Islamabad: Higher Education Commission (HEC) organised online orientation sessions on the Prime Minister’s National Innovation Award (PMNIA) for the Vice Chancellors and Rectors of public and private sector universities. More than 230 university heads were invited to the sessions, which were aimed at giving them a detailed orientation of various components of the National Innovation […]

ISLAMABAD: In the wake of anticipated heatwave in the country, the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has revised the timings for centralized examinations of classes five to eight grade and all in house examination for rest of the grades. According to a notification issued by the FDE on Tuesday, new timings for examination will be […]

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque on Tuesday said revolutionary steps have been taken in information technology and telecommunication sector in last three years in Pakistan. In his message on the occasion of ‘World Telecommunication and Information Society Day’, the Federal Minister for IT said that the foreign direct investment […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain has stressed the need to implement the short-term and long-term measures to mitigate the health-related risks of heat wave to the school going children. Chairing an Inter-Provincial Education Ministers conference here in Islamabad on Tuesday, he said proactive measures should be taken to protect young […]

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has underscored the need to develop a strategic and broad-based partnership between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in different fields for mutual interest of both countries. He was talking to Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmad Al-Malkiy who called on him here in Islamabad on Tuesday. The […]