NEW DELHI: England will embark on their lengthy tour of India later this year with Rajkot hosting the first of the five Test matches from Nov 9, the two cricket boards announced on Friday...
The western Indian city of Rajkot will be making its debut as a Test venue in the series, as will be coastal Vishakapatnam, which hosts the second Test from Nov 17...
RAJKOT: Teen sensation Haseeb Hameed will make his Test debut against India, England announced on Tuesday, capping a fairytale rise for a player dubbed the ‘Baby Boycott’ for his unflappable batting style...
At 19 years, Hameed will become the youngest player to open the batting in England’s Test history after skipper Alastair Cook named him in the starting XI for the series-opener beginning in Rajkot on Wednesday...
RAJKOT: England put themselves in a dominant position in the first Test against India at Rajkot on Saturday, despite starting as underdogs...
The police said the administrations of the Pakistan Public School, Al-Rasheed Public School and Kehkashan Model School, Dhoke Hassu, had made wall-chalking announcing admissions in their institutes...
LAHORE: The Punjab Higher Education Department has advised all the public- and private-sector universities and institutes in the province to nurture nationalism among their students...
Addressed to vice chancellors and rectors of the universities and institutes in the province, a directive reads: “… it has been pointed out by various security agencies that research topics being given to the students in the universities of the province...
LAHORE: Training of another 450 unskilled youth in nine trades has begun at the institutes of Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) under Prime Minister’s Youth Skill Development Programme...
During the first hearing of the petition held on Nov 16 at GOR-I residence of the chief justice, inspector general of police was ordered to immediately depute two unarmed police personnel each in the buses transporting the students of such institutes...
KARACHI: Leading academicians have called for a coordinated and strong policy to check extremism that they believe is no more limited to conventional madressahs (seminaries) but can now be found in reputed public and private educational institutions, negating the ‘myth’ that radicalisation is linked with poverty and illiteracy...
Officials of CTD, 40 varsities exchange views on radicalisation“Radicalisation [is] growing at academic...
LAHORE: Withdrawal of faculty from PakTurk institutes and change of management at a time when new academic year is about to commence will not only adversely affect the standard of education but also have negative impact on students’ educational development...
For the last 21 years or so, PakTurk institutes had been imparting modern and quality scientific and ethical education to students in Pakistan...
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly’s Standing Committee on Education Chairman Qamarul Islam Raja has said a bill will be introduced in the next session of the legislature to regulate private educational institutes in the province...
“Currently, enrollment in the private sector accounts for 37pc of enrollment in all educational institutes across the country...
ISLAMABAD: Six Pakistan institutes of higher education are ranked among the world's top 800 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British ranking agency...
The Pakistani varsities that made it to the QS World University Rankings 2015-2016 include the National University of Sciences And Technology (Nust) Islamabad, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lums), University of Engineering and...
The provincial government would set up more such institutes in other cities, he added...
LAHORE: Top American institutions and universities have appreciated the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act Centres and say that it provides a wonderful opportunity for Pakistan’s neighbouring countries to follow the same lead...
“The historic legislation, that takes a firm stand against violence against women through a comprehensive and effective implementation mechanism, has pleasantly surprised not only Pakistanis but...
LAHORE: The entrance test for admission to public and private sector medical and dental institutions of Punjab will be held on Aug 30 in 13 cities...
Entrance test kits containing an application form, an information booklet and other relevant material would be available at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) and 14 other public sector medical universities and colleges of the province from Aug 1 while the last date for submission of...
A good number of parents of students seeking education in private schools have been protesting in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and elsewhere against the owners of the institutions for ‘unprecedented’ fee increase...