing the meeting of Board of Directors of University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Sunday, he said the health and education sector were ...

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Various uplift schemes to be carried out in Thatta district: DC

Deputy Commissioner Thatta Nadeem-ur-Rehman Memon has said that several development schemes in Health, Education, drinking water, ...

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70.18pc students pass matric exam

The result of Secondary School (Annual) Examination 2015 has been announced by Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore ...

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Regularisation of 50000 educators in Punjab ordered

Rawalpindi: Punjab School Education Secretary Abdul Jabbar Shaheen has ordered to regularise 50,000 edu-cators recruited across the Punjab ...

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RBISE announces results: Girls outshine boys in Rawalpindi board SSC exams

He said that the fate of the country could not be changed without progress in the field of education. Noor Fatima daughter of Shaukat Ali Naseer, ...

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Girls outsmart boys in SSC Annual examination 2015

Ashfaq Sarwar said Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif believed that the fate of the country cannot be changed without progress in the education ...

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Primary education: 64 schools merged with other educational institutes in Pindi

RAWALPINDI: Since 2012, 64 government girls primary schools in the district had so far been merged with other educational institutes due to issues ...

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The science of learning

The science and mathematics education of Pakistan's youth is in a state of grave crisis in terms of its content, instructional practices, as well as reach.

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Curtain falls on 900 schools in Sindh

In the year 2009, the Sindh Education Foundation, a public-private organisation which helped the government educate its huge mass of out-of-school ...

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From Malala to the Malala

From the making of her book “I am Malala” to the leadership programme of George Washington University to being global education activist to the ...

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Mother languages in schools

The Balochistan government has, after all, initiated the great step of offering the province's children primary education in their mother languages.

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Inequality of sexes

Growing up in a somewhat privileged part of the society with access to quality education, girls are often admitted in schools which have a co-education ...

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High achievers: 70 per cent pass matric examinations in Lahore

The Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) on Saturday announced the results of its secondary school certificate (SSC) ...

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Ill-prepared: KMC's rain emergency centres yet to start working

According to Gulshan-e-Iqbal additional education director, Muhammad Qamar, six schools in his area have been declared as emergency centres but ...

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Govt plans to spend 4% of GDP on education, health by 2018: Dar

WASHINGTON, July 25 (APP): The nuclear deal between Iran and the Unites States will open up doors of massive trade for Pakistan with Tehran, ...

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Government is committed to double budget for education, says Ishaq Dar- Dispatch News Desk

Lahore, (DND): “PML-N government is committed to double the GDP for education by the year 2018 and improvement in education sector will be ...

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Going to the US of A on a training program for journalists changed my life forever - The Nation

We also had an opportunity to visit schools and learn about their education system. We learnt about American culture and lifestyle. I got an amazing ...

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'Govt committed to double GDP for education by 2018' - Daily Times

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar has said that the federal government is committed to double GDP for education by year 2018.

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Number of Pakistani students studying in US rises by 3.4 pct | ARY NEWS

According to details, Education USA at the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) hosted a pre-departure orientation in Karachi ...

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Govt plans to spend 4pc of GDP on education, health by 2018: Dar | AAJ News - Aaj TV

Addressing the meeting of Board of Directors of University of Health Sciences (UHS) here, he said the health and education were among top priorities ...

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Govt plans to spend 4% of GDP on education, health by 2018: Dar - Associated Press Of Pakistan

... to increase resources and GDP-spending on education and health sectors from two percent to four percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by ...

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Nestlé Healthy Kids signs MoU with Punjab Education Foundation

LAHORE, Pakistan: Nestlé, the world's leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ...

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Indian school book places Musharraf in great personality list | AAJ News - Aaj TV

“It is a folly on the part of the state and central education departments that a lesson is being taught to children at this tender age, which shows ...

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Punjab govt wants to promote cooperation with DFID

He said that various programmes in education, health and skill development sectors are running successfully in Punjab with the cooperation of ...

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BISE FAISALABAD BOARD 10th Class Matriculation RESULT 2015 is out- Dispatch News Desk

The Faisalabad Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) has announced the result of SSC-II. We wish all the waiting candidates best of ...

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Why does the term 'secularism' sound alarm bells in the Muslim world? - The Nation

While many of us happily enjoy Western products and send our children to those very countries for better education, we do not reflect on the root ...

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Friday, 24 July 2015

BISE BAHAWALPUR BOARD 10th class RESULT 2015 (Matriculation) has been announced

The result of 10th class (Matric), board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Bahawalpur has been announced. We wish all those awaiting ...

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BISE Sahiwal Board SSC 10th class (matriculation) result 2015 had been announced

Leading body of Intermediate and Secondary Education Sahiwal board performing its obligations since 2012 this board is recently conceived and now ...

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BISE Gujranwala Board 10th class Result 2015 is out (Matriculation)

The result of Matriculation (10th Class), board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Gujranwala has been announced. We wish all those ...

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BISE Lahore Board 10th Class Results 2015 and Position holders

Leading body of Intermediate and Secondary Education BISE Lahore on Friday reported the names of position holders at a service at BISE lahore ...

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11000 Pakistani students currently enrolled in various US institutions

Terming the United States' commitment to Pakistani educational exchange programs long-lasting and unshakeable, the Cultural Attaché said that US ...

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CM, UK minister discuss bilateral ties

Matters regarding promotion of cooperation in education, health, skill ... that various programmes in education, health and skill development sectors ...

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BISE Lahore Board 10th class Matriculation Result 2015 announced

BISE Lahore has announced 10th class (Matriculation) result for the yer 2015. The Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) will ...

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Education: time for a new purpose - Graham Peebles - The News International

Education: time for a new purpose. Graham Peebles Saturday, July 25, 2015. From Print Edition. Given the catalogue of calamities raging round the ...

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BISE Rawalpindi Board 10th class result has been announced (Matriculation)- Dispatch News Desk

The result of SSC-II, board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi has been announced. We wish all those awaiting results best ...

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Science, technology not govt's priority: Minister - The Nation

The programme was started without the permission of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC).

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US-Pak education commitment unshakeable: Ravin - The Nation

Islamabad - US Embassy Cultural Attaché Judith Ravin has urged the Pakistani students to avail the opportunities of higher education being offered by ...

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WAPDA allocates 50 percent stipends for athletics - Daily Times

In addition, Rs.5000 per month scholarship will also be awarded to them from WEFS for extra diet and education. The selected players can avail the ...

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Girls bag top three positions in SSC examination - Daily Times

Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore on Friday announced the names of position holders at a ceremony at BISE office.

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Committee on HR and technology meets for brainstorming session

In this regard, he suggested establishing health and education authorities at the ICT level first, manned with professional managers for better ...

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Rural roads programme to promote rural economy: Shahbaz

Matters regarding promotion of cooperation in education, health, skill development and other sectors were discussed in the meeting. The chief minister ...

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'US universities warmly welcome talented Pakistani youth'

ISLAMABAD: The US Embassy's Cultural Attaché Judith Ravin has urged the Pakistani students to avail the opportunities for higher education in the ...

