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The winter break at Peshawar University begins tomorrow

PESHAWAR: Both students and faculty members are relieved that the University of Peshawar has formally announced the start of the winter break. The Peshawar University administration has officially announced that the academic institution will closed for the winter holidays from December 23 to December 30. This announcement covers more ground than just the university campus. […]Read More

Police report three dead, one injured in shooting at US

Three people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting at a Las Vegas university on Wednesday, police said, with the suspect also dead. The incident at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a short distance from the gambling hub’s tourist-packed Las Vegas Strip, was the latest in the United States, where gun violence […]Read More

University Holi celebrations are prohibited by HEC

KARACHI: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has ordered all universities to maintain a “distance” from Holi celebrations on campus, claiming that one university’s Holi celebrations “caused concern and adversely affected the country’s image.” It is pertinent to mention here that the students of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) celebrated Holi on June 13 at around 4 pm. […]Read More

University student dies of cardiac arrest in Khanpur

HARIPUR: A student of a local university died of cardiac arrest in the Khanpur area, police and an eyewitness said here on Monday. The deceased, according to friends and family sources, was a 1st semester student of BS Computer Science at Pak-Austria Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Mang. Also Read: KU teachers skip class […]Read More

Philippine university shooting: Three people killed

MANILA: Three people were killed Sunday in a rare shooting at a university in the Philippine capital Manila, officials said, in what appears to have been a targeted assassination. Also Read: Islamia College harassment case: Notices issued to KP governor, teacher The incident happened at Ateneo de Manila University as law students and their families […]Read More

HEC bans MS, MPhil admissions in university-affiliated colleges

Islamabad: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has banned all colleges across the country from conducting MS and MPhil admissions. Also Read: Cambridge Teacher Awards: Pakistani teacher Uroosa reaches final round The regulator issued an alert to all university-affiliated colleges declaring that they can’t offer MS, MPhil or PhD degrees. Also Read: 859 graduate from Shifa […]Read More

GCU increases research incentives for faculty

LAHORE: The Government College University (GCU) Lahore has made a substantive increase in the research incentives for its faculty, and linked the incentives to the impact factor of the research. The GCU also recommended opening its laboratories/testing facilities for industry. Also private firms and individuals to generate funds and linkages to the industry. Also Read: […]Read More

Afghan students studying in Pak universities , says PM

ISLAMABAD: PM Imran Khan on Monday chaired the fourth meeting of the Apex Committee on Afghanistan and said that Afghan students studying in Pakistani universities will help in playing a vital role in the development of Afghanistan and continue to strengthen people-to-people contacts between the two countries, a private news channel reported. Scholarships for Afghan […]Read More

COAS stresses unity to thwart designs of hostile forces

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has stressed the need to stay united to thwart designs of hostile forces. Interaction with top faculty of universities and others, COAS said: “The spread of misinformation by vested interests is not only creating misperceptions but also threatening cohesion in the society,” the COAS […]Read More

Paigham-e-Pakistan document tabled in Parliament

HARIPUR: Chairman, Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Prof Dr. Qibla Ayaz, has said following the endorsement and recommendation by CII, the document of Paigham-e-Pakistan has been tabled for debate both in the Senate and National Assembly for the legislative cover aiming to hand over a dignified, prosperous and peaceful Pakistan to the next generations. He […]Read More