Tag: Students

KARACHI - University students continued their protest on Monday against the devolution of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the transfer of the Education Ministry to provinces. Hundreds of students of the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCE&T) gathered outside the DCE&T campus near People's Secretariat Roundabout and later marched towards the Numaish Chowrangi, where they staged a sit-in, suspending vehicular traffic for two hours. They chanted slogans against the

DAMASCUS - Syrian students rallied in Damascus on Monday to express solidarity with protesters killed over the weekend, as the army moved in on the flashpoint town of Banias. France and Germany, meanwhile, slammed the deadly assaults by security forces on anti-regime protesters and called on President Bashar al-Assad to make good on his promises of reform.
"Students rallied in solidarity with the victims of Daraa and Banias, chanting 'We will sacrifice our soul and blood for you

KARACHI - The recent loss to India at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final in Mohali seems to not have fazed cricket-crazy students in the city. One group from the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) actually went ahead and organised a cricket tournament over the weekend to raise money for a number of causes, including the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and The Garage School.
The one-day, league-based cricket

LAHORE - Five students of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) have been suspended and fined over the alleged embezzlement of Rs 1 million during the recently organised Young Leaders Entrepreneur Summit (YLES) 2011.
The students, whose names Pakistan Today has chosen to withhold, violated the rules by registering 200 extra students, on the pretext that they were 'breaking even' and needed more money to run the event. Sources revealed the fraud was disclosed two

KARACHI - A large number of students and teachers of the University of Karachi (KU) and the NED University of Engineering and Technology blocked the University Road on Saturday to protest the devolution of the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
Wearing black armbands and holding placards, they chanted slogans against the government. "The HEC is the only institution in the country that verifies degrees and if it's disbanded, the authenticity of our degrees could be affected," a

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued notices to the director generals of the Military Intelligence (MI), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), provincial Home secretary, police chief, Crime Investigation Department (CID) in charge, Station House Officer (SHO) and DIG Investigation of a Steel Town police station, in a case pertaining to the disappearance of a student from Karachi.
The SHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam and

LAHORE - Students of the University of Punjab held a rally against the possible dissolution of the Higher Education Commission on Friday.
Students gathered at Gate No 15 and marched up to the campus underpass holding placards inscribed with slogans against dissolution of HEC. Students, mostly from the Institute of Communication Studies, said that it was quite unfortunate that the government was dissolving HEC.
They said that now fake degrees would prevail everywhere.

FAISALABAD - Hundreds of students and teachers from the Government College University (GCU) Faisalabad protested against the devolution of Pakistan Higher Education Commission (HEC) to the provinces. The students carrying placards and banners were demanding the reversal of the decision which, according to them, is likely to split the whole education system into pieces.
They also threatened to initiate a long march to Islamabad if the decision was not reverted. "This is a wrong

LAHORE - MPhil and PHD students protested against the possible dissolution of Higher Education Commission at Town Hall Chowk on Thursday. The students feared that scholarships of thousands of students will be on stake if the government does not reconsider its decision.
Students were of the view that that the decision was taken in order to avenge HEC's verification of degrees. Students were holding placards and continuously chanting slogans in favour of HEC. Students had worn

KABUL - Around 250 young Afghans gathered at Kabul University on Tuesday shouting "death to America" on the fifth day of protests against the burning of a Koran by a fundamentalist US pastor. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in protests around Afghanistan.
There has been deadly violence in two cities, although most protests ended with nothing more dramatic than burning of flags and effigies. Twelve people died in Kandahar over Saturday and Sunday, when demonstrators

ISLAMABAD - Hundreds of students of various universities, professors, and employees of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Tuesday took to the streets against the ruling PPP for its decision to devolve HEC to provinces.
Carrying national flags in their hands, students and professors gathered outside HEC, where dozens of HEC employees joined them to protest against the proposed devolution. JUI-F Senator Azam Khan Swati also visited the venue to express solidarity with the

KABUL - Hundreds of students gathered Tuesday morning in front of the Kabul University and staged a protest against Quran burning in the United States recently.
"Some students decided yesterday to meet Tuesday morning and stage a demonstration to condemn the Quran burning in the U.S. and since the protest began this morning the number of people, most of them students, increased every minute," a student of Kabul University who declined to be named stated.
However, according

FAISALABAD - Hundreds of teachers and students of the Fatima Jinnah Girls College demonstrated against the killing of Assistant Professor Shagufta who was gunned down by unidentified culprits on March 30 in the Sadar police area.
The protesters demanded the police to arrest the killers. They alleged the police were showing negligence in the case. Earlier, the deceased's father, Rana Riasat, a resident of People's Colony No 1, reported to the Sadar police that the dead body of

PESHAWAR - Unknown militants abducted 10 students who were on their way from Peshawar to Parachanar at Bagan near Thall Hangu on Saturday. The officials said at least 10 students from Parachanar were on their way from Peshawar through a passenger vehicle. When the vehicle entered Bagan, a semi-tribal region, it was ambushed by some armed militants who abducted the students to some unknown place. The abducted students belong to Shia community and were going back to homes on spring

SIALKOT - At least 500 boys and girls in Khumbanwala village have no hope of getting education as two primary schools, the only facility for them, are in the occupation of some influential farmers.
The village has more than 200 houses with the number of children falling in the age group of 3-12, according to a village elder, is 500. The Government Girls Primary School Khumbaranwala was built in 1963 and situated some 15km from city. Three rooms of the school are being used as a

HAFIZABAD - Position holder students of District Public School Hafizabad were deprived of their prizes due to the alleged negligence of the school's principal. Reportedly, Hafizabad Education Department informed all the heads of the schools about the prize distribution ceremony at the education office but the principal did not bother to inform the position holder students. As a result, the students could not attend the ceremony and were deprived of receiving their prizes in the

LAHORE - Students of Al-Mashal School recently visited McDonalds Fortress Stadium, Lahore and enjoyed free McDonalds' meals. The school administration brought the students to McDonalds to give them a refreshing break from their monotonous routine. The children enjoyed their favorite McDonalds Happy Meal and played in the play area of the restaurant.