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Rural roads will improve living standards: CM - The Express Tribune

They discussed matters related to education, health and skill development. Sharif said various programmes in education, health and skill development ...

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BISE Gujranwala Board 10th class Matriculation Result 2015- Dispatch News Desk

The result of SSC-II, board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Gujranwala has been announced. We wish all those awaiting results best ...

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CM orders Layyah DCO to evacuate flood-hit people - thenews.com.pk

Various programmes in education, health and skill development sectors are running successfully in Punjab with the cooperation of Department for ...

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Indian state Maharashta sets weight limit on students' school bags - Daily Pakistan Global

Given the intense competition for higher education places in India, children often feel under immense pressure to perform well at school, with materials ...

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Pakistan Christian Post

(PCP) US Embassy's Cultural Attaché, Judith Ravin, has urged the Pakistani students to avail the opportunities for U.S. higher education, being offered ...

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Pages From The Past - The Nation

Many groups are trying to promote Islamic values through education and outreach, grappling with how to dispel negative images of Muslims and ...

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India scandals threaten 'scam-free' government pledge - The Nation

Separately, a court has agreed to look into an allegation that national education minister Smriti Irani lied about her education degree. Parliament in ...

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British minister meets Shahbaz Sharif

The chief minister said Britain was an important trade partner of Pakistan and various programmes in education, health and skill development sectors ...

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Indian state sets schoolbag weight limit

“As a rule of thumb the bags must be ten percent of the child's body weight,” local education secretary Mr Nand Kumar wrote in the executive order.

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BUMDC team visits UK's varsities | Dental News Pakistan

It was also aimed at understanding the general philosophy of teacher-education programmes – the core and elective curricula and students' support ...

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Slum dwellers protest against the CDA operation outside the National Press Club on Thursday ...

A resident of the slum where the school is located, Haji Muzaffar told Dawn that the students were receiving free education at the school but the ...

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Thursday, 23 July 2015

Taiwan police arrest 30 protesters over ministry break-in | World | Dunya News

TAIPEI (AFP) - Police arrested 30 protesters in Taiwan early Friday, most of them students, after they broke into the education ministry in the capital ...

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Plagiarism is but one symptom - Nadeem-ul-Haque - The News International

But who is listening? This is why I find the focus only on plagiarism somewhat misplaced. We need to reform the whole system of higher education and ...

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Four ICT colleges functioning sans regular teachers

ISLAMABAD - - The casual and indifferent attitude of federal education department has caused immense delay of six-year in completion of projects of ...

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Raging catastrophe: Floods continue to wreak havoc across country - The Express Tribune

He said the PTI wants a change in the system, which is why the party is focusing on education. “We shall soon establish a university in Chitral.

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Institutions more concerned about their reputation than delivering good teaching - Daily Times

Today's report says, "The REF uses significant resources and distorts resource allocation within the higher education sector away from teaching and ...

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Danish companies likely to establish offices: Ambassador | Business Recorder

"I fixed new priorities of education, main streaming of woman and promotion of trade in this agenda after my appointment as ambassador in Pakistan", ...

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The neglect of education - The Express Tribune

There is a yawning gap between words and deeds. This was made clear in the report released by a prominent education NGO in which it pointed out ...

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Rural education: UK reaffirms commitment to BISP - The Express Tribune

British minister assures commitment to income support; emphasis on conditional education supplements for children. PHOTO: REUTERS.

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Mum's the word: Officials clueless over delay in VCs' appointments | Pakistan Today

As per details, the Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) published an advertisement in leading newspapers seeking applications from ...

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Kashmiri women exercising their choice has been an act of rebellion for generations - The Nation

For my mother's and aunts' generation though the "choice" of getting education was more of coercion than an option thrown their way. But the resultant ...

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Pearson decides to sell Financial Times to global media owner

Pearson, which has become the world's leader in educational publishing, believes the time is right to focus fully on its education strategy and no ...

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Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Guiding light: From a comfortable desk job to a classroom

Teaching primary school students brings joy to 43-year-old Yousaf Ali Khan who gave up a desk job at the education department to pursue his ...

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Rajwana gives 'Eidi' to SOS childern

... that SOS village was playing an import ant role for the development of the childern and also encouraged high level education among them childern.

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Pakistan on top of UK priorities for development investment - The Nation

... by the PML-N government for development of the energy sector, betterment in education and social sector and eliminating the scourge of militancy.

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UK reiterates support to BISP - The Nation

DFID is also supporting BISP's education conditional cash transfer (Waseela-e-Taleem) to encourage the poorest families to send their girls and boys ...

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Unemployment biggest issue of S Punjab: Governor - The Nation

He added that the people would soon notice a visible change as government put special emphasis on health and education projects. He directed the ...

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Roots students attend summer camp in Beijing - The Nation

Almost 1,000 students from 24 different countries across the globe hosted by Beijing International Education Exchange organised by Madame Bao, ...

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4pc of GDP for education seems distant dream - The Nation

The report — Government Allocations for Education in Pakistan, The Road to Getting to 4% of GDP — states that the current assemblies will need to ...

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50 schools to be connected to solar system - The Nation

Education department has evolved scheme in pursuance of directives of chief minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif to provide electricity to 5000 out of ...

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Sindh cabinet undergoes strategic reshuffle

Unethical videos of the Sindh Minister for Education Nisar Ahmad Khuhro have also gone viral on social media that has received severe criticism from ...

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Can education defeat terrorism?

Arguments in the past have claimed that education can defeat terrorism — this is not the case anymore. On July 16, 2015, Muhammad Youssef ...

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Education crisis: Rs1.21 trillion needed to meet 4 per cent budgetary target

Given the current dismal budgetary allocation for education in the country, Rs1.21 trillion is the estimated amount that will be needed to meet the target ...

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Reshuffle bubble bursts with only switching of duties - thenews.com.pk

According to a notification, Nisar Khuhro, who was the senior education minister, has been handed over the portfolios of the information and irrigation ...

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Federal education institutes daily-wagers unpaid for six months | Pakistan Today

Daily-wagers working in academic and non-academic departments of various federal education institutions have not been paid for the last six months.

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Shaming the PTI | Pakistan Today

But the biggest scandal that KPOGCL offers the PTI is the fact that in the company an engineer with more than 16 years of education will get a salary of ...

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Chained by feudalism - The Express Tribune

Feudalism poses a serious threat to education as feudal lords are averse to the schooling of the poor whom they use as cheap labour. Kofi Annan ...

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Portfolios of Memon and Khuhro changed as Sindh cabinet reshuffles | Pakistan Today

Mir Hazar Khan Bajrani's portfolio has also been changed from works and services to education. Further, the ministry of local bodies which was earlier ...

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First direct evidence that autism is not rising: study - Samaa TV

They found "no overall increase in the number of students enrolled in special education," said the study. "They also found that the increase in students ...

