News from October 2009

Educational institutions to reopen in NWFP from Nov 2

PESHAWAR: NWFP government has announced that all the educational institutions of the province will be reopened from November 2 (Monday).
The educational institutions have been kept closed in the province for the past two weeks on security concerns.

Colleges principals allowed to use all funds for security

Rawalpindi : Rawalpindi Commissioner Zahid Saeed on Friday allowed the principals of 35 government colleges in the garrison city to use all available funds for security of their institutions.
He was addressing a meeting held to review the security arrangements for all the 35 government colleges in the city, including 10 for boys and 25 for [...]

Punjab university BA / BSc supplementary practical examinations

Lahore: The Punjab University’s (PU) Examination Department has announced new schedule for the practical examinations of BA and BSc supplementary examinations.
The examinations, which were to begin on October 21, have been rescheduled to November 5, according to a spokesperson for the PU.

NED university Bachelor examinations 2009 schedule

Karachi : It is notified for the information of the students of NED University of Engineering and Technology that the timings of all the theory papers of Bachelor programme annual examinations 2009 have been rescheduled from November 2009.
According to a press statement issued here on Friday, the exam of first and second year will be [...]

Strategy to secure campuses soon: CM

Lahore-Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the security of educational institutions is a collective responsibility and joint strategy will be adopted with the consultation of the administration concerned and Private Schools Association in this regard.
He was talking to a representative delegation of Private Schools Association who called on the CM at the at [...]

Educational institutions given security blueprint

Karachi-The Sindh government has approved a security plan for educational institutes in the province in view of recent terrorist incidents in the country, especially the attack at the International Islamic University in Islamabad, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the press secretary of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan.
The heads of the institutions [...]

Educational institutions reopen in Balochistan

QUETTA: Educational institutions in Balochistan have reopened on Thursday after closure of eight days.
All private and government educational institutions including Balochistan University were closed from October 21 till 28 due to security reasons and killing of provincial education minister. Special security arrangements have been made outside educational institutions throughout the province.

Lahore kindergarten schools closed indefinitely

LAHORE: The kindergarten schools have been closed in Lahore till further orders due to security reasons.

According to EDO Education Dr. Muhammad Arshad, the decision has been taken due to security concerns.
The orders directed closure of all kindergarten schools, montessori schools and nurseries till further orders.

Four killed in two blasts at Islamic University

ISLAMABAD: Twin suicide blasts tore through a university campus in Pakistan’s capital Tuesday killing flour people and injuring 29 others, as the military pursued a major anti-Taliban offensive in the lawless northwest.

The bombing of Islamabad’s International Islamic University was the seventh major militant attack in just over a fortnight and the first since the military [...]

Update on Suicide blasts at Islamabad’s Islamic university kill six

ISLAMABAD: A double suicide bombing at Islamabad’s International Islamic University on Tuesday killed up to seven people, including the two bombers, an administration official said.
‘Seven people, including two suicide bombers are dead, and 29 injured in the two attacks. Among the dead is one female,’ a senior administration official, Rana Akbar Hayat told AFP at [...]