Tag: Universities
Govt decides on a whim to open ‘some colleges’ on Kashmir...
Students and faculty not informed during college timings
Govt directs to hold events in connection with Kashmir Day
Asks GCU to hold debate competition at a...
Issues of governance plague universities, says HEC chairman
Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, chairman Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has said that the most crucial issue we face today is quality of governance...
The hunt for IS leads to universities
On the basis of intelligence reports that some student organisations in three public sector universities were fanning extremism through hate literature, law enforcement agencies...
Reports regarding closure of universities are baseless: HEC
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Sunday clarified that the reports regarding closure of universities were baseless.
In a statement issued here, HEC said that...
1,200 students stranded in universities
Around 1,200 students are stranded in Quaid-e-AzamUniversity (QAU) and Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) in Islamabad due to the road blocks on Islamabad-Murree...
VCs reject HEC Amendment Bill 2013
The vice chancellors of public sector universities on Wednesday rejected the proposed HEC Amendment Bill 2013, which mainly suggests clipping HEC chairman’s wings, and...
Degrees of corruption ‘Degree paper’ on sale!
Investigations have revealed that the paper used for making fake degrees is easily available in the open market. Claiming that they have no...
6 Pak universities among top 300 Asian universities
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) Executive Director Prof Dr Sohail H. Hayat while addressing a video conferencing seminar on Monday in connection with...
Indian academics in Pakistani universities
Sharing the details of his plan at the first meeting of sciences academies of South Asia here, Dr Atta-ur-Rahman, president of Pakistan Academy of...
HEC provides 1041 jobs at Public Universities
Higher Education Commission’s Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs (IPFP) Programme has placed 1041 Pakistani PhDs as Assistant Professors across the country at both...
CCP issues show cause notices to 27 universities
The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Thursday issued show cause notices to 27 universities/institutions allegedly offering unaccredited engineering degrees/courses thus prima facie violating...
VCs demand immediate release of funds
Terming the move to block funds of public sector universities a grave situation, the Central Committee of Vice Chancellors on Monday said inaction was...
HEC Inter-varsities Women Baseball starts
Higher Education Commission organized 1st Pakistan Inter Universities Women Baseball Championship that begin on Sunday at the Quaid- I -Azam University ground. Nine teams...
74 universities in financial crunch awaiting Rs 12b
Seventy-four universities of the country are facing an acute financial crisis as they did not get Rs 12 billion of the Rs 44 billion...
Retired, rehired VCs stay put despite SC verdict
The future of half a dozen vice-chancellors of public sector universities hangs in the balance despite the Punjab government not passing a law with...
Six Pakistani universities among top Asian universities: QS Ranking-2012
Investment in higher education in Pakistan continues to reap dividends.
According to QS World Universities Rankings 2012, 6 Universities of Pakistan have won its place...
AIOU to host AAOU annual conference
The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will host the Asian Association Open Universities annual conference 2013 to strengthen regional cooperation to fight illiteracy and...
