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TEVTA signs agreement with UK’s City & Guilds

LAHORE: The Technical & Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) and the UK's City & Guilds have signed an agreement to introduce International Vocational Qualifications (IVQs) in TEVTA's constituent polytechnics.<br />The agreement was signed between the two parties at the Chief Minister's Secretariat. City & Guilds International Head of International Operations John Dunken McGee signed the agreement on the organisation's behalf.<br />TEVTA had accepted the City & Guilds initiative for

Oct 19, 2010
NATIONAL

Lawyer moves reference against LHC judge

LAHORE: A lawyer has sent a reference to the president and the Supreme Judicial Council against a judge of the Lahore High Court for influencing a police case in favour of a naib qasid of his court.Sa

Oct 19, 2010
LAHORE

Petition against internet defamation of Moonis Elahi withdrawn

LAHORE:<br />The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn a writ petition of PMLQ supporters seeking a ban on the access of "Google Blogger" as it contained an allegedly defamatory material against their leader Moonis Elahi.<br />Dismissing the petition the chief justice observed that the petitioners being activists of PNl-Q had no locus standi to agitate against the matter before the court because they were not a directly aggrieved

Oct 16, 2010
LAHORE

LUMS VC appoints second provost

LAHOREThe Vice Chancellor of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) appointed Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi as the second provost of LUMS for a three-year term, on Wednesday.His appointment is effe

Oct 16, 2010
Editor's Mail

Tit for tat

When Musharraf took over the country in a coup in 1999, he dethroned an elected government. He sent the democracy packing and the Sharif family into a mutually agreed upon exile in Saudi Arabia. He al

Oct 15, 2010
PTCL wins fiber optics contractBusiness

PTCL wins fiber optics contract

Karachi: A 120-kilometer long fiber optic project for 36 cities of Northern Punjab has been won by Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL). <br />The technical evaluation of fiber optic project for Balochistan has been concluded, part of the effort to bring the cutting edge of technology to what has been a traditionally a peripheral area, Pervaiz Iftikhar, acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) informed Pakistan Today.<br />Wateen and PTCL both have equal opportunity to

Oct 15, 2010
Editor's Mail

The XXL cabinet

In a statement yesterday, the PM announced that he had plans to reduce the size of the gargantuan cabinet that the executive arm of the state is labouring under. This upsized version of the cabinet co

Oct 13, 2010
Editor's Mail

Elders in our age

It is a fact, as strange as it may sound, that we have lost the appeal and respect for elders in our society. The youth is busy in their education, sports activities, internet, and mobile phones. They

Oct 13, 2010
Editor's Mail

Congratulations

Dear Editor,It was a tremendous experience to read such a nice newspaper. It was like reading an international newspaper. I really appreciate your innovative approach towards Pakistani journalism. I w

Oct 13, 2010
Editor's Mail

Talent shows vs dance shows

The recent increase in the TV programmes that have started various dance compettiotons under the pretext of talent shows is not what Islam teaches us. Bringing to fore the young children of ripe age a

Oct 13, 2010