Pakistan Education

Gwadar gateway to Central Asia trade

pakedunet — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:02 +0000

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Pakistan and China Wednesday vowed to further consolidate their time-tested ties and signed a number of accords and MoUs, including the one for establishing an economic corridor that would provide air, rail and road connectivity to bolster bilateral trade between the neighbouring countries.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, on his first overseas trip since taking over in a once-in-a-decade power transfer in Beijing, congratulated Pakistan on its recent general election and hailed the

Chairman of BIEK decries load-shedding

pakedunet — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:41:34 +0000

KARACHI (APP): The Chairman of the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has deplored continued load-shedding at the centres for the on-going HSC Annual Examinations in the metropolis.
He said on Wednesday that this is happening in spite of a letter written to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) by the Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister not to resort to load-shedding during the paper timings.
The BIEK Chairman also contacted the KESC management and reminded that there should not

Maa Mushaira to pay tributes to mothers

pakedunet — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:40:54 +0000

KARACHI (APP): To pay tributes to mothers, a “Maa Mushaira”will be organised on May 24 at the Arts Council of Pakistan here after Maghrib. Prominent intellectual Prof. Sehr Ansari will preside over while Adviser to the Chief Minister on Energy and Science and Technology, Dr. Shafqat Hussain Abbasi, will be the chief

Lahore High Court takes notice of rape of 8-year-old schoolgirl

pakedunet — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:40:33 +0000

LAHORE (Online): Lahore High Court on Wednesday took notice of the news published in a section of press regarding rape of an eight years old school girl by son of a landlord in Mangtanwala Area. District & Sessions Judge, Nakana Sahib has been directed to probe into the matter and submit a detailed report regarding steps taken by the local police along with his own comments.
According to details, resident of village Mango Taaro of Mangtanwala told police that her daughter, student of class

New software for matching finger prints will increase our capacity

pakedunet — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:38:58 +0000

ISLAMABAD (NNI): Chairman NADRA Tariq Malik has said that procuring of new software for matching finger prints will increase our capacity. Talking to VOA, he said that currently we can process 100 fingerprints through our mechanism daily. The additions of this software will increase the rate of our work regarding fingerprints.
Responding to a query, Chairman NADRA, Tariq Malik said in case of complaints regarding rigging, NADRA will match the fingerprints of those persons who have cast their

Pak environmentalist awarded

pakedunet — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:37:46 +0000

ISLAMABAD (NNI): A Pakistani student bagged forth position worldwide and got Honourable Mention Award in the International Sustainable World Energy Environment Engineering Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP 2013) held recently in Houston, Texas.
Muhammad Bilal Bhutto, a class 10th student from PakTurk Khairpur Branch presented his Biology project regarding decreasing air pollution by using common grass in the competition in the 5th I-SWEEEP 2013 to be honoured. His project provided applicable

Students victim of long power outages

pakedunet — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:36:11 +0000

ISLAMABAD (APP): With the summer season at its peak, long power outages have become unbearable, affecting the routine life the people, particularly the students. Students taking examinations are the worst affected as they cannot properly make preparations due to hours-long unsheduled power loadshedding. Moreover, thousands of students studying at government and private schools having no power generators, have to bear the vagaries of hot and humid weather. Examinations for intermediate classes

Peshawar University Teachers' Association wants grant released

pakedunet — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:09:23 +0000

PESHAWAR: Peshawar University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) on Wednesday showed serious concern over not receiving the approved grant of rupees 230 millions was approved by former Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti in his visit to the varsity in last February.
Addressing body meeting Voice President of PUTA Dr Farzana Shaheen demanded AGPR for the immediate release of the said grant otherwise she added that PUTA would initiate its efforts in order to protest the moot that according to Dr.

Students test their talent at National University of Modern Languages

pakedunet — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:21:00 +0000

* A total of 20 companies set up their booths to assess the students

ISLAMABAD: A great number of students, who had recently graduated or appeared in their MBA and BBA exams, attended 8th Annual Job Fair, which was arranged by the Department of Management Sciences of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad.

A total of 20 national, international and multi-national companies set up their booths, where they interviewed the students to assess whether he/she could be

Najam Sethi for preservation of art pieces at Alhamra Gallery

pakedunet — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:26:16 +0000

LAHORE

CARETAKER Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said that there is need for solid measures for preservation of historical and cultural heritage and paintings of renowned artists are a precious asset and their upkeep is a national responsibility.

He said a complete record of historical paintings should be maintained and an effective system should be devised for the preservation of the masterpieces of artists.

He was presiding over a meeting to review