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Sharjeel Memon, Nisar Khuhro's portfolios changed as Sindh cabinet reshuffles - The Express ...

Sharjeel Memon has been given portfolio of Works and Services, and Archive, while Provincial Education Minister Khoro has been given charge of ...

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'Pakistan on top of UK's priorities for development investment' - Daily Times

Priorities for the UK include tackling the education emergency, preventing thousands of women dying in childbirth by funding skilled midwives, nurses, ...

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Rajwana exhorts lawyers role for rule of law

... of Islamia University of Bahawalpur has been selected to receive Intel (r) Galileo Gen 2 Development Boards by Intel Higher Education Division.

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Sindh CM reshuffles cabinet after Dubai meeting - Samaa TV

Mir Hazar Khan Bajarani, who earlier held the portfolio of Works and Services Department, was appointed as Education Minister. Nisar Ahmed Khuhro ...

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Poverty escalates as govt ignoring poor: PEW - Pakistan Observer

He said that reason behind poverty among women are indifferent attitude of policymakers, gender inequality, lack of education, microcredit facilities, ...

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US reaffirms commitment to help Pakistan overcome energy crisis - The Express Tribune

Energy, economic growth, stabilisation, education and health in Pakistan are priority areas for USAID. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN. Acting USAID ...

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Indifference to child rights | Business Recorder

The Constitution of Pakistan promises free education up to matric level to all children. Yet reality is very different. According to a UNESCO report ...

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Tuesday, 21 July 2015

NAVTTC sets up Skill Information Cell - The Nation

Sources at NAVTTC while highlighting achievements Tuesday said that the Commission has also drafted a Technical and Vocational Education and ...

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Govt should increase social sector budget for poor welfare

Mughal said that reason behind poverty among women are indifferent attitude of policymakers, gender inequality, lack of education and microcredit ...

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SALU refuses to give affiliation to women's college

Ghulam Asghar Memon urged the CM Sindh to provide a building to the GECW in greater interest of the students, who were getting education in a ...

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Shaikh Saadi and Maroof Karkhi

His early education came from his learned father and other ulema in Shiraz. After Ghiasuddin Khwarizm Shah occupied Shiraz, the family moved to ...

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Indifference to child rights

... and providing them with an opportunity to develop to the fullest. That requires legal protection as well as proper food and easy access to education.

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Rajwali Shah had become a literatus at an early age

Born at Dag Ismailkhel to Qadem Shah in 1952, Rajwali Shah Khattak got early education from his village school and did matriculation in 1968. He got ...

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Exam marking system reforms likely

The Standing Committee on Education, headed by Engr Qamar-Ul-Islam, has held some marathon meetings over marking system of examination ...

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Diving into Mubarak Village : Where there is demand, there is hardly any supply

Education is something that the people of Mubarak Village consider is necessary for both boys and girls but the residents of this fishing village have ...

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Sometimes we just need to review our actions instead of rigidly justifying them

I think that's what an educated citizen can do at most. I could have retaliated, harmed his car, and abused him and what not. If I did any of that, ...

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Double trouble : Over 2,600 students' future at stake - The Express Tribune

As students have gone to courts over the non-issuance of degrees to them, the CIIT, according to sources in PEC, Ministry of Federal Education and ...

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Seven colleges to get status of degree-institutions | Pakistan Today

PESHAWAR: The higher education department has decided to declare seven government colleges at divisional level as degree awarding institutions ...

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Army, FC, KP govt expedite relief operations in Chitral

... Works and Services Department, Public Health Engineering (PHE), Health and Education have expedited its relief efforts to help the flood victims of ...

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Poverty rate has escalated due to government's negligence: PEW

He said that the main reasons behind poverty among women are indifferent attitude of policymakers, gender inequality, lack of education, microcredit ...

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Monday, 20 July 2015

Jackky Bhagnani dedicates music video to Malala on her birthday

... ke baare mein nahi! features Jackky accepting his mistake and teaching a group of children about Malala's contribution to children's education.

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Cosby paid off accusers

... her to my house, talking to her about personal situations dealing with her life, growth, education,” according to the deposition quoted in the Times.

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School education: 'Changes in admission policy will help offset influence'

There is always pressure from influential people to enroll their children at Aitchison College, Lahore. This year the college has reformed its admission ...

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In the line of fire: Islamabad Expressway's expansion to hurt newspaper vendor's business

Realising the potential of education, Akram wants his children to go to school. “I am investing in my children's education so they could get a better job ...

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Can Pakistani reshape its regional strategy by cashing in on its geopolitical assets?

Baluchistan still simmers despite Army's efforts to enrol Baloch soldiers and education facilities. Government fails to find a permanent solution to the ...

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Saturday, 18 July 2015

Balochistan govt allocates Rs 38b for promotion of education

Balochistan govt allocates Rs 38b for promotion of education. The amount will be spent on construction of over 200 new primary schools, ...

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Govt suggested measures for spending 4% of GDP on education

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has made promises, on more than one occasion, to spend four percent of its GDP for education, but the ...

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Friday, 17 July 2015

Development thru education

Saturday, July 18, 2015 - Education is considered as a powerful drive of development and strongest instrument for reducing poverty and improving ...

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A library named after Shaheed BB

Someone has rightly said that if you want to destroy a nation, destroy their education base. Every Pakistani is well aware about health condition of the ...

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Australia, Pakistan to boost collaboration in Higher Education

Saturday, July 18, 2015 - Islamabad—New Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ms. Margaret Adamson called on Chairman Higher Education ...

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Headmaster's plea against notice dismissed

The judge observed that the policy letter was one of the modes to check malpractice and creating hurdle in upgrading the standard of education and ...

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State of Children: Pakistani child mortality rates nearly twice as high as India's

Low levels of education compel families to engage in labour-intensive, low-paying jobs that generate insufficient income to satisfy the needs of the ...

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A tale of despair

Our education sector presents a very sorry state due to negligence of the rich corrupt landlords and the destructive and miserable Sindh government ...

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Did the UN financing for development conference deliver?

ADDIS ABABA: A major United Nations summit to finance ambitious global development goals, from giving free education to all to dealing with climate ...

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Policy matters: 'No headmaster, you will have to face consequences'

The judge observed that the policy letter was a mode to keep a check on malpractice and hurdles in the way of upgrading the standard of education.

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Orders from the top: Health, education staff to work on Eid

RAWALPINDI: Education and health department staffers in Punjab will be spending their Eid helping curb the spread of dengue in the province.

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78pc of all children in rural areas are enrolled in schools: report

According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) for the year 2014, there was a constant gender gap among out-of-school children with ...

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Absence of promotion formula irks junior teachers of model colleges

Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has till now been unable to structure a promotion formula for the lady teachers of the junior sections of ...

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Thursday, 16 July 2015

PU issues date sheets

EID HOLIDAYS: The offices of Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) in Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi districts will remain closed from July 17 to July ...

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Cosmetic improvement

It is the responsibility of the state to provide food, clothing, housing, education and medical relief to its subjects, irrespective of any prejudice article 38 ...

