Tag: Varsities

ISLAMABAD - Four universities of public and private sectors are operating in the country without acquiring no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Higher Education Commission (HEC), which is mandatory for a university to award degrees.
According to an official source, the universities of private sector which have not acquired NOCs include Leads University Lahore, Ali Institute of Education Lahore and COMMECS Institute of Business and Emerging Sciences Karachi. Shaheed Benazir

KARACHI - Five public universities in the province have been closed for the past 19 days due to the boycott of employees demanding medical allowances, residential plots and removal of contractual staff workers. Sources said the Governor's House is not taking this issue seriously despite five universities of the province being closed down. The continuing deadlock between the government and the university employees has left more than 50,000 students in a lurch.
The educational

KARACHI - It is essential to set up quality assurance cells at universities so that the standard of education could be improved, said Dow University Quality Enhancement Cell Director Dr Abdul Wahid Usmani during a function at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) on Monday.
Dr Usmani said that quality assurance cells would help foster research and also check academic standards. He said that for the progress of a university, it is necessary that its

KARACHI - A meeting chaired by Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad at the Sindh Governor's House on Monday decided that all universities of the province would follow the same rules and regulations. The vice chancellors of all universities in Sindh, Principal Secretary to Governor Mumtaz Rehman, Special Secretary Aftab Lodhi, Deputy Secretary Fazilat Mehdi and other officials concerned attended the meeting.
A charter inspection and evaluation team including the pro-vice chancellors of Tando

KARACHI - Sindh government Media Coordinator Taj Haider has said that a triangle approach of government, political parties and the management of universities would be applied so that universities and educational institutions are made weapon-free. "This will ensure smooth and quality education in a safe, secure and peaceful atmosphere," he said at the residence of Awami Tehreek President Ayaz Latif Palejo in Hyderabad.
"Education is the stairway to development and prosperity for

KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Sindh Assembly on Monday lambasted state-run universities over the manner in which their expense logs were maintained, and ordered an inquiry into the expenses made without record.
Reviewing audit reports of four universities - NED University of Engineering and Technology, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology and Agriculture University - PAC Chairman Jam Tamachi and

LAHORE: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has prepared four of its students - members of the LUMS Emergency Medical Service (EMS) - to develop an emergency medical technician curriculum to train volunteers in order to equip them with skills for providing emergency medical services on campus.
LUMS EMS President Babar Asad said that the four students completed a two-week training programme at Rice University and would now share their newly-gained knowledge and

LAHORE
Parents and teachers have expressed their concerns over the shifting of universities to suburbs of Lahore, as the move is causing financial problems, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Various universities located in the middle of Lahore were forced to construct larger campuses in the city's suburbs to meet the demands of higher education and the ever-increasing number of students.
University buses charge Rs 2,000 to 4,000 per month for transporting students to varsities