Category: Education
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IBA, AAA Associates collaborate to financially aid students
The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi and a real estate organisation, AAA Associates, have collaborated to introduce a scholarship endowment fund: AAA Associates Scholarship Endowment. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Executive Director, IBA, Dr S Akbar Zaidi and Managing Director, AAA Associates, Shahzad Ali Kiani, at the main campus. According to…
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Private students in Punjab will soon be able to take FSc exams
Punjab’s Higher Education Department (HED) has decided to make another alteration to the intermediate test guidelines to facilitate private students in the province. Private students will now be eligible to sit at the FSc yearly examinations, according to reports, with the latest modification due to take effect in the academic year 2023. However, the students will…
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Supreme Court orders Education Commission to close illegal private universities
The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Wednesday ordered the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to close down campuses of private universities all over the country that are running illegally. The SC remarked campuses of Preston University and Al Khair University have been set up illegally in Lahore and Karachi. Students sought help from the court…
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Islami Jamiat Talba supporters break in, vandalise VC, Registrar offices at Punjab University
The offices of Vice-Chancellor, registrar and public relations at Punjab University were ransacked by hundreds of students belonging to Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) on Friday after a confrontation between two student groups, reports Dawn News. The spokesperson for Punjab University, Khurram Shahzad, confirmed the incident in a statement that supporters of IJT broke into the…
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‘#ImranKhanCancelExams’ trends on Twitter as courts dismiss students petitions
#ImranKhanCancelExams and #ImranKhanJawabDou were among the top trends on Twitter as the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) and the Government of Pakistan refuse to cancel this year’s O’ and A’ Level exams and the board exams. Pakistan is currently experiencing a deadly third wave of COVID-19 with fears of an India-like situation and students…
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Pakistan’s first transgender-only madrasa breaking barriers
One Rani Khan has set up the first transgender-only madrasa with her life savings. Transgender people have faced discrimination in formal education system, although there is no official restriction on them attending schools or offering prayers in mosques. “Families do not accept transgender people. They throw them out of their homes. Transgenders turn to wrongdoing.…
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IBA Karachi launches exclusive dating app for students
Students of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi have launched an exclusive dating app for students only called ‘The Uni Dating.’ News of the dating app was posted on a Facebook group on Saturday and went viral like wildfire. A picture of the dating app was posted along with a caption: “Hey guys, just…
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Rs93bn on education, Rs25bn on health, Rs1,289bn on defence: How govt is spending in ‘Naya Pakistan’
Public sector universities are facing a financial crunch due to budget cuts and the coronavirus pandemic. Despite tall claims, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government didn’t allocate much for the higher education and the budget for the Higher Education Commission (HEC) remains nominal. Pakistan has at least 135 public-sector higher education institutions that cater to at…
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Peshawar university employees take pay cuts after varsity runs out of money
The administration of the University of Peshawar has announced that it will not able to “disburse full salary to its employees for the month January” due to the financial constraints. In a notification issued by the registrar on Jan 21, the university said it will only be able to pay “basic and personal pay” due…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Sikh Heritage — Beyond Borders of India and Pakistan
After the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor in November 2019, Pakistan has repositioned itself as an attractive destination for the global Sikh community for religious tourism. The numbers so far have not reached the expectations because of many reasons including among others the spread of the coronavirus and the heightened tension between India and Pakistan.…