News from January 2010

Official accused of forcing students to change dept

JAMSHORO: A group of students has accused the director of the Centre of Excellence in Arts and Design of forcing them to change the discipline to which they had sought admission from ceramics design to fine arts.
The centre, an affiliate of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, clearly mentioned in its prospectus that it [...]

Intellectuals asked to work for a just society

ISLAMABAD: Artists, poets and writers have a duty to contribute towards creating a just society as they are gifted with deep sensibilities and moved quickly by distress.
This was stated by renowned intellectual and writer Dr Alya Imam in her talk at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) here on Friday.

“So it is their [...]

Students get faulty roll number slips

VEHARI: A number of Class V and Class VIII students have complained that the Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) has issued them faulty roll number slips.
In this district, as many as 61,261 students are taking annual examination for Class V and Class VIII from Feb 2, but many a candidate have received slips where either their [...]

Google’s Sindhi version

The IICT has approached the management of Google to make the Sindhi version available on its website. — Photo by AP
HYDERABAD: Students of the Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) University of Sindh introduced Sindhi version of Google on Tuesday.
The project, developed by the students under supervision of the director of the institute, Dr [...]

Four medical colleges being set up: Khosa

LAHORE-SENIOR Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has said that four new medical colleges are being set up in the province.

Chairing a meeting at his Punjab Assembly chambers, he said the colleges would overcome shortage of doctors and new training institutions would be established for paramedics and nurses.
He said far flung [...]

Punjab govt signs pact with Microsoft

Lahore-A strategic partnership agreement was signed between the Punjab government and a leading computer software company Microsoft at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat here Friday.
According to the agreement, the Microsoft will extend all-out cooperation for training and development of local IT industry. The company will also set up an innovation centre at Software Technology Park.
Punjab additional [...]

Steady snow closes schools, cancels events in Southern US

NASHVILLE: Steadily falling snow — punctuated by bursts that occasionally cut visibility to less than a mile — blanketed Wichita and much of Kansas on Thursday night and Friday.
The storm prompted numerous schools to close for the day, including Wichita’s public and parochial schools, as well as most suburban districts.
Nearly a foot of snow fell [...]

LHC adjourns hearing in QAU student case till Feb 24

Rawalpindi-Justice Saghir Ahmad Qadri of the Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench, here on Wednesday directed an MBA final semester student of Quaid-i-Azam University, Kiran Shehzadi, to appear before the Unfair Means Control Committee (UMCC) of the QAU on February 18 for evaluation of her papers.
After issuing the order, the court adjourned hearing in the [...]

National Essay Writing Competition

Islamabad
Ministry of Youth Affairs has arranged a National Essay Writing Competition to explore and examine the role of youth for a peaceful and tolerant society in the country.

According to the ministry officials, the competition is for the students of both public and private universities, and aims to promote writing and analytical skills with futuristic approach [...]

Displaced students want healthy environment, food

Rawalpindi-The internally displaced students from restive areas of NWFP here on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against the Punjab government for providing them inadequate facilities during their stay in the city.

The students from Malakand, Bajaur Agency, Mohmand Agency and Waziristan Agency, who are studying in the Vocational Training Institute (VTI), Rawalpindi, gathered in front of [...]