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Wapda allocates 50 percent stipends for athletics

LAHORE - The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has allocated 50 percent stipends for athletics out of 120 total stipends ...

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Expert stresses investment for national prosperity

He said that the key findings are linked with higher education institutes of any nation. Recollecting his memories as vice chancellor of the Islamia ...

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Pakistan's bazaaris — I - Daily Times

Public welfare, education, merit, justice and security were the first casualties as states began to melt. Informal rival power centres were set up by those ...

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Schools on the frontline

On October 2, 2012, a young education activist and student was shot in the head by Taliban militants in Mingora and two others were injured. Malala ...

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Australian high commissioner briefed on HEC working

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Thursday briefed newly appointed Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Margaret ...

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More on education

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel laureate, while addressing the participants of the Oslo Summit on Education for Development made an ...

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Chinese volunteers build schools for Kenyan slum children

NAIROBI: Mildred Mtola's determination to succeed in school has not been diminished by material deprivation and social ills that stalk her ...

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Paper language versus ruling language

English is the language of higher education and research all over the world now and we ought to teach it so well that our students can compete with ...

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Education: SALU extends admissions date

SUKKUR: The date for admission in Shah Abdul Latif University (Salu), Khairpur, distance education programme has been extended, according to a ...

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Pak, Australia to boost collaboration in Higher Education

The understanding came at a meeting between Australian High Commissioner Ms. Margaret Adamson and Chairman, Higher Education Commission ...

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South Asian countries asked to develop pro-youth policies - Pakistan Observer

... for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for developing pro-youth policies to increase opportunities of education and employment for the youth to prohibit ...

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Children of Pakistani Christians burnt to death get free education

Hoping to see the children do better in life, President CICF Michelle Chaudhry is convinced that “education is one of the best defenses against ...

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Modi launches bid to make India 'HR capital of the world'

He added, however, that the “twelve-week training under the programme will now ensure you a job that 12 years of compulsory (school) education ...

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Separating religion from education - The Nation

There should be a distinct boundary between religion and education. Developed countries don't drag religion into ordinary textbooks. No textbook ...

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The Class Divide

Majority of the people who have their education in Urdu are left unemployed even if their knowledge and understanding is more than anyone. People ...

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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Morocco joins COMSATS as its 22nd member state

Lahcen Daoudi, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training, inked the agreement on behalf of the government of Morocco, while ...

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Decisive war is being fought against terrorists: Shahbaz

He said that all out cooperation is being extended to boy and girl students with regard to their education. The Chief Minister directed Commissioner ...

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living colours : Telling positive stories with puppets

While my professional background was in development, education, youth leadership and entrepreneurship, my affiliation with education as a field has ...

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Minister sees betterment thru Knowledge Park - The Nation

LAHORE - Provincial Minister for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has said that the Knowledge Park being set up in Lahore will open new ...

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Peshawar attack children to be sent abroad for medical care: CM

The chief minister directed Lahore commissioner to review the matters regarding education of the children. While talking to Chief Minister Shahbaz ...

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Reham Khan caught in 'fake' degree issue

Reham was quick to respond to a British newspaper's report on her educational qualifications on Wednesday. However, she was also quick to change ...

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Morocco joins COMSATS as 22nd Member State

Morocco Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training Lahcen Daoud inked the agreement on behalf of the government, while ...

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Educational credentials: Reham Khan dismisses foreign media report

Terming the story by a UK-based newspaper as malicious and baseless, she stated that the timing of the attack on her educational qualifications is ...

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Punjab to train 2 million workers by 2017: CM

Sharif said that technical education was needed for the rapid development of the province. “The Punjab government has evolved a solid strategy for ...

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Modi launches bid to make India 'HR capital of the world'

He added, however, that the "twelve-week training under the programme will now ensure you a job that 12 years of compulsory (school) education ...

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Reham bowls Doosra in fake degree match

Broadcast journalist and wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, Reham Khan, on Wednesday changed her educational ...

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Will Reham Khan and /or PTI sue the Daily Mail as they expected from MQM ?

The debate is more about whether she has been "economical with the truth" about her education, irrespective of how immaterial it might be. Mud tends ...

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Caught in the act: Reham alters university name on official website

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman's wife Reham Khan was quick to respond to a British newspaper's report on her educational qualifications on ...

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The case of Reham Khan's 'fake' journalism degree

A British newspaper on Wednesday called into question the educational qualifications of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman's wife Reham Khan.

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South Asian countries asked to develop pro-youth policies

... for developing pro-youth policies to increase opportunities of education and employment for the youth to prohibit of the brain drain from the region.

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British paper raises questions over Reham Khan's education

LONDON: British newspaper 'Daily Mail' has raised questions over the educational credentials of Reham Khan the wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ...

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Mystery over credentials of Reham Khan

“Although her Bachelors is in Education and she had started a post graduate in Sociology, a change in personal circumstances allowed her to follow ...

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Technical education to be given to youth in evening shifts

Chairman P&D Irfan Elahi, Chairman TEVTA Irfan Qaiser Sheikh, sectaries of Labour, Schools Education and Agriculture Departments, CO PSDF Ali ...

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Knowledge Park will open new vistas of development: Mashhood

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - Lahore—Provincial Minister for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has said that Punjab government is utilizing all ...

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WB director, HEC chief discuss TESP progress

Islamabad - Rachid Benmessaoud, World Banks's Country Director for Pakistan, called on Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Mukhtar ...

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Pink Ribbon, HEC ink MoU for breast cancer awareness

Islamabad - Pink Ribbon Campaign and Higher Education Commission (HEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create ...

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Knowledge Park: Foreign, local universities to open campuses

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has said that the Punjab government is utilising all available resources for ...

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Punjab to introduce technical education for youth

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Labour Raja Ashfaq Sarwar has said that the government, under Punjab Growth Strategy-2018, is planning to launch ...

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Advanced learning : Higher education finally gets due attention

As there are not many institutions that offer higher education in the provincial capital, Hasnain Sharif Shaheed Government Higher Secondary School ...

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Secure future: Two seats recommended for APS students at UET

UET will provide free education to students who will be enrolled on these two seats. This is a 15-year scheme which will continue till 2030. PHOTO: ...

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Malala Day : 'It is time for children to be heard'

PESHAWAR: Social activists said Malala Day was a chance for young people to stand up and raise a voice for their right to education. This was said at ...

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Malala Day observed in Peshawar

Girls in Pakistan are often denied opportunities for education. Lack of education limits prospects, decreases family income, reduces health, puts ...

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Poor performance: Education officials fined Rs88,000

Poor performance: Education officials fined Rs88,000. Goraya said the performance of 21 of the officials had been found to be far from satisfactory.

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Pick and choose: Disregard of rules hurting NUML faculty, education standards

ISLAMABAD: The National University of Modern Languages (Numl) is operating in violation of rules. Moreover, a number of retired military officers ...

