Islamabad: Pakistan’s public spending on education as a percentage to GDP continues to rank at the bottom end of global rankings, as its spending is (2.1 per cent as GDP percentage) lower than even Nepal that spends 3.2 per cent of GDP, revealed the Economic Survey-2009-2010.
With public spending on education as a percentage of GDP [...]
Karachi: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK), Sindh Technical Board (STB), the University of Karachi (KU) and the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) have postponed their examinations scheduled for Friday due to the expected heavy rainfall. The postponed papers of Islamiat and Pakistan Studies of BIEK would now be held [...]
Peshawar: For three days recently, more than 70 male and female students of Bannu Medical College stayed in the provincial metropolis to stage protests and interact with whoever could help them in seeking resolution of their problems.
This was a desperate attempt to invite attention of the authorities to the sorry state of affairs at their [...]
Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) Wednesday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman to ensure any obscene material uploaded or about to be uploaded from Pakistan on the website YouTube was screened and blocked immediately.
“In case such material remains available on the website or is uploaded in future from Pakistan, we will hold responsible [...]
Karachi: University of Karachi Registrar Prof Muhammad Rais Alvi has tendered resignation, announced an official of the university on Wednesday. Consequent upon the resignation of Prof Alvi, the vice-chancellor of the university has given temporary charge of the position to Prof Kaleem Raza Khan, a professor of the Department of English with immediate effect until [...]
