PESHAWAR:Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sajid Hussain Turi on Wednesday directed expediting work on development projects in Kurram tribal districts for benefits of its people. The Minister passed these directives during a meeting with Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shahab Ali Shah, who briefed him about development and people welfare projects […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan is conducting a Special Equivalence Examination for Law graduates of foreign universities (SEE-Law) as per direction of the Supreme Court and as required under the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC). According to an official of HEC, Special Equivalence Examination is a pre-requisite test to appear in Bar Entrance Test (Law-GAT). […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Health experts have urged the government to impose health levy on tobacco products to save precious lives, which are at imminent fatal risk. In a joint press release shared by Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC), the experts recommended the government to take this step, which has been pending since June 2019, […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON:The US State Department Tuesday released its 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report that calls for action against domestic trafficking in human beings, in which Pakistan has been upgraded from Tier 2 “watchlist” to Tier 2. Tier 2 are countries whose governments do not fully meet the TVPA (Trafficking Victims Protection Act”) minimum standards for […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Former pacer Waqar Younis considers Pakistani Skipper Babar Azam in modern day cricket, as a million dollars, saying the prolific batter should not be compared to former greats as he has plenty of game ahead of him. Many cricket pundits believe Babar to equal or better than many of those star Pakistan batters, but Waqar […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The government would utilize funds amounting to Rs100 million, during the current fiscal year, to advance an ongoing project of the Petroleum Division for the geological mapping of 50 Toposheets of ‘outcrop area’ to identify minerals potential in Balochistan province. Last year, an amount of Rs 30 million had been allocated for the project under […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Gomal University Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad has suggested the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to convert all universities’ electricity system to solarization to save around 20 billion cost of electricity bills. In a letter No. 1473/VC/GU dated July 19, 2022 written to the Chairperson Higher Education Commission (HEC) Islamabad Dr. Shaista Sohail, the Vice […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The Elementary and Secondary Education Khyber Pakthunkhwa have directed all districts education officers (DEOs) of the province including merged areas to complete teachers’ recruitment process by July 31. The department has decided to issue explanation letters to those DECOs, who failed to issue appointment orders of the Certified Teachers (CT), Drawing Masters (DM), Arabic Teachers, […]
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