Tag: Universities
KP universities asked to justify budget before approval
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Shah Farman on Monday directed all provincial universities to justify budget before presenting in the Senate meeting for approval.
The...
HEC ‘overspent’ over Rs 3.13bn under development budget
--Commission’s spokesperson says universities managed shortfall of funds using other sources through bridge financing
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) made extra expenditure worth billions of rupees...
President Alvi appoints QAU, AIOU, IIUI heads
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Friday approved the three names for the posts of the vice chancellors and rector of three leading universities in the...
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...
NUST, LUMS among top 100 universities in Asia
Two Pakistani universities, The National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST) in Islamabad and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) have been listed among...
HEC shows concern over illegal sub-campuses, unaccredited degree courses
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) expressed concern over the growth of illegal sub-campuses of universities, ever since it granted permission to public universities to...
Pakistani universities come closer to achieve UN agenda
ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the UN agenda 2030 with its universal dimensions pertaining to economy, society and environment as well as global cooperation efforts in this regards,...
PU to end contracts of employees, teaching staff
-Varsities ordered to ensure appointments through ads, conduct internal audit within a month
LAHORE: Punjab University (PU) will be ending contracts of as many as...
Sindh cabinet approves controversial universities bill despite criticism
CM to appoint VCs in public universities under new law
Governor's language in referral to cabinet considered inappropriate
Cabinet approves budget for SKAA
KARACHI: Sindh cabinet finally approved...
HEC bans M Phil, PhD enrollments in 13 universities offering distance...
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Thursday banned enrollments in MPhil and PhD programmes in 13 universities which offer distance learning programmes for...
IIUI president says role of varsities vital for dissemination of peace
ISLAMABAD: International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) President Dr Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh has said that the IIUI is striving to serve the Muslim world with...
No projectors even for PhD research students at public universities
BY Bilal Hussain
KU, FUU say not enough funds to equip classrooms with multimedia
HEC spokesperson says micro-management university's responsibility
ISLAMABAD: Azeem Begum, a PhD candidate...
Pakistan and Turkey approve 11 joint research projects
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan and the Council of Higher Education (CoHE) Turkey have mutually approved 11 joint research projects under the Pak-Turk Researchers...
HEC to task universities to conduct research on increasing smog
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to task universities, particularly those located in Punjab to conduct comprehensive research to ascertain the reasons behind...
NAB issues advisory on financial irregularities to Sindh universities
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued an advisory on various financial irregularities prevalent in different universities of Sindh.
The NAB forwarded letters to...
Drop ‘Muslim’ and ‘Hindu’ from names of universities, suggests Indian panel
Words such as ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’ in names of universities—the Banaras Hindu University and the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) — do not reflect their...
HEC made 781 million through attestation of degrees during 2011-16
> Higher Education Commission introduces online degree attestation, lifetime attestation and attestation through courier to facilitate students
Higher Education Commission, the country’s foremost regulator of...