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Mashhood vows to uplift education sector

The Punjab government is utilising all available resources for the promotion of education, said Punjab Minister for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed ...

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Paying homage to the heroics and prowess of Pakhtuns

It was heartening to see the amalgamation of tradition, bravado, and literature meeting technology, peace and education. Young technology and ...

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Mysterious circumstances: Lady health visitor gunned down

Abdul Wahab said that out of six sisters and one brother, Rukhsana was the most educated and was working as a lady health visitor to feed their family ...

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The leader we need

The gap between the poor and the rich, if anything, is widening at all fronts, be it economic opportunities, social mobility, educational opportunities or ...

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HEC to establish universities at district level

Under the Prime Minister's directive, Higher Education Commission (HEC) is working to establish one university or at least its sub-campuses in every ...

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Monday, 13 July 2015

Side-lined: Former MNA demands equal treatment for Sepah tribespeople

Shah appreciated those students who continued with their education and managed to secure high positions in the Secondary School Certificate result ...

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KPRP Authority on the cards

Punjab Private Education Promotion and Regulatory Authority (PPERA, District Health and Education authorities, Mines and Minerals Authority are ...

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852 schools' buildings declared dangerous

The School Education Department Punjab has compiled a report based on a survey conducted to check the dangerous buildings of the schools ...

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'Stingy' world must raise aid to Syrian refugees: Malala

AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP (Jordan): Rich countries should spend less on weapons in the Syrian civil war and more on education, Nobel Peace Prize ...

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HEC to establish universities at district level

ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmad on Monday said that under the directive of Prime Minister Nawaz ...

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Punjab approves ten schemes worth Rs 10.85bn

... Rs 10,85 billion, including Rs 5.62 billion Punjab Non-Formal Education Project and Rs 31.584 million Estimation for Reconstruction of Dangerous ...

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France-Pakistan relationship – rich and diversified

It also covers the education and science fields, with a focus on higher education scholarships, especially the need based ones for underprivileged ...

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Educate girls to control population

An educated woman is confident and can make informed decisions regarding having children. In urban areas, many couples try not to have more than ...

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Study tour: 38 students return from Europe

Education is the most effective way to deal with the challenges facing our country. Top students will one day have the responsibility to steer the ...

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TTP and BLA: Killing children and bombing schools for two very different reasons

It is being tested for its capacity to outmaneuver the militants' attacks on its educational institutions. The militant's narrative is clear, deep and precise: ...

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Professional education programme launched in FATA, Balochistan by HEC

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched a special programme for the promotion of professional education in FATA and ...

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9 things you should remember on Malala Day

You should think about what is behind Malala's voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women's rights, and peace.” ...

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PG admissions in AIOU on an all time high

Priority has been given to develop knowledge, skill and attitude in educational pursuits. Research-based extra-curricular activities were being ...

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Position holder students return from Europe study tour

Speaking at their arrival, the Education Minister said talented students will be provided opportunities to secure education from the world renowned ...

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Education is 'key to progress', says Shahbaz

“The government is spending billions of rupees on the promotion of education. This will help end terrorism, extremism, poverty and unemployment in ...

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Malala Says World is Failing Syrian Children

The Malala Yousafzai All-Girls School will offer education and skills training to girls aged 14 to 18. “I am honored to mark my 18th birthday with the ...

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Position holder students back home after study tour

Talking to media at airport, the Education Minister said talented students will be provided opportunities to secure education from the world renowned ...

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Over one lac deserving people given Ramazan, Eid grants during 2014-15: Minister

The minister said Rs one billion spent on promotion of vocational education that benefited over 32,000 deserving male and female students, thus ...

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CM orders body on Knowledge Park

Local and foreign students will be allowed to get education in the educational institutions housed in the park, where residential, recreational and other ...

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Progress sans education impossible: CM

The chief minister while addressing the meeting said that education was the only way towards rapid development and the goal of progress cannot be ...

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Sunday, 12 July 2015

3 schools set up on self-help basis for deprived children, 'restless' youth

Currently these schools accommodate a total of more than 200 children with free education. Two of them are located in the 'katchiabadi' in I-11 across ...

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The Malalas of Quetta

Forced to live in isolation, many young and eager Hazaras yearn for an equal shot at higher education. Kausar was in her fourth semester — a BA ...

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'Lack of funds' resulting in education crisis: report

According to a report submitted to the Oslo Summit on Education for Development, where PM Nawaz Sharif was amongst the speakers, the education ...

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Only good deliverance can save PPP: Fahmida Mirza

We should have made a positive change in people's lives which is not yet seen in Sind. Our youth is unemployed, the education and health issues are ...

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Education vital for country's progress: Shahbaz Sharif

Chief Minister said with the establishment of campuses of local and international universities, quality education opportunities will be available to ...

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Sindh Education Department forwards corruption case worth millions

Karachi: A list of 34 officers of Sindh Education Department has been forwarded to National Accountability Bureau (NAB). According to the list sent by ...

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Saturday, 11 July 2015

Schools owners flay new admin order - The Nation

People criticised the condition of 1 to 3 kanal of land for educational institutions, and demanded that the district administration should withdraw the ...

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Punjab govt takes steps for women empowerment: Minister - The Nation

She further stated that Punjab government has allocated huge funds for the rights of women in the budget, which will be spent on education, social ...

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PEF announces QAT results of partner schools - The Nation

LAHORE - The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has announced the result of 15th quality assurance test (QAT) of schools attached with the ...

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Fundraising drive for imparting edu to poor kids - The Nation

Islamabad - Annual Fundraiser Iftar held at Islamabad Club on Friday night to raise funds to impart free and quality education to the marginalised ...

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Money in check: Budget watchers committee formed to monitor education funds - The Express ...

An Education Budget Watchers Committee (EBWC) has been formed by activists and teachers to oversee allocation and utilisation of the annual ...

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Educational deprivation - Daily Times

The most important factor is that the Balochistan government is unable to meet the educational needs of the masses. A proper education system plays ...

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Corruption worth millions unmasked in Sindh Education Department | Pakistan Today

A list of 34 officers of Sindh Education Department has been forwarded to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for involvement in corrupt ...

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FBISE 9th class result – Federal Board Result 2015- Dispatch News Desk - DND

The Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (FBISE) Islamabad built up under FBISE ACT 1975, is a self-sufficient collection of the ...

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'CM's Women Empowerment Package would eliminate deprivations'

The Punjab government allocated huge funds for the rights of women in the budget which would be spent on education, social development and other ...

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Minister for day-care centres to provide relief to working mothers

Hameeda further said that the Punjab government has allocated huge funds for the rights of women in the budget, which would be spent on education, ...

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First things first: Education, health and electricity focus of first 100 days of GB govt

Speaking to The Express Tribune on Saturday, Minister for Education and Information Ibrahim Sanai said education, health and the provision of ...

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Afridi sent on 13-day physical remand

The NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alleged that Mahmood Zeb, who was a leader of PPP and was provincial Minister for Technical Education, Industries ...

