Tag: Standards

FPSC shows concern over falling education standards

ISLAMABAD - Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has shown its concerns over what it called the deteriorating standards of education as 133 posts in BS 16-20 could not be filled in 2009 for lack of suitable candidates.
According to the details given in the FPSC annual report filed in the Senate on Friday, suitable candidates with required qualifications were not available or the people having such qualifications did not apply for these posts. A reason could be that better

Basit accuses PCB of double standards

LAHORE - Former Pakistan cricket team selector Basit Ali has launched a scathing attack on the Pakistan Cricket Board for mishandling the selection issue of Danish Kaneria and Shoaib Malik.
He has urged the authorities to clear the fog and declare the reasons open. Malik and Kaneria had met the PCB's Integrity Committee prior to the announcement of the 30-member preliminary squad for the World Cup, but neither of them was cleared for selection, leading to both expressing

41st World Standards Day celebrated

ISLAMABAD: The 41st World Standards Day is being celebrated across the world including Pakistan to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide working in active collaboration of the IEC, ISO and ITU to develop voluntary International Standards that facilitate trade, spread knowledge and disseminate technological advances.
The aim of World Standards Day is to raise awareness among regulators, industry and consumers as to the importance of standardisation in the