ISLAMABAD: Singapore-based international organisation CropLife Asia — carrying out research and development to introduce innovations in crop protection and plant bio-technology — has suggested that Pakistan should introduce bio-technology to enhance farm production beyond self-sufficiency...
FEDERAL Minister for National Food Security Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan says his ministry has taken a number of ‘bold steps’ to facilitate the introduction of biotechnology in the country to meet certain challenges, including food security...
The government, according to him, ‘endorses the positive use’ of biotechnology for public welfare...
ISLAMABAD: Two more matches were played in the ongoing opening round of the Red Bull Campus Cricket T20 tournament on Saturday...
Both games were played at Islamabad’s Comsats Ground, where the hosts and International Islamic University (IIU) recorded comfortable wins over their opponents...
GUJRAT: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Planning and Development has approved the uplift of Gujrat campus of Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) for which the relevant ministry, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the Comsats management have been asked to make arrangements for allocation of funds in the upcoming budget...
ISLAMABAD: The suspension of Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) Pro-Rector Haroon Rashid – whose doctoral thesis was found to be up to 72pc plagiarised – has stirred debate over the future of the National Testing Service (NTS), of which Mr Rashid was CEO...
Mr Haroon was suspended by the Comsats board of governors, and asked to appear before the board on June 17 to explain his position...
ISLAMABAD: Voicing concern over the future of around 3,000 students enrolled under the Comsats-Lancaster dual degree programme, student representatives on Wednesday demanded award of dual-degrees as per commitment to the students...
Addressing a press conference here at the National Press Club, Central Secretary General, Anjuman Tulba Islam (ATI), Rehan Tahir and Syed Waqar Shah said that around 3,000 students were enrolled in...
ISLAMABAD: The controversy over the dual degree programme of Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) ended on Thursday after the Higher Education Commission (HEC) consented to accept its degrees...
It should also refund the entire amount to the students besides awarding them the Comsats local degree, he added...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ordered collection of fee from students of the Dual Degree Programme of Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)...
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has claimed that the Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) is charging Rs1...
He said the commission was informed in 2013 that Comsats had started the programme and was charging £2,000 per student...
ABBOTTABAD: The Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, which is currently ranked among the top 10 universities of Pakistan, had set a target to enter into the club of top 500 universities of the world, said Dr Syed Mohammad Junaid Zaidi, the institute’s rector, on Monday...
The rector said in 2015, 1,200 research papers were published by students of Comsats throughout its seven campuses, and this year a target of...
ABBOTTABAD: About 578 graduates including PhD scholars were awarded degrees during the first convocation of Comsats University Abbottabad on Monday...
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Monday directed the authorities to take action against the former rector of Comsats University, who was reemployed at the end of his tenure, for offering dual-degree programmes without approval from the Higher Education Commission (HEC)...
A six-member subcommittee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which met at Parliament House for a session convened by Senator Sherry Rehman, was informed...
ISLAMABAD: One of the leading public sector universities of the capital, Comsats has been operating without key functionaries and their absence has been affecting the quality of education and governance...
Comsats University Islamabad (CUI), which became a full-fledged university in 2018 from an institute, is being run without a pro-rector and a registrar while appointment of the current treasurer has also been questioned...
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed ARY News to respond to a complaint filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against its report on a list of lawmakers suspected of links with banned militant groups allegedly compiled by the IB...
The list first came to light when ARY News programme 'Power Play' aired a report on Sept 25 claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the IB on...
Local news channel Kohenoor News on Friday claimed to be the first in the country to have hired a transgender woman as a news anchor...
Maavia Malik, who launched her career in the entertainment industry as a model, was first seen on Kohenoor News during a Pakistan Day news transmission on March 23...