KARACHI: With various private school associations and the Sindh education department engaged in a tug of war over the extension of vacation due to rains, all schools that come under the Catholic Board of Education announced on Saturday that as per the directives of the provincial government they would reopen on Aug 12...
Meanwhile, Sindh’s Director General for Private Educational Institutions Mansoob Hussain Siddiqui warned the...
KARACHI: The moment of truth about the confusion over the conclusion of summer vacations arrived on Monday morning when those schools which were adamant on reopening on Aug 3 kept their gates shut...
We are grateful to Secretary for Education Dr Fazlulluah Pechuho, who heard us out after the holiday extension announcement and sent up another proposal requesting to go back to the Steering Committee’s original plan of reopening schools...
PESHAWAR: Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWU) observed its 12th foundation day with a resolve to provide talented girls of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa an environment where they could prove their mettle in all the fields of higher education...
The university was decorated with pink balloons and artworks of the students as educationists, government officials and a large number of faculty and students gathered under a white...
MILAN: Champions Juventus were given an almighty scare by table-propping Benevento before coming from behind to win 2-1 and hand the Serie A newcomers their 12th straight defeat of the season on Sunday...
AS Roma clocked up a 12th consecutive away win in the league by beating Fiorentina 4-2 while Lazio’s match at home to Udinese was postponed after heavy rain in the Italian capital left the Stadio Olimpico pitch waterlogged...
MUZAFFARABAD: Prayer gatherings and protest demonstrations went hand in hand across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday, as the region observed 12th anniversary of the devastating 2005 earthquake amid lament that promises by the authorities in Muzaffarabad and Islamabad remained “unfulfilled” to this day...
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Rafiq Rajwana has convened 15th session of the provincial assembly on June 10 (Wednesday)...
The provincial budget will be presented during the same session on June 12 (Friday)
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has adjourned till July 12 the hearing of a petition seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on charges of collecting party funds through “prohibited” means...
The ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) retired Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza on Thursday adjourned the case after the PTI’s counsel submitted objections to the petition...
Thanks to a combination of global warming and an El Nino, the planet shattered monthly heat records for an unprecedented 12th straight month, as April smashed the old record by half a degree, according to federal scientists...
KARACHI: The State Bank will announce the monetary policy on Sept 12...
In the last monetary policy, the State Bank kept the interest rate unchanged
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau approved on Wednesday another reference against Mufti Ehsanul Haq, the main character in the multi-billion-rupee Modaraba scam, for allegedly cheating and looting people...
Ehsanul Haq has been accused of depriving innocent investors of their hard-earned money amounting to Rs8
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would be joining leaders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on May 12 to launch construction of much-awaited CASA-1000 electricity transmission project connecting four nations...
Speaking at a news conference, Tajikistan Ambassador Sherali S
KARACHI: A young resident of the city’s Mauripur neighbourhood became the newest victim of Naegleria fowleri, also known as ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, bringing the death toll of victims to 12 in Sindh so far this year, officials said on Thursday...
He was the fourth victim of the lethal germ died this month
MILAN: Juventus thumped Chievo 4-0 away to win their 12th Serie A game in a row on Sunday but it was not enough to topple leaders Napoli who thrashed Empoli 5-1, helped by Gonzalo Higuain’s 22nd goal of the season...
Razi maintained that despite the presence of top shooters from China, India, Korea, Middle East and Central Asian republics in the Asian Championship, Pakistan shooters were capable of gaining medals...
QUETTA: The first Chinese trade convoy, comprising 60 containers, will reach Gwadar on Saturday with goods for onward export from its port...
The vehicles arrived in Quetta amid tight security on Tuesday from Kashgar through the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and after a brief stay left for Gwadar in the evening