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A hotbed of unskilled force

In collaboration with National Vocational and Technical Education Commission (NVTEC), Technical Education and Vocational Training Institute ...

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The Christian ethos

Any serious student of history is privy to the fact that the dissemination of knowledge (one may read it as 'education') and tending to the sick (or the ...

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Cleaning up: KWSB to verify employees' degrees

Imran Chishti, the examinations controller at the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi (BIEK), said that if the KWSB sent them the educational ...

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HEC plans to set up five new universities in next three years

About Rs 20.5 billion will be allocated for 143 projects of the higher education commission which will support development plans of different ...

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Corruption worth millions unmasked in Sindh Education Department

KARACHI (Dunya News) – A list of 34 officers of Sindh Education Department has been forwarded to National Accountability Bureau (NAB). According ...

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Cancer survivors struggle with jobs, emotions later in life

The cancer survivors were mostly in their thirties or older when they and their siblings answered questions about their employment status, education ...

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Five new universities to be set up in Pakistan in three years

The proposed plan will be executed by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), an independent and constitutionally established institution of ...

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HEC to set up 5 new universities in next three years

ISLAMABAD (Staff Report) – Higher Education Commission (HEC) plans to set up five new universities and thirty six campuses in the next three years.

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HEC plans to set up five new universities

Islamabad: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) plans to set up five new ... The move is aimed at enhancing coverage of higher education, at the ...

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HEC plans to set up five new universities in next three years

About twenty point five billion rupees will be allocated for 143 projects of the higher education commission which will support development plans of ...

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Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, A Golden Chapter of Kashmir History

He was born on April 04, 1924, at Ghaziabad, District Bagh Azad Kashmir and received his early education at his native town. He attained Secondary ...

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Aid after Filipino boy studying on street goes viral

She described the boy as a tenacious child with a single-mined focus on getting an education. “He is a very studious and determined boy... he would ...

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Friday, 10 July 2015

Sardar Abdul Qayyum is no more

... District Bagh in Azad Kashmir and received his early education at his native town. He attained Secondary Education from the University of Punjab in ...

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609 educators unpaid for three months

The Education department had recruited 178 Elementary School Educators; 390 Senior Elementary School Educators; and 41 Secondary School ...

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PM approves hospital project for Murree

They said the absence of hospital and education facilities have always been a major issue of the area but our representatives don't pay attention to ...

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Bin textbooks by 2020 & go digital, schools urged

Textbooks should be scrapped in British schools within the next five years, according to a top education advisor to US President Barack Obama, Daily ...

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'CADD revised education policy to improve quality'

In a written reply to a question raised by Senator Nuzhat Sadiq, the minister stated that the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) had been revising ...

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Jackky Bhagnani makes a video to wish Malala on her 18th birthday

Later in the six-minute video, the actor wishes Yousafzai a "Happy Birthday" and highlights her contribution towards children's education rights and her ...

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Malala meets Nawaz Sharif

At the Oslo World Education Summit attended by the UN Secretary General and amongst others by Malala, Gordon Brown, Executive Director of ...

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New insurance rules: SECP revises min qualification for agency contracts

... a refresher course after every two years from such institute(s) as specified by the Commission for the purposes of continued professional education:

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Into the frog's nest: Car park at Civil Secretariat knee deep in muck

PESHAWAR: The education department's underground parking lot at the Civil Secretariat is not only a shelter for the cars of employees, but also a ...

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Automation: Work on database of students at public schools set to begin - The Express Tribune

Schools additional secretary says Rs50 million has been allocated for the purpose in the budget. PHOTO: FILE. LAHORE: The Schools Education ...

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Public hospitals: PMDC recognition of training sessions demanded - The Express Tribune

The doctors said they could not claim credit hours which were required for continued medical education (CME) against DHDC training sessions.

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Rs 3bn distributed among 0.5m deserving people - Daily Times

... adding that more than one billion rupees have been provided for the promotion of vocational education through which 32,000 deserving male and ...

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Why Are We Discouraging Higher Education in Pakistan? - Daily Pakistan Global

Higher Education sector is one of the major victims of electronic and print media these days in Pakistan where every other day, an intellectual is ...

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corporate corner - The Nation

The Commission, to be chaired by UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, will champion investment in education worldwide.

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PTI minister Ziaullah Afridi handed in Ehtesab Commission custody for 13 days

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NAB alleges that Mahmood Zeb, who was a leader of PPP and was provincial minister for technical education, industries ...

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EU pledges 450 mn euros for Ebola recovery in west Africa

The EU money is earmarked for healthcare, agriculture, infrastructure, education, sanitation, macro-economic stability and transport, the Commission ...

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IMA Advances Management Accounting Profession through Two Agreements in Former Soviet Union

The purpose of the MOU is to hold joint events for KIMEP's students, alumni and IMA members and promote the higher education and professional ...

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Militants destroy govt primary school in Bara

Agency education officer Ateequr Rehman told a private media outlet that armed men had planted a big quantity of explosive material inside the ...

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Low level of education as dangerous as smoking

Estimating the number of deaths that can be linked to differences in education, researchers have determined that lacking education may be as deadly ...

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"Anyone who stops learning is old" – BMCH's dental dept organizes CME session

Prof Rauf Shah, head of dental department/OMFS), BMCH, recently took an initiative in starting continuing dental/medical education programme.

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Aid after Filipino boy studying on street goes viral

She described the boy as a tenacious child with a single-mined focus on getting an education. "He is a very studious and determined boy... He would ...

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Thursday, 9 July 2015

'Parho Punjab—Barho Punjab' initiative is running successfully: Mashhood

Friday, July 10, 2015 - Lahore—Provincial Minister for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan has said that “Parho Punjab—Barho Punjab” initiative ...

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Aid after Filipino boy studying on street goes viral

Espinosa said aside from the cash, school supplies and scholarship offer that would guarantee his education through college, people had given ...

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Tennis: Pakistani teens' ticket to foreign universities

... ambitions and see the sport simply as a springboard to a college education they might otherwise struggle to afford. His own daughter Sara Mahboob ...

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Nawabzada Mehmood Zeb

The NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alleges that Mahmood Zeb, who was a leader of PPP and was provincial minister for technical education, industries ...

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Promotion of quality education top priority: Shahbaz

Friday, July 10, 2015 - Lahore—Education expert of Sweden Odd Eiken met Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif here Thursday. Matters ...

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Militants destroy school in Bara

Confirming the incident, Agency education officer Ateequr Rehman told Dawn that armed men planted a big quantity of explosive material inside the ...

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CM orders short-, medium-, long-term plans to improve traffic system

Education expert of Sweden Odd Eiken met Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday. Matters regarding promotion of quality education, information ...

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Accountability heads north: incumbent, former KP ministers arrested

An official said the bureau arrested former minister for technical education, manpower, industries and mineral department along with nine officials of ...

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DEO vacancy hampering girls' education in Bannu

The female district education officer (DEO)'s post in Bannu has been lying vacant for a year, raising question marks over the prospects of education for ...

