Tag: Test

ICC not to investigate Sydney Test: Lorgat

MELBOURNE
The International Cricket Council will not re-investigate the Sydney Test between Australia and Pakistan despite being confronted with reports that it had knowledge of suspected match fixer Mazhar Majeed's ''activities'' during the game.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said the governing body did not have "sufficient evidence" to warn the Australian authorities about Majeed's activities during the January series. Australia won the Sydney Test after Pakistan

Single entrance test for medical colleges from 2011

LAHORE
A single entrance test for admission to medical and dental institutions of Punjab for both FSc and non-FSc candidates will be introduced from next year, a spokesperson from University of Health Sciences (UHS) said on Tuesday.
The format, syllabus and model papers for the Entrance Test 2011 have been updated on the university website: www.uhs.edu.pk. The syllabus, focused on biomedical sciences, was designed by teachers from both FSc and non-FSC systems and was

Medical entry test challenged in LHC

LAHORE: The medical entry test policy of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has been challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC) and has been termed to be against the fundamental rights of students seeking admission in MBBS.
Afzal Butt, father of an intermediate student, moved the petition through his counsel Muhammad Azhar Siddique against the policy for entry tests to medical colleges issued in May 2003 by PMDC under PMDC Ordinance 1962 to regulate the admission process

French strikers, marchers test Sarkozy on pensions

PARIS: Striking public sector workers disrupted travel across France on Tuesday and troublemakers piggybacked on protest marches to burn cars as opponents of the government's pension reform made a last-ditch bid to stop it.
Refinery workers, airport staff, train drivers, teachers, postal workers and armoured truck drivers who supply cash machines went on strike and students set off rowdy protests in a day of protests against a plan to raise the minimum retirement age to 62 from