Tag: Education

Govt transforming prisons into reformation centres: minister

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Prisons Malik Ahmed Yar Hinjra on Tuesday said that jail reforms initiated by the Punjab government had given positive results and...

PM stresses need for promoting education with basic moral values

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday stressed the need for promotion of education along with inculcation of basic moral values while maintaining...

Education can bring peace, prosperity in country: Baligh

  ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Balighur Rehman on Wednesday said that peace, prosperity and progress in the country could only be...

CJP constitutes committee to ensure uniform education: report

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday constituted a committee and directed it to come up with ways to ensure...

One-in-five children worldwide sill out of school: UNESCO

UNITED NATIONS: About 263 million or "one-in-five" children, adolescents and youth worldwide are out school, a figure that has barely changed over the past five...

HEC and Microsoft join hands to promote IT in education

SUKKAR: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and Microsoft Pakistan has decided to collaborate in a joint initiative for promoting the use of advanced...

Welfare projects to be completed from Punjab’s indigenous resources: Shehbaz

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) instead of any financial aid should only provide its technical...

Ahsan distributes 691 laptops among brilliant students

SIALKOT: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday distributed 691 laptops among students at Narowal Public School. Speaking on the occasion, the minister stressed on the need...

New generation should focus on moral education: Hamza Shehbaz

PML-N leader inaugurates The Prism School   LAHORE: Central leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Member National Assembly Hamza Shehbaz on Thursday called upon to...

KP to establish independent, autonomous PHEC: Mushtaq Ghani

  PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Minister for Higher Education Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani Wednesday told the provincial assembly that the government is going to establish an...

Khattak suggests holding Senate polls under show of hands procedure

PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Tuesday said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should adopt the procedure of show of hand instead of...

Govt launches programme to eradicate curse of child labour

BAHAWALPUR: By allocating more than Rs5 billion, the Punjab government has launched a comprehensive programme aimed to eradicate the curse of child labour by...

Proper vision, strategy needed to achieve educational excellence: Dr Atta-ur-Rehman

ISLAMABAD: Former Federal Minister for Science and Technology Dr Atta-ur-Rehman on Friday underlined the dire need of adopting a proper vision and strategy at...

Providing job security for educated youth prime responsibility of govt: CM...

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has said that providing job security to the educated youth side by side with health...

Efforts underway to educate youth bulge of FATA: KP governor

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra Wednesday said that education plays an important role in creating a prosperous and tolerant society. Addressing the...

Sindh govt taking steps to promote education: Education minister

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy said on Tuesday that the Sindh government has taken many steps to improve education in the province. He...

Development of human resources vital to achieve economic targets: Shehbaz

Govt has taken effective measures to develop high-quality human resource, CM says Says correct use of resources needs to be ensured for positive...