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Skipping university is as deadly as smoking

A lack of education is as bad for life expectancy as being a smoker, a study suggests, Daily Mail reports. Researchers in the US studied people born in ...

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Reforming education sector: Salaries of 397 fake teachers revoked

KARACHI: Education secretary Fazullah Pechuho has asked the Sindh accountant-general to revoke the salaries of 397 fake teachers in Matiari ...

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Learn Smart Pakistan: Introducing innovation in teaching with boot camps

Data from the education sector has revealed that teachers in Pakistan are not always clear on what constitutes as a good lesson plan, and do not ...

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Makeshift Schools: 'More schools needed in Tharparkar'

KARACHI: Former mayor Niamatullah Khan said more schools in villages are needed to educate Thari children as it is their birth right. Education is ...

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Senate approves bill for Capital University of Science and Technology

Capital University will follow Higher Education Commission's standards and offer 4-years Bachelors Honors, 3-years Doctor of Philosophy and 2-years ...

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'Parho Punjab Barho Punjab' educating Pakistanis: Rana Mashhood

LAHORE: Rana Mashhood, provincial education minister, believes the 'Parho Punjab Barho Punjab' program to be key in building a prosperous ...

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Schools: 'dumbing down' factories that create obedient and state-serving clones

This quote by the German-born political theorist sums up what is actually wrong with the regimentation of the education systems all over the world ...

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Senate passes 3 bills unanimously

... establishment of new universities and degree awarding institution in order to provide more opportunities to students for higher education learning.

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NASA to release book `Benefits for Humanity'

It highlights benefits in a number of key areas including human health, disaster relief and education programs to inspire future scientists, engineers ...

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Education remains our top most priority: PM

The Prime Minister who is on a three-day visit to Norway to represent Pakistan at the Oslo Summit on Education for Development said we are in the ...

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Beyonce to lead expanded anti-poverty concert

Teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in 2012 for her support of education for girls in Pakistan, on Tuesday urged world leaders to ...

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The Broken Soul

I'm not contradicting the idea of saying that women do not get education; in some parts of Pakistan they are educated. The fact that only the upper and ...

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Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Automation brings transparency, Zakat for deserving with honour

The secretary also said that full attention was being given in the areas of healthcare and education as educational stipends amounted to Rs1155 ...

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PM praises Malala for promotion of education

Talking to Malala, Prime Minister Sharif said his government was determined to improve the quality of education, enhance gender equality and ...

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HEC committed to develop Balochistan edu sector: Mukhtar

Islamabad - Chairman Higher Education Commission, Prof Dr Mukhtar Ahmed on Wednesday vowed his commitment for development of higher ...

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Malala tells Sharif she wants to return home

Both were in Oslo in connection with the two-day Oslo Summit on Education for Development, where Malala urged world leaders to cut “eight days of ...

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Govt firm on improving education quality: PM

Thursday, July 09, 2015 - Oslo—Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said his government is determined to improve the quality of education, ...

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Good governance, transparency are foremost priorities: Mashhood

Thursday, July 09, 2015 - Lahore—Punjab Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan has said that good governance and transparency are ...

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Breaking taboos

Now it's not about what but HOW to educate our kids regarding different issues, particularly sex education. As kids reach puberty, there are lots of ...

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Education reforms: New university legislation hailed by varsity admins

“This act established that in addition to teachers, administrative officials are also key stakeholders of the education system, safeguards their rights,” ...

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1000 laptops distributed among SU students

Among others, the representative of higher education commission (HEC) Naeem Ahmed, teachers and a large number of students were also present ...

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Oslo summit : Business policies designed to attract FDI: PM

Advisor to PM Sartaj Aziz; Special Assistant to PM Tariq Fatemi and Education Minister Balighur Rahman were also present during the meeting.

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Data about schools made public: Mashhood

Punjab Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan has said that good governance and transparency are foremost priorities of the Punjab ...

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HEC praised for improving education standard in Balochistan's universities

ISLAMABAD: Senator Usman Kakarin on Wednesday appreciated the series of efforts initiated by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to promote ...

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52000 schools' monitoring data made public

LAHORE: Punjab Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan has said that good governance and transparency are foremost priorities of Punjab ...

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Govt wants to promote education far and wide

Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Prof. Dr Mukhtar Ahmed has said that the government was committed to promoting higher education ...

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Education above all

The second and third generations are doing even better, but now more because of their performance in education, yes, often combined with values ...

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Dubai billionaire gives one-third of his assets to charity

DUBAI (Web Desk) – Leading UAE businessman Abdullah Ahmed Al Ghurair has donated a third of his assets to educational foundation as part of a ...

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PM for improving quality of education, enhancing gender equality

OSLO, Norway - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said his government was determined to improve the quality of education, enhance ...

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Posted by Shoaib-ur-Rehman Siddiqui

The 17-year-old activist, who was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban in Pakistan in October 2012 for insisting girls had a right to an education, said ...

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PM Nawaz Sharif appreciates Malala's struggle for education

According to details, during meeting Nawaz Sharif said that education remain on top priority of government. He also told that government is striving ...

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5001 new firms registered by SECP in 2014-15

These companies are mainly engaged in the field of engineering, pharmaceutical, services, power generation, construction, education, trading, ...

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Malala pride of Pakistan, role model for millions: PM

Oslo: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said, his government is determined to improve the quality of education, enhance gender equality ...

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PM Nawaz meets Malala at Oslo Summit

During his meeting with the 17-year-old, the premier appreciated her efforts to promote education and said the government is determined to improve ...

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PM appreciates Malala's interest for promotion of education

Nawaz Sharif said the government has made a strong resolve to eliminate terrorism which will help attain our dream of providing better education to all ...

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PM Nawaz meets Malala in Oslo

File photo of UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, education campaigner Malala Yousafzai and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz ...

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Education remains our top most priority: PM

To a question about the state of education in Pakistan, the Prime Minister said despite difficulties, education remains the top most priority for Pakistan.

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Malala meets on PM Nawaz in Norway

OSLO (Web Desk) - Nobel laureate and child education activist Malala Yousufzai on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the ...

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Malala meets PM Nawaz in Oslo

OSLO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today met the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on the sidelines of SCO Education Summit in Oslo.

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Govt determined to improve quality of education, enhance gender equality: PM -

OSLO, Norway, July 8 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said his government was determined to improve the quality of ...

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Malala calls on PM Nawaz in Oslo

Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaz Aziz, Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi and Minister of State for Education Baligur Rehman also attended the meeting.

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Govt determines to improve quality of education: PM

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said the government is determined to improve quality of education and ensure gender equality. He was ...

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PM Nawaz seeks Norway support in energy sector

The PM who is on a three-day visit to Norway to represent Pakistan at the Oslo Summit on Education for Development said we are in the process of ...

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Pakistan giving high priority to education despite numerous challenges

OSLO, Norway – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif promotion of the education sector in Pakistan is the priority of the incumbent government and aimed at ...

