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  • Comsats and IIU record resounding victories

    Both games were played at Islamabad’s Comsats Ground, where the hosts and International Islamic University (IIU) recorded comfortable wins over their opponents...

    In the opening game of the day, Comsats prevailed over Nust by a five-wicket margin...

  • Uplift of Comsats approved; funds sought in upcoming budget

    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...

  • Following Comsats pro-rector’s removal, NTS’ future murky

    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...

  • Unrecognised program: Comsats degree Students seek award of dual degrees

    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...

  • HEC agrees to accept Comsats’ dual degrees

    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...

  • HEC says Comsats dual degree ‘worthless’

    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...

  • Students awarded degrees at Comsats convocation

    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...

  • PAC body directs action against former Comsats rector

    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...

  • Absence of key functionaries in Comsats raises eyebrows

    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...

  • Lahore’s Kitab Ghar – more than a library

    Tucked behind shops in the Rehmanpura locality of Ichhra, a narrow street houses Kitab Ghar, a public library and a citizen initiative, launched by a group of eight young friends...

    The organisers rehabilitated and renovated the rooms in the next couple of months to give it a funky look and launched a library...

  • Islamia College library still stands with past glory

    PESHAWAR: Spread over 13,000 square feet area, the central library of Islamia College University still stands with its past grandeur...

    The library houses a precious asset of around 2,061 rare manuscripts written in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto and Hindko in addition to other 90,000 titles on variety of topics...

  • Library & outages

    THE Quaid-i-Azam Library is the most prestigious library in Lahore and Punjab...

    Recently the library has been automated with the application developed by Acrologix, which has shown commendable results...

  • REVIEW: Alternate realities: The Strange Library

    And he does just that in his short story The Strange Library which is beautifully published in hardcover with glossy paper...

    The Strange Library follows an unnamed young boy who, on a sudden whim, decides to visit the city library to read up on the tax system of the Ottoman Empire...

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