Tag: Hec

Senate body seeks report on delay in Nai Gaj Dam project,...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate's Standing Committee on Planning Development and Reforms on Tuesday expressed its concerns over the unnecessary delay in completion of Nai Gaj Dam...

HEC rejects media reports of quandary in varsity Wi-Fi project

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has rejected the allegations in a news item entitled “HEC project to equip varsities with Wi-Fi yet to...

HEC may face up to 50% budget cuts

ISLAMABAD: A special meeting of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Friday, under the Chairmanship of its chairman Dr Tariq Banuri, reviewed the implications of ongoing...

Like father, like son: Ex-VC’s son found to be HEC defaulter

--Around 70 scholarship awardees declared defaulters for violating HEC rules ISLAMABAD: In what seems to be an unfortunate development, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has...

HEC’s stubbornness may put future of law students at stake

--Thousands of law students asked to appear in entry test in violation of SC judgement ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) stubbornness could put the...

Secy demands independent body to bust graft in MoST

--'We are heading nowhere under existing system', says science & tech secy --Attempts being made to bury ongoing inquires against ministry high-ups: sources ISLAMABAD: In an interesting...

HEC questions veracity of DRAP chief’s PhD

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Friday raised questions regarding the authenticity of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sheikh Akhtar Hussain's...

LHC issues notices to PU, HEC for discriminating against visually impaired...

LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Monday were sent notices by the Lahore High Court (LHC) over alleged...

HEC to strengthen academic relations with Turkey: Dr Banuri

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has expressed its aim to further strengthen academic relations with the Turkish higher education institutions, as the two countries...

Senate education committee agrees to introduce uniform education system

-Private and public sector schools would follow same curriculum  ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training on Tuesday unanimously agreed for introducing...

Mazari criticises HEC for ‘harassing’ foreign degree holders

Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari on Wednesday accused the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of "harassing" foreign universities degree holders. The minister took to Twitter and...

IIUI admin keeps mum about faculty members without required publications

-IIUI rector claims to take the matter to logical end by end December ISLAMABAD: Nepotism and favouritism rule the roost in International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI),...

HEC verification shows degrees of 205 lawyers fake

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) was told on Wednesday that the degrees of 205 practising lawyers across Pakistan were found to be bogus. The revelation came...

HEC to introduce e-office system to speed up operations

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has planned to introduce an electronic office system in all of its departments to speed up the ongoing...

President Alvi calls for indigenous research in food, medicine and plants

KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday said that there was a dire need for indigenous research in the fields of food and medicinal plants...

HEC former executive director spends day at office despite resignation

Coup-like scenario created as serving chairman is on foreign visit HEC staffers irked by Arshad visit, warn of protest ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) former...

NACTA, HEC agree to include counter-terrorism in curriculum

--Efforts being made to review existing subjects to combat hate speech, radicalisation on campus ISLAMABAD: Keeping in view the rising incidents of extremism in the...