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KARACHI - After utilisation of more than 4.5 billion rupees for upgrading 6,226 schools in 23 districts of the province, the Sindh Education Sector Reform Programme (SERP) received an additional financing of $ 50 million last week from the World Bank for preparation of school-specific non-salary budgets; teacher rationalisation across schools; allocation of teaching posts to schools; and expansion of district education management reforms.
According to the World Bank, significant

LAHORE - British Council and Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved University of Health Sciences for "inspire grant" for which grant would be offered to start combined educational and research based programmes both to UHS and Liverpool University United Kingdom.
International Strategic Partnership in Research and Education (INSPIRE) is basically programme introduced by British Council to enhance the cooperation in higher educational institutions between UK, Middle East

DERA GHAZI KHAN - Punjab's Chief Minister's advisor Zulfiqar Ali Khosa Monday morning visited District Headquarters Hospital and inquired after the well being of the injured victims of Sakhi Sarwar's twin blasts.
According to a private TV, Khosa also announced compensation money for each dead and injured person.
As per the provincial government's policy, Rs. 5,00,000 would be given to each dead, he announced.
Later while talking to newsmen, the CM's advisor held people

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will seek conversion of 50 percent of its annual diesel imports from Kuwait to grant along with the proposal to extension credit facility from 60 days to 90 days. An official source on Friday said the proposals would be discussed with the leadership of Kuwait during President Asif Ali Zardari's two-day official visit to the country.
Pakistan imports nearly 3.4 million tonnes of diesel and 1 million tonne of furnace oil from Kuwait annually. The government is

SIALKOT - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Shairf has issued a grant for Government Qaumi High School for its up gradation. According to the Headmaster Hafiz Akhtar Tanveer the chief minister has issued Rs 19,75,000 for development of school.
The district officer for buildings also issued tender for construction of school.

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved a supplementary grant of Rs 70 million during the current fiscal year 2010-11 for completion of establishment of Punjab University, Jehlum campus.
The expenditure will be incurred on completing the remaining construction work of the PU Jhelum campus after approval of feasibility report, issuance of administrative approval by the competent authority in addition to observance of all codal formalities, so that imparting of

LONDON - Carlton Cole scored his first ever Premier League double as West Ham eased the pressure on boss Avram Grant with a crucial 3-1 win at Fulham on Sunday.
Grant has been edging closer to the sack in recent weeks as West Ham struggled to climb off the bottom of the Premier League, but the former Chelsea manager earned a stay of execution thanks to Cole's heroics.
The England striker, recalled as one of Grant's five changes for the crunch clash, cancelled out an early

LAHORE: Lahore Bar Association (LBA) on Wednesday refused to accept the grant of Rs five million recommended and sanctioned by former Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice (CJ) Khwaja Mohammad Sharif for LBA and its members who suffered injuries and humiliation at the hands of police during the crackdown on Aiwan-e-Adl on October 1st.
LBA decided this in its cabinet meeting headed by LBA President Sajid Bashir in Aiwan-e-Adl committee room. After the meeting LBA Secretary Qassam

LAHORE: Grant promised by the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani last year at the 8th convocation of Government College University (GCU) Lahore for development works at GCU has not been sanctioned yet, while the 9th convocation is scheduled to be held on Friday.
Gillani who is also a former GCU student is not available this year at the convocation. GCU faculty members taunted that not only they will miss the prime minister but the walls and corridors of the 133-year-old building

ISLAMABAD: Federal audit authorities have held the Economic Affairs Division (EAD), which deals with foreign loans and grants, responsible for losing out on a major grant of over Rs 53 billion during fiscal year 2008-09.
According to the 2009-10 audit report of the EAD, the failure of the division to finalise the disbursement procedure cost the country grants of over Rs 53 billion.
The report says per Rules of Business 1973, the EAD is assigned the responsibility to

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday increased the annual grant of Gulab Devi Hospital from Rs 100 million to Rs 130 million. He was addressing a ceremony in connection with the 75th founding day of Gulab Devi Hospital.
Members of the national and provincial assemblies, Gulab Devi Hospital Managing Committee Chairman Syed Shahid Ali, philanthropists, local and foreign health experts, senior doctors and paramedical staff were at the ceremony.
He said

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the government is vigorously pursuing the recent progress made in a meeting of the EU foreign ministers, which granted market access to Pakistani goods into the European trade markets.
The President was hopeful that such steps would boost Pakistan's economy and address unemployment. According to the Presidency Spokesman, he said this while he was talking to the Chairman of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Ejaz