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NATIONAL–PML-N leaders, workers in tears over court’s judgement –Similar scenes witnessed outside Adiala Jail upon Sharif family members’ release ISLAMABAD: With former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/19/emotional-outbursts-at-ihc-as-nawaz-maryam-released/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADSZAMBU construction work started without prior approval of building plan from CDA ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan, in its report, has detected an irregularities in the construction of the School of Dentistry at<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/18/agp-points-out-irregularities-in-dentistry-schools-construction/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADHEC officials point out incompetence of Rawalpindi-based university’s administration ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) has stopped over a dozen of postgraduate programmes of the Arid Agriculture University for not meeting the required criteria<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/15/arid-varsity-likely-to-end-several-postgraduate-progs/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONAL–PEIRA transferred to Cabinet Division instead of Federal Education and Professional Training ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government has abolished the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) and transferred its assigned businesses<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/14/cadd-demolished-assigned-businesses-transferred/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONAL–Shafqat, along with incumbent and former HEC chairman, to formulate a plan in this regard –Decisions regarding Sindh to be finalised after consultations with the provincial govt ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/13/pm-house-to-be-turned-into-postgraduate-institute/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONAL–Sources say govt also planning to set up ‘Prime Minister Reforms Unit’ ISLAMABAD: As many as 22 names have been finalised for the Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood-led ‘National<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/13/22-names-finalised-for-national-task-force-on-education/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) governing body member seats, the supreme decision-making body of HEC, have finally been filled after remaining dysfunctional for over two years. The incumbent Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/12/govt-appoints-10-member-hec-governing-body-after-two-dysfunctional-years/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALISLAMABAD: A senior government official has urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to take immediate steps to arrange the save and early recovery of his 80-year-old father Haji Abdul Ghafoor Khan from the illegal<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/11/govt-official-appeals-to-pm-to-retrieve-his-father-from-custody-in-ksa/" title="Read more" >...</a>
LAHORELAHORE: The Punjab government has released four-month (July-Oct) Non-Salary Budget (NSB) funds amounting to Rs5.32 billion for primary, elementary, high and higher secondary schools in 36 districts of the province for FY2018-19 of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/11/punjab-education-dept-releases-rs5-32b-nsb-funds-for-schools-in-36-districts/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who hardly played any serious role for the Kashmir cause despite being the chairman of Parliament’s Special Committee on Kashmir for ten consecutive years,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/11/fazl-focuses-on-kashmir-issue-after-being-out-of-power/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADISLAMABAD: The Federation of All Pakistan University Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA), a representative body of university teachers across Pakistan, has called for an end to victimization and imme
Uncategorized—Minister says focus should be given to skills development, setting up skills universities ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood has vowed to change the present system of education<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/06/govt-to-introduce-one-national-curriculum-to-improve-education-shafqat/" title="Read more" >...</a>
