Nixor – Where teenagers rule the roost
As one crosses through the gate after wading through two security checks, there is this in-your-face red shark painted across the huge...
Japan to provide Rs478m grant for human resource development in Pakistan
Under the grant programme, Japan will offer scholarships for master and doctoral degrees to the young and capable govt officials
ISLAMABAD:Â Economic Affairs...
Pakistan Army owns $20 billion stakes in fifty conglomerates claims Indian media report
LAHORE: The Pakistan army exercises control over fifty conglomerates said to be worth $20 billion stretching from banks, industrial plants, universities, milk dairies,...
HEC, Microsoft launch Certification from Home Platform for Pakistani students
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has reached an agreement with Microsoft to provide students a Certification from Home Platform...
Fixing a badly broken school system
Both parties agree that the school systems need fixing, and both are focused foremost on physical infrastructure
Industry-academia linkages are indispensable to commercialise research: VP FPCCI
ISLAMABAD: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Vice President (VP) Waheed Ahmad welcomed the delegation of Jinnah University for...
Inclusive policies for home-based workers, gender equality stressed
LAHORE: “Women entrepreneurship is the way to economic success. Home-based workers (HBWs) are the key to the economic growth but they go...
Pakistani student wins award for improving LTE, 5G wireless systems
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani PhD student has won the distinction for improving LTE and 5G Wireless Systems and is to receive an award...
SECP sensitises NPOs on anti-money laundering obligations Â
ISLAMABAD:Â In order to sensitize the not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) regarding the regulatory framework on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT),...
Can ITU become Pakistan’s MIT?
Umar Saif’s brainchild is meant to be a research-focused institution. But it remains to be seen whether it has the ingredients necessary to be globally competitive
Govt, WEF join hands to close skills gap in Pakistan
--PM announces establishment of ‘National Accelerator on Closing the Skills Gap in Pakistan’
--WEF president lauds govt’s policy direction, especially with regard to...
LSE hosts international conference for economic researchers, policymakers
The Lahore School of Economics hosted its first International Conference on Applied Development Economics on 12-13 September 2018 at the Lahore School’s...
Karachi University inks MoU with SECP to encourage financial literacy
KARACHI:Â The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and Karachi University (KU) Business School have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at...
OICCI launches ‘Heroes Leadership Lounge’ on International Women’s Day
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has launched the ‘Heroes Leadership Lounge’ as part of its celebrations for...
Chinese universities raise tuition fees by as much as 54%
Chinese universities are drastically increasing tuition fees this year, with some making their first rises in two decades, hurt by a reduced...