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KU announces result of M.Ed Exams 2014

First two position holders were said to be the students of Government College of Education and the third position holder was from Jamia Millia ...

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Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Terrorism on campus

Similar meetings are being arranged in the University of Engineering and Technology, Government College University, University of Education, ...

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'Not us, but education secretary himself is corrupt'

He said former RSU chief Sabah Mehmood was fired by education department in the prextex of the Supreme Court's order, while the reality was ...

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Corporate Corner

LAHORE (PR): Deaf Reach Schools & Training Centers, a project of Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF), has a new custom-built campus ...

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Govt attaches top priority to education, says PM

He was addressing Oslo summit on Education for Development. The PM said education remains top priority of his government. He said the provinces ...

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Winds of change

A wonderful beginning in this direction was made in 2002 by the establishment of the Higher Education Commission. Within a short period of six years ...

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Despite challenges, Pakistani govt giving top priority to education, PM tells summit

OSLO: Despite facing numerous challenges, Pakistan is giving high priority to education and plans to increase public spending in the sector to 4 per ...

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Khattak says govt committed to developing KP

The chief minister said that the employees of the health and education departments should perform duties diligently to serve the people instead of ...

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Malala urges extra $39bn a year for education globally : July 08, 2015, 4:00 am

OSLO: Malala Yousafzai has urged an extra $39 billion a year for education worldwide on Tuesday and said she wants to remain the “voice of ...

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PM Nawaz seeks Norwegian cooperation in energy sector

The prime minister who is on a three-day visit to Norway to represent Pakistan at the Oslo Summit on Education for Development, at the invitation of ...

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Punjab govt to amend Acts of universities

Sources privy to the developments said the Higher Education Department (HED) Punjab had prepared a summary in this regard which would soon be ...

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Education institutions: KP Governor takes notice of unhealthy student politics

Education institutions: KP Governor takes notice of unhealthy student ... of the activities of students' organisations and federations in the educational ...

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'Punjab government ensuring to provide jobs to youth by imparting technical education'

Provincial Minister for Labour and Human Resources Raja Ashfaq Sarwar has said that Punjab government is ensuring to provide honourable jobs to ...

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UAF approves budget for financial year

He added that the education was the only tool that can bring prosperity and development in any countries. He added that the government had ...

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Malala makes passionate plea for universal education

"It may appear as a huge number but the reality is it is not much at all," Malala said at a UN education summit in Oslo, as she returned to the city for the ...

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Missing no more: Education deputy director in preventive custody, say Rangers

KARACHI: A deputy director of the education department is under preventive custody of the Rangers for three months, the paramilitary force's law ...

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Posted by Imaduddin

The Prime Minister called for giving purpose-oriented education to children and equipping youth with technical and vocational skills for jobs and ...

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Say NO to drug users getting education? Drug screening for students seeking admissions ...

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – In a bid to curb drug addiction among the students, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics has ...

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GSTA demands probe into corruption allegations against teachers

He said former RSU chief Sabah Mehmood was fired by the education department apparently on Supreme Court's order, while the reality was contrary ...

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Charge-sheet declaring schools director innocent rejected

KARACHI: The city's anti-corruption court has rejected the final charge-sheet of an embezzlement case in which a big fish of the education department ...

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Cut '8 days of military spending' for universal education: Malala

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai speaks at the Oslo Summit on Education for Development at Oslo Plaza in Oslo, Norway, on July, 7, ...

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PM seeks Norwegian help for growing energy needs

The premier, who is on a three-day visit to Norway to represent Pakistan at the Oslo Summit on Education for Development at the invitation of his ...

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Education for the Elite: Private Tuition Culture on the rise

Besides multiple impacts, the 21 st century highlights the way education is sought and imparted today. Earlier, students headed for home straight from ...

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MoU of cooperation in the field of solar energy signed between Pakistan and Norway

While addressing Oslo Summit on Education at Norway, he said that education remain on top priority of government. He also told that government is ...

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Education is right of every child: Malala

OSLO: Pakistan's Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai said education is the fundamental right of every child. Speaking at the Olso Education Summit in ...

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Billions needed for rehabilitation of terror-hit IDPs: Nawaz

OSLO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said his government was paying special attention to the education sector in areas badly affected by ...

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Pakistan giving high priority to education despite numerous challenges: PM

OSLO: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said despite numerous challenges, Pakistan was giving high priority to education and ...

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Govt making efforts to improve education standards, literacy rate

OSLO, Jul 7 (APP): Highlighting the importance of energy for a developing economy like Pakistan, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on ...

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Pakistan giving high priority to education despite challenges: PM

OSLO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said despite numerous challenges, Pakistan was giving high priority to education and aimed at ...

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Pakistan, Norway relations based on commonality of views: PM

He appreciated Norway's development cooperation with Pakistan, especially in health and education sectors, which he said had assisted towards ...

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PM Nawaz, Norwegian Crown Prince discuss bilateral relations

The Prime Minister appreciated Norway's development cooperation with Pakistan, especially in the health and education sectors. He also invited the ...

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PM vows to ensure quality education for every children

OSLO – Prime Minster of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif said that education remains on top priority of Pakistan government and government wants to provide ...

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Govt attaches top priority to education: PM

He said the provinces are now spending even more than quarter of their annual budgets on education. The Federal Government too has also doubled ...

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Invest in Education not guns: Malala

Malala Yousafzai spoke at the Olso Education Summit in Norway, urging the world leaders to make a pledge to promote education for every child.

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Cut '8 days of military spending' for universal education: Malala

“It may appear as a huge number but the reality is it is not much at all,” Malala said at a UN education summit in Oslo, as she returned to the city for the ...

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PTA launches Smart Pakistan Portal to promote mobile apps

It may be further added that the Smart Pakistan is an ongoing initiative and its m-Education Platform had been formally launched here on Tuesday.

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Education is right of every child: Malala

Speaking at the Olso Education Summit in Norway, the 17-year-old urged world leaders to make a firm commitment to the promotion of education.

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Neglecting education, hastening decline

If Pakistan's rulers, civil or military, have had anything in common it is their unwavering commitment to ensure that national standards of education ...

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Two years of civil war wiped out 15 years of education progress in Syria

For the first time, we have the official numbers that show the devastating consequences of the civil war in Syria on education. When the conflict first ...

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UN Chief emphasizes for promotion of education

Addressing the Summit in Oslo, Malala Yousafzai says education is a ... General Ban Ki Moon has emphasized the need for promotion of education in ...

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Wrong development priority in spite of Socio-Economic Census and National Sample Survey ...

They point to dismal living standards of India's rural population and rising cost of health and education beyond the means of ordinary citizens. In spite ...

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Relations between Pakistan, Norway based on shared values: PM Nawaz

... meeting with Crown Prince of Norway Prince Haakon who met him on the sidelines of Oslo Summit on Education for Development this morning.

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Ban stresses promotion of education for better future

OSLO (Web Desk/Agencies) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has emphasized the need for promotion of education in order to secure better ...

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