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PU organizes workshop on Governance and Development Model of China

A workshop organized by the Punjab University (PU) Integration Center in collaboration with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and the Pakistan Research Center of a Community with Shared Future (PRCCSF) on “Governance System and Development Model of

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UoS holds a seminar on “Youth and Social Welfare”

The participants of the Seminar titled “Youth and Social Welfare” organized by the Noon Business School (NBS), University of Sargodha (UoS) said that the youth are the backbone of any society and should be encouraged to participate in shaping the

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HEC launches Cohort-II of the Faculty Development Program

The National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE), an academic wing of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), has launched the Cohort-II of National Faculty Development Program (NDFP) for the newly inducted faculty members of public sector higher education institutions (HEIs). Twenty-eight

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PUCIT organizes 12th Job Fair

Punjab University (PU) Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (PUCIT) has organized its 12th Job Fair at New Campus. On this occasion around 60 leading IT companies from the software industry set up their stalls to hire the graduates of FCIT

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UAE Ambassador visits NSTP at NUST

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Pakistan, Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi visited the National Science and Technology Park (NSTP) at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Islamabad Campus. The Ambassador was received by the Pro Rector for

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54th meeting of IUB Academic Council approves revising curricula

The 54th meeting of the Academic Council of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB) was held under the chairmanship of Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Athar Mahboob. The meeting approved the establishment of the Institute of Soil and Water Resources. BS,

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Ahsan Iqbal asks engineering universities to reform curriculum as per market demand, global competitiveness

Federal Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives (MoPD&SI) Prof Ahsan Iqbal urged the Vice-Chancellors of Pakistan’s engineering universities to reform their curriculum keeping in view the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution and the market demands of the country.

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Country Director ZOOM Pakistan calls on Sindh Education Minister

ZOOM Pakistan Country Director Hana Siddiqui and DTech Consultancy CEO Adeel Dayo held a meeting with Sindh Provincial Education and Culture Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah at his office here on Wednesday. Zoom Pakistan Country Director Hana Siddiqui told the

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LUMS partners with AKAH to address climate change issues

The Centre for Water informatics and Technology (WIT) at LUMS has joined hands with Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) to address the challenges due to climate change specifically in Gilgit Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.  An MoU signing ceremony was

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The Role of Private Sector in Education in Pakistan: Opportunities and Challenges

Over the course of the last two decades, the role of the private sector in the field of education has become very pivotal, especially in countries like Pakistan where the state is reluctant to spend more budget on higher education